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Will and Jada Pinkett Smith Will Sneak Into Your Bedroom for a Shag
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will like to bang in other people's homes, Victoria Beckham has her third boob job, Nicole Ritchie breaks up Lohan and Ronson, Owen Wilson still loves Kate Hudson, and Judd Apatow sucks in bed. More »
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Comment by Imogen Quest (was Percy Bishounen Shelley): Not surprised that Apatow is lousy in bed, and even less surprised that he seems kind of proud of it. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Kanye West Charged In Airport Attack
It's hard being a celebrity: James Franco is getting mobbed by fellow students at Columbia; presumably the coeds will never provoke from him the sort of battery Kanye West allegedly inflicted on his oglers. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Cecil's Wielder: [i]the university considers him and his career beneath comment.[/i] And yet, that curious admission letter... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Top Ten Moments of the Oscars
An on-stage musical extravaganza. Two epic gay rights speeches. Sean Penn's upset win for Milk. The 2009 Oscars were easily the gayest yet. More » -
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Oscar Tug-Of-War Pits Ledger Versus Ledger
Kim Ledger had plenty to do yesterday on his long flight to the Oscars, starting with an acceptance speech no one quite expected him to deliver on behalf of his son Heath. More » -
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Octuplet Mom Might Lose House Now
A picture deal may be all that stands between octo-mom and a foreclosure,just as a clue from daughter Bee is all that stood between Anna Wintour and a new Katy Perry album. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by LowClassInk: I want to snark about the Octo-lady who lives in a shoe who has so many children she can't pay... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Daughter getting Heath Ledger's Oscar — when she's 18. [THR]
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Likely Oscar Losers Brangelina Take EBay Consolation Prize
If the numbers truly don't lie, then neither Brad Pitt nor Angelina Jolie will collect Academy Awards on Sunday. But who needs Oscars when America's auction-scavenging elite are on your side? More » -
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Petitioner Halfway To Assuring You Never See The Joker Onscreen Again
The fanboy crusade to earn The Dark Knight a Best Picture Oscar nomination may have failed, but one fan hasn't lost faith in the potential of Batman people-power. More » -
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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 » -
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A-Rod and Kate Hudson's Sexy Fish Date
It's true! The Yankees player Alex Rodriguez, who like teammate Derek Jeter sucks very much, was seen canoodling with actress Kate Hudson at an underground Manhattan fish restaurant. More »
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Comment by Private Hangnail: Sometimes I like to place things I already own (a three year-old Motorola Razr and a Lorrie Moore paperback with... 5 Responses | Other threads
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We Will Now Predict the Oscar Nominations
All the major movie awards nominations, with the exception of those for the Oscars, have been announced. So we can make a pretty good guess about what will get nods come January 22nd. More »
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Comment by CaptainFantastic: I just watched The Dark Knight on DVD. Two and a half hours for a goddamn Batman movie! I stopped... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Verne Troyer Reveals His Heath Ledger Tattoo to British D-Listers
Most of Verne Troyer's onscreen partners like to humiliate him (sometimes in distinctly NSFW ways), but the late Heath Ledger was different. More » -
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Robert Pattinson Hates Prop 8, Los Angeles Comedy Scene
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Today in Awards Hell: 'Slumdog,' Heath Ledger's Relatives Prepare Oscar Speeches
Your annual Oscar anticlimax is officially underway, with Heath Ledger, Penélope Cruz and Slumdog Millionaire — among other familiar names — once again dominating the weekend's awards news. -
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A-Rod Like a Virgin With Madonna
- Alex Rodriguez said he isn't shagging Madonna. Sure. He's just hanging in Miami, Mexico City and Brazil with her, platonically, and maybe buying an apartment with her, platonically, and meeting secretly with her in restaurants, as friends. He also denied riding on a private jet with Madonna, so I guess this is supposed to be someone else who was photographed with her?
- Breaking: George Clooney flirted with a pretty bartender in London. He first met her a year ago, so is basically stalking her. [Sun]
- Heath Ledger's old landlord can't lease his apartment, probably more because of the economy and the $26,000-per-month rent, we're guessing, than due to concerns over morbidity. [P6]
- Ron Perelman's latest messy-divorce-related lawsuit is finally over. The daughter involved in the billionaire's custody dispute is now a teenager. [P6]
- Maybe Miley Cyrus is going to divorce her parents! Sure, her publicist denies it, but someone did write into a gossip column to ask about it. And there's precedent. So let's all keep talking about. [E!]
