The genial Q TV host, Jian Ghomeshi, introduced Billy Bob as an "Oscar-winning screenwriter, actor, and director" when doing an interview with Thornton and his band The Boxmasters. And that ticked ol' Billy B. off something fierce.

He was first sullen and sulky, answering questions evasively, when he was answering them at all, but then the whole thing spun out of control. When pressed to answer a question about his musical influences, Thornton pissily, an inexplicably, compared himself to Tom Petty, then just acted like a petulant little baby. Basically because he felt that people weren't taking his precious, precious "cosmic cowboy music" seriously enough. It gets real weird and awkward about half way through.

As he told MTV in Park City, Thornton has now added "agoraphobia" to his laundry list of maladies that includes manorexia, a resistance to orange-colored foods, and a terrible aversion to monogamy. We can understand how a resume that has recently included Eagle Eye, Mr. Woodcock, and The Informers could drive a person to stay indoors, but we're choosing to believe that Thornton is simply performing a public service to his fellow actors. Sure, it might be strange to costar with him on the upcoming Bad Santa 2: Santa Is Delivering All His Lines From Behind A Heavy Door, but the health benefits are unquantifiable.

• Sundance: Don’t Ask Billy Bob Thornton To Come Outside [MTV]

This year's vintage features another barrel of celebrities with equally little margin for error, some less endangered than others. For your handy trajectory-watching reference, we've narrowed their ranks to 10 of the most interesting:

1. Ashton Kutcher: The festival itself describes Kutcher's gigolo farce Spread as "such a perfectly tuned, contemporary depiction of the trials and tribulations of sleeping your way to wealth and success that, guilty pleasure or not, it's irresistible." Either the responsible programmer's tongue is so far in his cheek it'll leave a bruise, or we must forge on with the faith that Kutcher is up to credibly depicting those fraught "trials and tribulations." He's a producer on this as well, upping the skeevy self-casting factor proportionately with the stakes that accompany putting this on the Sundance market. THREAT LEVEL: Severe

2. Rachel Dratch: As co-writer and co-star of the Midnight section highlight Spring Breakdown, Dratch is nominally on the hook for delivering a sort of inverted Sex and the City: Three terminally unsophisticated women (played by Dratch, Amy Poehler and Parker Posey) entrusted to chaperone a teenager to spring break wind up cavorting with the savage youth. Laffs, empowerment and, hopefully for Dratch, a cult following ensue, exhuming this film from the shallow grave where it has languished for months and on to video shelves where it's likely to make its next stop. THREAT LEVEL: Elevated

3. Pierce Brosnan: A man for whom being the most tone-deaf cast member in history's biggest musical is his primary film accomplishment of the last five years, Brosnan needs his grieving-dad weepie The Greatest to find legs during its Saturday premiere — and not those of critics and buyers fleeing the Racquet Club in terror. Like Kutcher and about a million other actors to travel here with movies over the years, he's got a producer credit, which means he needs a sale, which means to needs to be on his game. For once. Whatever that might be. THREAT LEVEL: Dire

4. John Krasinski: He'll be on hand presenting his writing-directing debut Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, an adaptation of the novel by David Foster Wallace. It's a double-jeopardy scenario risking both his own artistic humiliation and the ultimate torpedoing of his recently deceased source. That said, he's John Krasinski — how bad can it really be? Wait, don't answer that. THREAT LEVEL: Moderate

5. Jim Carrey: One month removed from a lukewarm success with Yes Man, Carrey isn't traveling to Sundance to reinvent himself as an indie influence-peddler. But he still has to convince distributors and a game if cynical-by-default press corps that I Love You Phillip Morris is anchored in anything other than the Carrey-on-McGregor romance gimmick. As mentioned here yesterday, this has as much potential to be this year's What Just Happened as it does to be its Little Miss Sunshine; don't look for it to be much in between. THREAT LEVEL: Critical

6 - 10. Billy Bob Thornton's co-stars: The man whose one-time castmates have occasional trouble staying alive arrives with two wildly disparate films — the LA excess potboiler The Informers and the crap-salesman dramedy Manure — featuring two wildly disparate ensembles including Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Kyle MacLachlan, Winona Ryder, Tea Leoni and others. Everyone make sure you have your affairs in order before coming to Park City. THREAT LEVEL: Imminent

Speaking last night, Edit admitted: 'We have a very, very close friendship. I don't want to be the third person in the marriage but I know it can be seen that way.

