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inside baseball
Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.
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moneyball
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made
The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters waitress slayer? [Deadspin] -
hollywood
Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball?
Last week Sony killed Moneyball, the Steven Soderbergh-directed $58-million baseball film starring Brad Pitt based on Michael Lewis' book about former Oakland A's GM Billy Beane, just five days before filming was set to start. So what the hell happened? More » -
shutdown
Brad Pitt's Steven Soderbergh-Directed Adaptation Of 'Moneyball' Strikes Out
Columbia Pictures was aghast when the latest script for the adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball arrived. So much so that they've put the project in turnaround. Oh, and: production was supposed to start next week. More » -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Kate Wore A Bikini & Twilight Stars Are In Love
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, where, according to the tabloid covers, only two things are newsworthy: Kate Gosselin's "revenge" bikini body; and whether the stars of Twilight are hooking up. [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Brad & Angie "Fight" In Public; Jon & Kate Kids Suffer
It's Wednesday, and this is Midweek Madness, in which we snack on cheesy gossip from In Touch, Life & Style, Us, Ok! and Star. Margaret assists in separating the fresh from the stale, especially since Brad and Angelina are either on the rocks or happily expecting their 7th child, depending. [Jezebel] -
photo play
Body Language "Expert" Weighs In On Brad & Angie
The tabloids are always turning to nutritionists, trainers, plastic surgeons and other experts who "don't treat" the stars but aren't too busy to make determinations about people they don't know. We can play that game! [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Sapphic Encounters And Haircut Advice, At Prices That Can't Be Beat
Every Wednesday, we rummage through the gossip clearance aisle in Midweek Madness to determine whether OK!, Us, Life & Style, In Touch or Star, has valuable dirt you want at a price you can afford. [Jezebel] -
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Angelina Cheated On Brad With Blonde Female Rocker
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which assistant Margaret and I attempt to ingest the nutty stuff produced by the weekly tabloids. Details from Us, In Touch, Ok!, Life & Style and Star, inside. [Jezebel] -
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The Pitt and the Pendulous
[Brad Pitt films a Japanese commercial for a bank in New York; image via Splash] More » -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Babies, Bisexuals & Tim Gunn With His Pants Down
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which assistant Margaret and I search for real "news" in the weekly tabloids. Step inside for free-swingin', AC/DC stories from Us, In Touch, Life & Style, Ok! and Star. [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Angelina's Pregnant, Lindsay Refuses Rehab
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we search for worthwhile "news" in In Touch, Star, Life & Style, Ok! and Us. [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Brit's Back With Kevin and Lindsay Talks To Us
Welcome back to Midweek Madness! The tabloids flirt with actual reporting this week in a lengthy interview with Lindsay Lohan. But don't worry, Brit and K-Fed's reunion is still anonymously sourced and possibly untrue. [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Choose Your Own Brangelina Adventure
Wednesday means one thing: Midweek Madness. The covers are all over the place this week, like what's up with Brangelina? Did she kick him out? Agree to be Mrs. Pitt? Is he cheating with Natalie Portman? [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Brangelina's On The Rocks, Reese Might Get One
Welcome back to midweek madness, in which we gorge ourselves on fresh gossip from the weekly tabloids. Join us as we choke down what In Touch, Life & Style, Us, Ok! and Star are serving. [Jezebel] -
trade roundup
Nothing's Lost Forever
A SAG-sack returns, two beauties team up for impossibly beautiful lovemaking, Up graces Cannes, Kevin Costner is back, and so is Behind the Music. More » -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Shiloh & Suri Forced To Be Friends; Katie Forced To Diet
It's Wednesday, so it's time for Midweek Madness. Did Brad make a move on the nanny? Is Katie starving herself for Scientology? Have Suri and Shiloh ever met? The tabloids ask and answer. [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Aniston & Angie's Oscar Showdown
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we "read" the celeb weeklies, in search of "newsworthy" gossip. Though Nadya "Octomom" Suleman helps sell issues, she landed zero covers this week: Brangeliniston reigned. [Jezebel] -
clips
Tim Gunn Gets Designs On Brangelina; Fails To Make It Work
Project Runway's Tim Gunn is working as a red carpet host this evening, but even America's favorite grey-haired fashionista can't impress the A-list juggernaut that is Brangelina. Ever heard Tim get gushy? You have now. [Jezebel] -
stalky
E! Tracking Brangelina With Predator Drone Or Something
As soon as the couple gets within range, the network will presumably deploy Jennifer Aniston as a sort of celebrity Hellfire missile. Click for full-sized image. -
oscars
Likely Oscar Losers Brangelina Take EBay Consolation Prize
If the numbers truly don't lie, then neither Brad Pitt nor Angelina Jolie will collect Academy Awards on Sunday. But who needs Oscars when America's auction-scavenging elite are on your side? More » -
For Contrast
The 'Basterds' Trailer As Quentin Tarantino Wanted You To See It
Out of fairness to Quentin, Harv, and the whole Basterds gang working so hard to bring you all the Nazi-scalping excellence you deserve, we bring you now the official HD Basterds trailer. More » -
defamer first look
'Inglourious Basterds' Like An Incredibly Stupid, WW2-Set 'Munich'
Look, we'll be the first to say we love a good Jews Fight Back movie. More » -
brad pitt
Jolie-Pitt Brood Terrorizes London Hotel
Continuing budget woes required the hosts of the BAFTA Awards to cut their little-known backstage daycare room for this year's ceremony. And as presumed, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's fellow hotel guests suffered the most. More » -
inglourious basterds
'Basterds' First Look: Brad Pitt Really Wants His 100 Nazi Scalps
We can't say ET seems an entirely logical place to unveil Inglourious Basterds (Mary Hart: "Looks exciting, Mark! And now from Nazi scalps to Nazi scallops, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck previews his Oscar menu etcetc.") More » -
family
The Pitt-Jolies Take Japan!
