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Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody Refuses To Confirm Or Deny The Proboscis-Salami Connection
Oscar-winning Halle-smacker and notorious pressophobe Adrien Brody agreed to sit down with The Advocate for one of their Big Gay Following interviews—saucy, cheeky affairs that usually elicit a juicy pullquote or two. Well, after luring in the actor with a string of resume questions so obscure they would make James Lipton blush, the interviewer then went in for the kill. But Brody wasn't biting. Then things got really awkward, really quickly:
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Reaction Shots: This morning, Barbara Walters chastised Rosie O'Donnell for continuing to perpetuate a feud with the ladies of The View. Later today, in a video on Rosie.com, O'Donnell continued to perpetuate a feud with the ladies of The View. The clip, after the jump: [Rosie.com]
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The Ends: A freakishly minded movie obsessive at Flickr has spent the last year compiling the closing-title cards from 133 films (and counting), providing hours of guessing-game fun and/or free procrastination material to close down your day and maybe even your week. A new one is up this week, and alas, we didn't know this entry either. Share the challenge with someone you love, but be warned: It's addictive. [Flickr via Cinematical]
Their Time
Death Comes To ABC: 'Daisies,' 'Money,' 'Stone' Meet Their Makers
Breaking news, as THR is reporting that ABC "has decided against picking up" struggling series—in decreasing order of belovedness—Pushing Daisies, Dirty Sexy Money, and Eli Stone. By not actually saying the word "canceled," the network leaves the door open to ordering future episodes, but THR puts the odds of that at "improbable."
UPDATE: Scrubs lives.
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert Likens Himself to Non-Schumacher Phantom of the Opera
Since Roger Ebert's return to writing after the 2006 thyroid surgery that left him without part of his jawbone, he's been a notably more adventurous scribe, unafraid to toss off deadpan satire, rice cooker meditations, and a good Ben Lyons slam now and then. Now, though, after a thoughtful essay on the internal, decay-obsessed Synecdoche, New York, Ebert has been moved to write one of his most personal stories yet: a digressive, Charlie Kaufman-esque meditation on life, death, and his new, Phantom-like face. More »
Watch, TiVo, Kill
A Wild And Crazy '30 Rock' Night
It's another big-time star on 30 Rock this week. No, we're not only talking about Jack McBrayer, but also Kennedy Center honoree/banjo enthusiast/author/Marcia Brady rejecter Steve Martin. With NBC's guest-star wattage reaching capacity, it's no wonder Ben Silverman had to remove a couple shows from the grid.
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30 Rock [9:30 PM, NBC] - First Oprah, then Jennifer Aniston, and now that dude from Cheaper by the Dozen 2. This week, Jack (Alec Baldwin) and Liz (Tina Fey) consider a proposal presented by Gavin Volure (Martin), a businessman who finds Liz irresistible. Meanwhile, Tracy (Tracy Morgan) is afraid that his kids are scheming against him.