...When asked directly if her relationship with the film and TV star had developed into a full-blown sexual affair, Edit said: 'I don't want to say anything that might hurt David. I am not going to deny it. I don't know what our relationship means to him.'

...Reflecting on her relationship with Duchovny, Edit said: 'I might talk more later.

At the moment I cannot. I have a lot of pride. If I talk about my relationship-with David, people will think I am just some girl who talks to the Press.

'I am not like that. If you want to write that we have an affair then fine. I will not argue against it."

Pakay's attempt to dissuade people from thinking she's "just some girl who talks to the Press," by talking to the Press deserves some convoluted kudos, though at this point, we're not sure what to believe anymore. Did Duchovny menage it up with alien bounty hunters? Did he attempt to replace an increasingly over-it Tea Leoni with Annabeth Gish? At this point, no twist seems too far-fetched (and since we bought the whole "Baby William" thing, that's really saying something).

• 'An affair? I'm not going to deny it': Tennis coach tells of her close friendship with 'sex addict' David Duchovny as he splits from wife [Daily Mail]

It was not [Duchovny's] 'sexual compulsion proclivity' that caused the break-down of their marriage, but rather his discovery of explicit text messages on [Leoni's] mobile phone sent by actor Billy Bob Thornton.

Through the texts Duchovny found out she had begun a relationship with Oscar-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton, 53, who was formerly married to Angelina Jolie.

Five-times married Billy Bob met Téa when they made a comedy film together earlier this year called Manure.

Thornton, a musician with his own band, has been seen with Téa at his gigs.

'She even helps him load and unload his truck,' says a friend of the couple.

What gives, Mulder? After all the nubile background players you've shown your X-Files to, can't your wife enjoy some groupie action with Angelina Jolie's sloppy seconds? Yes, the stench of patchouli and Wild Turkey that would emanate from even a text message might be hard to take, but you made your bed, David. Now lie in it (and without that cute 20-year-old PA who "really loved you in Trust the Man").

[Photo Credit: AP]

• Sex addict David Duchovny splits from wife Téa Leoni after discovering HER 'illicit affair' with Billy Bob Thornton [Daily Mail]

Nevertheless, his overall support reminds us what a fertile period it is for the villain in American cinema — and how '80s/'90s-era schlock could stand to benefit from an A-list talent injection. We consulted our own casting department for five ideal remakes, and the stars who might push them over the top:

Leprechaun, featuring Tom Cruise as Leprechaun. Both a post-Tropic Thunder capitalization for the resurgent star and a perfect UA palate cleanser after the ordeal of Valkyrie.

Child's Play, featuring Clay Aiken as Chucky. A natural crossover for the Man Who Wouldn't Be Idol. A savvy agent could package this with Aiken's new son as the male lead and Kelly Clarkson as the mother who squares off Aiken's homicidal doll in a fight to the death. The producers couldn't likely tell him about the "homicidal doll" part until after the shoot, but whatever; it's not like he needs a script or anything.

Friday the 13th, featuring Corey Feldman as Jason Voorhees. Feldman broke through in 1984 as young Jason-slayer Tommy Jarvis, but with the franchise having exhausted Tommy's psychosis and The Two Coreys essentially confirming Feldman's own, this match makes itself. Scrap the remake in the works, Paramount — or at least order some reshoots.

