<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, mick jagger]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, mick jagger]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/mickjagger http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/mickjagger <![CDATA[ Are You Mick Jagger? SAG Has Your Money:...]]> Are You Mick Jagger? SAG Has Your Money: A recent scan by Sharon Waxman of the Screen Actors Guild's Web site yielded the only slightly staggering discovery that the union is holding more than $25 million in unclaimed funds for almost 67,000 members. The majority is dead (Katherine Hepburn, John F. Kennedy, Buster Keaton), but no small number is still alive and working, including Michael Douglas, Mick Jagger, Patrick Dempsey and even Eric Bogosian — who last week was elected to SAG's board, making its official "we can't find these people" excuse all the more baffling. On the bright side, Assaf Cohen is on his way. Changes will be made! [WaxWord]

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<![CDATA[The Easter Bunny No Longer Prime Suspect In Minnie Driver Baby Daddy Mystery, But Who Is?]]>

Thus far, Riches star Minnie Driver has given the public three wildly different answers to anyone inquiring who knocked up the card-carrying member of that annoyingly massive Celebrity-Slash-Singer subset. Among the potential baby daddies she's flung out into the media’s clutches? The Easter Bunny, musician Craig Zolezzi, and yes, God him or herself. And six months into her pregnancy, Driver has defiantly and coyly kept her lips sealed, until now. In a recent interview with the UK’s Independent, she finally released two very telling details: the guy is British, and "sort of in the same business." Our guesses lie after the jump, but we leave it to you, loyal Defamer readers, to solve the mystery:

Eddie Izzard: Her co-star in The Riches, Izzard is a fellow musician, British, which makes him a strong candidate considering they're currently working together. Plus, he's a comedian, and as we know far too well, Minnie loves to cackle that piercing cackle of hers. But then again, he is a (former?) tranny...

Mick Jagger: Back in 2001, Minnie was seen "canoodling" with the legendary womanizing rocker and his magnetic torso. Plus, he's "sort of in the business," considering all those concert flicks, right?

Cary Elwes: The two starred in 2004's Ella Enchanted, and though no fling rumors surfaced, he's a Brit, very cute, and sadly, "sort of" in the biz mainly because the only movie that comes to our mind when his name is mentioned is Mel Brooks' cult classic Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

Pete Townshend: Well, he's British, he's in the music business, and they once sang together so...that's all folks!

Matt Damon: Um, well, after that whole "being dumped on Oprah" thing, we're thinking no to that one.

Now it's your turn to leave guesses in the comments.

[Photo credits: Getty, Wireimage]

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<![CDATA[ Guardian reporter Sean Michaels has discovered...]]> Guardian reporter Sean Michaels has discovered a sort of epistolary parallel universe in which A Clockwork Orange is a late-'60s time capsule from hell: A recently unearthed letter from the period propositioned director John Schlesinger — presumably between his Oscar-winning films Darling and Midnight Cowboy — to helm the film with Mick Jagger in the lead. It gets better: The Beatles were reportedly interested in contributing songs. Alas, Schlesinger evidently had a problem with novelist Anthony Burgess's infamous ultraviolence; "the film's extreme delinquency wasn't 'the sort of subject I particularly want to tackle,' " the director told executive producer Si Litvinoff, thus opening the door for Stanley Kubrick's dystopic 1971 masterwork starring Malcolm McDowell. Michaels spends a few minutes fancying the alternate Jagger/Beatles version, but really, we'd rather not imagine this at all unless... no. Just no. Sorry we even brought it up. No. [The Guardian]

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<![CDATA[Supportive Mick Jagger Publicly Recognizes Martin Scorsese's Struggles as Actor]]> Because our Sunday wouldn't have been the same without at least four hours committed to work, Defamer crashed yesterday's U.S. press conference for the new Martin Scorsese/Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light. It's not half-bad for Stones or Scorsese fans, with a rangy set list and intoxicating camerawork that both might run a little long for the average viewer. Not easily starstruck, we nevertheless felt a mild succession of twinges upon the band and their director's entrance ("Holy shit, Keith Richards really does look like that," etc.), none more acute than when a Paramount publicist, clearly by accident, let us sneak a question in.

We thought of asking Richards to nudge silent, somnambulent drummer Charlie Watts awake for a quick picture, but opted instead to inquire about Scorsese's own cameos in the beginning and end of the film — the latest contributions to an increasingly public persona we've seen him develop everywhere from TV spots to causes célèbres including the environment and film preservation. Sure, there are more famous directors, but we can't imagine Steven Spielberg ever interjecting himself as a dramatic counterpoint to, say, Indiana Jones the way Scorsese plays off Mick Jagger. We haven't seen an actual auteur ham it up like this since Alfred Hitchcock.

