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more about #defamer jasonelias: You know, I don't know why Charlie Sheen still has a career. He's just not that funny as a comedic actor. He (and that cast exodus) pretty much destro... more » Dot: Please tell me this means they'll remove that horrid show he's in. Every time I don't change the channel fast enough, I get PTSD. more » CrayonSmoothie: Pfft. Just a poor man's Tom Sizemore. more » pureblarney: Foster, you read Redwall, you nerd. And yes, chicks dig Charlie Sheen circa 1985, back when he was still the youngest, hottest graduate of the Martin... more » AlexSea: oh 'avatard', that's clever! i saw you used that earlier too! #gawker,circa7thgrade more » NoodlePress: That TMZ article says the 911 call came in at 8:45 am on Christmas. And they had both been drinking, and she was legally over-the-limit. Who gets hamm... more » Mo MoDo: 2.5 Men is filler between How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory comes on. more » TheSometimesWhy: Only in the most nepotistic business in a world predicated on nepotism does this human oil slick have a shot. And then another shot. And then anothe... more » IpsoFacto: Hopefully, this incident puts the wheels in motion for the cancellation of that horrid show. Dontcha think its kinda weird that Chris Brown's career ... more » Island of Misfit Toys: My father and step-mother watch Two and a Half Men. They DVR it. I've been stuck over there when they replay it. It's painfully stupid. And they l... more » Trai_Dep: I'm so glad Teh Gays of California were blocked from legal marriage so that the institution was protected for guys like this. more » Le_Horla: I will admit right now that I watch Two and Half Man. I even watch reruns on weekend. I can't explain it. I think that the character he plays on THM i... more » sweet_communist: I never thought I'd see a Redwall reference on Gawker. It makes me a little nervous. more » Airvault: I wish I could give him and the rest of career a pass for this scene alone. more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Charlie bites our finger and never stops. more » CrayonSmoothie: 3. I'm thinking Queen Latifah for this one. more » NotChoinski: 1 - Sarah, Todd, and Jesus Christ 2 - Jillian Reynolds, because I hate her 3 - Lady Gaga, to Zoroastrianism. more » WalterPater: 1. Jackman, his beard and his boyfriend. 3. Mariah. more » ClockOnTheStove: 4. What two talented A-list bloggers are returning to Gawker? more » Island of Misfit Toys: 1. The Travoltas 2. Kathy Griffin 3. J. Lo more » -
#television
Is Ricky Van Veen Spending Too Much Time with Ben Silverman?
Ricky Van Veen announced the production schedule for his brand-new TV studio, and it would appear the CollegeHumor founder believes the future of the small screen lies in the past, because he's unleashing a mess of game shows. More » -
#moguls
Ben Silverman's New College Buddy
As an NBC chairman, Ben Silverman once mingled with true media titans. But now the fallen mogul rolls with a different crowd; we hear he's besties with CollegeHumor editor-in-chief Ricky Van Veen. Now they might be in business together. More » -
#nikkifinke
Nikki Finke Now Addicted to Self-Unawareness
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#television
NBC Chief Says He's Not Playing to Lose While Leno Loses to Cable
You've got to feel for NBC TV's newish chairman Jeff Gaspin; not only does he take the wheel amid the Mother of All Media Typhoons, but he inherits it from a Captain hell bent on steering directly into an iceberg. More » -
#siftingthrough
Ben Silverman, We Will Miss You
That NBC chair Ben Silverman is flying/being pushed out of the peacock coop isn't really all that surprising. He's always been kind of a disaster. A blowhard (in more ways than one) party boy with streaks of ego and irresponsibility.
