Which Oscar Winner Also Likes to Be Showered With a Different Kind of Gold?

Today we have a marriage of convenience, credit stealing hip hoppers, a young couple having public sex, a washed-up actor with a fetish, and a frustrated reality star.

9:34 AM on Fri Mar 20 2009, by Richard Lawson, 19,231 views, 67 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5176779/which-oscar-winner-also-likes-to-be-showered-with-a-different-kind-of-gold

'Can You Share Any Turkey-Basting Stories From Your Own Life?'

· Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman will star in "fertility-themed comedy" The Baster. After Marley & Me and HJNTIY, we honestly don't think we'll be able to survive the press tour on this one. [Variety]

1:25 PM on Fri Feb 6 2009, by Seth, 1,321 views, 9 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5148211/can-you-share-any-turkey+basting-stories-from-your-own-life

Warring Oscar Hopefuls Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn Sign Historic Poolside Treaty

Having second-guessed his nearly disastrous decision to squeeze into a spandex battlesuit (as Oscar-poisonous as a latex fatsuit) and climb into the Wrestlemania ring, Mickey Rourke is now onto stop #2 of his redemption tour:

12:31 PM on Wed Feb 4 2009, by Seth, 4,673 views, 9 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5146245/warring-oscar-hopefuls-mickey-rourke-and-sean-penn-sign-historic-poolside-treaty

90 Million Americans Deeply Invested in the Fate of Pittsburgh

· 90 million people got a face full of Bruce's Spare Parts yesterday. [Variety]

3:06 PM on Mon Feb 2 2009, by Seth, 1,455 views, Comment
http://defamer.gawker.com/5144649/90-million-americans-deeply-invested-in-the-fate-of-pittsburgh

John Krasinski Is A Hideous Man

Six years ago, before John Krasinski was John Krasinski, his crazy dream of filming the story collection Brief Interviews With Hideous Men was little more than just that.

5:30 PM on Tue Jan 20 2009, by STV, 14,496 views, 14 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5135765/john-krasinski-is-a-hideous-man

Today in Sundance Hell: Ashton Kutcher Found, Anna Wintour Lost

Our daily, bleary-eyed round-up of developments from Park City finds a unseasonably warm — and quiet — day at the festival. Except ZOMG IT'S ASHTON!!!!

2:20 PM on Sat Jan 17 2009, by STV, 3,309 views, 2 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5133732/today-in-sundance-hell-ashton-kutcher-found-anna-wintour-lost

William Shatner Plays Doctor

It's scary to think that in a few months we will be deciding whether to recommend Life on Mars or primetime Leno. The decision there seems obvious, but we weep for the talent bookers, researchers and segment producers at the other talk shows who...

6:50 PM on Tue Dec 9 2008, by McCluskey and Miller, 1,123 views, 5 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5105987/william-shatner-plays-doctor

Paul Giamatti's Soul, Chris Rock's Barber Among Subjects in Sundance '09 Spotlight

The Sundance Film Festival this afternoon unveiled the competition lineup for its 2009 incarnation (a/k/a the One You're Boycotting), and it's a sharp crop of international cinema that will no doubt be met with accolades and not just a few bounced...

5:46 PM on Wed Dec 3 2008, by STV, 1,753 views, 2 comments
http://defamer.gawker.com/5101641/paul-giamattis-soul-chris-rocks-barber-among-subjects-in-sundance-09-spotlight