"We had a lot of trouble working out the ending of the film," Jagger told us. "Marty had to go to a lot of different acting coaches to do it."

"It was sad," Scorsese deadpanned. "It was sad, yeah. But I do it on my own pictures. I'm kind of [like] Edgar Kennedy — the slow burn, the guy who always used to go like this?" He slapped a palm over his face, grimaced and gradually pulled away. "That's what happens when you make films, so one of the things to do is make use of that, and literally send up the 'hapless director,' so to speak. And very often you do feel like a hapless person sitting there. The actor's doing one thing, the camera's doing another. It started to snow the other night when we were shooting. It wasn't supposed to snow. Things like that. Do we continue shooting? But that's the nature of what it is, and you have to have fun with it. There are so many documentaries and so many sections of concert films where you see the actual setting up of the concert and interviewing people, and we thought, 'Let's have fun with it.' Let's get straight to the tension — and the humor of that tension."

But does it work? You tell us; Shine a Light opens Friday.

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<![CDATA[Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Mick Jagger And David Crosby Trade Altamont Memories At The Grill]]> jagger-pw.jpgPrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week. We're not picky (note semi-regular guest star by Bai Ling), so send them in often! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and let everyone know about the most recent time you spotted the Bruckaneer rolling into the Grove.

In today's episode: Mick Jagger; David Crosby; Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons; Greg Kinnear, Justin Chambers, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Urie, Drew Carey, Rita Wilson, Macy Gray and John Varvatos; Jerry Bruckheimer; Scott Adsit; Maura Tierney; Mike Tyson; Kevin Smith; B.J. Novak; Rachel Dratch; Isla Fischer, Josh Radnor, and Nigel Lythgoe; Dwight Yoakam; Eugene Levy; Dita Von Teese; Pete Wentz; Kevin Corrigan; Joey Slotnick; Phil Keoghan and Bai Ling.

· Wednesday at The Grill: Mick Jagger (who looked f*cking sexy and very respectable) receiving greetings from a haggard but definitely alive David Crosby who was wearing an unfortunate khaki pants/shirt tucked in ensemble that made his beach ball tummy seem even bigger. Jagger was having lunch with a lot of 30 something suited types.

· Early dinner at Kate Mantilini on Saturday afternoon resulted in a sighting of new supercouple Djimon Housou and Kimora Lee Simmons, who are together 13 feet tall. Two little girls went over to their table and Kimora cooed, "Oh, aren't you guys adorable!" Later, Shirley Jones arrived with her posse. Woman be fine. Like, she's straight-up *hot*—not just compared to the other 73-year-olds.

· Had the pleasure of attending the John Varvatos benefit for Stuart House (UCLA Medical Center Rape Crisis Center), and spied a few celebrities over the course of the afternoon:

- Drew Carey just before he went up to emcee the silent auction (VERY nice guy and looking much thinner these days ... laughed when I asked if it would be too "L.A. douchebaggy" to ask for a picture with him)
- Justin Chambers and his lovely bride, Keisha, and their beautiful children ... saw them enter the tents, then spied him again trying on accessories in the Varvatos store. Hella cute in person, wonder if he'll get a bit on Dr. Addison Montgomery Shepherd's spin-off?
- Freddy Rodriguez of "Six Feet Under" fame. Pretty low-key, I'm assuming the woman with him is his wife, Elise.
- Greg Kinnear ... first spotted quickly picking up a couple of items at Varvatos, then later giving an interview near the valet stand.
- Michael Urie (Marc St. James on "Ugly Betty") chilling out and enjoying the Macy Gray show with a friendgirl. Super nice guy, let my friend and I take pics with him.
- Mrs. Tom Hanks Rita Wilson made a brief appearance ... even lovelier in person!

· Saw John Varvatos at John Varvatos, more non-eye-contacty and dismissive than Macy Gray and various other Velvet Revolver-types there to play some kind of benefit concert.

· Saturday Night Double Feature!

I was stopped at a stop sign on my way into the Grove parking-structure maelstrom, letting my dad out of the car to pick up our movie tickets when I saw Mr. Industry Jerry Bruckheimer roll past in a black S-class. He was wearing sunglasses that I'm going to assume were on the pricey side. Does anyone else think he looks like a real-life Simpsons character?