Candyman, featuring Eddie Murphy as Candyman. In a PG-rated romp directed by Brian Robbins, Murphy's fat-suited Candyman really does do a number on the sweets shops in town, trailed by swarms of plump CGI bumblebees and playing kiddie snicker-snack with his candy-cane hook.

Halloween, featuring Mike Myers as Michael Myers. Tagline: "Still stroppy."

• Billy Bob On Elm Street [JoBlo]

Strange how many Billy Bob Thornton co-stars have died prematurely (Ritter, Bernie Mac, J.T. Walsh, Heath Ledger). Thank goodness Morgan Freeman (Levity) and Shia (Eagle Eye) survived their crashes and Patrick Swayze (Waking Up in Reno) is coming back from cancer or we'd be talking about the Billy Bob Curse. Not trying to make light, just think it's eerie.

And don't forget Jim Varney, whose final role before dying at 50 was Thornton's film Daddy and Them. Eerie, indeed — and we're not afraid to call it the curse that it is. So please see above for Defamer's unsettling reference to doomed and/or endangered Thornton castmates. And be careful, Hollywood!

• Bernie's Out [Hollywood Elsewhere]

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At signing to promote the latest album by his group, The Boxmasters, Billy Bob Thornton told the press that his ex-wife Angelina Jolie probably still wants to get back together after all these years. Thornton explained that Jolie is in the midst of a phase and that she'll quickly come to her senses and they'll get back together soon enough. Thornton said, "She's just going through a high school phase. You know dating the quarterback of the football team with Brad Pitt over there. She'll be waking up from that dream in no time. Who knows if I'll be there when she's ready to come to her senses though." Thornton added that they all come back, but he's not a fan of repeats.

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The sister of Billy Bob Thornton’s fourth wife, Pietra Cherniak, is coming forward with a lengthy and more than "adequite" online attack against the actor, who she claims has been stalking and harassing her for almost 10 years. In an email sent out to various gossip sites, Elysabeth Cherniak accuses the formerly entertaining, recently quiet Thornton of not only bugging her phone lines and sending vicious emails, but physically abusing her sister during their marriage and manipulating her father into prescribing him drugs. Speaking of drugs, Cherniak also claims Thornton has been dabbling in cocaine use over the past year. Though the actor’s rep is using the old “Billy Bob doesn’t know how to use email” excuse, this is one actor whose word we don’t automatically value more than their seemingly vindictive accuser. Details on Cherniak's claims, and her email in its entirety after the jump.

Among the most shocking accusations in her email (in full below) is the allegation that, while married to model Pietra in the mid-90s, Thornton would “hit, kick [and] emotionally torture his wife.” In addition, Cherniak claims Billy Bob used their then-practicing doctor father to supply him with codeine for what she calls “his phony make believe migraine headaches. Which my dad finally realized, were just an act to get the drugs he needed.” Though we wouldn’t necessarily find the allegations as a whole suspicious, we do find it difficult to imagine Thornton capable of “masking his actual ip addresses...bypass[ing] security software” and planting spy devices in other people’s homes. Then again, this is the guy with a self-professed phobia of former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s hair, so you never know.

Here is the full, unedited text of the email that was posted here:

Newsgroups: alt.showbiz.gossip
From: Queen Elysabeth [REDACTED]
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:37:39 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, Mar 15 2008 8:37 pm
Subject: Billy bob Thornton Drugging And Intruding thug Criminal Two Faced A Hole!

This is part of an email I sent to some gossip sites, in the hopes of this stalking crime being resolved. This is my only choice, since he is too cowardly to do anything brazen enough to produce proof, which is what I would need, in order for the police to have the power to enforce their authority. Stalking is a crime in the state of California, which is punishable by law, with up to 2 years in jail. We found the device's location by which billy bob's people have planted in my mother's bedroom. My sister, Pietra told me for 3 years at least that he was stalking her in the very same way. I did not knot doubt her concern over that happening, but she was his wife, I was only his sister in law and he was an aquaintance at best. He is absolutely scary and two faced. She also told me that he has been buying cocaine from her drug dealing former neighbors in this pat year. He is out of control and must be stopped.

