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  • valkyrie

    Vengeful Gossip Bashes 'Tom Cruise's Nazi Apologia': An Annotated Guide

    We knew Fox News gossip and mortal Tom Cruise enemy Roger Friedman was upset last week when MGM denied him an advance look at Valkyrie. Today, he exacted his mouthbreathing, error-packed and all-around vicious revenge.
    12/26/08
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    By STV

    Comment by lrubemp: Friedman's an egotistical loon, but he can't hold a candle to Cruise, who continues projecting his sad napoleon complex in... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • money matters

    MGM Pours $70 Million Into Making You Care About 'Valkyrie'

    Valkyrie is recovering reasonably well from the crippling stroke of bad publicity that nearly killed it earlier this year. But only part of that is due to slightly better-than-average word on the street.

    12/23/08
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  • tom cruise

    MGM Swats Rogue Critic in Latest Round of 'Valkyrie' Backlash

    It's been far too long since MGM was on the defensive over Valkyrie, the campaign for which uncomfortably started in its own office lobby but has since found decent enough traction in theaters and on TV. So! Right on cue, and apparently just for old time's sake, a high-ranking New York film critic has found something new to whine about.
    12/01/08
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    By STV

    Comment by secretagentman: At the Quantum show I attended (Saturday night, packed)they showed the trailer for Valkyrie. Audience laughed. Not a good sign. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • three stooges

    'Three Stooges' Revival Promises New Slapfights For N'yuk-Starved America

    The Farrelly Brothers' long-delayed dream of a Three Stooges revival may yet come true at MGM, which announced Monday it had green-lit the project for a 2009 release. It's a stunning milestone correcting the project's inertia at Warner Brothers, where execs were said to have balked at the introduction of the brothers' trademark scrotum-zippering sight gags to the more conventional eye-gouging hallmarks of Larry, Moe and Curly's '30s-era shorts. But that was then, and this — despite the lingering questions of cast (Crowe as Moe?), storyline and whether or not MGM remembers how to produce films — is now. More »
    11/04/08
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    Comment by HappyBlues: Seth, Josh... Whatever. more » | Other threads

  • tom cruise

    Could New 'Valkyrie' Trailer Start Backlash to the Backlash?

    MGM has released the final trailer for Valkyrie, and really, nothing here indicates why United Artists would have sabotaged this film with one Harveyesque bump after another, all the way off the cliff into the dead zone of February '09. (It now opens Dec. 26.) They may not have the viable Oscar contender they wanted, either, but beyond the late, portentous introduction of Tom Cruise's eye-patched, would-be Hitler killer, this new clip has us marveling at the irony of a feel-bad Nazi drama potentially doubling as the feel-good comeback story of the year. It's almost enough to make us want to swap the old Superman Returns stand-up at Defamer HQ with the fancy new Valkyrie display occupying MGM's own lobby. Bryan Singer, you are a continued inspiration to one and all. [MGM]
    10/31/08
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    Comment by northernlights: Little Cruise did borrow something from Hitler; i.e. if he tells a lie often enough, the public will eventually believe... more » | Other threads

  • valkyrie

    Tacky Lobby Ad Reminds MGM It Still Has To Release 'Valkyrie'

    Now we think we know where Tom Cruise was last night while Katie Holmes labored through her Broadway premiere all alone: Snapshots from a Defamer spy suggest he hit Century City after hours, sneaking the first of Valkyrie's oversize stand-ups into the lobby at MGM. We have it on good authority from the inside that such direct marketing of an MGM release in the faces of its employees and other building tenants is an unprecedented move for the buttoned-down distributor, but face it: You'd probably do the same thing if you had the chance cut your studio's holiday decoration budget by 95 percent. [Follow the jump for the enlarged detail.]
    10/17/08
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    Comment by ByronScaurus: Top Guns of Nava-groan! Yeesh. Don't me to take this movie or its lead weirdo seriously. I mean, Richard... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • tom cruise

    There’s Something Weird With My Hair, Right?

