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more about #defamer more comments → SpyMagician: You know what this all means, right? Come 2040, the meta layers of retro ironic quirk will smother us all! Also, what will the 2010+ years be like? ... more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: The America of the aughts will not be remembered well. Started with a stolen election, then moved on through 9/11, anthrax, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan... more » belltolls: Darren Aronofsky has a lifetime cool exemption...as he should. more » raincoaster: As ever, "Make somebody shitloads of money" = "Get out of jail free" card more » Magister: The television list was just too trendy to take seriously. Year-end or decade-end lists are a natural post, but it's like the person from the Hollywoo... more » Juancho: John Lee Hancock has always had cash rolling in as an in-demand screenwriter (particularly on rewrites). Kind of a nice gig to fall back on. I should... more » Helio: "boy, that must've been a fun crowd to hang around with" I think it must be indicative of the overwhelmingly bad shit that's have happened. Basically... more » fatmonalisa: As a person who worked in the entertainment industry for the better part of this decade I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. We knew it s... more » PaisleyPajamas: On "The Grosses Speak Law," doesn't this have its tentacles in "The Big Cool Friend Exemption?" Not in terms so much of getting household names commi... more » Mike Jahn: The decade began with hanging chads and ended with Lady Gaga. Next. more » Conchie Birdie: This decade was exhausting. Pop culture was a shitstorm of everything but the kitchen sink. A few twinkles here and there, but with the stench of Pere... more » Baroness: Interesting piece I will reread.. Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail. For DUI manslaughter. It's actually... more » Airvault: Why am I in film school again? I'll be right back. I'm going to go dunk my head in the kitchen sink for a few minutes. more » CumaeanSibyl: If 1 is the Twilight kids, they should fire their marketing firm. Each and every Twihard hates K.Stew and believes she is the only one who can make he... more » Conchie Birdie: Could number 1 be A-Rod and Kate Hudson? Hence, "swing the other way"? Plus, it didn't say anything about actors. more » -
#sushigate
Warning: Jeremy Piven has resumed eating fish. All Broadway shows are doomed.
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#sushigate
Jeremy Piven Celebrates Victory Over Evil Mercury-Loving Broadway Producers
The arbitrator in the case of sushi-loving Jeremy Piven versus the Broadway producers of Speed-the-Plow ruled today that the producers could not prove their breach of contract suit against the star. But they still think they were right. More » -
#internalmemos
Departing MTV Exec's Furtive Wish: I Wanna Be On Broadway!
Brian Graden, a veteran programming executive at youth culture battle-axe MTV, has thrown in the towel after twelve years. In his goodbye memo to staffers, forwarded to us, Graden mentions an as-yet-unexplored dream: To do musical theater. Adorbs. More » -
#snldigest
Will Ferrell-Hosted, Cameo-Laden SNL Season Finale Will Come To Traumatize Lorne Michaels
Last night's Will Ferrell-hosted SNL season closer was a perfect freak-storm of cameos (Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Norm McDonald, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler) and nostalgia. The play-by-play, post-jump. More » -
#publicrelations
Jeremy Piven Cries, Escapes Punishment
Jeremy Piven convinced five other actors his mercury poisoning is real, deadlocking a union hearing and sparing Piven penalties for leaving Speed the Plow. How did he do it? Maybe with some crying.
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#excuses
Jeremy Piven Willing to Contract Any Disease That Will Get Him Off Broadway
Hollywood community, Jeremy Piven is very disappointed in you. Why have you refrained from rallying around the actor as he suffers so dearly from mononucleosis... er, we mean "self-inflicted sushi poisoning"? -
#feuds
Jeremy Piven's Play-Quitting Excuse Makes Enemy of Mamet
If ever David Mamet had justification to launch one of his famous, profanity-studded tirades, the news that Jeremy Piven had abruptly (and weirdly) quit his play Speed-the-Plow would certainly seem to fit the bill. -
