tom sizemore
Lazy Tom Sizemore to Magazines: Cover Me, I Guess
7:56AM Kyle Buchanan | There’s a certain, overbearing art to the publicist pitch, especially when the flack is emailing an editor to suggest that a client receive coverage in their magazine. Not every thespian is a cover-worthy Angelina Jolie, but most publicists tout their C- and D-listers as though they are, filling their pitches with paragraph upon paragraph of that actor’s multiple, stunning achievements (often bolded, capitalized, and punctuated with several exclamation points for emphasis). By the time you finished reading them, you’d be convinced that an actor’s upcoming, three-episode arc on Brothers & Sisters deserved no less than Time’s “Person of the Year.” More »
Will Pharaoh
8:35AM Seth | Will Smith will star in The Last Pharaoh, playing Taharqa, the actual pharaoh who fought off the Assyrian invasion of Egypt in 677 B.C. Didn’t Eddie Murphy play that guy already in the “Remember The Time” video? [Variety] Jessica Alba will star in An Invisible Sign of My Own, based on an Aimee Bender novel about “a young woman who has retreated from the world and is consumed by numbers and math.” Alba, we’re told, will play this young woman’s totally bangable, much hotter sister. [Variety] Spanking Shakespeare means different things to different people. To Paramount, it means a movie based on a young adult novel. To us, it reminds us of when he had no access to real porn, so we’d spank it to the Collected Works. What? Horatio was hot. [Variety] Tom Sizemore has joined the cast of Crash. He’s clearly heard about the orgies. Good luck with that one, guys! [THR] In the Motherhood, a web series starring Chelsea Handler, Leah Remini and Jenny McCarthy based on real mom’s stories, received a 13-episode order from ABC. The only surviving cast member is Handler, who’ll be joined by Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines. Don’t we love those comediennes for the very fact that they are all the anti-mother? Who wants to see Karen or Mrs. David picking up their kids from soccer practice? [THR] More »
Staying At The Standard Hotel Is Like Being In a Vh1 Addiction Special Come To Life
4:58AM Defamer Hollywood | Your Uncle Grambo spent a few days out on the Best Coast last week, trying to get a sense of what life is like on the ground out there these days (in a word, scary). I holed myself up at The Standard because, well, I’ve seen Ocean’s 12 and I wanted to be as close to a potential Topher Grace meltdown as possible. But instead of staying out on The Strip, I thought it might be more adventurous to stay at The Standard’s downtown LA location (notorious for its proximity to Skid Row, a choice place to score smack for Angelenos of all income levels). And after encountering two titans of the reality-television addiction format, Leif Garrett and Tom Sizemore, killing time there in just a four-day span, turns out I made the right choice. My first encounter came when I spotted Leif at The Standard during a quick sojourn for lunch last Wednesday afternoon. As I walked downstairs to their yellow-accented diner to snarf down a quick sammy at approximately 2:15pm, I immediately recognized the `70s teen icon from his myriad appearances on Video Hits One. He was wearing the same bandana and same oppressively large sunglasses that he always wears on teevee. I recognized him right away, but being a semi-seasoned person when it comes to celebrity encounters, played it like I had no clue who he was. That is, until a voice bellowed across the room in my general direction, “Bro, how’s that turkey panini?” I looked up from my sandwich and realized it was none other than Leif, asking me for an impromptu food review like I was a guest judge on Top Chef. I stammered out a quick response (I cannot tell a lie, it was a damn good sandwich), and Leif replied that his B-A-L-T-A (a BLT with avocado, hence the extra As) was “killer” and that I should order it the next time I come back. He then proceeded to get two phone calls in rapid succession, and quickly left the diner. Considering he got arrested for scoring drugs at Pershing Square (within walking distance of The Standard) less than two years ago, one would’ve figured that Leif would be avoiding the area, not rushing off to meet someone down in that `hood. Curious spice. Next up was Tom Sizemore, last seeing co-starring with Katherine Heigl and leading “Zyzzyx Road” to a powerhouse $30 opening weekend. I spotted him on Saturday morning at the crisp hour of 5:45am (which is either REALLY early or REALLY late, depending), as I was hurriedly checking out of the hotel. He was wearing pink and black Zubaz pants and was carrying a teacup-sized dog of unknown origins. As dutifully patient and attentive hotel employees listened to Sizemore speedily prattle on (sample convo: “Youlikefootball? ILOVEfootball!! Ican’twaittowatchfootballlatertoday!!!”), I finally put two and two together and decided this story had more to it than just being another graf or two in this week’s Privacy Watch. While I realize that two instances are just coincidence and it takes three events to make a a trend, I’m not betting against the possibility that I would’ve seen Brad Renfro wandering around the lobby had I stayed there a few more days. Here’s hoping that both Leif and Tom were there to enjoy a meal / walk their dog (respectively) and not to reacquaint themselves with Mr. Brownstone. More »
Tom Sizemore Says He And Meth Are Breaking Up, Plan To Remain Good Friends
4:00AM Defamer Hollywood | Actor Tom Sizemore, currently carrying out a gaol sentence for having violated the terms of his parole after pleading no contest to tweaking outside a Bakersfield Sheraton, is due for release next month, at which point under the state’s stringent “Three Strikes and You’re Seriously Fucked, Sizemore” law, another arrest would put him behind bars for four years. That sobering fact is more than enough deterrent to straighten up for good, Sizemore told the Bakersfield Californian: “I’m not trading my whole life for some powder,” Sizemore said in Lerdo Jail on Thursday afternoon. More »
Tom Sizemore Has 16 Months To Find God And Drop The Dumb Guy Act
11:52AM Defamer Hollywood | Despite his teary-eyed pleas for leniency, a judge has sentenced crank aficionado Tom Sizemore to 16 months behind bars for his May 8 arrest outside the Bakersfield Four Points Sheraton on suspicion of several drug-related charges, including statute 195.202, “Intention to chew a hole through one’s cheek while under the influence of a controlled substance.” From People.com: Tom Sizemore on Monday was sentenced to 16 months in prison for violating his probation in a drug-related case – though a prosecutor tells PEOPLE the actor will only serve two to seven months should he receive credit for time he’s already spent in rehab. Last week, in anticipation of his sentencing, [Sizemore] tearfully begged Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Cynthia Rayvis not to put him behind bars. More »
Tom Sizemore’s Search For The Perfect High Curtailed By Bench Warrant For His Arrest
7:20AM Defamer Hollywood | The long road to recovery and redemption for Saving Private Ryan star Tom Sizemore is paved with countless arrests, hearings, and court-ordered humiliations. (They’d outfit him with SCRAM-type ankle monitoring device, but any self-respecting tweaker would gladly saw off their own foot for their next hit.) Even his booking last month in Bakersfield on possession charges continues to reap unwelcome dividends for the troubled actor: TMZ has learned that a Los Angeles County judge has issued a bench warrant for the Sizemore’s arrest, after he was booked on drug charges in Bakersfield earlier this month. More »