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    10/03/08
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    By Douglas Reinhardt

    Comment by Leviticus_71: Gel my ass. He studied at the Ben Stiller school of Hair Semen. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • mgm

    Stop Us If You Think That You've Heard This One Before: We're all outta Valkyrie jokes at this point, but it is our civic duty to relay to you that the MGM building has been evacuated this morning due to a bomb threat. As you'll no doubt recall, this same thing happened last Friday and also in early August. And for those of you keeping score at home, the storied Constellation Blvd. office building has also suffered anthrax threats and an unprovoked attack of killer bees in the last two months. If you want more information, we have the email sent out to employees after the jump. More »
    10/01/08
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    Comment by Xylo: Anthrax? No doubt, Tom and his scientology friends will blame it on those Anonymous kiddlies again: [digg.com] more » | Other threads

  • poltergeist

    Satelllite TV Provider Gets Early Jump on 'Poltergeist' Legacy Rape

    Not long after Poltergeist's late young star Heather O'Rourke lodged an official protest with God about MGM's forthcoming remake, we heard terrible rumors from Heaven that she was filing a follow-up about her likeness being used in a "stupid goddamn TV commercial from fucking Hell" (her words, not ours) whose makers she'd like to see Him smite even more swiftly and violently than new MGM hatchet man Vadim Perelman. Today we finally got a look at that commercial, which we really imagined couldn't be more just dirty celestial gossip made up by an ad man still bitter about OD-ing at his friend's birthday party a few weeks ago. But no — it was for real, right down to little Heather's starring role. A digital cameo in the remake is inevitably next, with her screen mother's enticements to "come to the light" met with O'Rourke's cleverly edited, product-placement-friendly resistance to approach anything that isn't Verizon's own "20db hot, true quam." Sometimes a girl just has to help herself. [DirectTV]
    09/29/08
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    Comment by kookla: Oh.My.God. I saw this the other night and thought I had dreamed it or that there was some paranormal activity... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • mgm

    BREAKING: MGM Bomb-Threat Tradition Revived; Building Evacuated

    It feels just like old times today at MGM, where the dawn of a new, Weinstein-free era shines on the horizon and staffers are once again evacuating MGM Tower — "Running with boxes of precious scripts and screeners under my arm," in one Defamer operative's words — in the wake of yet another bomb threat. An official e-mail circulating now notes that the LAPD are en route and that, if everything checks out, operations are expected to resume around 2 p.m. We also hear that Fanboys was safely moved to an undisclosed location until Harvey arrives to pick it up after work; hopefully the worst is over. More »
    09/26/08
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    Comment by bifloman: All clear, it was just an advance print of Valkyrie. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • harvey weinstein

    Harvey's Peril Worsens as MGM Drops 'Zack and Miri' and Rest of Weinstein Slate

    The three-year distribution match made in the mildly optimistic spirit of convenience between MGM and the Weinstein Company was set to expire at the end of this year, but the Lion isn't waiting around to box up the furniture. A day after Kevin Smith's associates blogged that MGM had yanked its logo from the marketing materials for Zack and Miri Make a Porno — one of the few remaining titles it planned to distribute for the Weinsteins — new reports have surfaced saying that MGM has dumped everything but the Sam Jackson/Bernie Mac effort Soul Men back on Harvey's lap. And yes, that includes The Reader, which Harvey wants for Dec. 12 despite his mortal mogul Scott Rudin's insistence otherwise. Gasp! What now? More »
    09/25/08
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    Comment by GuyBitchy: To whatever extent this hastens Kevin Smith's departure from view and memory, the non-moron world is so very, very grateful. more » | Other threads

  • poltergeist

    Poltergeist Enemy No. 1: After a forcefully (and surprisingly) angry appeal to God himself, late child star Heather O'Rourke is perched on the edge of her cloud bank today with an eye on Vadim Perelman, the director of self-serious melodrama including House of Sand and Fog, The Life Before Her Eyes who'll next helm MGM's planned remake of the 1982 horror/sci-fi classic Poltergeist. Production EVP Cale Boyter hours ago confirmed rumors that had been circulating since the weekend, issuing a statement saying: "We are excited to have Vadim direct Poltergeist, a title which already has a built-in movie-going audience. With his established track record, we look forward to having him lead the creative direction on this new character-based horror project that will utilize the original film as a jumping-off point." We, too, have contemplated higher, more fatal jumping-off points of our own at the thought of a remake. Still, our faith in young O'Rourke — who immortalized the original with her catchphrase "They're heeeere" before tragically passing away in 1988 — should, must win out in the end. Watch your ass, Perelman. [MGM]
    09/03/08
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    By STV