Pictured, part of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's family (the Havana Pee-Wee-League girls' softball team had a championship game in Santa Domingo) as they arrive at Japan's Narita International Airport for a promotional press tour. More » -
snap judgment
Far Out: Angelina & Brad Introduce New Twins To Far East
[Narita, Japan; January 27. Images via Getty]
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the curious case of benjamin button
Life Is Like A Box Of Reverse-Staling Chocolates
Did something about Eric Roth's screenplay for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button remind you of an earlier success of his called Forrest Gump? You're not alone.
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uncoolgate
Brad Pitt Attempts Settlement in 'Dastardly' UncoolGate Affair
Brad Pitt has exposed himself in W—and we do mean exposed, Chuck Close's unforgiving photos highlighting every worry line to sprout across his iconic face since undertaking fathering duties to a knife-obsessed Cambodian mercenary. More » -
inglourious basterds
Weinsteins Unleashing 'Basterds' in Late-August Dumping Ground
A note taped to Defamer HQ's door greeted us this morning — not an eviction notice as we feared, but rather just another Weinstein news dump announcing Inglourious Basterds' [sic] eyebrow-raising late-summer '09 release date. -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Lots Of Baby Drama & Weight Loss Tips From Obama
Welcome to the final Midweek Madness of the year, in which the tabloids inform us that we're all overweight Americans. [Jezebel] -
midweek madness
This Week in Tabloids: Which Celebs Are Unwrapping the Gift of Herpes?
This Christmas Eve, we bring you tidings of Midweek Madness. [Jezebel] -
Benjamin Button
Paramount Reluctant to Use Nude Brad Pitt on 'Benjamin Button' Poster
Though we were enamored of the backwards type and deer-in-headlights look that distinguished the poster for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, others found it terribly generic. Now, Slashfilm presents Paramount's alternate take. -
threats
BREAKING: Brad Pitt Still Not in Danger
A few months after Brad Pitt's security detail evacuated him from a perfectly safe Toronto hotel, TMZ sends late word that the actor is once again not threatened by an emergency near his L.A. home. -
midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Jilted Wives, Jingle Bells & The Return of J.Lo
It's Midweek Madness time, and this week, most of the covers focus on Brad and Angie: Their made up summer wedding, holiday plans with the kids, and feud with Jennifer Aniston. [Jezebel] -
girls' guides
What Brad Pitt, J. Lo, & Contraception Have In Common
J. Lo is slated to star in a new movie called Plan B, which, unfortunately, is not a rollicking comedy about the morning after pill. It's about having lots of babies! [Jezebel] -
brad pitt
Wes Anderson Directs Brad Pitt in Ad for Wacky Japanese Sensibility
Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson doesn't typically work with two-time Sexiest Man Alive winners (keep trying, Schwarzbaum!), so to imagine what the director could do with Brad Pitt doesn't come easily. -
jennifer aniston
Jennifer Aniston Promotes New, PG-Rated Family Film By Going Completely NSFW
We weren't aware that Jennifer Aniston's new dogcom, Marley & Me, was in urgent need of sexing up, but consider us duly apprised. So what is there to say about these new GQ pictures? -
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Jennifer Aniston Will Not Be Congratulating Angelina On Her Golden Globe Nom
As all of America has no doubt been made aware of during her press tour for Marley & Me, Jennifer Aniston hates talking about Brad Pitt.











































