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Finally, A Superhero - American For The Rest Of Us

· P. Diddy couldn't be more excited about Hancock: the first legitimately mainstream black superhero! (Don't point out the drunken loutishness—he's happy as a motherfucker and we'd like him to stay that way.) [PaulScheer.com]
· "Angelina Jolie is way too thin to be an action hero!" says whoever ABCNews.com could find to offer a quote corroborating their Angelina Jolie-is-too-thin-to-be-an-action-hero story. [ABCNews.com]
· Take a tour of the insanely huge Brooklyn mansion Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany are leaving, and the insanely expensive TriBeCa loft they're moving into. [ONTD, The Real Estalker]
· Wesley Snipes can travel to London and Bangkok to shoot two movies while his Totally Insane Tax Avoidance Trial of the Century appeals are processed. [Yahoo/AP]
· Here's photo evidence of Brett Ratner holding one of his five Big Penises. [VMan]

6:35 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Seth
1,340 views, 22 comments

Latest by RonMwangaguhunga: Superheroes don't let superheroes drive high on PCP. [www.theage.com.au] more »

dethroning the king

Is 'Hancock' Half-Cocked?

I'll admit it, I thought Hancock looked pretty cool. It's got a fun premise, a great trailer, good effects, Will Smith in full-on superstar mode, and even Jason Bateman. In short, it seemed like the perfect summer entertainment. Then, a few weeks ago that Variety review came out, and all was not well. Todd McCarthy said "this odd and perplexing aspiring tentpole will provide a real test of Smith's box office invincibility." Suddenly Hancock seemed a little shaky. If Hollywood's hometown paper didn't love it, who would? Well, opening day has finally arrived, the rest of the critics have weighed in, and it seems that Hancock is not just bad, but a big steaming pile of shit. It managed to scare up a scant 34% at Rotten Tomatoes and that's only slightly better than Drillbit Taylor! Stick around after the jump to read a collection of the prickliest critical barbs. More »

1:00 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By nickm
4,220 views, 24 comments

Latest by n/a: Smith and Cruise both seem to be circling down the career toilet as we speak. I mean, sure, they will probably be unbelievably wealthy for years to come, but they don't have the huge fan bases anymore. Are they getting too much more »

higher education

Is Will Smith Training Your Kids To Build An Army Of Evil Robots?

You know that school Will Smith opened up in Calabasas? The one people are saying is a big front to indoctrinate children into the ways of Scientology? Well, we here at Defamer hate to pass judgment without at least a tiny bit of research. That's why I spent a few minutes skimming the New Village Academy's website. Surprisingly, there were no classes called "Worshiping Overlord Xenu" or "Releasing Your Inner Engram." But they do really stress building robots. In fact, the Educational Philosophy section of the site mentions robots no less than 4 times! More »

5:50 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By nickm
1,673 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: Wow - this school really is a Young Scientology recruitment center. They start with the stupid obsession over defining every single word, but next thing you know they'll be giving lessons about fetus memories and abortion engrams. Not so dissimilar more »

a call to the bullpen

You Better Not Be Lying About That 'Arrested Development' Movie!

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a call to the bullpen

Either I'm Super Tall Or Everyone Else Is Real Tiny

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a call to the bullpen

I Love My Job! I Get Paid To Hang Out With Will Smith!

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man to man

Will Smith And Dave Letterman Finally Break The Sexual Tension

As nestled as Will Smith is in the so-called "Fluke Zone," where his stardom is bulletproof and his films are fail-safe, he wasn't taking any notoriety for granted last night on The Late Show. There, in a tender promotional moment for Hancock, the actor warmed to David Letterman's compliments by leaning in for a kiss that quickly escalated into a brave new world of gay, interracial sex overtures. It wasn't always this easy for Smith, of course, who over a decade ago was talked out (by Denzel Washington, no less) of his man-kiss with Anthony Michael Hall in Six Degrees of Separation; such newly open-minded gateway intimacy augurs great things for future late-night trysts sure to culminate, as all self-reinvention must, in sex with Jimmy Kimmel. [CBS]

10:05 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By STV
2,959 views, 12 comments

Latest by NoWireHangers: "Hanging out" with Tom Cruise is way gayer than kissing David Letterman. more »

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Dave Letterman Hasn't The Faintest Clue What It Is Jane Krakowski Is Talking About

· Wow—the backdoor compliments were really flying when Jane Krakowski took Letterman's couch last night, but luckily most of them flew over the talk show host's head. [Late Show]
· Behold: Today's unveiling of the massive Dave Beckham underwear ad on a San Francisco Macy's. If you think those bloodcurdling sounds at the beginning are bad, just wait until his Volkswagen-sized package is revealed. [YouTube]
· Speaking of which, we hear Will Smith has a similarly proportioned super-endowment in his new movie. [thelondonpaper.com]
· Robert Davis of Paste magazine and Sue Pierman of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are about to become the laughingstock of the terrible-Mike-Myers-movie-critiquing field. [Rotten Tomatoes]
·And finally: What the fuck is Mario Lopez's problem? No—like seriously. What is up with this dude? [Just Jared]

6:15 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Seth
7,302 views, 12 comments

Latest by not.a.clever.name: I think if we could figure out what Mario Lopez's problems are, we could also cure the common cold, find a sustainable energy source, bring peace to the Middle East, and settle on Mars. more »

a call to the bullpen

I'm Not Going To Look Down Her Shirt, I'm Not Going To Look Down Her Shirt

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exclusives

Exclusive: Sony Execs Tried To Pressure MSNBC Into Killing Will Smith Scientology Story

Defamer has learned that executives at Sony tried to have an MSNBC story outing Will Smith as a closeted Scientologist killed. With the Smith tentpole Hancock slated for a July release, execs are clearly worried their big summer blockbuster will turn into another Mission:Impossible 3 conundrum, when Tom Cruise's anything-but-glib antics spurred petitions against the film and damaged the film's B.O. on both the domestic and international fronts. In an effort to prevent a similar shitshow come July, our source claims Sony forced a denial statement out of Smith after MSNBC stuck by their original story:

"After word got out that Will was a secret Scientologist, reps from Sony [the studio behind Hancock] completely flipped out, and asked that the online exclusive be taken down immediately. After being refused, Sony forced Smith to speak out and release a denial statement."
But how did his friends in the Church take the news? Find out after the jump.

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3:42 PM on Tue Mar 18 2008
By Molly Friedman
21,640 views, 39 comments

Latest by Superstarsteve: I for the life of me don't understand why in God's name the AP entertainment division wasn't all over this! What the hell do you have to do around here to get people off their asses?!!!! more »