August 2008 - Posts

PS The Hurricane Is A GOP Blessing by The Hot Blog

No uncomfortable comparisons to the Dems... they can't be blamed for an act of god. No Bush. No Ahnuld. No problem.

Following In The Footsteps Of Giants by The Hot Blog

(Yes... I know... but a guy gets to have a little fun on Labor Day, no?)
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The Watchmen Mess Continues... by The Hot Blog

Michael Cieply's report on the latest salvos in the Watchmen mess contains only one item of real interest... unless you have no interest in the simple legal reality that "you shoulda known" is no defense of an abuse of contractual rights...
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BYOB - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? by The Hot Blog

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Im-Palin by The Hot Blog

After almost 200 comments on my hastily written Sarah Palin entry yesterday - I was on a plane, saw her speech on DirecTV just before take-off and posted - I thought I would start fresh with a new entry. The most fascinating thing about the story, to...
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At Searchlight, Little Miss Slumdog? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Don't look now, but Fox Searchlight may be coming back with another December surprise. The studio that had the sleeper crowd-pleasers of the past two autumns in "Juno" and "Little Miss Sunshine" appeared to be...
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Box Office & Stuff by The Hot Blog

So Klady has Babylon AD and Tropic Thunder dead even for Friday. I have to agree with Steve Mason that TT should be the easy winner by Monday. Zzzzzzzz... Just wondering why we aren't having rousing fights about the massive accomplishment by Thunder...

Paris Hilton: I Kind of Prefer Wiseman's Verite Work by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik The mind dances at what kind of footage can be seen so newly shameful to Paris Hilton, the enfant teribles whose entire reputation is based on shamelesness, that she and her reps don't want you to see... Read More...
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Thanks, Crazy Old Guy by The Hot Blog

Wow. And I thought Lieberman was a bad idea. Two years in as Gov of Alaska... Parent of a 4-month old special needs child... Had her sister's ex fired... This is who America wants to be a heartbeat away from the presidency of our oldest president...
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BYOB - Travelin' by The Hot Blog

The floor is yours... for the moment...
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If You're Right, Why Lie? by The Hot Blog

On May 18, in Pendelton, Ore., Obama said that "strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean,...
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And Now, Australia Puts Itself On The Turkey Day Barby by The Hot Blog

Fox Press Release - BAZ LUHRMANN’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED EPIC, AUSTRALIA, TO BOW THANKSGIVING LOS ANGELES, CA (August 27, 2008) __ Twentieth Century Fox announced today that it now will release AUSTRALIA – Baz Luhrmann’s epic adventure motion picture, starring...
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For Sorkin, A Few Good...Striving Undergrads? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik We don't know exactly how many jokes will be attempted about Aaron Sorkin's Facebook movie (though we're betting that writing on walls will figure in a number of them). What we do know is that it seems... Read More...
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US Career Suicide - Episode #432 by The Hot Blog

The very talented Mathieu Kassovitz has pretty muhc burned his last bridge in Hollywood by attacking Fox for the handling of his Vin Diesel starrer, Babylon A.D. . Complain about Fox as you like, there is no studio that wants a director who publicly attacks...
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Formerly Known As "Nothing Is Personal" Responds To Complaints About The Name Change by The Hot Blog

As an Arab-American woman, I am of course aware that the title of my book is an ethnic slur. Indeed, I selected the title to highlight one of the novel's major themes: racism. In the tradition of Gregory's autobiography , the Jewish magazine Heeb...
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