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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 » -
#traderoundup
Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
Firings, sell-offs, suicide stories and Joe Pesci's leftovers; It's a bummer of a day for everyone in Hollywood who is not locked into the role of James T. Kirk. More » -
#ratingsreport
Wow, People Are Actually Watching These New Shows!
We've gotten most of the new series premieres out of the way, and a funny thing happened—most of them are doing pretty well. What does all this mean? More » -
#feuds
Michael Moore in Self-Promotional War with CBS
So, Michael Moore has been making the media rounds to promote his latest project, Capitalism: A Love Story. The film, we're sure, will be enlightening, but, as happens with all things Moore, may be overshadowed by the man himself. More » -
#feuds
Never Piss Off David Letterman
John Michael Higgins isn't a household name, but you've probably seen him acting in Christopher Guest films and/or as Wayne Jarvis on Arrested Development. He also portrayed Letterman in The Late Shift, something he says Letterman still hates him for.
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#presidentialpreemption
TV Networks Bravely Fight for the Right to Think You Can Dance
As we plod through The Summer People Stopped Watching Network TV, said networks are making a fuss about Barack Obama's insistence on holding press conferences because it temporarily prevents them from profiting from their endlessly looped last-gasp humiliation-based reality shows. More » -
#thegays
'Bruno' Bestows His Top Ten Upon America
Earlier in the week Sacha Baron Cohen shockingly appeared out of character on Letterman's show. Tonight he returned in character as "Bruno" to read the Top Ten—"Top Ten Reasons to See The New Movie Brüno." More » -
#explanations
Danny DeVito Addresses His Proclivity for Public Drunkenness
Danny DeVito was a guest on Letterman's show last night and Letterman took the opportunity to ask DeVito about his most recent episode of public drunkenness. More » -
#feuds
Letterman Mocks Pathetic Protest Calling for His Firing
Tens of imbecilic wingnuts turned out yesterday outside of Letterman's midtown studio to express faux outrage over his "perverted" jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughters, which in turn provoked Dave to spend almost an entire segment mocking them. More » -
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#television
David Letterman's Time Has Finally Come
David Letterman, who has been quietly doing his second-place late night joker show over on CBS like forever, is all of a sudden beating the Tonight Show in the ratings. Calling Sarah Palin a slut really pays off! More » -
#deals
Oh Don't Worry, Dave Letterman Will Be Here for a While Too
While everyone is busy fretting and fussing over Conan O'Brien's freshman Tonight Show run, his steady-as-she-goes CBS competitor, David Letterman, has been quietly inking a deal to stay on the air through 2012. With, sigh, a bit of a pay-cut. More » -
#lawsuits
If Lawsuits Were Decided by Press Releases, This Star Trek Writer Should Totally Win
The writer Harlan Ellison is suing CBS for the only reason anybody sues anybody else, only he's being honest about it: "It ain't about the 'principle,' friend, it's about the money! Pay me!" More » -
#portraits
Les Moonves' Daydream, on Canvas
Look, it's the portrait of CBS boss Les Moonves and his wife Julie Chen that hangs in their den. It shows various hangers-on toasting the couple as Les is maybe getting a hand job? [NYT] -
#traderoundup
Blartocalypse Now: 'Zookeeper' Gets A Greenlight
· The whole Blart team has reconvened for The Zookeeper, the story of "a lonely zookeeper...leading to intervention by the zoo's animals." He settles for a nice Tufted Capuchin in the end. [Variety] More » -
#realitytv
CBS pays 127,000 goats for reality show Arranged Marriage. [THR]
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#nbc
New Depression Won't Keep 2009 Upfronts From Old, Ostentatious Glory
Networks are starting to unveil key plans for Upfronts Week '09, that lavish rite of spring apparently unaffected by all this pesky talk of global economic collapse. Unless, of course, you work at NBC. More » -
#traderoundup
Hacks On, Hacks Off
· As per our suggestion, Jackie Chan is negotiating to play the Mr. Miyagi mentoring role in the The Karate Kid remake with Jaden "Will's Brat" Smith. [THR] More » -
#crosspromotion
Heidi, Spencer, and Kim Kardashian To Guest Star On 'How I Met Your Famewhore'
As Fox Studios throws its enthusiastic support behind How I Met Your Mother by tripling its stars' salaries, the laugh track-enhanced CBS sitcom returns to the tabloid slophouse for some ratings-goosing stunt-casting.
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#lawsuits
Stiffed Warner Bros. Sues CBS Over 'Two and a Half Men'
Throwing a litigious lump of coal in its friend's stocking, Warner Bros. TV leveled a breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS seeking $49 million in unpaid license fees and production costs for Two and a Half Men. -
#rip
Has CBS Pulled the Plug on 'Worst Week'?
A holiday card just flung over the Defamer transom offers word that CBS has canceled its well-reviewed if modestly viewed comedy Worst Week. -
#lesmoonves
Les Moonves Confident 'CSI' Will Crush Leno: 'By A Lot'
As Jeff Zucker foists his last hopes for NBC on Leno and his arsenal of funny newspaper-clipping typos, his arch nemesis—future galactic despot Les Moonves—couldn't help but engage in a favorite pastime: More »
