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more about #viacom more comments → unclevanya: There is no way in heaven or hell that Jack Ryan wears briefs. Be told! more » Tattertotter: I think Matty has at least one more Bourne in him if they can come up with a decent post-Ultimatum script. Agree that Pine is tasty boy, but not bour... more » secretagentman: Chris Pine is tasty, but I can't see him as Ryan. Looks too boyish. Now Jon Hamm.... more » Spirit Fingers: How much you wanna bet they want Pine to be the next Bourne? So effectively Affleck fails twice. more » Macloserboy: Except that Cougar Town is a big hit for ABC (and better than it had any right to be) so it makes sense they think they can do it again. more » sarrible: And somewhere, Ben Affleck cries a single tear. more » FrankenPC: Whatever. Heigl is gorgeous. After all, it's only what you look like that's important (according to Hollyweird). Her head could be completely empty... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: I don't hate Heigl. I actually quite enjoy the way her dialectics sway when she walks. more » UlricGalooba: If the 25 year-old Omer is indeed Michael Jackson's son, does that mean 'Billie Jean' was a true story? more » fileunder: BK-Fed more » Island of Misfit Toys: I'm beginning to think that George Clooney is actually revolted by classy women. more » geeyeah: K Over-fed more » City_Dater: "K-Fatterline" is really funny, way better than I would have expected from La Spears. I should go lie down until this feeling of wanting to hang out ... more » JacquesPaysan: Heigl: vt. the act of exploiting gay friends to garner undeserved attention for oneself. more » Victor Ward: Kevin Batter-lined. more » -
#traderoundup
Floundering Hollywood Wants to Plant One on Chris Pine
Firings, sell-offs, suicide stories and Joe Pesci's leftovers; It's a bummer of a day for everyone in Hollywood who is not locked into the role of James T. Kirk. More » -
#gossiproundup
Everyone Hates Katherine Heigl
Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow trash Katherine Heigl, Joe Jackson confirms Michael Jackson's Norwegian lovechild, Britney mocks K-Fed's weight gain, Robert Redford dislikes Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Simpson has an expensive new reality show and Sienna Miller needs love. More » -
#mediacrack
Optimistic, and Crazy? J-School!
In your darkening Wednesday media column: J-school mania explained, the Food Network thrives, media conglomerates put on a happy face, and Adam Rubin gets plenty of sympathy. More » -
#media
Viacom Has 22 Reasons Not to Pay You
In March we told you about "Invoiceworks," Viacom's Kafkaesque new system for paying (or not!) its freelancers. How bad is it? We present to you, "22 Invoice Rejections at Once": More » -
#feuds
Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer Have Posses
The suits have jumped into the Jim Cramer-Jon Stewart drudge match: NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and Viacom CEO Philippe Daumann traded jabs today over their corporate assets at today's McGraw Hill Media Summit. More » -
#gossip
Viacom's Nightmarish New Payment System
Yesterday we heard rumors that Viacom has introduced a new system for screwing its vendors out of getting paid on time. Today, more insight into the Kafka-esque world of "InvoiceWorks," from a real vendor! More » -
#mediacrack
Is Viacom Screwing its Vendors?
In your rumormongering Thursday media column: rumors of layoffs and shenanigans at Viacom and Sesame Street (updated), Felix Salmon jumps the Fort Polio ship, Jay Carney flackery, and a journalism grad is broken: More » -
#feuds
Jon Stewart-Jim Cramer Feud Widens Into Network Rumble
You have to hand it to Jon Stewart: The Daily Show host at least has the good sense to mock his "Basic Cable Personality Clash" with Jim Cramer the very moment it becomes mockable. More » -
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#bloglash
Comedy Central Show To Mock Internet
Comedy Central will soon start production on Tosh.0, in which comedian Daniel Tosh makes fun of blogs, online videos, tweets, etc., oh-so-boldly reversing the usual flow of snark between the internet and television. More » -
#mediacrack
More Viacom Layoffs Today?
In your gloomy Wednesday media column: More rumored Viacom layoffs today, Newsweek staffers are mad at the boss, Playboy might have to sell Playboy, and more!: More » -
#oscars
Jon Stewart Misses Viacom Memo To Not Openly Hate On 'Benjamin Button'
Paramount probably could have lived with Jon Stewart's slobbering praise for Slumdog Millionaire last night on The Daily Show. If only it had stopped there. More » -
#thegays
Why the Portland Mayor Sex Scandal Is Good for the Gays
The media frenzy over a Portland sex-and-lies scandal is playing out in such classic fashion, it's easy to forget the protagonists — Mayor Sam Adams and his barely legal paramour, Beau Breedlove — are gay. More » -
#feuds
'Bromance' Crisis Averted in Viacom, Time Warner Settlement
After Viacom went blazingly public Wednesday with its threat of an MTV/Comedy Central/Nickelodeon blackout on Time Warner Cable, an 11th-hour truce settled the matter just in time for 2009. -
#television
Threats To Take Away Your MTV Predictably Empty
Yesterday America fell to its knees, wailing, because Time Warner threatened to pull several networks off the air because of a spat with Viacom. Well it's all over now so return to the couch, sheep. More » -
#feuds
SpongeBob on Strike: Viacom Threatens to Pull 19 Channels From Time Warner
Ensnared in a vicious battle over 23 cents per customer, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Daily Show, South Park and the rest of Viacom's cable offerings may vanish tonight for 13 million Time Warner subscribers. -
#disasters
Time Warner Cable To Lose Comedy Central, MTV In Viacom Spat
From New York to Los Angeles, Viacom channels like Comedy Central are set to flicker off cable systems in the first minute of 2009. Sumner Redstone's desperation finally impacted your life! More » -
#creativeunderclass
MTV Pays $500 Guilt Bonus To Screwed-Over Bloggers
MTV tacked on a $500 stocking stuffer to the final paychecks of those charity bloggers it was avoiding paying. Could it be the raunchy Viacom network believes in God? Or at least karma? More » -
#sumnerredstone
Billionaire Sacrifices Daughter To Stay Solvent
Sumner Redstone is so desperate for cash, he might not even be a billionaire any more. So he's decided his daughter will take the fall, and is embarrassing her with a huge public fight this morning. More » -
#creativeunderclass
Is MTV Hoarding Charity Cash From Workers?
Following our request for information yesterday, we heard from a good number of freelancers who said MTV was stiffing them on paychecks. Including people MTV got charity money to support. More » -
#rumormonger
Is MTV Stiffing Freelancers On Christmas Paychecks?
Freelancers: Is MTV slow paying your recent invoices? Because one tipster tells us the Viacom subsidiary followed hundreds of layoffs with a policy to freeze outgoing payments October through January. More »
