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Hollywood PrivacyWatch: 12/6 — I was...

STV — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:58:28 EST

Hollywood PrivacyWatch: 12/6 — I was at the Griddle on Sunset on Saturday morning and got seated next to FRED SAVAGE. He was sitting with a super-skinny girl who had two oversized pancakes on her plate while he was eating a tiny salad. Probably appropriately so, as he's packed on a few pounds since the days of kissing Winnie. Was talking super-loud about a new comedy project he's involved with and taking notes on a notepad. He seemed sweet. When he saw me eyeing the woman's pancakes, he said I should bypass my order and eat her leftovers instead. I passed. [Hollywood PrivacyWatch is written by and for Defamer readers; send your sightings to tips@defamer.com.]

Vh1 Goes To The Has-Been Well Once Again For Upcoming 'Heartthrobs' Show

Molly Friedman — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:30:00 EDT

There is no point fighting it anymore. Vh1 will continue to produce shows featuring has-been stars from our youth and, like moths to the TV screen, we'll watch them cry, urinate on themselves and make out in hot tubs until the end of time. Their newest idea will feature (shocker!) Vh1 reality vet Scott Baio mentoring eight “male teen idols” of the 80s in an effort to jump-start a comeback. Since the sad little group has yet to be revealed, we went ahead and picked two former crushworthy picks we’d most like to see week after week, and the two who might force us to cancel our cable package altogether:

Squeal-Worthy:
Kirk Cameron: Yes, he's some kind of born-again family man whose intense dedication to JC scares us more than a little, but with former womanizer Scott at the helm, we think he could convert back to ladies' man after seeing a stripper for the first time in ten (fifteen? twenty?) years.
Fred Savage: We will never, ever get over our crush on Kevin from The Wonder Years. We don't care what he's turned into, but those dimples will always make us weak in the knees.

Do Not Want:
George Michael: While it might be interesting to mix in an openly gay star into the mix of what's sure to be a heterofest, the last thing anyone needs is to see is George and Scott Baio in a painful re-enactment of the former's bathroom misadventures.
Ricky Schroeder: Kid is doing just fine. With guest spots on 24 and Scrubs under his belt, we don't think he's as desperate as the rest. Plus he already came back on NYPD Blue and had his chance. Aside from all that, he never quite made our heart "throb" in the first place.

SCOTT BAIO TO EXEC PRODUCE VH1 REALITY SERIES FEATURING FORMER MALE TEEN IDOLS

Striketime Caroling With Fred Savage And Friends

Seth — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:34:05 EST

As we hunker down for the bleakest™ Hollywood holidays ever, a steady fall of finely shredded scripts lightly dusting the ground, we take a moment to give thanks for what we do have: YouTube of Christmas carols with strike-apropos lyrics, sung by major stars like Justine Bateman and a bunch of actors from that superhero show that was really good first season, then got bad, then just started getting good again when it abruptly went dark.

While their toe-tapping take on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was an indisputable hit with onlookers, nothing compared to the moment a solemn Kevin Arnold donned a white robe and angel wings, mounted a barricade made of discarded picket-signs, and belted to the tune of "O Holy Night," "No more we write/Nick Counter is a Wiener!" in his stirring, pitch-perfect mezzo-soprano.

Studios Can't Kick Us Around! [YouTube]

Big Brother 8 House Populated By Impressive Variety Of Bigots

Mark — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:50:28 EDT

· As demonstrated by the above "Racism & Bigotry Sampler," the Big Brother 8 Intolerance Cam never, ever sleeps.
· Winnie Cooper is ABC News' Person of the Week, which means she's probably having an easier time today than TV boyfriend Kevin Arnold, who really can't catch a break with his big-screen directorial debut.
· Woody Allen reminisces about the formerly uninsurable stars who provide a glimmer of hope that Lindsay Lohan might one day work in Hollywood again.
·Amazingly, this review headlined "Stardust a Shrek for grown-ups" is not a pan.

Short Ends: Harrison Ford Not Done Sacrificing His Body For His Art

Mark — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:24:01 EST

· If Harrison Ford can avoid breaking a hip, we might yet get to see him play Indy one more time: "Yeah, sometimes I find myself getting into stunt pads and preparing to roll down a flight of stairs and wrestle some 26-year-old stunt man across the floor and think, 'What the [bleep] am I doing?' But, you know, it feels so good to do it, so I'll only stop when it really hurts."
· If this report about Britney Spears wanting to have another baby to strengthen her marriage is true (and that's a pretty big "if"), then we clearly haven't given her enough credit for knowing what she's doing with her life.
· Yes, now that you bring it up, we have been curious about what's been going on with Fred Savage's acting career!
· As it turns out, maybe Nellie McKay wasn't just screwing around when she went off on Sony a month ago.
· We had no idea that there were still any Planet Hollywoods, anywhere, but apparently the one in Toronto is shutting down for good.