Later on in the Mac store I saw Scott Adsit (yes, I had to IMDB it) from 30 Rock. I just caught him listening to an employee tell him about industry discounts (they exist?) and heard him say that he did, in fact, "work for NBC". As I was walking out I couldn't help notice him flagrantly making out with the blond chick he was with as they were standing right in the center of the store entrance. I admire his form. [ed. note: We think they mean the Apple store, as Adsit doesn't strike us as the "trying to score a discount on lipliner" type.]

· Saturday, 3/10. Edendale Grill/Mixville Bar in Silverlake. I was there to celebrate my birthday with some friends, and we spotted Maura Tierney stalking around the bar. She's quite pretty, but very normal—not all coke-whore thin or anything. However, it wouldn't hurt her to smile—girl's got a negative vibe.

· Waiting to make a left hand turn from Laurel Canyon onto Mulholland... 3-10 Mike Tyson, well-behaved in the passenger seat. Presumably on his way back to the Wonderland Center, "one of the portals to clean and sober living in Southern California."

· Kevin Smith and daughter, once again wearing the big coat and once again buying round dough — this time at Fritelli's Doughnuts in Beverly Hills, filling up a few boxes with the peanut butter and jelly ones.

· B.J. Novak (Ryan from The Office) drinking with assorted hipster friends dressed way more hipster than he was at Bar 107 downtown Sat night (3/10). He had his arm death-gripped around a waifish brunette most of the time, and neither of them were enjoying the $5 PBR tallboy special like they should've been, but he seemed in good spirits and took a photo with some USC sorority girls. Hey, did you hear he's also one of the writers of the show? He is!

· Passed B.J. Novak of "The Office" and a ladyfriend/girlfriend? on their way out of Bar 107 downtown on Sat night. Appeared so much like his character that I expected Kelly to be screaming "Oh my Gawd! Who's this bitch?" over their shoulders as they exited.

· Saturday night around 10:30, Rachel Dratch and a small entourage walked into the Village Idiot on Melrose... she seemed to be having a really good time and attracted a small crowd around her. She's absolutely TINY.

· Sunday, March 10, Global Warming Sunday, Cat & Fiddle: Josh Radnor (Ted on How I Met Your Mother/The Doogie/Willow Show), lowkey with a cute blonde. Nigel Lythgoe from American Idol and So You Think You Dance and 90% sure we saw Isla Fisher from Wedding Crashers/Borat's fiance.

· Dwight Yoakam, Thursday (3/9) night on Melrose, in a little clothing shop just down the block from the Village Idiot. He be tall.

· Eugene Levy at Ivy at the Beach on Ocean Blvd in Santa Monica today (3-10). He looked confused, but didn't stick around seeing as the restaurant was chock-full of screaming babies.

· Spotted - Dita Von Teese at Fred 62, Sunday afternoon with a group of arty looking friends. Overheard her friend complaining about someone "directly stealing lines of dialog from a film"... whatever that means.

· Saw Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz at Ralph's on Western yesterday. He was getting onto the parking elevator with friends and some up and comer was giving him a business card. Pete looked very cool and didn't blow the guy off. He even smiled!

· Kevin Corrigan looking not nearly as creepy in person as he does in films, on Larchmont Blvd. this afternoon (3/9). Actually he could almost have passed for clean-cut.

Looking even crazier than he did on "The Single Guy" and "Nip/Tuck", Joey Slotnick (yes, I had to IMDB him) was hanging out at Peet's on Larchmont yesterday. He had some strange goatee thing going on.

· Spotted at Mozza Tuesday night, Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan with a large-ish group. They seemed to be having a great time. I overheard Phil taking about "all the times" his book was rejected, but he sounded pretty chipper so it must have gotten bought eventually. He looks just the way he does on the show: friendly and handsome, yet still somehow mildly dorky (in a good way).

· Yesterday (3/11) I saw Bai Ling. I was in the very long but quickly moving line at Pinkberry on Lincoln and she was sitting outside of the Starbucks next door. Her seat was so far from the Starbucks door she was almost in the line with us. Anyway, I wasn't sure it was her at first because she was dressed ummm... casually? In all black (mind you it was 80 degrees out) and calf-high black cowboy boots. She was texting or playing a game on her phone. After a few minutes (from the time we got there) a nice, and normally dressed man came up to her for what I can guess was a meeting, they shook hands. I was almost blinded by the sight of her ass when she stood up. Her skirt, if you can call it that, was scary short. That's when I knew it was her. Well, and the man called her Ling, I guess that helped.

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