    Comment by IamXenu!: It's just too easy for Hollywood not to fucking try. It's just too easy. more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    Meow! Scratch! Or Something: Taking great care to namecheck Ron Grover and Nikki Finke, Sharon Waxman took MGM-sale rumormongerers to task on her blog late Monday, favoring the studio's official word that Goldman Sachs was just dropping by the office for a friendly "capitalization enhancement" lunch. Who to believe? No, really — with Waxman's industry/culture site The Wrap soon to encroach on Finke's daffy dominion, we need to know who to trust, and fast. May we propose a five-match Commissary Wrestling Tour of Hollywood? The series winner gets first right of refusal on MGM spin. David Poland officiates. Who's in? [Waxword]
    08/26/08
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  • mgm

    Today in MGM Denials: Fun New Euphemisms for 'Selling Out'

    After a flurry of weekend headlines further detailing the closely guarded plot to offload MGM, studio reps are firing back today with public denials that the anemic, mute, tired old Lion could soon have another new cage to laze around. And now we don't know who to believe! Is it BusinessWeek, which followed up last week's rumored Kirk Kerkorian 4.0 lowball offer with the news that Goldman Sachs is back on the scene to engineer a sale? Or is it the big, happy, skittish family at MGM HQ itself, which would require an official clarification to be issued these days even if someone said its coffee maker was broken: More »
    08/25/08
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    By STV

    Comment by Juancho: Did MGM actually get back their home-video rights from Warner? That's why they've been kicking that bloated selling price around... more » | Other threads

  • poltergeist

    Late Child Star Heather O'Rourke Writes Outraged Memo to God Upon Learning of 'Poltergeist' Remake

    (Defamer today obtained this memo currently making the rounds in Heaven's Third District, Cloud Unit G — better known as "Sesame Heaven," or the Late Child Stars Dept. Reliable afterlife sources have confirmed its authenticity; we pass it along to you without further comment.) More »
    08/20/08
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    By STV

    Comment by NotReadyForPrimeTime: After thinking this over, I am going to re-direct my prayers to the Ghost of Will Sampson. I'm pretty sure he... more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    'Operation Lowball' Places Kirk Kerkorian Back at Center of MGM Sale Rumors

    If it's not bombs, bees and/or anthrax threatening to engulf MGM in a dense apocalyptic deathcloud, then there's always the Specter of Ownership Past to give the denizens of Constellation Drive a good mortal scare. But only if they're willing to suspend their disbelief long enough to imagine Kirk Kerkorian shuffling back into town on his black steed, blank check in one hand and studio valuation figures in the other, grinning wildly at the prospect of reclaiming the studio a fourth time in as many decades. More »
    08/20/08
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    By STV

    Comment by gwendolyn: I knew Kirk Kerkorian was old but... ohmigawd, he looks like he turned away from the opened Ark of the Covenant... more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    This Just In: Lest there be any confusion about where things stand at United Artists: "STATEMENT FROM HARRY E. SLOAN, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. — After reading erroneous reports about Tom Cruise and United Artists, I would like to clarify that we are honored that he will continue as our full partner in control of UA. He is in the middle of one of the greatest careers our industry has ever seen and one that will continue at the top of United Artists Entertainment." And yes, don't worry — the cleaning lady is staying, too. [MGM]
    08/14/08
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    Comment by bigleggedwoman: You know, I read on Facebook that Tom's IQ is 98. more » | Other threads

