Hollywood Deep

With the Writers Guild of America still on strike for the fourth week, just about everyone I know in the production end of the biz, has been laid off. Hollywood has turned into a production wasteland. Assistant directors, camera people, gaffers, grips, make up & hair artists, costumers, prop masters, set construction workers, caterers, production [...]

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OJ back in Vegas
In a Las Vegas courtroom yesterday, O.J. Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter, accused a key prosecution witness of being a liar, leading to a heated exchange in the third day of a preliminary hearing in the armed robbery case. Simpson’s one-time golfing pal, Walter Alexander, glared at him across a courtroom and [...]

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Friday’s WGA rally drew more than 3,000 picketers to Avenue of the Stars in Century City

Friday off because of the strike, Eva shopping at Sunset Plaza
We entered week two of the Writer’s Guild of America strike today. So it took a week to find out that Ellen DeGeneres is full of sh*t. The WGA East [...]

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Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie” buzzed to the top of the box office, overtaking last weeks #1, “American Gangster,” starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. The DreamWorks/ Paramount animated comedy flick, packed in family crowds to pull in $26 million, raising its total to $72.2 million, in two weeks.
“Our bee has legs,” said [...]

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Mickey Rourke Busted For DUI on Vespa, in Miami
Mickey Rourke, star of “Barfly” and “Rumble Fish,” was arrested last Thursday for allegedly driving under the influence after being stopped while riding a Vespa motor scooter in Miami Beach, Florida. Rourke, a one-time professional boxer who attended high school not far from the scene of his [...]

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Clooney flips off Fabio in Beverly Hills
I could hardly let the week go by without commenting one of my favorite people in Hollywood, George Clooney, and his encounter with super male model, Fabio. First of all just saying George Clooney and Fabio in the same sentence is funny, so I had to take the opportunity.
George [...]

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So after three days of the Writers Guild of America strike, it seems that it is effecting just about every aspect of the entertainment world. I didn’t really think either side would be stupid enough to let this happen. Although I can see the writers main points, residuals on DVD sales and New Media consideration, [...]

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Ridley Scott’s gritty ’70s drug-dealer epic, “American Gangster,” was number one in last weekends box office tally. Gangster handily out gunned Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie”, by 7 million dollars, appearing on 1000 less screens. The two movies were successful in breaking the post-summer doldrums and announcing that the winter holiday hits are on the way.
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