- Gordon Ramsay's purported lover, an adultery expert and author, was kicked off an adultery website for doing adultery horribly incorrectly. [P6]
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By Ryan TateComment by Rumpelstilskin: Couldn't Madge and A-Rod rent Heath's apartment? Come on people, can't we just get along? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Law & Order's Heath Ledger Story Nothing Like Actual Heath Ledger Story
When you're halfway into your forty-sixth season, as NBC's long-running crime drama Law & Order is, there are only so many storylines left to do that haven't been done before. Thus, it's no surprise that the show's "ripped from the headlines" method of generating plot points would eventually lead it to the death of Heath Ledger (you'll get your turn soon, Mario!), though it's impressive just how deeply they botched their opportunity. Says Page Six: More » -
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A-Rod's Two-Way Thanksgiving
- Alex's Rodriguez's people did their best to spread word he wasn't going to ditch his kids and ex-wife at Thanksgiving to see Madonna in New York, as had been previously rumored. After everyone duly printed the Yankees slugger would be in Miami with his family instead, it emerged Madonna would accompany Rodriguez to Miami, via private jet. Should make for interesting dinner conversation!
- Kanye West's "secret girl" is a supermodel he "hand-picked" for a video. We bet he did. [Sun]
- Law & Order is doing a Heath Ledger episode, except instead of an actor, the Ledger-like character will be a male model. He has sex and does drugs with a girl he meets at a club, and is found dead by his friends the next morning. [P6]
- Angelina Jolie is really, really, truly pregnant. In Touch means it this time you guys! [Mail]
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By Ryan TateComment by Trixie from Toronto: Someone needs to forcibly sterilize Angelina Jolie if that's true. Seriously, this is getting out of hand. 11 Responses | Other threads
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the dark knight
Why So Audacious? Perhaps we spoke too soon about the tenuous connection between The Dark Knight and The President-Elect, as we've just stumbled upon this Obama-evoking Joker design from artist James Lillis. It's no DJ AM, but it'll do. Click through for full-size. [/film] -
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Ledger Insurers Want To Probe Mary-Kate Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen successfully avoided interrogations from both the New York police and Drug Enforcement Administration over the death of her friend Heath Ledger. Authorities were said to be curious over why the wee celebrity dispatched her bodyguards to the movie star's apartment after she learned he was lifeless instead of calling 911. Were they hiding drugs? Now Ledger's insurance company, owned by Dutch conglomerate ING, is calling Ledger's death "suspicious" and seeking to take its own crack at the starlet, the Post reported. At stake is $10 million for Ledger's daughter Matilda. Will Olsen finally cave? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by goodgodno: everyone knows that probing an olsen only leads to the hiv. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Heath Ledger's Daughter To Inherit Everything
- Heath Ledger's Dad confirmed that his full $16 million estate will go to his two-year-old daughter Matilda. [OK!]
- Luann de Lesseps of Real Housewives Of New York City bitched out a couple of women for using an iPhone at the bar at the St. Regis. She sort-of denies telling one of them, "My European friends in particular adore Asian females because of their submissiveness. So work that to your advantage." [P6]
- Meg Ryan would like everyone to know that she only had an affair with Russell Crow because then-husband Dennis Quaid had been cheating on her "for a long time." Quaid would like to let everyone know that was, like, eight years ago, and it's totally immature to talk about it now. [R&M]
- Amy Winehouse's friends are afraid to leave her alone. More so than usual. [Sun]
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By Ryan TateComment by BowlingForDollars: I get a lesbian vibe from Meg. Which would explain a whole lot. 4 Responses | Other threads
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The Dark Knight
'Heath Ledger Exploiter' Among America's Hottest New Halloween Costumes
While The Dark Knight's box-office trajectory has leveled out a smidge since becoming the fastest film to $500 million, the marketplace for morbidly exploitive Heath Ledger nostalgia has caught a new wave of holiday momentum. So say the proprietors of something called "Mr. Costumes," which proudly notes today that varieties of its Joker outfits account for nearly half of its adult costume sales for this Halloween. "The popularity of the movie and the cultural effect of Ledger's death have propelled seasonal demand for the villain costume," states a press release recently crapped into our inbox, "while effectively boosting the sales revenues and overall popularity of MrCostumes.com, an emerging player in the Halloween Costumes market." More » -
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'Brokeback Mountain' Author Not Interested in Your 'Zombie Jack Twist' Fan Fiction