  • united artists

    Into The Diaspora: UA To Wander In Hollywood Desert For Another 40 Years

    Yesterday brought the not-entirely-shocking bombshell that Paula Wagner would abandon her vanity-mini-major Eden—not to mention her decade-and-a-half long producing partnership with Tom Cruise—by resigning from her position as CEO of United Artists, reportedly to strike out on her own. This came after a disastrous 21 months on the job that produced a single stinker release, in what, to our knowledge, is the first studio scandal based entirely upon underspending: The reckless frugality! The gluttonous discretion! How dare she not greenlight a $75 million Will Ferrell-as-loutish-badminton-pro comedy in this depressed economic environment? More »
    08/14/08
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    By Seth

    Comment by FlangeSqueal: The latest picture of Teeny Tom with the Moe Howard haircut was taken while he scared fans in Japan during... more » | Other threads

  • paula wagner

    With Paula Wagner's Departure, UA Now Consists Of Tom Cruise And The After-Hours Cleaning Woman

    In November 2006, MGM handed Tom Cruise the keys to a gleaming, custom-refurbished United Artists, and, with a $500 million credit line for fuel, instructed the giddy superstar to take his longtime producing sweetheart Paula Wagner on the ride of a lifetime. Two years later, the duo managed to journey to one place only—Turkeyvania—with a release slate consisting of Lions For Lambs, and the soon-to-bomb Valkyrie. (Even sooner than expected! It's just been announced that its release date has been moved back two months to December 26th, either shortening its suffering, or lengthening ours, depending on how you look at it.) Yesterday came news of EVP of production Jeff Kleeman's departure after just 11 months, leaving no one at the company but Cruise, Wagner, an assistant fully engrossed in the latest OK!, and a cleaning woman chasing after Nazi-eyepatch-dotted tumbleweeds rolling through the hallways. Variety is now reporting that the trigger-shy Wagner "is in talks with MGM to leave her post," a departure Deadline Hollywood Daily explains was something of an inevitability: More »
    08/13/08
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    By Seth

    Comment by enidlala: The other day I was walking to work down Hollywood Blvd. and notcied that someone peed on Tom Cruise's star.... more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    Apocalypse Commences at MGM Tower: A brave reader sends word and photographic evidence of the third — and by far the most real yet — safety crisis to grip the Century City landmark in the last week: Bees! "They have not yet shut down the building, but the front entrance is now closed due to a swarm of bees huddling over and around their queen," we're told. We're not sure if this is at all connected to the Tower's bomb-y, anthrax-y week of living dangerously, or if perhaps it's just a late public rally in support of UA's beleaguered Paula Wagner, but in any event, we once again advise caution to those working at or visiting the site. And, of course, insert your "Finally — buzz at MGM!" joke here.
    08/12/08
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    By STV

    Comment by inkedweezel: MGM is in Culver City not Century City and it's not really MGM anymore it's Sony Pictures. more » | Other threads

  • united artists

    Another Half-Billion Reasons to Worry as UA Loses Another Exec

    We aren't sure if Nikki Finke has confused the continuing exec exodus from United Artists with just another routine bomb and/or anthrax threat, but either way, the 11th floor at MGM Tower is clearing out again: Jeff Kleeman is reportedly evacuating his office as Executive Vice President of Production after less than a year on the job at UA. His departure follows marketing boss Dennis Rice's own flight earlier this summer and an abbreviated period during which Kleeman oversaw the development and/or production of exactly no finished films. Factor in the continuing limbo of Valkyrie, its deep (if closed) pockets and a tense relationship with its partners at MGM, and we can't help but ask once again: Does Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner or any of the skeleton crew left over there actually have a plan for this studio? More »
    08/12/08
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    Comment by NotReadyForPrimeTime: Wait, Lions for Lambs MADE MONEY? How is that possible? more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    BREAKING: MGM Closes Out 'Danger Week 2008' With an Anthrax Threat

    This is turning out to be the week that was at MGM, where the studio celebrated Harry Sloan's recent re-upping with a bomb threat, a building evacuation and now, according to officials, a good old-fashioned anthrax scare inside MGM Tower. We hear the threat came in more than two hours ago, but MGM staff was only officially notified at 11:40. No mandatory evacuations are taking place during the investigation, though staffers have been advised, "If you feel uncomfortable remaining at the Tower you may leave upon notification to your Supervisor." Century City is the new Gotham — who knew? More »
    08/08/08
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    By STV

