Carolyn Strauss Calved At HBO

· HBO shakes things up in their original series development department, moving longtime president Carolyn Strauss into a new, not-quite-fired-but-let's- see-what-some-new-blood- can-do-about- never-letting- John From Cincinnati -happen-again position. [Variety]
· Hollywood StrikeWatch 2: The Bickering. SAG and AFTRA can't seem to decide whether basic cable should be included in the upcoming actors negotiation, leading to a flurry of strongly worded letters and "near-constant sniping" between the two unions, who'll ultimately air out their differences in a choreographed rumble in the Farmers Market parking lot, set to the music of Leonard Bernstein. [Variety]
· Marvel Studios has sold the exclusive broadcast rights to FX for a package of five of their movies, including the upcoming Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, along with three more, yet-to-be-determined titles. (We're pulling for a She-Hulk Vs. She-Thing, starring Rachel Bilson and Mischa Barton.) [Variety]

Do They Keep The Editors Of 'Big Brother' Trapped In That House, Too?

The second installment of our newish feature, Scrambled Eggs, comes to us courtesy of an eagle-eyed friend of Defamer, People Paula. But before we get into the contents of the clip at hand, we'll give you a quick refresher on what exactly makes a Scrambled Egg. It's a term we invented to describe those glorious moments that happen in television shows when a bored (or possibly stoned) editor cuts an inexplicable and altogetherly out-of-context image into a scene, likely as an inside joke for themselves. Got it? Good.

Now that your memory has been rebooted, we are glad to present this Scrambled Egg from Wednesday night's episode of Big Brother. As the Chenbot attempts to engage the castmembers of the 412th season of the show in some casual conversation while they dangle from some sort of unusual swinging device (forgive us, we haven't followed the show since the days of Dr. Will and Mike Boogie), the show's sleep-deprived editors make what can only be described as an unusual choice for a cutaway shot.

There Is No Nighttime Sex Act That Escapes The All-B.J.-Seeing 'Big Brother' Eye

With the fumigation circus tent removed from the Big Brother house on the Radford lot, every stubborn germ, virus, and parasite from the last batch of contestants effectively snuffed, we're now ready for another round of the hit CBS reality series. And while there was certainly nothing broke with the show's last incarnation—who doesn't love watching 16 off-duty bartenders stand around a kitchen island sharing Jew-spotting tips?—they've tweaked Season 9 considerably. Big Brother: 'Til Death Do You Part pits eight teams of two against one another: all couples. And by that we mean, sex-having couples.

Mike 'Boogie' Malin Fails To Fly After Tumbling Through Les Deux Skylight

To the casual onlooker, Mike "Boogie" Malin leads an existence worth coveting: a self-made nightlife entrepreneur with first pick of the aspiring-starlet veal, Malin is perhaps most famous for quarantining himself on national TV and walking away from the experience $1 million richer. But there's an ugly underside to life in the Hollywood fast lane, strewn with suspicious growths, nights in Denver jail, partners accused of rape, and now, courtesy of Eater LA, this:

"Rumor has it that Mike "Boogie" Malin (partner of the dolce group and winner of big brother 7) fell thru the skylight last Friday night at Les Deux and was rushed to the hospital."

Mike 'Boogie' Malin Celebrates Boston's World Series Victory In A Denver Jail Cell

It seems The Dolce Group restaurant impresario and Big Brother All-Stars $1 million-winner Mike Malin, whom last we checked in with for his weekly penile-wart singeing, wound up in a Denver jail cell after allegedly demonstrating a little too much enthusiasm over the Boston Red Sox's recent World Series victory. Eater LA has the scoop:

We're tipped off that Mike Malin spent 15 hours in a jail cell following Game 4 of the World Series "for allegedly assaulting a waitress at a local sports bar."

Amber Reminds Us Not To Hate The Jew, Just Hate The Jewish Player

As much as we hoped it might happen, we never really anticipated Big Brother 8 breakout anti-Semite/anti-Manhattanite Amber Siyavus would be subjected to a montage of her greatest hate-mongering hits on Tuesday night's finale. Still, we assumed reporters would have jumped on the opportunity to get her to further clarify her theories about the "money-hungry" peoples, easily identifiable by their noses, surnames, and love of the Mets. Only Reality News Online, however, was successful in getting Siyavus to address her Gibsonian sentiments:

RNO: Is there anything else you want to tell us about your time in the Big Brother house? [...]

Amber's 'Big Brother' Exit Interview Suggests She Wasn't All That She Seemed

Among Big Brother's cast of dim-bulbed reality TV cretins obsessed with the utterly meaningless Golden Power of Head of Veto, it was contestant Amber, whom we first discovered after she made some extremely controversial statements about Jewish New York Americans, who most drew us in. But something in this post-finale interview (Tommy Lee lifestyle-aspirant "Evil" Dick Donato won, if you care) led us to wonder if Amber really was the bipolar Jew-hating illiterate she skillfully presented for the cameras, as she managed to make it to the end of the interview without once cursing the mistrustful Chosen People, bursting into tears, or asking what 25 cent words like "intuition" and "empathetic" meant before using them appropriately in a sentence.

• Big Brother 8 Amber After Finale Interview [YouTube via RealityTVCafe.com]

Join Mike 'Boogie' Malin On His Journey Of Genital Wart Discovery

Shocking New 'BB8' Footage Reveals Amber Might Not Be Smartest Guest in the House

If, after reviewing the footage captured by Big Brother 8's exclusive Intolerance Cam, you still find yourself unclear about the specific prejudices of the show's houseguests, we recommend that you study the Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. blog's illuminating, meticulously constructed "Better Know a Big Brother 8 Bias" chart. If we were the betting kind, we'd put our money on Tommy Lee doppleganger Dick to win it all; his position at the center of the chart seems to indicate that he's the best equipped to form a staggering variety of alliances based on ignorance about virtually any race, gender, or creed.

• Better Know a BB8 Bias [Whiskey, Tango. Foxtrot]

Big Brother 8 House Populated By Impressive Variety Of Bigots

· As demonstrated by the above "Racism & Bigotry Sampler," the Big Brother 8 Intolerance Cam never, ever sleeps.
· Winnie Cooper is ABC News' Person of the Week, which means she's probably having an easier time today than TV boyfriend Kevin Arnold, who really can't catch a break with his big-screen directorial debut.
· Woody Allen reminisces about the formerly uninsurable stars who provide a glimmer of hope that Lindsay Lohan might one day work in Hollywood again.
·Amazingly, this review headlined "Stardust a Shrek for grown-ups" is not a pan.