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2012
Everyone But John Cusack Dies, and Other Key Revelations From New '2012' Teaser
Sony yesterday released the new teaser for the apocalyptic epic 2012, sort of a Groundhog Day meets The Day After Tomorrow in which Earth's inhabitants wake up one morning to find director Roland Emmerich once again destroying everything in sight. There's little on hand to illuminate the plot that star John Cusack so vigorously protected earlier this year in a chat with Defamer, but here's what we can suss from a couple viewings so far: More » -
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Comment by Tiger_Tanaka: With Chris Chelios too! Where's the beer? 2 Responses | Other threads
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She Even Saw Grace Is Gone. Emily Leatherman, the unhinged admirer of John Cusack who used to toss "long letters of interest over [his] fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside," was moments away from accepting a plea when an outburst led the judge to rescind the offer. She'll now stand trial for her Dobler-tracking crimes. [CNN] -
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Matthew McConaughey Joins Elite Group Of A-Listers Who Couldn't Crack a Six-Figure Opening
Any Straight-to-Flopz masterpiece can top out below $100,000 theatrically, but it takes a special kind of crap to do so with a real star above the line. Take Surfer, Dude, the new Matthew McConaughey adventure-in-shirtlessness that found exactly zero takers at Rotten Tomatoes and not many more upon its release in 96 theaters nationwide: $36,497 worth, to be precise, likely prompting the actor/producer/placenta vintner to wonder if perhaps he should have saved the comma in the film's title for the total gross. More »
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By STVComment by MrRewrite: I love it when the title is developed first, and THEN the script, etc. are created. That always works really... 1 Responses | Other threads
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'NY Post' Alleges That John Cusack's Childhood is Sold, Bought, and Processed
When John Cusack called us up and asked, "If I answer your questions, will you stop writing nasty shit about me?" we demurred — sadly, he didn't try the same tack with the New York Post. The left-leaning actor is a juicy target for the conservative tabloid, and after Cusack was asked to contribute an essay to the new HuffPost Chicago by his friend, "the good and great Arianna," the Post tore it wide open like a disgruntled Must Love Dogs ticketbuyter. What they allege they've found is a whole host of errors and made-up childhood reminiscences: More »
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Comment by Stylishbroad: @William Mize: @SteveRhodes: Well, Stevo, being a Northsider, who has lived in Chicago, namely Lincoln Park and Old Town, her... more » | Other threads
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Lloyd Dobler Grows Some Litigious Balls
John Cusack is suing Intermedia Film Equities USA for breach of contract in the amount of $5.6 million, after production was canceled on his upcoming film Stopping Power. Originally scheduled to shoot in Germany, Cusack signed on to star after Intermedia guaranteed him a "pay or play" fixed compensation of $4.5 million, along with an additional $50,000 to cover the cost of Cusack's staff while on location. $50,000? Who knew Lane Meyer was so high maintenance? Fortunately, we here at Defamer were able to get our hands on a top secret copy of Cusack's rider. We break down exactly where that $50K would've gone after the jump. More »
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By ReganComment by SteamyMcFirecrotch: You're not an "actor." There are plenty of "actors." Don't be just "an actor," be a man! more » | Other threads
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Dear Reader: Please pay no attention to John Horn, who should be ashamed of himself today — not just for his facile collection of "lessons" studios have "learned" so far this summer, but for daring to suggest that The Happening was anything but a success for Fox and Manoj Night Shyamalan. The effrontery! Even the most casual of observers would know that Manoj's Mint has yielded more than $113 million worldwide in two weeks of release, which is more than fine for all parties involved. (Never mind the 66% drop during its second weekend — it's all profit for Manoj!) Then there's this silly matter of viewers rejecting darker-themed movies like War Inc. (John Cusack would beg to differ) and Horn's pedestrian observation that "Paramount is on fire." And anyway, that's not even accurate — Paramount has topped $1 billion for the year, and Universal is on fire. Christ, John — get it straight! [LAT]
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By STVComment by Mark Graham: @STV: Can't wait to read her long lost short story, Manoj's Mirth... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Comeback Kid John Cusack Wants A Word With Defamer
We'd spent no shortage of time around here in recent weeks lamenting John Cusack's one-two professional plunge of box-office allergic Grace is Gone and critic-allergic War, Inc. Then came last weekend, when War, Inc. nabbed the second-highest per-screen average in the country: $27,252, second only to Indiana Jones 4. Heady, eye-opening stuff, to be sure — but not quite as eye-opening as when Cusack actually phoned us an hour ago to talk about it. More »