    Comment by kyle4: That is scary right there. Sounds like something a terrorist might do. Like, the Joker. more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    BREAKING: MGM Tower Not Reduced to Rubble, Reopens For Business

    A quick survey of informants drunkenly furloughed next door at the Pink Taco have confirmed that MGM Tower was not — we repeat, not — blown to bits after a reported bomb threat earlier this morning. In fact, we hear that work resumed on site within the last hour after a building search turned up nothing. One tipster sends word that "the receptionist who took the call couldn't tell whether it was a young boy or young girl," instantly suggesting a relatively tame prank that nevertheless shook the very souls (or whatever amounts to the ICM equivalent) of the tower's tenants. More »
    08/05/08
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    By STV

    Comment by NoGrumpys: hee hee - I still giggle when I see that.Being gay I have had little experience with the Pink Taco more » | Other threads

  • mgm

    BREAKING: Bomb Threats Spur Evacuations at MGM Tower

    And we don't mean Valkyrie: Word into Defamer HQ reveals that a bomb threat has been received by multiple tenants at MGM Tower, indicating that "the device would be activated at noon." The LAPD has been notified, evidently, but with the threat having yet to be verified, the building superintendents are reportedly evacuating the building from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. We hear ICM is out already. More »
    08/05/08
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    By STV

    Comment by kyle4: First anthrax and now this? (or reverse order, whatever). Someone must really hate MGM. more » | Other threads

  • defamer

    Darren Aronofsky Front-Runner to Direct 'RoboCop' Sequel/Remake Nobody Wants

    Call us skeptics, cynics, whatever, but we're far more interested in the rumors circling MGM's RoboCop reboot than anything in the film itself. A few weeks ago we checked out whispers that director Darren Aronofsky was at the top of the short list to helm the film, which has a 2010 release date; his reps denied it ("But Darren's flattered!" we were assured), but alas, the chatter persists, with yet another report circulating this week that the studio is close to signing Aronofsky for the project — which, as if it's any consolation, is reportedly a sequel, not an updating. More »
    07/17/08
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    By STV

    Comment by Tiger_Tanaka: @Huge Tracts of Land: I'd buy that for a dollar! more » | Other threads

  • lion trainer

    MGM Chief Takes A Swing At Lionsgate While (Sorta) Standing By 'Valkyrie'

    We admit there's not a whole lot of shattered Earth to be found in Sunday's NY Times survey of the limping, lethargic new/old MGM (i.e. deep library, shallow future). Hats off to chairman Harry Sloan, though, for abandoning the low-energy talking points early on in the process and getting straight to the bitchslappy good stuff — whacks at his own new premium-cable partners ("If you don't have a major summer and a Christmas picture, you're not a player at the studio level. ... The best you're going to be is Lionsgate") and theatrical pals ("I thought I was making a deal with the guys who'd just come off Oscars for Chicago, Gangs of New York and Aviator," he said of the Weinstein Company. "Instead they went to the festivals, picked up movies and arbitraged MGM's deal on Showtime"). More »
    06/09/08
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    By STV

    Comment by Stephanies: I'm going to try to get 'that is a non-duplicatable asset today' into every possible conversation of mine from now... more » | Other threads

  • power plays

    Jealous Harvey Weinstein Stakes His Own Claim to 'Valkyrie' Debacle

    Amid all of Tuesday's post-holiday hustle and bustle, we regrettably overlooked perhaps the most profound news item of the day: Harvey Weinstein indirectly hopped in the Valkyrie fray at Cannes by picking up US theatrical/DVD rights to Operation Valkyrie, a 2004 German retelling of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. It's the same film Tom Cruise and Bryan Singer made (or are making, with worse accents) only to see it bumped twice to a Feb. 2009 release-date Siberia by Cruise/UA's partners at MGM — oddly the same folks with whom The Weinstein Company shares its own distribution deal. Small world, eh? It gets even weirder — kind of. More »
    05/28/08
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    Comment by Calraigh: @Evil Tortie's Mom: HAHA!I know.I actually would have killed to have overheard the conversation.Katie Holmes' expression also kills me. The subtext... more » | Other threads