My name is Elysabeth Cherniak, I am Billy Bob Thornton's former sister in law. He has been bugging my home, tapping our telephones, emailing me and somehow masking his actual ip addresses, which also somehow bypasses my security software, and causing problems with orders we place, and otherwise making a nuisance of himself in other ways. He more then likely employees the help, of one or more of the several people, who reside in his Beverly Hills Estate. It has gone on long enough, and we are sick and tired of his harassment.

Billy Bob decided years ago, that it would be funny, annoying, and alright for him call me names, and harass me, when I was working on a psychic hotline. He would call up, and voice his opinions about my character, and assert his opinions about my appearance, etc. A self professed former interveius drug abuser, who still has a drug and alcohol problem, which has become increasingly worse over the years. Which I am certain, has made this serious problem grow even worse. My father, a doctor(now retired), was manipulated by Billy Bob years ago, into prescribing him codeine for his phony make believe migraine headaches. Which my dad finally realized, were just an act to get the drugs he needed, to support his drug habbit. I have been told that he has been using cocaine lately, and is still drinking heavily, among other things. When he would call me on the phone service, my boss would yell at him(KNOWING who it was, she owned the phone line, and had his information on hand). Not only that, but he admitted to me that he was doing this, and he said he was trying to help me, lol. Help? I mean I am shocked that this stalking issue of his, ten years since his calling that phone line, has escalated to the level of bugging our house, and tapping our phones(he has been at least bugging my phone all that time). Then again, his career got bigger, so his habbits became insatiable enough, for him to spend that kind of money, on that type of unsavory activity. Talk about needing a hobby... ...desperately! We have always stayed away from him, we have always left him alone. We told him in a normal tone, we warned him to stay away from us. In other words, this is not even motivated by revenge on his part. This is just something he enjoys doing to us.

I have endured this for many years from him. I have told my cell phone carrier, my isp, and my friends, that he is doing this to me. He told me he was doing these things to me besides. We were not the ones who married him, my sister did. He did this to her also, and she has expressed that to9 myself and my family in the last several years. I believe she is too afraid of him to admit this any longer, but I did let her know that this is now happening to myself recently. although I realize this has been happening consistently for over 10 years now. I can give examples of his blatent incidents I have endured, in this blog, but trust me, it is THAT overwhelmingly obvious to me, and has been made apparent by He, himself! He is being brazen enough considering. Yet being sure not to expose that fact, so that it is evident, in the eyes of the police department. I have been researching stalkers, and this is exactly what the experts say to do. Do let as many people as possible know. At first I was apprehensive, only because I am a very private individual. But, I realized more and more that he has been increasingly taunting and menacing. This past year has been hell for me with this, mostly because he sees that I am not involved with a man right now, and he perceives this to mean that I am vulnerable and insecure. Which I am not at all. I have many choices, and I have the support of my mother, friends, and even strangers, all of whom take bullying of women quite seriously. Most importantly, this is illegal and a serious offense. The truth always comes out in the end. He thinks that since nbody can see him doing this, that he can
get away with it. He also trivializes the severity of his actions, by labelling them as "bad habits", and simple "immaturity". But this is extremeluy dangerous behavior, and I refuse to remain complacent about this crime. I am not a victim, a victim would allow his actions to cause them to isolate themself. Which I was beginning to do. He has been continuing this, despite my letting people knows, as well as letting him know I have been doing so.

This is only for my safety. My obvious concern is for the privacy of my home, the safty of my mom, neices, family, and for myself. The implications of this type of activity are enormous, and very disconcerting.

I cannot go to the police without any proof, i.e. video tape, photographs, I have nothing to prove this but what I have experienced, and what my mother has experienced. This is outrageous, and we will not tolerate it any more.

