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Even When He Eats, It's Funny!

Douglas Reinhardt — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT

A medical professional must have been on hand at the Chateau Marmont to keep popular silver screen star Kirsten Dunst from busting a gut. The Spider Man star was laughing uncontrollably at the antics of Mac pitchman and ex-flame of Drew Barrymore, Justin Long. Dunst was thoroughly impressed by Long's comedic culinary consumption antics, even going as far as to say that Long is way funnier than "that Charlie Chaplin dude." Long reveled in the attention, even going as far as to moonwalk a piece of chicken into his mouth.

[Photo Credit: X17]

*A Call To The Bullpen is a work of fiction. Although the pictures we use are most certainly real, Defamer does not purport that any of the incidents or quotations you see in this piece actually happened. Lighten up, people ... it's a joke.

Trade Round-Up: Adam Sandler Employs His Buddies

Mark — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 14:02:38 EST

· The O.C.'s Mischa Barton is in negotiations to star in Dino de Laurentiis period drama The Decameron, based on the 14th century literary classic that no one within a 300-mile radius of Los Angeles has ever heard of. [THR]
· Adam Sandler's proves his Happy Madison Productions exists solely to keep his underemployed friends in mortgage payments, producing Bench Warmers for Rob Schneider and David Spade. Make up your own idea for a logline, you'll probably get it in fewer than three tries. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· In a move we're sure has NOTHING to do with Pixar's Cars move, DreamWorks pushes Shrek 3 to 2007. Why not just hold it until the Apocalypse, Katzenberg? It's a great time for opening family fare. [THR]
· Wayne Brady and Frasier scribe Saldin Patterson set up a legal comedy at NBC. Suicide, cutting, and vomiting to follow this item. Not in that order. [THR]
· DreamWorks renews its deal with Ben Stiller's Red Hour production company, banking that it will get more DodgeBall than Duplex. [Variety]

Defamer Is There: The Celebrity Dodgeball Tournament

Mark — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:29:36 EST

Last night, we cut the rusty chains that bind us to this computer to attend the Celebrity Dodgeball Tournament at the Palladium, a benefit for the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation (and sponsored by Fox to celebrate yesterday's DVD release of their promotionally-convenient film concerning red balls and the triumph of the underdog).

Before the celebrities took to the makeshift dodgeball arena (which raised the excitement level by affording spectators many opportunities to be hit with errant throws), "civilian" teams consisting of agents, entertainment lawyers, and anyone else willing to pony up the $1,000-$2,500 fee battled it out in their own tournament. Say what you will about agents and lawyers, but put a couple of balls in their hands, and they quickly summon the kind of bloodlust they'd usually reserve for normal working hours. We were genuinely interested in their competition's outcome...until we discovered the open bar.

We'll spare you the play-by-play of the night's main celebrity tournament, the details of which were made fuzzy by our overzealous consumption of free burritos and vodka drinks. Instead, we present this brief photo essay to give you a taste of the holistic dodgeball tourney experience.

Ben Stiller, always willing to pitch in to promote his movies, arrived early at the arena to help hang dozens of DodgeBall signs.

Some competitors found that a quick session of Double Dutch got their blood flowing, while gawking spectators enjoyed the fruits of their warm-up technique.

The intimidating physiques of Team Mean Machine (starring wrestler Goldberg) were not enough to prevent a shocking second-round loss to the cast of The Young and the Restless, a team comprised entirely of soap opera actors. Yes, really.

Ben Stiller, the biggest star in the room by a quantum leap (depending on the level of your Meatloaf fandom, of course), risks being bombarded with reality show contestants' headshots by leaving his safe perch above the crowd. Stiller did not play dodgeball.

The members of Good Charlotte have many tattoos.

Um, yeah.

We offer our congratulations to Meatloaf and "The Ballers" for their victory over a bruising squad of MTV's favorite Real World and Road Rules cast members. Also, we lament the fact that we remained courtside too long to partake of the event's goody bags. Next time we're bolting before the semifinals.