Tom Petty Demands Michele Bachmann Stop Playing His Song

Are the sharks out for Michele Bachmann, or what? Little miscues that offer a quick, innocent laugh at first become over-reported multiday scandals about how she's the stupidest person alive. She loves serial killers, what an idiot! And now one of Hollywood's prominent songwriters won't even let her use a song she…
Maxwell Smart Set to Bury 'Guru' in Clash of Stinky Summer Titans
Welcome to another edition of Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to what's new, noteworthy and/or nightmarish this week at the movies. Today we hold our noses for the aromatic opening-weekend duel of Get Smart and The Love Guru, crack open the L.A. Film Festival catalog for a bit of a desperately needed…
American Girl Strike: Zone-Flooding Video
When we posted earlier about the angry union thespians hassling junior doll enthusiasts at the American Girl store in midtown, we had no idea we could later provide not one, but two hard-hitting investigative video pieces from the scene. Above, thrill to our own house flava videographer Richard Blakeley, focusing…
