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Making Conversation

If you find yourself desperately in need of conversation topics at any point over the weekend, we'd like to suggest that you print out this handy dandy cheat sheet on a sheet of 8.5 x 11 paper, laminate it and carry it with you in your back pocket, purse or both (if that's how you roll). It will come in handy, trust us. Don't forget to use the power of hyperlinks to research your chosen conversational topics first, though. Remember, asking a question is only one part of engaging in an adult conversation! More »

7:00 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Mark Graham
550 views, Comment

Hollywood PrivacyWatch

Teri Hatcher Sports A Pink Bandana While In Search Of A Jukebox

PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week (depending on volume), so send them in early and often—without them, the terrorists will have won! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line so we don't lose them) and tell everyone about the time you saw Teri Hatcher and a band of 12-year olds on a scavenger hunt.

In today's installment: Russell Crowe, Drew Barrymore, Kiefer Sutherland, Teri Hatcher, Matthew Perry, Chris "Mr. Big" Noth, Chrissie Hynde, Jemaine "Flight Of The Conchords" Clement, Mindy Kaling, Samantha Mathis (with Keith Carradine!), Werner Herzog, Dax Shepard (with Bradley Cooper!), Cedric Yarbrough and Professor Cornell West.

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6:00 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Mark Graham
1,112 views, 5 comments

acting out

James Caan and Jake Gyllenhaal Not Responding So Well To The David O. Russell Touch

James Caan and Jake Gyllenhaal are the latest casualties of David O. Russell's tastefully hands-on directing style, which this week resulted in the Caan's departure from and Gyllenhaal's apparent whimpering around the set of Russell's latest film, Nailed. As reported today, Caan walked out after "creative differences" with the tempestuous filmmaker best known for berating Lily Tomlin while shooting I Heart Huckabees (or is it for fighting George Clooney during Three Kings? It's always been too close for us to call). More »

5:25 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By STV
1,692 views, 4 comments

Latest by pureblarney: Jake's with Reese, right? Takes a bitch to love a bitch... more »

Marshmallow Bits

Javier Bardem's Next Role To Turn Your Milk Chocolatey

This pairing of actor and sugar-coated-horror material isn't yet on any studio production slate (it's rather the brainchild of a rogue Photoshopper answering Cracked.com's call for ill-conceived movie monsters), but that doesn't mean the idea is entirely without its merits. For once every comic book superhero has been plundered and replundered, producers of overbaked summer blockbusters will be forced to draw from other beloved, hand-drawn characters of our youth. And hey, once we're fantasizing about Oscar-winning talent like Bardem in the lead, there's no reason why we couldn't shoot for the moon in rounding out the rest of the cast of The Brown Knight: Count Chocula Begins: Philip Seymour Hoffman as Franken Berry, and Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of their dreamy-eyed sidekick, Boo Berry. More »

5:05 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Seth
684 views, 2 comments

Latest by raincoaster: See, those would have been funnier. more »

Ho My Goodness

Keshia Knight Pulliam Lands Coveted Role of 'Imprisoned Hooker' Opposite Tyler Perry

We were not among the critics who recently took offense to Tyler Perry's frocked-out "minstrelsy" antics in Meet the Browns, but we are more than a little beside ourselves with today's news that Perry has cast Keshia Knight Pulliam — best known as the youngest Huxtable child, Rudy, on The Cosby Show — as an "imprisoned prostitute" in his upcoming installment in the Madea canon, Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail. We can't believe it; she grew up so fast! More »

4:30 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By STV
526 views, 5 comments

Latest by yvonnjanae: She was kind slutty in "Beauty Shop" too more »

Dirt Sandwich

Deborah Norville As Titillated As You Are By Sight Of Heather Locklear In A Bikini

It's time once again for Dirt Sandwich, the brain-smoothing snack that simulates the experience of Being Pat O'Brien—if only for a few fleeting minutes, before dumping you out unceremoniously somewhere near the Nevada Turnpike. This week's episode, lovingly pressed by Defamer's own master videologist (and part-time FBI forensic psychiatrist who only has 88 minutes to solve her own murder!) Molly McAleer, is chock-full of as many deli-meat shockers and condiment exclusives as we could cram between two slices of bread: Christie Brinkley's bearded mystery man! Someone screaming at a white Mercedes! And two varieties of cancer! And for just $1.49 more, you can make it a combo with chips and a drink. So what are you waiting for? Dig in.

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4:05 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Seth
2,682 views, 2 comments

Latest by Dr. Spaceman: "And she did..." more »

A Call To The Bullpen

Katherine Heigl Hopes To Replace Smoking With Exercise

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To Do

Your Weekend To Do's

FRIDAY
· It's Friday. Go grab a root beer or two and enjoy Ghostland Observatory at the Henry Fonda, Helmet at the Key Club or The Sword at the El Rey.
· Zombie Strippers at the Nuart. Mind = blown.
· Alex P. Keaton doppelganger Dana Vachon presents Mergers + Acquisitions at Book Soup. Now in convenient paperback form! More »

3:00 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Mark Graham
1,008 views, 3 comments

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2:20 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Mark Graham
83 views, Comment

missdemeanors

"Not Even Her Milky Tits Can Hide The Fact That She's Almost The Size Of A Small Minivan"

FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Welcome back to Missdemeanors, in which we issue virtual wrist-slaps to popular gossip bloggers for Crimes Against Womanity. Same circus, different clowns, you guys. Getting pregnant "ruins everything," Pink is "a dude" and Katherine Heigl "needs to work on her legs. More »

2:00 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Dodai
9,174 views, 59 comments

hollywood strikewatch

This Is Fi-Core: Presenting The WGA Blacklist

As Hollywood braces for the possibility of yet another work stoppage, this one by the actors' unions (as represented by their universally recognized symbol of a laughing hammer superimposed over a weeping sickle), the fallout from the last bitter labor war to hit our shores continues: In a "Letter from the Presidents" posted to the WGA's web site, Patric Verrone and Michael Winship point the end of a blood-soaked fountain pen at those members who chose to go "financial core," or fi-core as it's known in the hip-hop world, during the strike. (Recently employed by George Clooney in a tussle with the Guild over Leatherheads, it's as far as you can go towards cutting ties with the union while still being permitted to work on WGA projects.) More »

1:45 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Seth
2,048 views, 10 comments

Latest by Sweet Panda Love: @Little Mintz Sunshine: It's ONLY typing and VO - it's two and a half hours of Listani procrastinating by getting his ass kicked by me at Scrabulous. YOU HEAR THAT, LISANTI? 400 POINTS! NEVER FORGET THAT! more »

ziggy

The Astoundingly Good Case For Making A Ziggy Movie

FROM GAWKER.COM: "I see this as a summer tentpole movie, definitely." I'm laughing so hard it's coming out as a panting horse noise, because I just listened to this rapid-fire pitch for a Ziggy movie. More »

1:23 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Nick Douglas
1,400 views, 20 comments

A Call To The Bullpen

The Bore Warrior

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Cannes Canned

Steven Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro Cancel Cannes Reservations as Che Biopics Miss Deadline

In other Cannes program news from Todd McCarthy's Variety survey this morning, Steven Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro's Che Guevara biopic two-fer The Argentine and Guerilla will apparently join Sex and the City among the year's notable omissions. It's a bit of a surprise considering Soderbergh's lightning-fast methodology and Focus Features' high expectations for early awards momentum (the Universal subsidiary is holding the Coens' Burn After Reading until September as well); also, as we hear from McCarthy after the jump, at least one of the films is ready to go:
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1:00 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By STV
715 views, 1 comment

Latest by tribalpottery: Del Toro looks kind of cute as Latino revolutionary. So many of those adjectives don't go together but they do! more »

Rain Check

Underpromoted 'Speed Racer' Plans Public One-Night Stand With Korean Pop Icon

Speed Racer doesn't have enough going for it, evidently, for Warner Bros. to sell an April 25 sneak preview in Los Angeles on its own hotly anticipated merits. And its venue partners at the ImaginAsian Theater apparently could take or leave stars Emile Hirch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and others. No, what this movie really needs is a boost from one of the world's most famous international pop stars to get people interested — i.e. Rain, the Korean sensation (and Speed Racer co-star) whose profile dwarfs the WB tentpole by comparison. And with free, first-come-first-served seats, we imagine a perfectly calm crowd will be on hand to join him. Follow the jump for details about joining the riot. More »

12:30 PM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By STV
822 views, 3 comments

Latest by raincoaster: You should never pass up a chance to meet someone called Rain. more »

A Call To The Bullpen

It's Just That I'm Used To Menus With Pictures Of The Food On Them

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Interviews

Exclusive: 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Director Gives Us The Most Penis-tastic Interview Ever

Nicholas Stoller is having a very good year. After being taken under the mighty wing of Judd Apatow, his hilarious-yet-touching directorial debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, opens today. Not only that, he and star Jason Segel are currently making the new Muppet movie. Clearly, it's time to learn a little more about this guy before he becomes too much of a big shot. Since they're old friends, we asked our frequent guest-blogger Nick Malis (who contractually required us to plug Malis in Wonderland and Cute Things Falling Asleep) to interview Stoller. What follows is a fascinating portrait of a young artist at the dawn of his career. Also, he talks about penises a lot. Stick around after the jump to hear Stoller opine on the homoerotic world of Judd Apatow's office, seeing Kristen Bell naked, and what Richard Roeper is like in bed.

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11:30 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Nick Malis
7,013 views, 10 comments

Latest by kylo4: I still can't believe they're allowing a penis in an American film. Crazy. more »

Britney Spears

Shirtless, Britney-Adjacent K-Fed-Alike Speaks!

Dependable stunt-cast object Britney Spears recent triumph on How I Met Your Mother has apparently kick-started a new lease on life for the singer, having been photographed recently looking thinner and in full command of a local gym's cardio equipment. Also on the menu: a trip to a Beverly Hills hair salon, en route to which she stopped to pick up a shirtless individual the tabloids were quick to describe as "reminiscent of that which attracted Britney to her ex-husband." X17 caught up with this betanktopped figure of mystery, who was quick to clear up any misconceptions: He was the friend of Brett, Britney's assistant, and was eager to catch up with his old pal by diving into the back of the Most Photographed White Diamond Escalade on Earth. The man with the perilously high sperm-count's frank assessment of Spears? "She's cool. She's really cool...She's a good girl." More »

11:05 AM on Fri Apr 18 2008
By Seth
794 views, 2 comments

Latest by Superstarsteve: ....he was almost famous...oh well. more »

Deborah Norville As Titillated As You Are By Sight Of Heather Locklear...

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