Peter Getty: Costumed Layabout Scion

Peter Getty's breezy, self-pitying musings on being idle righ infuriated fellow San Franciscans and, indeed, people across the country. Who is this heir, and why does he find copious wealth so unpalatable? Here's a quick rundown.

4:08 PM on Fri Jun 19 2009, by Ryan Tate, 10,662 views, 49 comments
http://gawker.com/5297177/peter-getty-costumed-layabout-scion

Finally, The World Is Spared Another Show About Lawyers

Hipster movies are made, as are ones about the depraved world of small town Texas. Which are sorta hipster in their own right. Bad news for David E. Kelley, which is good news for us.

10:44 AM on Tue May 12 2009, by Richard Lawson, 4,593 views, 4 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5250658/finally-the-world-is-spared-another-show-about-lawyers

The Week in Theater: Claire Huxtable the Drug Addict

Here's what happened in theatre this week. It was sort of a depressing seven days. Fitting for the times, I suppose.

11:00 AM on Sat Mar 7 2009, by Richard Lawson, 7,379 views, 17 comments
http://gawker.com/5165467/the-week-in-theater-claire-huxtable-the-drug-addict

Channing Tatum: Orphaned Killing Machine

· 2 Dance 2 Flyiest star Channing Tatum was cast in The Brotherhood of the Rose, about two orphans raised by a CIA operative to become orphan-killing-machines. It's only loosely based on Maddox Pitt-Jolie's life. [Variety]

12:30 PM on Fri Jan 30 2009, by Seth, 1,871 views, 3 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5142841/channing-tatum-orphaned-killing-machine

Super Bowl Synergy In Full Effect

Only four days left until the big game, but there's more meat left on that giant Super Bowl tie-in buffalo wing. Top Chef takes a bite tonight, but we're hoping Crusoe gets a nibble.

5:54 PM on Wed Jan 28 2009, by McCluskey and Miller, 1,389 views, 2 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5141473/super-bowl-synergy-in-full-effect

This Week's Top 12: You Can Probably Ballpark No. 1

5:30 PM on Fri Jan 23 2009, by Maura Johnston, 931 views, 9 comments
http://idolator.com/5138306/this-weeks-top-12-you-can-probably-ballpark-no-1

Broadway Stunt Casting Increasingly Popular, Annoying

Wispy British actress Sienna Miller is heading to Broadway next season to star in Patrick (Closer) Marber's After Miss Julie. She joins an increasingly steady stream of movie types heading to the stage. What gives?

3:20 PM on Fri Jan 23 2009, by Richard Lawson, 5,480 views, 59 comments
http://gawker.com/5138176/broadway-stunt-casting-increasingly-popular-annoying

Five Sundance White-Dude-Movie Cliches

Sundance '09 has provided a voice to the indie-festival disenfranchised—from the ghetto-credulous Push to gay-prison-fantasia I Love You Phillip Morris—but the fest's bread-and-butter (straight-white-guy-social-misfits and the women...

12:45 PM on Tue Jan 20 2009, by Seth, 5,507 views, 16 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5135309/five-sundance-white+dude+movie-cliches

Your Getting-Baked Sign Is Rising

Dreaming of a White Christmas? It's L.A., so a Wet Christmas is the closest you're going to get. It rained last week, so who knows, you might be making puddle angels in the Vons Hollywood parking lot while Santa cruises through the lower...

2:30 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008, by McCluskey and Miller, 1,567 views, 2 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5100396/your-getting+baked-sign-is-rising

Gay Austrian In Sherman Oaks Looks Suspiciously Like Sacha Baron Cohen

PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in often—the fate of the universe relies upon it! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch"...

4:43 PM on Fri Feb 29 2008, by Seth, 11,700 views, 10 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/362568/gay-austrian-in-sherman-oaks-looks-suspiciously-like-sacha-baron-cohen