An Important Drama like Brokeback Mountain has been many things to many people since its release three years ago, but who knew it was a budding franchise? Not only is the cowboys-in-love tale going opera, but ardent internet fans continue to sequelize the film with fan fiction, side stories and improbable follow-ups. Why, even Defamer has gotten into the act — Ang, the rights for "Ennis and Jack's Outrageous UFO Adventure" (above) are still available. Call us! However, there's one person who finds these add-ons downright Jack Nasty, and she's Annie Proulx, the tale's original author. As she told the Wall Street Journal: More » -
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Sir Elton Can Snort You Under The Table, Dearie
· So this little exchange between Lily Allen and Sir Elton John at the GQ Awards is certainly one for the ages. Team...um...Sting? [TMZ] More » -
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Vote Now in the High-Stakes Hollywood Joker-Alike Contest
After her latest round of plastic surgery, Joan Rivers has once again sparked concern that her postmodern facial sculpting has perhaps gone one operation too far. "My motto is, 'Better a new face coming out of an old car than an old face coming out of a new car.' Spend your money on you," the Daily Mail quotes her as saying, but clearly the stakes have soared beyond self-service satisfaction: Rivers is but the latest boldface name to join the increasingly cutthroat Joker-Alike 2008 competition, in which grinning celebrities and their psychotic celluloid doppelgangers square off for ear-to-ear supremacy. Have a closer look at the finalists — and vote for a (or nominate your own) winner after the jump. More » -
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Heath Ledger's Death Loft Yours For $26,000 Per Month
After a bit of a false start, the SoHo apartment where Heath Ledger died last January is apparently back on the rental market. And what a deal can be had at $26,000 per month — an increase of more than 20% over Ledger's $22,000 monthly rent after moving in last September. Steep! But again, these are post-Dark Knight dollars, and the mythology premium is good for at least 10% over the usual bump you see around the neighborhood. Just ask a broker! More » -
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Wendy Williams: Heath Ledger's Daughter is Not Some 'Random, Drive-By Splash-Off'
While some in Hollywood might see Heath Ledger's two-year-old daughter as a sacred cow, to talk show host Wendy Williams, she's red meat. Last seen offering unsolicited advice to a recovering Christina Applegate, Williams today turned her attention to Ledger, who died without updating his will to include his daughter Matilda or his ex, Spike Jonze-canoodler Michelle Williams. In response, actors Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell will be donating their fees from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (which they stepped into after Ledger's death) to both Michelle Williams and Matilda, an act of generosity that does not go unremarked-upon by Miss Wendy. Watch as she again horrifies her audience by going there in a bizarre, sperm-soaked metaphor meant to defend Matilda. Wendy, Wendy: with friends like these, who needs enemies? [The Wendy Williams Show] -
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Brooke Shields Will Not Stand For You Slandering The Memory of Sophia Petrillo!
Though no one cared enough to actually make it to her funeral, Golden Girls actress Estelle Getty was beloved in Hollywood, where actors and agents whiling down coke benders at 4 a.m. grew to love the misadventures of her sassy Sophia Petrillo during countless late-night Lifetime reruns. Still, that didn't stop the sketch comics at Upright Citizens Brigade from trotting out their impressions of the actress — as well as those of the deceased Heath Ledger and Bernie Mac — during a 72-hour marathon at the theater. According to the NY Daily News, celebrity panelist Brooke Shields wasn't laughing: More » -
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James Franco: The Next Heath Ledger
The untimely death of Heath Ledger left a void in the acting community. In terms of his actual person, yes, but also in what he represented. A subdued, thoughtful actor who shied away from the press, who made a quiet regular guy life for himself when he wasn't emoting really well for lots and lots of money. So, for useless speculation's sake, who will fill that role now, where is our next, uh, sorta-dark knight? Ledger's Brokeback Mountain costar Jake Gyllenhaal is too splashy. Other broody types like Josh Hartnett haven't quite got that leading-man-with-gravitas movie star thing down. So we think it might be James Franco, who is, like Ledger before he died, just beginning the second act of his career. More » -
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The Curse Of Billy Bob Thornton Overtakes 'Dark Knight' Curse In Hollywood Death Toll
Bernie Mac's tragic death sparked a surge of postmortems around the Web over the weekend, with many invoking his role as the bad-ass mall gumshoe opposite Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa. But one perceptive observer commenting at Hollywood Elsewhere noted that the late comedian's passing is the latest in a string of similarly untimely demises for other Thornton co-stars as well: More » -
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Early Joker Mock-Up Reminds Us of a Producer We Know
It's well-known that the conceptual period preceding The Dark Knight was an exceptionally fertile time for all involved — smooth Batsailing for a creative team responsible for reimagining the heroes and villains of Gotham City. Chief among those visions was The Joker, preliminary sketches of whom are now appearing in a new coffee-table book for the fanboy who has everything, The Art of The Dark Knight. An attentive reader points out today, however, how one of the early, nastier Joker mock-ups reminds him of an old friend of Defamer — a guy whose uncanny likeness would have no doubt stirred more controversy, trouble and tragedy than all the accursed Dark Knight infamy we've observed over the last year. More » -
