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Nicole Kidman Reverses The Well-Established Hollywood Jailbait Formula
mark · 06/14/04 02:20PM
According to Rush & Malloy, some New Line Cinema executives are a little skeeved by a scene in the movie Birth, in which Nicole Kidman takes a bath, sans wardrobe, [Ed. note—Naked! Who'd expect a naked bath?] with a 10-year-old boy she thinks is the the reincarnation of her dead husband. What's more, the movie reportedly has a scene in which Kidman's character and the tot—um, how do we put this delicately—suck face. Wasn't getting married to Tom Cruise enough transgression for a Hollywood career?
The Agent Dance: Paradigm, Endeavor, William Morris, and CAA
mark · 06/14/04 02:09PM
Whenever an agent ankles their employer for a new address on Wilshire Boulevard, that's the Agent Dance! A reader sends in this latest, double-barreled, security-guards-and-cardboard-boxes edition: "Susan Solomon escorted out of Paradigm as she heads to Endeavor; Greg McKnight escorted out of William Morris as he moves to CAA."
There's A Blind Guy On A Golf Course Joke In Here Somewhere
mark · 06/14/04 01:23PM
It's been a banner week for OJ Simpson. First, he gets his mug all over the television and plugs Juiced, his reality TV show, while seemingly blaming Nicole for her own murder on the tenth anniversary of her death. Now, Lasagnafarm says that Simpson's finally solved her slaying, and, tragically, the culprit got away clean:
Defamer Real Estate: Dude, Where's My Plummeting Property Value?
mark · 06/14/04 11:43AMAnnals of Retarded Celebrity Baby Names: Breakfast Cereal Edition
mark · 06/14/04 11:17AMMonday Morning Box Office: Garfield Begins Its March To Hell
mark · 06/14/04 10:45AMVaguely Pedophiliac Variety Headline Of The Day
mark · 06/11/04 06:30PMAlex P. Keaton Remembers Reagan
mark · 06/11/04 05:21PM
With only a few precious hours until former Screen Actors Guild (and American) president Ronald Reagan is finally laid to rest, Flak Magazine finally addresses a hole in the media's first-person accounts of how Ronnie touched people's lives. They bring us the ruminations of Family Ties' number one Republican son, Alex P. Keaton, allowing everyone some peace in knowing that even fictional sitcom characters have had their say.
Defamer Food Review: Fox's Garfield Fare
mark · 06/11/04 04:51PMDefamer Is There: Meryl Streep's AFI Life Achievement Award
mark · 06/11/04 03:20PM
Last night, we slipped free of the shackles that bind us to our computer and actually attended the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony for Meryl Streep at the Kodak Theater (and, more importantly, the afterparty at the Highlands club). We imagine it was just like being at the Oscars, but without the constant urge to have Billy Crystal sterilized.
What, No Lasagna?
mark · 06/11/04 02:43PMBreaking News: Miramax Not A Happy Place
mark · 06/11/04 02:33PMThe Projectionist: Garfield Mocks A Mourning Nation
mark · 06/11/04 02:29PMTwins On The Verge Of A Perv-ous Breakdown
mark · 06/11/04 01:07PM
In just two days and two hours, the Olsen Twins will finally come of age. How will their 18th birthday affect their acting career? They'll lose much of their jailbait luster once the taboo of being below the age of consent is lifted. But, we suppose, there's got to be some kind of subset of jailbait aficionados that enjoys the barely legal action of twins on the town, getting into adventures, and looking like they really, really could use a sandwich. Happy birthday, gals! Enjoy their senior yearbook photos, which were taken, like, last week.
Marc Anthony Dumps J-Lo? The Apocalyptic Vision Of Our Future
mark · 06/11/04 12:40PMGarfield: The Movie Continues To Refuse To Honor Reagan's Memory
mark · 06/11/04 11:31AMEven Cowboys Get The Blueballs
mark · 06/11/04 11:14AM
Towleroad gets a report from the set of gay cowboy flick Brokeback Mountain. They've finally shot the scene where the characters played by Heath Ledger and dreamy-eyed boat of eye-dreams Jake Gyllenhaal kiss. Says their spy, "the boys were a bit nervous at first, but eventually got into it and turned in a great scene." Maybe too great? Studio execs and director Ang Lee are wringing their hands over how graphic to get in the depiction of hott cowboy love, and may panic in the cutting room. To wit, Towleroad prints an excerpt from the script, where things get significantly more chaps-and-spurs:
Depends On What Your Definition Of "Outstanding" Or "Comedy" Is
mark · 06/10/04 06:08PM
Pretty Picture Day at Defamer continues with this cameraphone shot of the initial Primetime Emmy ballot. Click to enlarge. Be forewarned...According to Jim doesn't look like a better Emmy contender in the larger pic. After the jump is a shot of the ScanTron-ish voting form that reminds Academy members of their underachieving high school years—then intimidates them into voting for Frasier, which seems like it must be smart because of all the obscure opera references.
The Canonical List Of Celebrity Fahrenheit 9/11 Attendees
mark · 06/10/04 05:32PM
And we thought we had way too much time on our hands. Local, eerily appropriately named blog lowexpectations has assembled what has to be the canonical list of celebrity attendees at the two Fahrenheit 9/11 screenings Monday night. One quick quibble with the list: Patrick Whitesell, Ben Affleck's agent, is listed. Let's not start giving agents the idea that they're famous, important, or even human beings. They're already impossible enough to deal with.