  • cruise missile

    MGM Chief Blames the Germans as Slide of the 'Valkyrie' Continues

    You tell us what's more frightening about MGM boss Harry Sloan's recent proclamations from Cannes: A) That the guy freely admits both Robocop and the Brat Pack-slays-the-Communists epic Red Dawn are up for remakes at his studio, or B) Sloan's public support of Tom Cruise, Valkyrie and United Artists has winnowed to the point of "clanking endorsement." Oh, who are we kidding? Valkyrie trumps everything: More »
    05/19/08
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    Comment by micke: So you hold up the bag of smoldering dogshit that is "Rocky Balboa" as an example of a movie that... more » | Other threads

  • defamer

    MGM Lion Throws Up in its Mouth as Studio Announces 'Hot Tub Time Machine'

    It was only a matter of time before Cale Boyter, MGM's recently added executive VP of production, joined Mary Parent in aggressively reestablishing the studio as the roaring monolith the world has long prized. Indeed, Boyter's first announced project is a bold step away from Valkyrie and other debacles threatening the mantle of The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and others. Or, in short, Hot Tub Time Machine: More »
    05/12/08
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    Comment by Little Mintz Sunshine: Swollen Prostate Douche Soup. more » | Other threads

  • defamer

    Brad Pitt Getting Blown

    · By the WIND, people. Get your minds out of the gutter! Bonus besteverness? Directed by David Fincher. [Creativity Magazine] More »
    04/24/08
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    Comment by Benovite: That's her lawyer right? She's got a look on her face like 'yes believe it or not, one of the... more » | Other threads

  • disaster of the week

    'Valkyrie,' UA Not Just Another Cruise/Wagner Casualty, Say Cruise/Wagner

    Michael Cieply's latest dispatch from the Tom Cruise beat inventories the wreckage from the mid-air collision that is Valkyrie and United Artists, including exclusive interviews with hobbled pilots Paula Wagner and Bryan Singer. For Singer's part, he's fine to let the film speak for itself if and/or when it's ever completed and released. But for Wagner, Cruise's UA partner and designated press scold, skeptics like us just! Don't! Get it! More »
    04/23/08
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    Comment by StevieRayHalen: @LoveHandles: oh no, I see a whole cottage-industry of Tom Cruise jokes ala- "Chuck NOrris" sayings... "Tom Cruise can kill... more » | Other threads

  • defamer

    Paramount, Showtime, CBS Spend Weekend Fighting in Grandpa Sumner Redstone's Sandbox of Death

    While most of us fled the office to enjoy early spring, Sumner Redstone spent another relaxing weekend watching his corporate children at Viacom gouge each others' eyes out. And this time around he got his money's worth, with Paramount finally breaking free from CBS/Showtime to start its own pay-cable and VOD service with MGM and Lionsgate. It's an untidy, somewhat shocking scenario that we (and seemingly the rest of the Web) can't yet make sense of, but join us after the jump to parse the winners and losers at a glance. More »
    04/21/08
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    Comment by JacobFreeze: The Post [www.nypost.com] sees the evil hand of Philippe Dauman in this mess, but with Viacom and CBS stock prices... more » | Other threads

  • the clip show

    A Week Of False Terribles

    As we put this week to bed, it's time to reflect, project, deflect and genuflect on the week that was... More »
    04/11/08
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    By Mark Graham

    Comment by avocats: What exactly is wrong (shady) with Rob Lowe's anticipating and undercutting what certainly seems to be an opportunistic attempt to... more » | Other threads

