Usually our distress over new TV and movie concepts is fueled by the brutal recycling of ideas. Today, though? We'd take Godfather 4 over what's coming down the reality-TV pipe.
Two things apparently distract Jeremy Piven, according to CNET TV host & CBS correspondent Natali Del Conte who was on Fox's Red Eye last night: her breasts and Gawker.
In honor of tonight's premiere of ABC's Homeland Security USA, a show easily described by the equation: (COPS + Terrorism) - All Conceivable Fun, we present a special threat edition of Watch, TiVo, Kill.
Lucas's Folly XVIII: Something About Glass Skulls's long journey from fanboy dream-project to yet another chapter in The Big Book of Cinematic Disillusionment has been capped with an Oscar snub.
The tale of a winter pageant where a child displays a letter sign upside-down, turning "Christmas Love" into "Christ Was Love," was written by Candy Chand and published in Clarity in 1999, Motoko Rich reports. Walsch's excuse: Someone sent him Chand's story, unattributed, and he put it in his clippings file. He then retold it so many times he forgot it didn't actually happen.
We've just had a look at the official nomination ballot for the Razzies, and we're still reeling from the unexpected shutout of frontrunner The Spirit.
Martin Eistenstadt, that fake pundit/McCain adviser who supposedly started the whole "Sarah Palin didn't know Africa's a continent" thing, has gotten a real life book deal.
W. co-stars Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright were cleared today of charges they interfered with a crew member's arrest last summer in Shreveport. Violent, taserific new footage defies you to disagree.
1/6 — Spotted The Santa Clause himself, TIM ALLEN, walking into the Coffee Bean at Lankershim and Cahuenga in North Hollywood chatting emphatically with two people flanking him. He was sporting a shockingly tight black t-shirt and appears to be getting into prime physical shape for Toy Story 3. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]
A new report released today says millionaires in the U.S. have seen their assets shrink by 30 percent during the economic crisis and 55 percent of the people surveyed said they are now concerned they won't have enough money left to maintain their lifestyle. One solution: Put your money in the porn business, which seems to be faring well despite the downturn. [Reuters]
While some know Chris Evans from Fantastic Four, others are better-acquainted with the actor because of a notorious, shirtless photo shoot he did almost five years ago for Flaunt magazine.
Barack Obama wants to appoint tee-vee doctor Sanjay Gupta of CNN as our new Surgeon General. What the hell is this, really?
We hear Forbes, the fussily conservative business magazine, is laying off Web and print staff today, and merging the surviving editors and writers into a single newsroom. It only took them a decade.
• If you were thinking you were the only person fed up with Agyness Deyn, you'll undoubtedly be happy to hear that BBC viewers have named her the "Most Annoying Person of 2008." [NYM]
• Marc Jacobs is planning to open yet another store in the West Village, believe it or not. [WWD]
• Because the '70s never go out of style, the Paco Rabanne brand may stage a comeback. [Vogue UK]
• Two more designers have bowed out of Fashion Week in February. [WSJ]
• Oscar de la Renta, meanwhile, has added a second show to the lineup. [FWD]
• Anne Hathaway has new extensions to go with her oversized smile. [Style]
• Former Vogue cover girl Liskula Cohen is most unhappy that some people have been calling her a "skank" and ''ho" on the Web. [NYP]
• Urban Outfitters is planning a giant store for the UWS. [NYP, NYT]
