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more about #defamer more comments → random_play: On the subject of grunge, no one said it better than Eddie Vedder: EHHHEHHH IIIHHHIIII OHHHOHHH WAAAAAH HOO HOO HOO HOO HOO ANNADONWANNA DONWANAAAA S... more » NYM: What about Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon? Drug overdose. #winonaryder more » manchops: does anyone else remember the rather tragic--though rather excellent--story of how winona used to live with gwyneth paltrow and how the gwynmeister ba... more » katekate is squared: Oh, Layne. With you died my childhood. more » crookedE: Anyone remember "Autumn in New York"?!? I would say that was the official death knell. Not that I don't still love Winona, of course. #winonaryder more » bythesidewalk: Chuck didn't get positive feedback on his suspenders? For shame. #gossipgirl more » Richard Lawson: Douglas Coupland is still a hell of a writer. One of the best around, I think. #winonaryder more » Beau Nerd: Yoko Ono reacts to the Courtney Love comparison. #winonaryder more » Spirit Fingers: So this has little to do with nearly 90% of the cast of Friends, among copious others, who dated the front man for the Counting Crows, or the sycophan... more » DennyCrane: Winona transcends the grunge movement, or any moment for that matter. She is timeless and amazing and I will shiv anyone who says otherwise. #winonaryder more » BaconCat: I was 18 in '91 and there was a certain fun to working as an assistant manager at texaco because the world was so terrible and no one had any expectat... more » TheUptightMidwesterner: Winona killed Soul Asylum. If this was 1995 I would consider this karm. Now, I just feel sad for her. #winonaryder more » MissNormaDesmond: Kudos on the Blazing Saddles reference. #aerosmith more » manchops: You know what, I read this earlier today and it really hit me hard. I'm so happy to see it on gawker actually--talk about an extremely important caree... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: When will it end? #thehills more » -
#lucky
It's looking more likely that Warner Bros. Picture Group's president Jeff Robinov's renewing his contract.
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#watchmen
Is Watchmen Review-Proof?
The first batch of Watchmen reviews has arrived, drawing the geeks-vs.-trades divide into crisp, predictable relief. And while the critical haters are a minority, it's their box-office forecasts that could most alarm its producers. More » -
#beautifulawards
Can Studios Salvage Next Year's Oscars?
Another year, another lackluster awards-season showing for Hollywood studios. And while their art-house affiliates more than picked up the slack, could 2009 be the year the majors finally reclaim the Oscars for themselves? More » -
#melgibson
Warner Bros. Claims Rights To Mel Gibson's Next PR Debacle
After seven years away and one epically hatey meltdown, Mel Gibson's big-screen comeback finally has a studio backer. More » -
#defamerconnections
Happy Endings Offered to Disney, Warners Execs
The Age of the Easily Expensed Job-Perk (Assistant: "You want me to submit a receipt that says, 'Lunch withhookerRatner?'" Agent: "Yeah, that's fine. Throw 'er in there with the rest...") are long over. More » -
#oscars
How To Best Campaign For a Dead Oscar Nominee? Don't
Just because Heath Ledger was a favorite to claim this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar since before The Dark Knight even opened, that doesn't mean he can't use a gentle, posthumous awards-season studio nudge. More » -
#warnerbros
WB To Outsource 800 Jobs To Poland's Notoriously Unsympathetic I.T. Industry
Warners heads Barry Meyer and Alan Horn issued a memo today breaking news that 10% of their workforce would be laid off. That's about 800, mostly accounting and IT personnel that keep the machinery running. More » -
#timelines
Grab A Fanboy And Kiss Them: It's 'Watchmen' V-J Day!
The superstudio showdown that pit Fox against Warners over a long-forgotten Watchmen rights claim discovered behind a potted ficus by an after-hours cleaning woman (who's since been upped VP Business Affairs) is finally over! More » -
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#watchmen
Fox And WB To Join In 'Watchmen' Matrimony Tomorrow Morning
In the penultimate episode of their Watchmen soap opera, lawyers for Fox and Warner Bros. have filed a motion of settlement that will resolve the film's ongoing rights battle Friday morning. More » -
#watchmen
Shocker: 'Watchmen' Settlement on the Way
The day after heartfelt if hopeless pseudo-legal judicial appeals from Watchmen co-producers Larry Gordon and Lloyd Levin, Fox and Warner Bros. today hinted at a more binding resolution in their copyright case. More » -
#watchmen
'Watchmen' Producer's Emotional Appeal Fails to Grasp Basic Contract Law
In the latest stakes-upping gesture to emerge from the Watchmen legal tussle, one of the film's producers has issued an open letter arguing Warner Bros.' "morally right" claim to the film. Good luck with that! More » -
#watchmen
'Watchmen'Gate Update: Warner Gambles, Geeks Revolt
There's still not much to report from the front lines of World War Watchmen, where a smattering of fire today has nevertheless nudged half a million angry refugee fanboys into comics-genre exile. -
#watchmen
Warner Bros. Slaps Back at Fox, Preps For 'Watchmen' Trial
Now that Fox and Warner Bros. no longer have SAG to engage in their quest for mutually assured destruction, they've officially entered the saber-rattling stage of their own legal wrangle over the rights to Watchmen. -
#watchmen
Fox Takes WB's Rights to 'Watchmen' in High-End Studio Gift Exchange
Fox wanted a pony for Christmas, and it got a lovely one Wednesday when a judge ruled that the studio owns a copyright interest in Warner Bros.' mega-budget blockbuster hopeful Watchmen. -
#lawsuits
Stiffed Warner Bros. Sues CBS Over 'Two and a Half Men'
Throwing a litigious lump of coal in its friend's stocking, Warner Bros. TV leveled a breach-of-contract lawsuit against CBS seeking $49 million in unpaid license fees and production costs for Two and a Half Men.