  • the day after

    Tom Cruise's Career In Flames As 'Valkyrie' Melts Down

    Yesterday, the troubled Tom Cruise/Nazi vehicle Valkyrie got pushed back — for a second time — from October to February 2009. MGM is painting the film's new release date as a golden holiday-weekend opportunity for the $90-million-plus historical drama, but it goes without saying this is beyond bullshit; no amount of spin from any of MGM boss Mary Parent's necktied monkeys can reclaim whatever traction Valkyrie might have had once upon a time. Its Cruise/Bryan Singer pedigree took its first hit when it was pushed back from summer '08 to fall ("Better Oscar chances!" we were told as Singer's reshoots pushed his budget and his star past their respective limits), and it now threatens to overtake Charlton Heston as this week's highest-profile celebrity casualty. "Valkyrie is dead," wrote David Poland at The Hot Blog. "There is no such thing as a good movie that gets moved from summer to fall to spring." More »
    04/08/08
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    By STV

    Comment by waitinformyman: But, really, why would they speak with a German accent? In reality, the events depicted in the film took place... more » | Other threads

  • release date shuffle

    Delayed Flight of 'Valkyrie' a Good Sign, Says MGM

    The craziest movie star in America is playing a Nazi colonel with one eye, one hand, and three fingers who tries to bomb the Fürher and take over the Third Reich, but instead kills everyone in the room but Hitler, and eventually dies by firing squad. What more could America want on PRESIDENTS' DAY WEEKEND? More »
    04/07/08
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    By Paula Dixon

    Comment by FlangeSqueal: Poor Teeny Tom! Got all dressed up and made a big stinkie about this brainless turdfest, once again making HIM the... more » | Other threads

  • defamer

    Tom Cruise Lunches With Sumner Redstone, Calls Dibs on DreamWorks' Parking Spots

    In a rumored attempt at brokering the type of fragile, public peace not seen since the Camp David accords 30 years ago, Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone apparently had lunch together Thursday at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge. Or so report spies for The Wall Street Journal and Page Six, alluding to the star's blockbuster drought since leaving Paramount. We didn't believe it at first, but when you think about it, wouldn't those soon-to-be-vacated DreamWorks offices at the 'Mount make a decent home for Cruise's fledgling United Artists revival? More »
    03/28/08
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    By STV

    Comment by spanktastic: Did they kiss and makeup? more » | Other threads

  • defamer

    Boyter Flees New Line as MGM Bulks Up For The Future

    The first New Line refugee has officially landed at MGM, where new president Mary Parent hired ex-NL development exec Cale Boyter to help iron out the resurgent studio's forthcoming production slate. The move signaled the latest hint that MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands — whose short-lived emphasis on library outsourcing and new media development was made essentially irrelevant by Parent's own recruitment two weeks ago — is himself looking for a new gig. More »
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    Finally, The Munchkins Get Their Star

    How in the great and powerful Oz's name it took this long to get the Munchkins a star on the Walk of Fame is beyond us, but today, that wrong was reversed, as seven of the nine surviving diminutive residents of Munchkinland were finally granted their rightful plot on Hollywood's legendary urine-stained road. (They've been especially busy around town lately, with three of them—Jerry Maren, Mickey Carroll and Karl Slover—handing out Dunkin' Donut Munchkin hole treats along with their support to WGA picketers outside NBC.) More »
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    Comment by redmanlaw: @padraigin: Munchkins are notoriously long lived, but I think that is true of anyone from Oz according to the original... more » | Other threads

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    Breakout Spartan Gerard Butler Keeping His Agent Really Busy

    · Gerard Butler, still red-hot following his career-making, washboard-ab-spotlighting turn in 300, will join Jodie Foster and Abigail "Im in Dakota's career, steelin her rolez" Breslin in the family adventure film Nim's Island, based on the popular children's book. [Variety] More »
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    Comment by phil anderson: @Everybody Likes Pandas: Yeah, I did some research myself. Apparently in the book its open-ended as to whether or... more » | Other threads

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    Trade Round-Up: Busy Mom Leah Remini To Juggle Family, Cellphones, Cheap Shampoo

    · ABC acquires the rights to a "special" described as a "real-life version of The Queen" drawn from "hundreds of hours of footage" of the monarch and royal family, or as such a project was once called, a "documentary." [Variety] More »
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    Comment by Miss d: If the networks were at all responsive to 'sensitive' events... they'd be all broadcasting test patterns... I give it a week... more » | Other threads

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