Defamer is Gawker's column from Hollywood. Edited by Richard Rushfield, it covers what's on the screen as well as the behind-the-scenes gossip that's too juicy for the trades.
raincoaster: As someone with entirely too much experience in this regard, may I say that bitter infighting is pretty much a PRECONDITION of any tech conference in ... more »
beefer: Open on kitchen. Marg is standing with the fridge door open, angry, one hand on her hip with an annoyed expression. Turns and yells to the living roo... more »
El_Gato: At Yale, there is also an a capella group called The Spizzwinks. I'm not even kidding. I think that Tim Urban kid or whatever his name is should from ... more »
Miss Anita Manbadly: This video is playing on a flat screen TV behind the receptionist at the gates of hell, isn't it? On an endless loop, I'm sure of it. more »
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which Margaret and I judge Star, In Touch, Us, Life & Style and Ok!. This week: Sandra Bullock's husband is having an affair; Jen's getting artificially inseminated and Tinsley Mortimer is a hair model!
[Jezebel]
Well, America. There it was. Your Top 12 Idols. What you prayed and voted for, what you made happen. I hope you were happy. Because, thanks a frigging lot, that was some bullshit. More »
Last night's episode was all about people reaching out for one another. Unrequited lovers reaching for a warm body. Mothers reaching for sons. Daughters for fathers. Jenny for a sack of pills.
Academy Award-nominee Anne Hathaway: You've brought much joy to the world as the star of such films as The Princess Diaries and Rachel Getting Married (not so much for Valentine's Day) But now you must adopt this dog named Chuck. More »
In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Weezer rocks out on Yo, Gabba Gabba!, a commercial suggests cheating on your spouse with an Avatar, and we discover the worst ever Crap Text Message From A Dude.
[Jezebel]
Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision that the sponsors get to dream up a challenge. The delusion it will be interesting. The vision to have the bitchiest judges in the biz. The delusion they are enough.
You there, Seacrest! What day is this? Oh I had the most wondrous vision last night. Last night I think I actually cared about this season of American Idol. I felt real feelings. Too bad they were angry feelings.
According to director Joshua Newton's lawsuit against Variety for breach of contract—he's mad that Variety trashed his movie after selling him on a $400,000 Oscar campaign—the paper doesn't think its own reviews matter.
Lala Sloatman co-starred with Corey Haim in The Watchers and Dream A Little Dream, and they dated for two years at the peak of his fame. Here's what Sloatman tells us about that heady time.
[Jezebel]
Well. I think it's official. Men are more interesting and better at things than women. Sorry JezeFriskyXX.com. It's just how things played out in the ol' game of evolution. I'm basing this on scientific Idol Evidence, mind you. Truly credible.
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we suffer through cuddling up to the decrepit old weekly tabloids, so you don't have to. This week: Katie Holmes is so distracted with being knocked up that Suri's going without shoes.
[Jezebel]
Girls! All we really want is girls! Well, that's all we really wanted at the beginning of this season's competition, because a woman was due to win the crown. Now, three weeks in? We don't want that anymore. More »
We're sorry, but it's coming. Rumor is that the shaggy Office star has the role of Captain Americapretty much in the bag. It'd be "a multi-film deal," which means Jim Halpert is about to get big. This is bad. More »
After a long, long (but not long enough?) winter away, our good friends from the Upper East Side have returned to us, dressed all in black and hunting for ghosts. There is no power in the afterlife. More »
Clocking in at around three and a half hours, last night's 82nd Annual Academy Awards was long and, for some celebs, boring (interpretive dance!). Here, we've collected some of our favorite reaction shots during the ceremony.
[Jezebel]
Well, how do you like that. After a wild and shaky season, our favorite (and, sadly, only) polygamist drama ended its fourth lap in thrilling and moving fashion. More »
In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Tyra tries to invent a new term for "plus size," Tim Gunn hates the Kardashians, and all the staircases Barbara Walters has walked down over the years.
[Jezebel]
Hollywood's big gay Olympics are approaching, and the annoying "film buff" in your office is probably pestering you to enter his Oscar pool, which he's convinced he's going to win. We want you to beat the ittle nerd. Here's how! More »
Last night it was time for the women to sing for their beautiful, diamond-encrusted supper. How'd they do? Ohh, you know, this is the Season of Horrors, so not terribly well. But not terribly, either. More »