Oh Ellen Page. First you send your "power lesbian" publicist into a tizzy defending your heterosexual honor, then you make a fool out of poor Jay Leno in his own house of belly laughs. Have you really moved on to shun the potty-mouthed legend that is Jane Fonda? One stripper-scripted indie hit on your resume does not entitle you to divadom quite yet. In a scathing NY Daily News blind item today, a "rising young actress" is reported to have brushed off Fonda's desire to meet her at a party with a curse-laden remark, and as our detective skills suggest after the jump, all signs point to Page as the catty star in question.
UPDATE (2:55pm): Ellen Page's "power lesbian" publicist Kelly Bush (#50 on Out Magazine's Power 50) responds! Full response after the jump.
The full item is as follows:
"Which rising young actress was informed at a recent film party that Jane Fonda wanted to meet her? 'I don't give a [bleep],' came the jaded response."So we went ahead and researched what Jane Fonda has been up to lately, aside from dropping the C-word on morning television. And when it comes to film parties, only one event lies prominently on her recent social calendar: a New York screening of Page's film Smart People, which Page attended in one of her trademark black bores of a dress. Taking into account the item appears in a column written by a NY party-hopping columnist, plus the ease with which we can imagine Ellen not giving an eff who wants to meet her, Page is number one on our list of suspects. And while we might not necessarily wet our pants at the prospect of meeting Jane in person, we'd still make sure not to voice our opinions in the vicinity of gossip columnists. A lesson both 30 Rocks's Liz Lemon and Ellen might want to relearn.
UPDATE (2:55pm): Here's the response that came from Ellen Page's publicist, Kelly Bush:
Ellen had a lovely conversation with Jane Fonda at the "Smart People" party. Jane was telling her about the upcoming V-Day event in New Orleans. Ellen was not able to attend since she is in pre-production on her next two films. She has requested I get her more information about the work Jane and Eve Ensler are doing so she can help in some way. We have several other clients in New Orleans right now including Jennifer Hudson and Salma Hayek. I am sure it is going to be an amazing event.
- NEW YORK MINUTE [Gatecrasher]







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if it had been Jodie Foster, i'll bet she would've given a [bleep]
Also, the anecdote Thomas Hayden Church told on his recent Kimmel appearance was basically a thinly-veiled reference to what an asshole Page has become since Juno.
What, I wanted to see Adam Corolla. Don't judge.
Maybe the full statement is "I don't give a [bleep]...because I'd like to go home and [bleep] the [bleep] out of her."
Just because homegirl dresses like a homeless farmer doesn't mean she can't have more 'tude than Diana Ross. Just what we need: all of the diva with none of the glamour. This makes crackbabyjesus cry.
@GingerVitis: I think you may have confused this site with some other non-judgemental one.
@GingerVitis:
ooh, what did he say??
@GingerVitis: ooh please do tell!
While we're on the topic, I have to say that I really can't stand Ellen Page's delivery. If she's in a movie that I see, she pretty much ruins it for me. On the other hand, I probably end up seeing most Jane Fonda movies.
Ellen Page=Juno=Boring=zzz...
Wonder how much variety her characters will have in the future, all I will ever think of whenI see her is Juno... literally "oh Juno's playing so and so".
somehow, i don't think jane fonda is crying into her satin pillowcases right now. unless she has just watched juno, in which case she is probably bored to tears.
all lesbian jokes aside, she really is EXACTLY like Jodie Foster (both on screen and off): no sense of humor, no spontaneity, and MOUNTAINS of false modesty.
Oh please. People are just hating on Page because she's secure and popular. And I'm pretty sure Juno wasn't a one time deal. I mean she and Ben Foster were the only good things about X-Men 3 and she was wicked awesome in Hard Candy. So she's a foul mouthed diva for a few months after being nominated for an Oscar. Let her have it. Her next movie will bomb, she'll do some smaller cute role and everyone will love her again.
That said, I'd totally attend the clam bake for Jodie Foster.
when i read that item i thought, "good for her." knowing it was probs ellen page just kicks her up in my estimation. seriously, does anybody give a fuck about the woman who, already previously proven to be a ridiculously untalented actress, decided to star in "monster-in-law"? i wouldn't want to meet her, either.
Isn't Jodie Foster in MENSA?
PS. Fuck Mensa.
oh how i wish she would get over herself already.
Maybe Ellen Page sucks. Maybe she doesn't. I just don't know. I mean if I was suddenly flavor of the month I wouldn't want to meet every asshole that wanted to rub shoulers with me.
Well... Maybe the cool ones. But I figure they'd probably blow me off, Ellen Page style.
Also, don't say I never gave you nuthin'.
+ Watch video
I don't give a bleep about ellen page.
@maggiemerc: She's probably got all sorts of people trying to crawl up on her right now. Juno is just a bit over-exposed right now, but it's not a bad movie.
Ellen, Ellen...very un-Canadian.
I guess THC and Page had worked together prior to Juno, and now they're both in Smart People, so Jimmy asked about her, and THC was all, "she was such a cute little Canadian kid in [WHATEVER], but now she tells everyone else on the set what to do -- stand there, be on time, etc."