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By STVComment by crackbabyjesus: Oh John, I want to smoke countless American Spirit cigarettes, listen to Touch & Go records, and make out with you.... more » | Other threads
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Indy's Box-Office Bullwhip Kills Uwe Boll, John Cusack and Rest of Competition
Defamer Attractions returns today with another round of movie scanning for your Memorial Day weekend. We already know you're planning at least two excursions to view Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (once out of drunken impulse, and once to make sure that really was the ending you saw before blacking out), but Indy alone does not a holiday make! At least one of the poor bastards sharing this opening weekend is bound to tank the worst, and yet another is a fine bit of foreign-language counterprogramming worth your consideration. And of course we've got a few new DVD choices for the agoraphobic, hungover and/or the cheapskates among us. As always, our opinions and projections are A) our own and B) impeccably fail-safe. Where should we start? More »
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By STVComment by MartiniShark: Boll's "Postal" is opening on four screens? That is such an obvious ploy qualify for Oscar consideration and then wide... more » | Other threads
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The Critics Speak: 'Postal' May Actually Be Better than 'Sex and the City'
We've been following the bouncing Uwe Boll for what seems like months now, but once the consummate self-promoter and sworn enemy of 279,452 filmgoers (and counting) wound up playing the victim in the Sunday New York Times, the shark was considered jumped. But an eagle-eyed tipster points out one of the more fascinating signs yet of the loathed filmmaker's resurgence: On a week when his new film Postal has reportedly been banned from multiplexes, it's also pulling a better Rotten Tomatoes score (33%) than "mainstream" offerings Made of Honor (12%), What Happens in Vegas (28%) and John Cusack's bomb-to-be War, Inc. (23%). It's also neck-and-neck with Sex and the City and a mere percentage point behind the tentpole Speed Racer, which is still stalled at the gate with 34% positive reviews. More »
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By STVComment by marmidukestank: This guy won't go away and I look forward to watching his filmography grow and grow. more » | Other threads
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comebacks
Disaster Addict John Cusack to Drive Limo Into the Apocalypse
After the implosive one-two punch comprising his recent tandem War. Inc. and Grace is Gone (not to mention, of course, his spellbinding online short film featuring Diablo Cody as "Girl Who Thought He'd Be Cooler"), fortune may yet favor the slumping John Cusack. Or at least that's the only option our optimistic hearts will allow upon reading about the actor's reported next project, a massive-budget, honest-to-goodness end-of-the-world film by apocalypse maven Roland Emmerich: More »
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By STVComment by PaisleyPajamas: @Victor Ward: You are right! Yikes... I guess the aliens will feed me to the computer virus first... more » | Other threads
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defamer quiz
Who Said It: John Cusack, Diablo Cody Or Bob Ross?
Like an Iconoclasts that thanks you for the add, MySpaceTV's Artist on Artist pits star vs. star in a Battle Royale of Big Ideas and Mutual Tucheslecking. The only loser? You! See if you can pin the following quotes from Diablo Cody and John Cusack's recent Artist on Artist pairing to the appropriate speaker. To heighten the difficulty level a bit, we've also thrown in a few quotes from beloved TV landscape artist, Bob Ross: More »
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By SethComment by Passwordforgetter: I love how when She's pitching the horror film He says "Oh, you mean of the era where horror films... more » | Other threads
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John Cusack Disaster Reaffirms Iraq Films' Special Place in America's Heart
John Cusack's meander through his second-consecutive anti-war film is coming under heavy fire at the Tribeca Film Festival, where War, Inc. bowed this week to the kinds of reviews that made his previous Iraq entry — the $50,899-grossing Grace is Gone — positively shine in comparison. While he and his agent sift around for a more reliable rom-com follow-up, our preliminary poke through the wreckage yields yet more smoldering evidence that Iraq is officially over as a dramatic subject. We piece together the eyewitness testimony after the jump: More »
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By STVComment by Trixie from Toronto: @cinerama: Maybe Minnie wouldn't do it since apparently he broke her heart too, right before Matt Daymon did. more » | Other threads
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John Cusack Rebuffs Fan's Attempts To Touch His Light, Heat