He can react however he wants, he knows and god knows, and whoever else helped him purchase the equipment to enable his ridiculous endeavor in espionage. He told me he is doing this, and he has a history of doing this in the past. He can now afford the luxury of more high tek equipment. He repeats things I discuss in the privacy of my own home, and puts names of people I talk to on the phone, the nature of our conversations, and so forth in emails, in chatrooms. If this were any one else, and not himself STALKING me, they would simply just ask me out on a date, call me on the phone, and send me flowers, and COURT ME!

Like I said, he did this a long time ago, and he admitted it to me. My boss was so upset with him too. He is nothing better then a thug and a criminal as long as he keeps this up.

We do not have the kind of money it would take to identify this type of equipment he uses to do these things to us. He yelled at my mother years ago..."Don't you try to ever take my money Ruth!!" He just plain said this for no apparent reason, he is really really sick! Just tell him to get away from me once and for all! We are not taking any more of his abuse. We are not his battered ex wife, my sister was.

This is very very serious. I worked for him for 4 months of my life. He seems to think that when he marries someone, that entitles him to stalk his wifes family for the rest of his life. I really do not like that I have to post this isn my blog, but I have to protect myself and my mother. This is no laghing matter. I feel terrible for his mother. She is a psychic so she knows what he is putting us through. So do many other people who know him, better then the people who only work with him on a movie or two.

Wouldn't you think that his toddler and his girlfriend are keeping him busy enough, not to mention his huge career? I never in my life met anyone with this much prestige, who behaves like he has some terrible job, and financial issues. It makes me happy that I love myself, have the support of my friends, and the concern I have gotten from strangers. Realizing that he has fans, of which I was one myself. I mean it is such a sham. This guy seems like Mr. Cool! Talk about a farce. If you are somebody who can talk sense into him, and you are a peer of his, perhaps you can scare some serious ense into him. I doubt this will ever cease, he has literally been doing this for over 10 years now! Praticuarly because he knows I have told all of my close friends about this, and he is still going strong. that is why i am just resigning myself to the fact that this may never go away, not until he expires someday. I have known this was happening, and yet I tried to ignore it. But when I realized it wasn't just being done on my phones, and was being done in my house too? Which was relatively recently, I have just been so horrified and angry about it, I refuse to be a victim. Just know I am not asking for pity, this is happening and it isd real. I know I am not the only one he is doing this to, besdies. He is even worse with us though, I am certain. Mostly because he seems to have a sense of entitlement, because we were his family by marraige before. But that doesn't mean you can impose yourself upon people, obviously. I was involved in a 13 year relationship with someone, so obviously I know what it is to be seriously involved by this time in my life. I feel that he has become more aggressive with his harrassment lately, because I am single now, and I nno longer have someone I share my life with at this time. Which is disgustingly abusive on his part, needless to say. I leave voice mails on my own telephone voicemail, and he tells me he gets my messages, in whch I urge him to stop doing this to me! How nuts is that? He did this to try to make me lose my mind, and he is not achieving that. I know who it is doing this, and I know why. Her is obsessed with me, and not in a good way. It particularly disturbs him that I am psychic, and that is a real issue for him personally. He seems to enjoy doing this because of that as well, because the 6th sense which someone like myself would have, of feeling like you are being watched. That is what he is hoping would drive me nuts?

