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The Last One
My Parting Gift to You: The Defamerpedia
As my final post, I thought I'd leave you with something you could actually use: a visual glossary of some of the most essential people, places, and things from the expansive Defamer universe. Enjoy. More »
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Shiny New Things
Your Ex-Defamer Editors Are Re-Launching Movieline!
Tomorrow, the old Defamer guard—whose heartfelt, semi-coherent ramblings you've warmly welcomed into your homes, office cubicles, and Unabomber shacks for nearly five years now—will bid you all a fond adieu. But this story ends happily. More » -
Freddie the Pen
Was Failed Wrestling Writer Freddie Prinze Jr. the WWE Phantom Leaker?
His awards hopes dashed, Mickey Rourke could still change his mind about WrestleMania, showing up to battle Oscar the Barbarian—a 7'2" bald giant in gold bodypaint, whose signature move is the Jean Herscholt Humanitarian Piledriver. More » -
Chris Brown
Chris Brown Leaves Sony with a Bone Deep Problem
One frantic 911 call and the leak of a very disturbing police photograph was all it took for Chris Brown to kiss his painstakingly cultivated image as America's boo-needing, Doublemint-snapping, #1 teen idol goodbye. More » -
Oscars
Did India's TV Censors De-Gay Dustin Lance Black's Acceptance Speech?
For every questionable Oscars moment requiring the host to poke his head through a gloryhole and belt out a song about pubic hair, there was another demonstrating genuine emotion and class. More » -
the green hornet
Green Hornet to Look a Lot Like a White Stripes Video
The departure of director Stephen Chow from Seth Rogen's The Green Hornet suggested the project might be postponed indefinitely. Thanks to Michel Gondry, however, the Hornet flies (stings? What does the Hornet do, anyway?) again. More » -
Oscars
Liveblogging the Oscars: Who Loves Surprises? We Do!
It's Oscars night, and that can only mean one thing: We're comfortably inebriated on André-based punch, wrapped snuggly in a Snuggie™ (and nothing else), and ready to liveblog the hell out of this bitch.
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Defamer
Defamer Folds Into Gawker; Editors to Pursue Careers in Bearded Hip-Hop
Like a waffling yard sale lady who, push come to shove, simply couldn't part with her prized collection of People "Sexiest Man Alives," Nick Denton has succumbed to a crippling case of seller's remorse.
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Conan Obrien
Hey, L.A.: Sign Conan's Welcome Card!
Tonight is Conan O'Brien's last Late Night. Yes, it's a bittersweet changing of the guard—but he's all ours now! Make him feel at home by signing this Defamer Welcomes Conan to L.A. card. More » -
Oscars
Major Oscar Surprise Leaked by Show's Host
Of all the possible Oscars surprises, the one most obvious—that Hugh Jackman will perform the show completely naked, his mind fizzily distracted by multiple Champagne cocktails on an empty stomach—never even occurred to us. More » -
Inglourious Basterds
Nazi-Scalping Implements the Real Stars of 'Basterds' Campaign
We've seen the official trailer for Inglourious Basterds—a film that takes that incredibly satisfying face-melting scene from the end of Raiders and supersizes it to two blood-drenched, Nazi-mutilating hours—and now we present the posters. More » -
celebrity apprentice
Can of Dennis Rodman-Brand Whoop-Ass Opened on Tiny Country Singer
With Celebrity Apprentice 2: The Combforwarding over a week away, we bring you this preview footage of a shocking confrontation between cross-dressing NBA power forward Dennis Rodman and adorable miniature cowboyFrench StewartClint Black. More » -
Romance
Enjoy a Front Row Seat to Wynonna Judd And Craig Ferguson's Electrifying Sexual Chemistry
Wynonna Judd is lonely—she admitted as much on The Late Late Show last night, and there was no hiding the fact that host Craig Ferguson makes her feel like a natural, Alli-endorsing spokeswoman. More » -
Patrick Swayze
Swayze heads to ranch with wife and poodle. [FY]
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Jimmy Fallon
In Honor of Robert De Niro Popping Jimmy Fallon's Cherry: 5 Memorable First Guests
Robert De Niro will be Jimmy Fallon's first guest—an unusually intimidating choice to ease first-night jitters, no matter how well their "Are you a pothead Fallon? Could you milk me?"-patter goes in rehearsal. More » -
watchmen
'Watchmen' Screenwriter David Hayter Insists Fox More Satanic Than Most Studios
Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter was asked by Hollywood Outbreak for his thoughts on Fox's litigious adventures in the Land of the Forgotten Rights Claim. More » -
Assistants
Callrollah, Please: Meet The Rapping Hollywood Assistants
We'd like to present the mad skillz of hip-hop supergroup Back of the Class: More » -
Breaking
Another One Bites the Dust: 97.1's Last Day is Friday
If you've not yet recovered from the news that 103.1 had bitten down on a cyanide tablet rather than convert to a corporate-mandated Indie-and-Some-Celine format, steel yourselves for further L.A. radio carnage: 97.1's dead. More » -
Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard Knows How Hard It Is Out There For A Wife-Beating Pimp
Terrence Howard was the sole celebrity to raise afistvoice in solidarity with accused Rhianna-beater Chris Brown—a sympathetic stance that might have something to do with his previous arrest for wife-beating in 2001. More » -
Memes
'What What (In the Butt): The Movie' Inching Towards Reality
19,864,151 Samwell fans simply cannot get enough of his smash hit "What What (in the Butt)", some even feeling the infectious dance-ode to proposed anal penetration could be fleshed out into a feature-length film. More » -
Agents
Endeavor and WMA to Fuse Into One Baby-Devouring Superagency?
Deadline Hollywood reports that Endeavor—A-list Hollywood dealmaking nexus and after-hours playground to adult-diapered scenester photographers—is negotiating a merger with WMA, a marriage that would produce the all-powerful Whamdeavor!™ agency. (They're not married to the name.) More » -
Martha Stewart
Martha's Recession-Busting Tips Include Laying Off 10% of Your Housekeeping Workforce
Martha Stewart offered recession-time grocery shopping tips today, demonstrating how even small changes to one's routine—say, laying off a couple gardeners or only consuming local foie gras—can have a huge effect on the bottom line. More » -
Oscars
Oscar Magicians to Turn Kodak Theatre Blue, Mind-Numbingly Dull Ceremony Into 'Party'
NY Times parted the Swarovski-crystal-studded veil of secrecy surrounding this Sunday's Oscars: The stage will be a rhapsody in blue, with a thrust as impressive as any we'll see from Hugh Jackman's powerful dancer's loins.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson Auction Update: Need Some Scissorhands or a Peter Pan Golf Cart?
The greatest auction in the history of the universe will be held this April at The Beverly Hills Hotel, featuring over 2000 of Michael Jackson's completely insane personal effects. Here's a preview:
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Lindsay Lohan
'Lindsay Lohan is Our Dream Star!' Says 'Elm Street' Producer About to be Cussed Out by Michael Bay: UPDATE
In a surprise turn of events that will require her to temporarily suspend her ongoing vinyl-alphabetization project at the Ronson Archives, a previously thought uninsurable Lindsay Lohan will star in A Nightmare on Elm Street. More » -
grey's anatomy
Breaking! T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl Will Continue to Reluctantly Drag Themselves Onto 'Grey's' Set
Well, that was a nice while it lasted. News that Grey's Anatomy powerkvetchers Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight had left the show—Heigl off to various slumcom pursuits, Knight to, um—appears to have been premature. More »
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