"Misunderstood" John Cusack fan Emily Leatherman was arrested Sunday outside the actor's home for violating the restraining order Cusack obtained in 2006 that stipulated she stay at least 500 feet away from him. Leatherman, who at the time explained that her actions were less about stalking Cusack and more about seeking his help to convince the police they should investigate her claim that she was drugged and raped in 2001, had taken a cab to Cusack's but couldn't pay the fare — a rom-com set-up if we ever saw one! But instead of covering the charge and then having Leatherman pay him back over a lengthy period of time (during which their improbable encounter would surely blossom into love and a satisfying marriage held in a taxi), the actor flagged down cops who had responded to the situation and told them the following: bitch crazy! More »
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Comment by fishwife: I want John Cusack to help me convince police of something too. Not sure what, but I know we can... more » | Other threads
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By SethComment by chuchobaby: oh god spare me. spare me the whole damn scene. now i've gotten my new year off to a horrific start... more » | Other threads
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By SethComment by Trixie from Toronto: @Pomalina: Even though I wish desperately that I could have been one of the slutty dames on JC's call list,... more » | Other threads
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Phil Spector Sports 'The Liza'
· Phil Spector showed off his new hairstyle at the closing arguments of his trial today, clearly hoping throwing some mid-'80s Liza the jury's way might earn him some last-minute sympathy votes. More » -
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John Cusack's Action Hero Dreams Dashed
· We're impressed with Variety's show of headline-pun restraint with this one: The plug has been pulled on Stopping Power, Jan De Bont's planned action thriller starring John Cusack, after funding fell through at the last minute. [Variety] More » -
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How Harvey Got His Groove Back
According to the Reporter, after winning an all-night, $4 million bidding war for the rights to John Cusack's Grace is Gone at Sundance, a resurgent Harvey Weinstein pounded his chest and issued forth this barbaric, dealmaking yawp, serving notice to the industry that Weinstein Co.'s misplaced groove has been reacquired: More » -
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Jack Black Falls Victim To Jeremy Piven's Grudge-Fueled Director Cock Block
In Part Two of today's series, Howard Stern Gets Celebrities To Openly Shit-Talk Other Celebrities, Page Six is reporting that Jack Black recently told Stern about a six-year grudge held against him by Jeremy Piven, claiming the bitch-hugging bachelor is still sore over having lost the part of the record store clerk in High Fidelity to the paunchy screen comic:
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By SethComment by HeatherNumber1: Not sure about Piven's mastery of yoga, but he is a long-time kickboxer. So be warned, Jack Black's paunch. more » | Other threads
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trade roundup
Trade Round-Up: Freston's Fall From Viacom Grace Cushioned By Mattress Stuffed With $59 Million
Now we know the real reason that Sumner Redstone almost cried the night he fired Tom Freston: Freston's golden parachute just cost him $59 million for that one year on the job, plus millions more in consultant fees, deferred compensation, and his 401 (k). That's not just fuck-you money, that's fuck-you-and-everyone- who-looks-like-you money. [Variety] More » -
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Alleged John Cusack Stalker Insists She's Just Misunderstood Penpal
Celebrity/stalker disagreements are almost always precarious matters—usually he-said/ she-screamed-incoherently affairs, with the truth lying somewhere in the gray area in between. In the case of John Cusack's alleged obsessor, Jennifer Leatherman, the actor filed and won a restraining order against the homeless 31-year-old, claiming she threw "long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside." In an interview with the AP, however, Leatherman denied having catapulted the care packages into Cusack's yard, and resents the implication: More » -
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Cusack Stalker Opts To Express Devotion With Bags Full Of Screwdrivers Instead Of Boombox Serenade
Even as his career might have lost some heat as it swerves temporarily into a spate of forgettable romcom projects, John Cusack's psychopathic, homeless stalker/future soulmate will never stop believing in him:
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By SethComment by Miss Anne Thrope: Maybe she'll throw a Leatherman screwdriver over in the next bag. more » | Other threads
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John Cusack: Dog Lover!
Our agony is over. We finally have an answer to the question of whether Must Love Dogs star John Cusack is a dog lover or a dog haver. The AP comes to our rescue: More » -
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John Cusack: Dog Lover Or Dog Haver?
An obligatory wire service "I'm exactly like my character/nothing like my character in my just-released movie" story goes horribly awry when a crucial mistake bumps us right out of an in-depth examination of John Cusack's similarity/dissimilarity to his on-screen persona in the romantic comedy Must Love Dogs [bold ours]: More »
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