To think that when the National Enquirer offered me $50,000 to spill the beans about his marraige to my sister, and I turned it down out of their respect for privacy, and this is how he repays me. It is not as though I was making a incredible living. It is almost as though he is mistaking my kindness for weakness. Mind you, I have never been this man's girlfriend, friend, nor enemy, but yet I considered us to be "cordial enough." Mostly, to avoid any kind of issue between he and myself. She and I have never been very close, which he chose as his motivation, when he was initially very imposing towards me, when I first met him, andf they had first gotten together. Although, i had a great career, and my own arpartment, he was flirting with me, behind her back, and telling her that I was a slut, and numerous other rude and ridiculous comments. I just wanted to be left alone. But he seemed to try and involve me ion their life somehow. I knew he was hurting her besides. He was extremely abusive during my sister's marraige to him, and she never did call the police when he would beat her. Personally, I have never dated someone who beat me, and that really frightenned me about him a lot! Perhaps if she had been able to have him taken to jail for doing this to her, then maybe he would have been properly rehabilitated, and not feel the impulse he seems to have which drives him to continue this harrassment of my family, in our home, on our computers, and our telephones. But I do understand that she was scared to death at that time, and was threatenned by him repeatedly. She was told that if she called the authorities, that he would kill her. Their children were so young, and so was my sister. He was certainly old enough to know better then to hit, kick or emotionally torture his wife. He was well into his 30's then. Contrary to his perception of reality, i am empowered and strong. I have god on my side, as I always have been a woman of faith.

This is not about pity, this is just a serious issue concerning a celebrity, who even more then a non-public citizen, is being judged by how he treats others. Particularly females.

Elysabeth

• BILLY BOB ACCUSED OF BUGGING THE HELL OUT OF LADY [TMZ]

Though inching your digits inside the shorts of your incredibly hot girlfriend may not be the classiest move, we'd watch a porno starring Enrique and Anna any day. As for Drew and Justin, the more photos and TMZ clips we see of this couple, the more we approve. They're cute. Even when they kiss in cars. Which is usually just plain awkward. And so what if TomKat are nutcases? This classic dip Tom pulled off in Rome early on in their relationship is as romantic as it gets.

Oh dear. The boob-grab from behind? While making eye contact with some other chick off-camera? Sorry Billy Bob, but that whole crass thing you made work with Angelina became instantly uncool the second you dumped her. As for this picture of Britney Spears gleefully grabbing K. Fed's crotch on a balcony for all the paps to see, well, even writing a snarky comment on it might make us physically ill. And just in case you didn't think the idea of kissing Nicole Kidman was horrifying enough, Us has thankfully provided us with proof. Yeah, thanks. A lot.

[Photo credits: INF, Flynet, Bauer-Griffin, BE Images via Us, Wireimage]

• CELEBRITY PDA! [Us]

5. Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett: After only three weeks of courtship following their first meeting on the set of The Player, the crooner managed to tie the knot with the Pretty Woman. But all the flack Julia received for falling in the sack with such an odd-looking, unknown duck wasn't the least bit worth it; their 1993 wedding turned into a 1995 separation, leaving Jules looking just this side of desperate.

4. Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn: Speaking of desperate, the weeklies' favorite pity princess was still grieving or whatever over the loss of Brad to Angelina, and her are-they-or-aren't-they "relationship" with Vince Vaughn on the set of The Breakup just made her look even more pity-worthy after Vaughn's repetitive, close-to-insulting denials to the press.

3. Angelina Jolie and Billy-Bob Thornton: Embarrassing enough as it is to get dumped by someone like Billy Bob, it was his alleged reasoning that made this breakup particularly gruesome. According to countless reports, Thornton just didn't feel like being a dad to Angie's little bundle of joy Maddox. However, the outcome (Chosen One! Brad Pitt!) was hardly anything to frown about.

2. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck: Gigli. We're sorry, that's really all there is to say.

1. Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe: Talk about losing a rock solid reputation; America's sweetheart, married to a classic hunk (with a cute kid to boot!), ran off with the (then) Australian lothario while filming Proof Of Life in 2000. The results? Out with the marriage and the good girl cred, on with the racy movies and trout pout. Disaster.

• TOP 25 HOTTEST ON-SET HOOKUPS [AOL Movies]

· Billy Bob Thornton hopes some of newly minted Hollywood superstar Shia LaBeouf's sizzle rubs off on him, signing on to learn some new tricks from the young master while working on the DreamWorks thriller Eagle Eye. [Variety]
· Not even the strike can slow Jerry Bruckheimer's superproducing abilities. [Variety]