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Flotsam & Jetsam
Is Nicholas Cage The New Wesley Snipes?
10:23PM the cajun boy | IRS authorities are after Nick Cage, Clooney shows off his new lady-friend, Jude Law met the mother of his latest child on the street at 4am, Britney Spears has a new do and a Sopranos movie is in the works. More »
Small Screen
Sopranos Genius Returns with Tale of Old Hollywood
7:43AM Defamer Hollywood | David Chase, the creator/writer mastermind behind The Sopranos, is journeying back in time for his next project. He’s developing a miniseries about the early days of Hollywood, when the West was still sorta wild. More »
David Chase Survives Whack Job
7:25AM Defamer Hollywood | It’s a sad day for scheming opportunists everywhere, as the jury in the case of David Chase Vs. Some Guy Who Didn’t Write The Sopranos has ruled in favour of the genius creator/showrunner and against Robert Baer. Who? Exactly. Baer claimed he provided help — arranging meetings with police and prosecutors during a three-day tour of New Jersey mob sites in 1995 and engaging in subsequent conversations — that sparked ideas for what b ecame the hit HBO mob drama that ended in June. More »
7:35AM Defamer Hollywood | David Chase took to the stand on Tuesday to offer his defence in a lawsuit alleging that the Sopranos creator bilked Robert Baer, an early contributor to the series, out of financial compensation. David Chase has responded by calling Baer “self-delusional.” Chase’s lawyer has adduced evidence to corroborate the charge of mental illness: Baer liked the dream sequence episode. [AP] More »
David Chase Tells Pathetic ‘Sopranos’ Fans To Feel Guilty About Wanting Tony Whacked
7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | With HBO subscribers understandably less engrossed in the mysteries with which the network now presents them on Sunday nights – such as whether or not Tell Me You Love Me’s Adam Scott employs an ejaculating stunt-cock or how much longer we have to wait before producers serve up that hotly anticipated sexagenarian-penetration scene – it’s inevitable that viewers don’t seem quite ready to end their speculation about what actually happened in The Sopranos final, endlessly discussed moment. Series creator David Chase, who once emerged from post-finale hiding to reassure us that he wasn’t fucking with America’s collective head with his creative choices, now returns (in the form of an interview in a new Sopranos book) to offer people a greater degree of closure. Reports the AP: “There WAS a war going on that week, and attempted terror attacks in London,” says Chase. “But these people were talking about onion rings.” [...] More »
The Emmy Nominations: Let’s Just Hand Over The Statues to ‘The Sopranos’ And Call It A Day
8:45AM Defamer Hollywood | We have, on more than one occasion, referred to the Emmys as “Oscar’s paste-eating cousin,” but even Hollywood’s touched-in-the-head awards-proferring youngster gets his turn in the spotlight once in a while, and early this morning a legion of entertainment reporters were invited over to look at the names of the nominees he has sloppily finger-painted on some handy poster board, tousling the well-meaning tyke’s hair as he noisily smacked away on a fresh mouthful of his beloved, adhesive snack. Their best guess at transcribing his illegible – but brightly rendered – scribblings reveals that mad-for-HBO movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee was the most nominated of any program, garnering a staggeringâ„¢ 17 nods, while the network’s The Sopranos, the retiring series that tried to lessen the blow of depriving us of the Greatest Television Show Of All Time by reintroducing us to the genius of Journey, earned 15 nominations, including recognition in various acting categories for Tony, Carmela, Christopher, Janice, and Dr. Melfi. (Sadly, it seems that an inspired late push for The Kid Who Pooped in the Shower fell short.) On the comedy side, the Academy has recognised Entourage, The Office, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, and Two and a Half Men, though we suspect that last sitcom’s inclusion had something to do with a full-page For Your Consideration ad star Charlie Sheen took out in the trades promising that a nomination would be rewarded with a party for Emmy voters “that will make the proprietor of Tijuana’s most transgressive donkey show drop dead in disgust.” The rest of the nominations in the major categories after the jump; More »
For Your Consideration: The Kid Who Pooped In The Shower On ‘The Sopranos’
5:05AM Defamer Hollywood | So blinded were we by the ostentation of Paramount’s eye-catching, two-page, “We made so much money last week that Brad Grey is buying everyone solid-gold robots” spread for Transformers that we completely missed this far more subtle ad lurking in pages of Variety this morning. More »Short Ends: YouTubers Second-Guess The Cut To Black
9:10AM Defamer Hollywood | · Minutes and minutes of fun (and a deepened appreciation for David Chase’s genius) can be had with YouTube and the search query “Sopranos alternate ending”. · There’s is definitely something a little perverse about a Luke/Vader Father’s Day gift set. · Angelina Jolie wears a $US26 outfit (not including shoes) to the NY premiere of A Mighty Heart; if her candidacy for sainthood wasn’t already a lock, it certainly is now. · Catwoman money buys a pretty nice spread in Silver Lake. More »
David Chase Emerges From Hiding To Reassure ‘Sopranos’ Fans He Wasn’t Just Fucking With Them
11:55AM Defamer Hollywood | [Do we still need to say there will be spoilers in a post about the Sopranos finale? Well, there will be. Adjust your reading accordingly.--Ed.] More »