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DEA Wraps Heath Ledger Investigation After Getting Their DVD Of 'A Knight's Tale' Signed
Days after implicating Mary-Kate Olsen but months after it began, the DEA inquiry into the death of Heath Ledger has finally wrapped, filing charges against exactly no one. Does it perhaps seem like the U.S. Attorney's Office spent an awful lot of time and money with nothing to show for it? According to TMZ, that's just the beginning — the gossip website alleges that DEA agents essentially used the Ledger investigation as an excuse to talk to supermodels, fly all over the country, and meet people from Hollywood: More » -
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Mary-Kate Olsen Beats Coppers — Again
Mary-Kate Olsen WINS. Twice law-enforcement authorities have tried pressuring the dopey lil' actress into telling what she knows about the death of close personal friend Heath Ledger, and twice now she has successfully beaten them back — the only person connected to Ledger to successfully do so. Federal sources told first the Daily News and now the Post that U.S. prosecutors have withdrawn their investigation into the death of actor Ledger, forcing the Drug Enforcement Administration to drop demands to interview Olsen. That's a fairly humiliating retreat for an agency that just two days ago implied it would use a Grand Jury subpoena to force Olsen to tell what she knows after word leaked of frustration in its offices over Olsen's demands for immunity. Especially because the feds really did have a subpoena. Reports the News:
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Deepening Mary-Kate Olsen Immunity Mystery
The Associated Press now has its own law-enforcement source stating that Mary-Kate Olsen is demanding immunity before she will talk with federal agents investigating the January death of actor Heath Ledger, as the Post reported this morning. The immunity request is now all but confirmed. Olsen's attorney didn't bother to deny it in a statement addressing a number of other questions raised by the Post story, such as whether Olsen helped Ledger procure OxyContin:
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To Evade Unflattering Prison Stripes, Mary-Kate Olsen Seeks Immunity in Heath Ledger Drug Inquiry
Uncle Jesse would be very disappointed: according to the New York Post, Mary-Kate Olsen is refusing to speak (wait, they talk?) with federal investigators looking into the death of Heath Ledger — that is, until she receives immunity from prosecution. It seems the feds are making inquiries to determine when and from who Ledger obtained the drugs that may have led to his death, and Olsen (who, as you'll recall, was the first person called when Ledger's masseuse discovered the body) is the only one who isn't talking: More » -
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The Curse of The Dark Knight
Remember Poltergeist, that 1982 horror film that was rumored to be plagued by a curse? What with the untimely deaths of two of its young stars, and reports of various odd occurrences on set. Can a movie be cursed? The Exorcist saw its fair share of mishaps, including injuries and the deaths of several crew members, as did Peter Berg's recent flop The Kingdom. And then there's Valkyrie. Well, it looks as though The Dark Knight, that Batman blockbuster mega-machine that's roiling in movie theatres currently, may be joining those ranks. Death and violence has surrounded three of its stars since the movie wrapped, Morgan Freeman's car accident last night being the most recent.
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Dodgy Olsen Demands Immunity In Ledger Doping
In the heated days of confusion and mourning immediately following the January death of Heath Ledger, many of the actor's admirers loudly proclaimed it absurd to raise questions about the role played by the actor's friend Mary-Kate Olsen in his death and aftermath. New York police concluded their investigation into Ledger's death without even interviewing the elfish young actress, even though, as the Post repeatedly pointed out, she was told of Ledger's death before emergency responders and even though her bodyguards may have arrived at his apartment just before paramedics, who Olsen did not bother to call. Having stayed on the story, the Post today reports that federal drug agents are pressing Olsen hard to cooperate in their investigation into how Ledger obtained the powerful painkiller OxyContin without a prescription — and into what happened to the bottle:
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By Ryan TateComment by waltzngmatlda: @arguablythemostfamous: ...you are correct and i did say that- at the end of it all, he made the choice. ... more » | Other threads
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Let The Wild Rumpus Start: Michelle Williams Comforted By Spike Jonze's Quirky Touch
She may be unable to share with her child's father the spoils of his critically spoojed-upon turn in what is well on its way towards becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time ($14 billion on Tuesday alone!), but all is not dark for Michelle Williams. The actress has reportedly found comfort in the arms of Torrance Community Dance Group captain Spike Jonze. The Daily Mail has been keeping a respectful distance from their blossoming love: More » -
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