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Jordan Levin F's The Frog: Out At The WB

mark · 06/14/04 03:24PM

Jordan Levin, boy-genius CEO of the WB, is looking a little older and a lot less genius this morning—he's about to "resign" as the head of the network. Expect an official "resignation" announcement and subsequent production deal with Warner Bros to be forthcoming.

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."

Alex 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.

What, No Lasagna?

mark · 06/11/04 02:43PM

The Blueprint has this phonecam shot of today's menu at the News Cafe on the Fox lot. Nothing like some co-branded cafeteria food to get the worker drones ready for the failure of your dead-president dissing, CGI talking-cat nightmare movie. Click through to see the full pic here.

Twins 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.

Even 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.