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more about #defamer more comments → heywhat: Tucker, just be a man and admit that the movie was a failure b/c it sucked. Stop trying to make yourself into artiste who made a great work of art th... more » TheUptightMidwesterner: I hate to break it to you Tucker, but outside of a few Frat boys, nobody in Middle America knows who the hell you are. Your Coastal types just hate yo... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Thank you. This is a very intelligent, educational post. But why are you so mean to a poopy nobody? more » VioletViolet: I do understand what he means about Fox Searchlight watering down the movie for mass appeal. However, if by bringing in a "bird" he's using Swingin' S... more » OHymenMyHymen: I repeat my statement- add a scene in which Tucker is repeatedly sodomized by a subway turnstile and I can get that film to $50 million with my eyes c... more » Magister: Carbondale (Il) has a large university and they list Jenny McCarthy and Jim Belushi among their most famous alumni. If there ever was a market for Max... more » ShanghaiLil: I blame you, Gawker Media. You did it. Congratulations, and keep up the good work. more » CumaeanSibyl: Maybe try not calling your movie something that most theaters won't put on the marquee. I mean, once you get past the "Tucker Max Presents" problem. more » snugbug: Did anyone else get the "Pimmel über Berlin" (Penis over Berlin) pun? It riffs on "Der Himmel über Berlin" (The Heaven over Berlin) title of that fa... more » Joe Mitchell's Secret: What amazes me; not one sentence about the writing. Snappy? Ponderous? Meh? @Zirinsky Congrats, you get the blue-ribbon today. more » BunnySkull: Now why doesn't the NYT do a Murdoch mural like that on the side of their building? These German are taking us to school on how a real editorial feud... more » MissNormaDesmond: So, do you think Gawker is a better website now than it was the day it launched? more » unclevanya: 1. Brangelina 2. NPH and Harry Morgan 3. Deanna Durbin more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Well, in the old days before child labor laws, urchins were their distribution system, so maybe it's 2 steps forward, 3 back more » senatormayer: That's what trying to conquer the world does to a country. You wind up with cocks on the sides of buildings. more » -
#newspapers
Unauthorized Alien Movie Promotion Will Save Newspapers
Struggling Alaskan newspapers have come up with a new revenue source that could well become a model for the whole industry: Being paid restitution by a Hollywood studio that used your paper's name without permission to advertise an alien movie. More » -
#howthingswork
Natasha Richardson's Legacy: Fleeting Health Care Muse
Natasha Richardson's death was indeed tragic, sudden and, yes, a media sensation. Who ever heard of someone hitting their head and then falling dead? Wild. And, proving that celebrities control all trends, sparked a new craze: traumatic hypochondria! More » -
#advertising
Tampax Happy to Have Serena in Their Bloody Commercials
Remember how Serena Williams went crazy and threatened to make a line judge choke on her balls and everyone was outraged by this American idol's unladylike behavior? Well, none of that matters to Tampax, which considers Williams a menstruating hero. More » -
#media
Do We Need Another Eastwick?
John Updike's The Witches of Eastwick has been a book, a film, a sequel and people have twice tried — and failed — to make it into a television series. Now ABC has done just that, but is it wise? More » -
#attendance
A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
Nikki Finke is an industrious and relentless blogger. But she's not a reliable one. As her readers know, she's given to frequent unexpected absences from her blog. Now that she's making $400,000, we're going to start keeping track.
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#legionsofdoom
Jay Leno: Old Media's Biggest Enemy
How did Jay Leno become the most punk rock upstart revolutionary force in media today? Across the spectrum, the entertainment world has lined-up arm-in-arm, salivating at the prospect of disaster when his new show debuts tonight. More » -
#funerals
Michael Jackson Burial Solemn, But Still a Spectacle
70 days after his death, Michael Jackson has finally been laid to rest. At once somber and extravagant, the event boasted sorrowful celebrities, a fleet of limousines, ushers dressed as cadets and even a conclusion of sorts. More » -
#stoopsale
Is Harvey Weinstein Selling His Worthless Junk For Fast Cash?
Guest of a Guest has a tip that Harvey Weinstein is trying to sell the Weinstein Co.'s stake in A Small World, a useless "Facebook for millionaires" that the company stupidly invested in three years ago. More » -
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#omerta
If Everyone's Talking about Mad Men, Why Is No One Talking about Mad Men?
You can't swing a hepcat (you know, from the '60s!) without hitting a feature about Mad Men, then why aren't there many details about, you know, the actual show. More » -
#persecutions
Why Won't the Media 'Roaches' Leave Poor Gwyneth Alone?
Pity poor Gwyneth Paltrow. If being the wife of a rock star, a movie star and a writer of death-cult newsletters weren't hard enough, she's also forced to deal with the stupid "roaches" in the media at Manhattan charity galas. More » -
#presidentialpreemption
TV Networks Bravely Fight for the Right to Think You Can Dance
As we plod through The Summer People Stopped Watching Network TV, said networks are making a fuss about Barack Obama's insistence on holding press conferences because it temporarily prevents them from profiting from their endlessly looped last-gasp humiliation-based reality shows. More » -
#spectacles
The Michael Jackson Memorial Clusterfuck
Michael Jackson's memorial service happens in LA today. Is it a media circus out there? Check out the elephants! Eh? Seriously, it sounds like the media equivalent of the Superdome after Katrina. A brief rundown of the clusterfuckery: More » -
#webvideo
Are TV Networks Screwing Themselves By Putting Their Shows Online?
The Times' Brian Stelter notes today that thanks to television networks placing shows on the internet, more people are watching video on the web for longer periods of time, leading to an explosion of original content created outside of Hollywood. More » -
#flackery
The Accomplishments of Famous Publicist Charmaine Blake
Charmaine Blake, famous publicist, is of course best known for issuing a press release about—and during—her date with Cliff Clavin last night. What else has this famous publicist accomplished? We've prepared a Top 10 list. More » -
#evilpureandsimple
Why Is CAA Doing Market Research On Michael Jackson's Death?
Monolithic agency CAA is in all kinds of cookie jars, taking percentages of all kinds of famous cookies' salaries. But did you know about their market research firm...that's crowdsourcing answers on Michael Jackson's death the night after it happened?
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#popcultureaneurysm
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks The Hills Is "A Modern Masterpiece"
So: Bret Easton Ellis is on the cover of expensive Amsterdam-based magazine Fantastic Man, drinking a Diet Coke. In it, he calls the soul-sucking experience that is The Hills "the greatest show that I have ever seen in my life."
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#celebrityscience
Handicapping the Jon and Kate Announcement Thing
What is today, America? Lo, it's the day when Jon and Kate Gosselin make their big announcement on the reality show they have, with their kids, on the TV. This could save gossip magazines! We rank the possibilities, below. More » -
#freedom
RadarOnline Fights for Its Right to Baby Freakshows!
New information has emerged on the child labor violations of "fledgling internet site" (ha) RadarOnline. We will cover this story with the same verve with which RadarOnline covers Octomom. Illegal, baby-endangering verve, that is! More » -
#gossip
RadarOnline Charged With Violating Octo-Labor Laws
Now this is some sort of karma: a report says that the state of California is going after RadarOnline for exploiting Octomom's kids, with their relentless Octomom videos. [UPDATED below] More » -
#updates
How To Avoid a Conflict of Interest at Your Wife's Book Party
Last night, New York Times LA bureau chief Jennifer Steinhauer had a party for her new book at the home of Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton. The additional drama: Her husband Edward Wyatt covers television for the Times! So what happened? More »
