Gawker: defamer, criminal minds

10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week

Tracie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Chris Brown sits down for his first interview since his last interview, Oprah interviews the Connecticut woman attacked by a chimp, and Carrie Prejean calls for women to "stick together."

1.) Chris Brown loves women.
He appeared on The Wendy Williams Show today to continue The Remorse Tour '09.

2.) The Unveiling of Charla Nash
Charla—who had her hands and face gruesomely torn off by her friend's pet chimp—was interviewed by Oprah this week. Her eyes were lost in the attack, so she hasn't seen what she looks like.

Also, while I generally love primates, the one who attacked Charla looks like an asshole.

3.) Slade's smiley

4.) Ben Affleck's cameo on Curb Your Enthusiasm
If you blink, you'll miss him.

5.) Tabloid stars collide

On The Insider this week, Jon Gosselin was giving Levi Johnston some "parenting advice." Earlier in the week on the same show, he went into some detail about his responsibility as a parent.

And he also talked shit on Kate's hair and kissing skills.

6.) Speaking of hair…
This kid has been suspended from school for getting an elaborate design shaved into his head. He is not allowed to return unless he shaves the rest of his head. His parents are supporting his "freedom of expression." Judging from the way he speaks, this kid needs a lot more school, and a little less expression.

7.) Men blame everything on our periods!

8.) This:

9.) Stephanie Pratt is growing on me.

10.) "It's important for women to stick together."
Faux-minism is not the answer for tackling double standards, when you don't even know what "double standards" are.

Studio Execs Always Love It When The Talent Offers To Help Them Do Their Jobs

Mark — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:16:59 EDT

· Dueling premiere parties, arguments over release dates (too close to Labor Day, American Gangster, and Brad Pitt's Jesse James flick?), and bickering over one-sheet images that reportedly made notoriously cuddly star Russell Crowe feel fat: the tension between Lionsgate and its 3:10 to Yuma talent has certainly made for some good times, according to Slate.
· Jeremy Piven admits to not being as stylish as the professionally wardrobed fictional character for which he is best known.
· Joe Mantegna tries to fill the Mandy Patinkin-shaped hole on Criminal Minds.
· Danny DeVito is not opposed to the terrible, terrible idea of a Throw Momma from the Train sequel.

Mandy Patinkin To Return To 'Criminal Minds' (Sort Of)

Mark — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:48:50 EDT

Once CBS chief Nina Tassler used her platform at the TCA's to clarify that the "creative differences" that drove Mandy Patinkin to bolt Criminal Minds were more of the "personal issues" nature (to her credit, she refrained from pandering to the assembled critics by making comically exaggerated cuckoo noises and twirling a finger around her temple), we thought our PatinkinWatch feature had seen its last update. But this morning, TVGuide.com puts the actor back on our radar, reporting that he'll return to the Minds set to make a final appearance in a single, closure-providing scene:

Strange as that may sound, though, that isn't the really odd part: He'll only be in one scene, and he'll essentially be the only one in it.

Why? Well, duh! My spies tell me that no one in the cast wanted to work opposite him again after he brought production to a standstill by pulling a no-show without even calling in (cough, cough) sick. What's more, Minds' producers were forced to use a special crew to shoot the pariah's scene because the show's regular staff refused to be on set with him.

"Pariah" seems like a harsh assessment and a ceremonial walkout by the crew a cold kiss-off, but we won't pretend to know how painful it was for his TV family to realize that their star never intended to return after ditching that fateful table read. Still, their poignant absence is a classier and more professional way to say goodbye than turning up to work only to ruin every take by coughing Asshole! and Quitter! into their fists each time Patinkin opens his mouth to deliver his dialogue.

Exclusive: Mandy Patinkin Returns to Criminal Minds! [TVGuide.com]

Disappearing Star Patinkin Out At 'Criminal Minds'

Mark — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:40:04 EDT

The search for actor Mandy Patinkin, whose recent. mysterious failure to appear at the table read of whatever second-tier CBS procedural he stars on engaged all of Hollywood in a desperate manhunt for the missing thespian late last week, is over. The good news: Patinkin seems to be OK, and both his network and studio have thus refrained from assassinating his character in the press over the no-show. The bad news: "creative differences"—the "it's not you, it's me" of insincere Hollywood excuses—have driven him off the series. Says Broadcasting & Cable:

After Patinkin's no-show at the first summer read-through, speculation swirled that it was a ploy to squeeze more money out of his contract. But CBS Paramount and ABC Studios stressed that the actor's departure "was not in any way connected to contract renegotiations or salary issues."

The Patinkin camp chalked up the actor's departure to "creative differences."
A new character will be added to take Patinkin's place while his character's departure will be explained in one of the third season's early episodes.

While producers will probably find, at the very least, a passable replacement to fill Patinkin's hastily vacated labcoat and take up his semen-detecting blacklight (again, we're tragically ignorant of the specifics of this particular show), things on the set will never be the same: No matter how accomplished a performer is added, castmate Shemar Moore (pictured with Patinkin in happier times) will be forced to forfeit their Criminal Minds chickenfighting championship to hated rivals Thomas Gibson and Paget Brewster, undoing two seasons' worth of dominance in their downtime bloodsport.

Patinkin Out at Criminal Minds [B&C]
Mandy Patinkin Is Missing! [Defamer]

Mandy Patinkin Is Missing!

Mark — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:52:21 EDT

Advancing the story of Mandy Patinkin's unexplained absence from yesterday's table read for CBS procedural Criminal Minds [Ed.note—Is that the one with David Caruso and the sunglasses or the one with Vincent D'Onofrio and the perverts? Have an intern look that up.] broken on E!'s Watch with Kristin blog, TVGuide.com's Ausiello Report says that the show's producers are retaliating by writing the actor out of their episode:

Multiple sources confirm that Mandy Patinkin is being written out of the season premiere of Criminal Minds after he failed to report to work.

Reps for the show declined comment, but it's safe to assume that the actor/chanteuse is embroiled in some kind of nasty contract stand-off with the network. (The work stoppage was first reported by the sleuths over at E! Online.)
Coincidentally, Minds' just put out a casting call for a character that fits Patinkin's description. What odd timing, eh?

Indeed, it is odd that CBS is issuing a casting call just as their star has come down with a debilitating case of contractitis; stranger still is that the notice is seeking "a less fucking greedy Mandy Patinkin type, who appreciates how easily replaceable the leading men on second-tier FBI dramas truly are, and who doesn't want to spend the rest of his life signing headshots at Princess Bride conventions."

Criminal Minds Cuts Patinkin From Premiere [TV Guide.com]
Exclusive! Mandy Patinkin Out After Missing Minds Read? [E! Online]