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Josh Brolin
Directors Snuffed in Josh Brolin's Quest to Make 'The Most Awful Movie I Can Find'
Josh Brolin's World Candor Tour '08 stopped by MTV this week, where he announced that the script for his upcoming comic-book adaptation Jonah Hex is "awful." Except he means it in a good way, he insists, and how could he not — especially now that the writer-directors have been left the project citing "creative differences"? More »
Cameo Minds
Jason Alexander's Chilling 'Criminal Minds' Turn As A Sociopathic Col. Sanders
Or a serial-killing Jackie Rogers Junior? To be honest, we have no idea what he was doing. But it was pretty awful—and in that sense, fit right in with this terrible CBS crime show we had no idea existed! Still, we're happy to see Ray Romano working. Or Joe Mantegna? We're so confused. Video after the jump. (Thanks to Lisanti Quarterly for the tip!) More »
Heroes
'Heroes' Creator Has Special Message for the 'Saps' Who Watch His Show
With Heroes currently undergoing a ratings tailspin that even a concentrating, constipated-faced Milo Ventimiglia can do nothing about, one would think that creator Tim Kring would be trying to hold onto whatever fans he had left. Not so much! The Washington Post reports that at a recent Creative Screenwriting panel (where Kring attended solo sans two of the promised guests: Heroes executive producers that NBC recently fired), Kring complained that the Heroes downturn was less his fault and more the fault of people who actually sit down in front of the television on Mondays at 9pm (8pm central): More »
Boys smell
Scratch 'N' Sniff The Sexiest Men Alive
FROM GAWKER.COM: This year's edition of People magazine's hugely popular "Sexiest Man Alive" issue (Hugh Jackman takes top honors) will feature... um... scratch 'n sniff photos of famous dudes, like Gossip Girl actress Chace Crawford, TV show kryptonite Taye Diggs, Law & Order: More »
Make It A Bayou Beast And A Larry Tate. Well, one thing East Coast Angeleno transplants have long been able to bitch about—where can you get a decent slice of pizza drunk at 3 a.m. in this joint?!—is finally being resolved, at least for Eastsiders. Pizza places have been popping up like mushrooms, including this storefront for NYC's cornmeal-crusted mainstay Two Boots in Echo Park. Eater says it's opening mid-December. Fuck yeah. [Eater]
Poster Children
5 Suggestions For Improving the Generally Hideous 'Jonas Brothers Concert Movie' Poster
The recently released poster for the Jonas Brothers' upcoming concert movie — otherwise referred to as Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience — has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate today around Defamer HQ. On one hand, its undercurrents of everything from purity-ringed privilege to downmarket Beatlemania convey just the kind of "phenomenon" vibe Disney intends. On the other, you've got three kids dressed like bums with expensive luggage crowding into a puddle-jumper. For now, anyway, critical mass wins out; here's a case to be made for the latter. More »
Arrested Development
Now that our fierce election year is over, Americans can turn their attention to more pressing matters like what is the goddamned status of the Arrested Development movie. In that spirit, then, we offer you the brand-new Arrested Development Film Tracker™, which will bring you up-to-the minute cast confirmations, disavowals, and cagey statements of, "I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it." Today, we have a brand-new development straight from the mouth from one of Arrested's key players. To the banana stand!
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Introducing the Handy New 'Arrested Development' Film Tracker!
Now that our fierce election year is over, Americans can turn their attention to more pressing matters like what is the goddamned status of the Arrested Development movie. In that spirit, then, we offer you the brand-new Arrested Development Film Tracker™, which will bring you up-to-the minute cast confirmations, disavowals, and cagey statements of, "I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it." Today, we have a brand-new development straight from the mouth from one of Arrested's key players. To the banana stand!
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Trade Roundup
'10 Things I Hate About You: The Series' Doesn't Want You To Compare It To The Movie, OK?
· ABC Family has picked its cast for 10 Things I Hate About You, with Gregory Peck's grandson Ethan Peck chosen for the role created by Heath Ledger. Those are some massive shoes you're filling there, young man. Big, big shoes. No pressure. But just know that with this part comes the dreams and tears of millions of Ledger fans worldwide. But no pressure. But, like, it does, so just keep remembering that. [THR]
· The story of Missouri journalist Linda Trest who blew the cover of “Sergeant Bill,” the meth-lab-busting con man who terrorized a community is soon to become a major motion picture from Paramount. We think it's a drama but it could work just as well as a comedy. [THR]
· "Spotted: John Malkovich at Pinkberry, being so touched by the plight of migrant children who cross illegally into the United States that he said he plans to make a documentary about it!!!" [Variety]
After the jump: Come with us on a shit-blowing-up journey of a lifetime.
Perfectionists
Baz Luhrmann Sends Modest Proposal For Multiplexes Not to Ruin 'Australia'
For those early viewers still nursing lukewarm responses to Australia, Baz Luhrmann has a note making the rounds that hints your projectionist might be to blame. While it's hardly uncommon for anal directors to personally attend to details of test screenings and premieres, a tipster has passed along something you don't see every day: Luhrmann's personal directions to theater managers on how not to screw up his epic when it opens Nov. 26: More »
Stocking Stuff-Hers