He played it as "isn't it cute she's become a professional," but it was pretty obviously "Jesus Christ, this kid is an asshole."
Watching, I was surprised -- she must REALLY be a piece of work for a costar to take a swipe like that while hyping the goddamn movie.
Man...I miss lowell.
it's alright, ellen. she doesn't have to be in Juno 2, we can cast someone that matches your flat, deadpan delivery, what we in the biz called, being a boring bitch on camera.
I didn't want to see Juno... but she was one scary little psycho in Hard Candy.
Wow, why have I never noticed until now that Thomas Hayden Church is a dead ringer for a young Charlton Heston? Uncanny.
That's not exactly correct GingerVitis. He was talking about that morning doing interviews with her. Smart People was shot early last year, and now post Juno she's far less innocent. It did sound like a bit of a pot shot MAYBE, but it's not as you said. Anyways it's all in the clip above.
I know she's a lesbian. Know how? Look at that mascara. It seems off. almost overly done to compensate her lesbian ways.
thanks for posting the video. Hayden Church is sooo boring--he says the word "ranch" and you go right to sleep.
i don't really and truly have anything against Ellen Page, but what i DO find offensive is the whole Guillermo/Jimmy Kimmel, Chewy/Chelsea Handler whipping boy shtick. why, exactly, is this funny?
@Benny: Well, that was my recollection -- I didn't re-watch.
But it is almost unthinkable that an actor would even sort-of-maybe slam another actor while hyping the film they're both in -- combine it with the blind item above, and I think a pretty clear read-between-the-lines story emerges.
I have no bone to pick with Page other than that her handlers are idiots for allowing her to keep playing teens post-Juno -- the best thing Scarlett Johanssen ever did for herself was refusing to play young after Ghost World.
@saintestella: Oh, plenty of people have plenty of reasons to hate Jane Fonda for her various activities running the gamut from aerobics to V.C., but her acting talent is not one I've ever heard bitched out before. I mean, she was nominated for the Oscar six times, won 'em twice, is part of the Fonda acting clan and was in "9 to 5" which is basically enough for me.
Generally speaking, no matter what field you're in, the 20 year old newbie really doesn't get to tell the 70 year old veteran to fuck off.
@GingerVitis: I agree that THC wasn't slamming her as much as thinking to himself "Fuck, I was in 'Wings' twenty fucking years ago; played against that character in 'Ned & Stacey' and the critically acclaimed "Sideways' and all anyone can talk aboot is this little Canadian dyke, Ellen Page." Or so I like to think.
boring. she's boring.
wake me up when she actually does something interesting, like chase her assistant around in concentric circles at a parking lot in a coke-induced rage.
until then, the mere fact that she's evading whatever fame she's entitled to does by no means make her interesting (to me).
@Benny: Agreed, I was expecting something spicy, but it was basically, "Our little girl's all grown up!"
'She's like a teamster boss...' - she sounds like a riot.
You've all collectively scored a 9.8 out of 10 on the "Judgement Scale Of People You've Never Met (Based On Hearsay)"
To summarize:
Ellen Page: Boring, Lesbian, No-Talent, Bitch.
Jane Fonda: Boring, Lesbian, No-Talent, Bitch.
Congratulations! Our Jezebel-ification is almost complete!
There are things I find insipid about her, but if she doesn't give a fuck about Jane Fonda and says so, I can't fault her for it. I mean, my context for Jane Fonda is just "The traitor lady who did the workout tape who the Republicans mention whenever it's time to flog the dessicated remains of Vietnam one more time." I guess she won some awards for playing torture Tiddlywinks with John McCain or whatever they did before the internet? Whatevs, If Ellen Page wants to adopt the whole "punk" aesthetic the least she can do is be acerbically indiffernt to her elders.
It's a good thing the Patriot Act banned citizens from recognizing sarcasm.
No one is going to give props to Page for slamming Hanoi Jane?
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I hated it when I saw it, but c-word if I'm not Team Juno now.
Nobody is going to give props to Page for fragging Hanoi Jane's ass?
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I hated it in theatres, but c-word if I'm not Team Juno now.
Jane Fonda's a lesbian? Did I miss a memo?
A union boss? Her getting all tiffy between segments would be cute as hell. It'd go something like:
"Rarr-rarr rar rarr rarr!"
And I'd be like, "Awwww! So cute!"
Then I'd pinch her cheek. No, the other one. No...the *other* one.
I'll bet if she'd seen Jane climbing all over Stephen Colbert's lap, and making pie with him, she'd have changed her tune.
Wow, why have I never noticed until now that Ellen Page is a young Haley Joel Osment?
Juno was a bastard child of Napoleon Dynamite and Dawson's Creek. It was cute but super over rated
@Baronzemo: and celine dion is a raggedy version of HJO
@Benny: Thanks Benny!
I think that Jane Fonda has hired Ronn Torrosiann to represent her. At least his word comes out of her mouth...
I didn't realize being in a movie that is basically an after school special on teen pregnancy where you talk like Ned Flanders was such a stepping stone.
@DexterRiley: Canada wasn't IN the Vietnam War, so no. We don't care about Hanoi Jane.