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#departures
Wunderkind Ben Silverman Out at NBC
Once-celebrated, now-beleaguered NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman is leaving the company, it was announced on Ryan Seacrest's Twitter this morning. (Yes.) Well, OK, the New York Times has confirmed. So what the heck happened? Is this good news or bad? More » -
#whitehousevistors
Dear Mr. President: Please Stop Palling Around With This Man
Barack Obama's bizarre alliance with NBC continued last week when the White House invited network chief/seasoned clubrat Ben Silverman over for a highly publicized meeting just in time for the launch of Silverman's shitty new show, The Philanthropist. More » -
#trapezoidoflies
Heidi Pratt's 'Hospitalization' Is One Giant Reality TV Mess
Heidi Pratt was rushed to a hospital in Costa Rica last night for some kind of stomach infection while filming/quitting I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. Our source calls the entire thing out. More » -
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#bensilverman
Why Does Ben Silverman Still Have a Job?: The Bill Carter NYT Profile Edition
Times TV reporter Bill Carter's profile on NBC co-chairman and Executive Bong Smoker Ben Silverman ran today. To put it lightly: Carter takes Silverman by the collar, beats him, and stuffs him in a locker. More » -
#tvexecutivesgonewild
Ben Silverman, NBC's Boy King, Freestyles Topless in Aspen's Swanky Locker Rooms
NBC co-chairman Ben Silverman, half man, half fraternity sergeant-at-arms, has long been a bit of an enigma, and now his "How Does He Have His Job?" quotient is going to skyrocket. You ready for this? More » -
#comebacks
Jay Leno's Best Sick Jokes
Jay Leno's rep says it looks like dehydration sent the Tonight Show host to the hospital last week. But Leno prefers to process his trauma by mocking Conan O'Brien and Ben Silverman. More » -
#failures
Most-Watched Super Bowl Ever Is a Disaster for NBC Universal
Jeff Zucker's division made about half as much money last quarter as it did the year before. So to judge by the upward-failure arc of his career, he'll be running GE in about three weeks. More » -
#productplacement
NBC Sells Its Nonexistent Soul For a $5 Subway Sandwich
NBC has shockingly ruined the integrity of its dramatic show Chuck by allowing Subway what is perhaps the most blatant (and therefore laughable!) product placement in network TV history. Mmm, smell that chicken teriyaki. More » -
#resolved
Project Runway Deal Signed, Harvey Weinstein Returns to Bashing NBC
Harvey Weinstein's gracious-in-defeat couldn't last long. After paying off NBC to take his Project Runway to Lifetime, the mogul had "personally" congratulated the network. Now, he's calling NBC chairman Ben Silverman a big naked-arm-wrestling homo. More » -
#comedy
How Seinfeld's New Show Will Work
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld gave the New York Times exactly two examples of disputes that might be tackled in his (dubiously) forthcoming reality show The Marriage Ref. More » -
#nostalgia
Seinfeld Returns To NBC
Oh, hey, look: Flailing NBC executive Ben Silverman just bought a reality TV project from Jerry Seinfeld, marking the 1990s comedian as the ultimate trailing indicator of desperation and creative bankruptcy. More » -
#30rock
'30 Rock' McFlurryGate Overshadowing More Persuasive iPhone-Contra Affair
For all the e-ink spilled over whether 30 Rock gave the McFlurry too much product placement last week (even Jane Krakowski is unsure now!), we think there's a different, far bigger case to be made. More » -
#blinditems
Which NBC Universal VP May Have Pulled A Spitzer With His Corporate Card?
Lord knows that NBC head Ben Silverman hardly needs another reason to fire another VP, but at least this one's creative: someone's hiring hookers on the corporate card! More » -
#hollywoodprivacywatch
PrivacyWatch: Courtney Love And Ben Silverman Drunk On Red Wine And Each Other Edition!
1/21 — Apocalypse now - COURTNEY LOVE and BEN SILVERMAN (TOGETHER), stumbling out of Giorgio Baldi on Wednesday night. Someone needs to explain this right now. More » -
#nbc
Live From NBC's TCA Panel: 'Heroes' Spared, Ben Silverman In Hiding
NBC potentate Jeff Zucker and loyal henchperson Ben Silverman had the aura of proud parents watching their 30 Rock children collecting Globes—but they made the unusual decision to avoid the podium entirely at TCA. More »
