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Harvey Weinstein Is Marketing The Hell Out Of Inglourious Basterds
2:07AM John Cook | Harvey Weinstein is so desperate for Inglourious Basterds to succeed that he’s flogging tchochkes on a tiny invitation-only web site for millionaires. Keep an eye out—you might just spot him on the street wearing a sandwich board. More »
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It May Be Too Late For Harvey Weinstein To Save Himself
3:50AM John Cook | It’s a big day for Harvey Weinstein: Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds had its first public screening today at Cannes. The movie is shaping up as a make-or-break proposition for the Weinstein Co., which can’t shake rumours that it’s insolvent. The Wrap suggests that it’s too late anyway. More »
Hellos and Goodbyes
12:00PM Defamer Hollywood | Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno exploits took him from Israel to Arkansas; his Sherlock Holmes adventures to come may or may not include the missus. AFTRA ratified its new contract, but SAG didn’t let that spoil its appetite for destruction. Harvey Weinstein is now officially going door-to-door to finance his films. Psst! Buddy! Wanna buy a Tarantino? The TV Critics Association Press Tour is dead. Long live the TCA Press Tour! Lest major Dark Knight spoilers aren’t up your alley, there’s always Michael Bay’s unproduced Awesome Knight screenplay to hold you over another week. After a long string of compatibility issues, Drew Barrymore is on the market for a Mac huckster upgrade. This Week In Magazine Cover Hell: Blake Lively gets the blown-out Skeletor treatment, while the pasty youths of Twilight make EW safe for chest hair. Here’s the story of a lovely lady, who was bringing up three very lovely RRRAAALLLLPPPHHHHH Defamer’s readers joined Matthew McConaughey in welcoming a bouncing Bongo Romcom to the world. Meanwhile in France, stinky, salmon-devouring, “high-maintenance beetch” Angelina Jolie prepared her post-twinbirth conditioning regimen. Two words: Hula hoop. Pick your reality TV poison for 2009: America’s Greatest Dog or The Ashley Dupre Governor Boink Variety Hour. We wished a healthy recovery (literally) to the rat-friendly Newsroom Cafe, and bid a fond farewell to J-Lo’s slice of Pasadena paradise, Madre’s.
Yes, They Kiss: Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz Get Close in New Woody Allen Trailer
6:10AM Defamer Hollywood | First things first: Yes, the accompanying new teaser for Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, features about two seconds of Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson kissing. Everyone else is kissing as well: Cruz on Javier Bardem, Bardem on Johansson, so on, so forth. It’s apparently the only thing happening in the film, as no sound emerges from peoples mouths when they speak, and no discernible plot line emerges in a minute and a half. We won’t spoil the ending, but… Actually we will spoil the ending: Cruz fires a gun at you, the viewer. And as you try to position your head in front of the bullet, you’ve never felt more grateful. Thanks again for nothing, Weinstein Company. [YouTube] More »
More Fallout For Controversy Magnet Harvey Weinstein As ‘Runway’ Heads To Lifetime
5:35AM Molly Friedman | Spring 2008 hasn’t been kind to Harvey Weinstein and his little production company. First, his close friend Anthony Minghella passed away (prompting a highly critical piece penned by New York Magazine film critic David Edelstein), then he butted heads with the Marley family over his planned biopic on the reggae singer, and now the portly producer finds himself at the centre of NBC and Lifetime’s battle for Project Runway. Moments after Lifetime announced their five-year $150 million deal with the Weinstein Co. to take over the helm of Bravo’s signature show, Jeff Zucker and his peacocked lawyers immediately responded by suing Harvey and his goons for breach-of-contract. And insiders at NBC aren’t keeping mum about their feelings towards the money-hungry Weinstein: “Harvey hates us passionately, always did…He despises Bravo because he thinks we didn’t pay him enough.”
