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RIP

Oversexed 'Top Gun' BBQ Joint Succumbs to Great Balls of Fire

Join us today in mourning a true, trashy landmark among film locations, which Top Gun immortalized with a simple declaration of lust 22 years ago and which a fire completely gutted Thursday afternoon. Yes, folks, San Diego's Kansas City BBQ — where Tom Cruise warbled, ahem, "Great Balls of Fire" to Kelly McGillis and where Meg Ryan ordered Anthony Edwards to "take me to bed or lose me forever" — is but a charred, smoky memory:
[A] sign in the restaurant noted that the jet jockey movie's "sleazy bar scene" was filmed there. ... [Fire department spokesman Maurice] Luque estimated damage at $250,000 to the structure and $150,000 to the contents, not including the cost of decades of memorabilia, including photographs and props from the film. Dozens of Navy caps and license plates hung on walls and ceilings.
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1:40 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By STV
3,231 views, 11 comments

Latest by gwendolyn: I vote for whatever house/facade/set they filmed Tom Cruise 'dancing' in his underwear and an oxford button down shirt (as I recall) to one of Bob Segar's patented derivative 'rock and roll' songs as the Goddesses' next target. Since She apparently more »

los angeles film festival

Embattled 'Women' Director Will Keep Chick Flicks Going, Warner Bros Be Damned

Keeping in mind all the optimistic overdrive before and after Sex and the City's $57 million opening weekend, the putative Chick-Flick Revolution should probably feel a little more dug in right now than it actually is. But such is life for the accidental genre, which received another once-over on Sunday at the LAFF when writer-director Diane English discussed (and briefly previewed) her troubled updating of the 1939 all-female ensemble dramedy The Women — a/k/a "Unreleaseable Meg Ryan Project," the subject of its own endless drama and speculation as Warner Bros. determines how it plans to bury it. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By STV
2,262 views, 9 comments

Latest by wackiland: @tmp00: Oops. My bad. Meant to send applause! more »

hopeless romantics

Guillermo Del Toro Accidentally Short-Lists Himself for 'Sleepless in Seattle' Remake

Never saying never might be the smart play for Guillermo Del Toro, who once went off so memorably on the Lord of the Rings franchise ("I was never into heroic fantasy. At all. I don't like little guys and dragons, hairy feet, hobbits — I've never been into that at all. I don't like sword and sorcery, I hate all that stuff") only to commit to directing the godforsaken Hobbit two-fer less than two years later. Alas, he's at it again this month in an interview with Complex Magazine, apparently setting himself up for his first stab at romantic comedy after he returns from New Zealand:

"No way. Sleepless in Seattle can go fuck itself," [Del Toro] said. "Monsters are the most beautiful creatures in the universe. I have no interest in everyday life, except through a twisted mirror."
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10:40 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By STV
1,283 views, 9 comments

Latest by Omelas: @Cacafuego: But what about P.T. Anderson? Brilliant *and* dreamy ... more »

beautiful and damned

Does Landing The Cover Of People's 'Most Beautiful' Issue Come With A Curse?

Today, People has revealed that Kate Hudson will appear as the cover girl for their 2008 Most Beautiful People issue, and we'd certainly like to send out a hearty congrats to the recently divorced single mom who's currently nursing Owen Wilson back to health. But after taking a look back at the list of stars who've previously nabbed the annual issue's cover spot, we fear there may be a curse accompanying the glossy honor. Sure, Leonardo DiCaprio (1998) and Julia Roberts (2000, 2005) haven't slipped up since having their smiley visage top the list, but a sizeable chunk of the winning alumni eerily saw their public and private lives undergo a downward spiral following their appearance on the issue's cover. We took a closer look at the possible curse-laden honor after the jump: More »

12:00 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Molly Friedman
20,149 views, 32 comments

Latest by jasonelias: I hope Kate Hudson isn't cursed by getting this cover. I really don't want to see her making a string of shitty movies and dating tools like Dax Shepherd. more »

a call to the bullpen

Before Selsun Blue, I Used To Scratch Like Crazy

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lists

Not Every 'Hot On-Set Hookup' Turns Out Like Brangelina, You Know

While AOL has put together a rosy list of the "hottest on-set hookups," complete with lusty make-out pictures and lovey-dovey tales from between the sheets, we feel obligated to point out that not every "hot" and heavy on-set romance leads to a fairy tale ending. In fact, a few of these couples' choices to get busy in between scenes wreaked havoc on both their personal and professional lives, leading some to lose their spouses, their reps and, in Angelina Jolie's case, a tattoo or two. We put together our own list of the top five most ill-fated on-set hookups, mainly to remind these bed-hopping stars that sometimes it's best to just say no to illicit trailer sex. More »

11:21 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Molly Friedman
13,226 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: so these 'hottest hookups' on aol mainly consist of men cheating on their wives with young skanks - classy.. more »

hollywood privacywatch

Indiana Jones And His Girl Enjoy A Casual Lunch In Newport Beach

PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so do your duty and send them in! Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line so we don't lose them) and tell everyone about the time you couldn't stop giggling thinking about a Tell Me You Love Me star's stunt-cock mishaps at The Grove.

In today's jam-packed episode: Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart; Steven Spielberg, Heather Locklear, Kobe Bryant, and Andy Garcia; Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli; Meg Ryan, Matthew Perry and Kevin Pollak; Dennis Hopper and Adrian Grenier; Melanie Griffith; Emmanuelle Chriqui; Seal and Heidi Klum; Janeane Garofalo; Sean "Puffy" Combs, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Rapaport, and Tom Arnold; Cheryl Tiegs; Andy Samberg, Maya Rudolph, and Rivers Cuomo; Dominic Monaghan; Rufus Sewell and Mary-Kate Olsen; Katherine Heigl, T.R. Knight, and Josh Kelley; John Waters; Eddie Izzard; Adam Scott; Jamie Gertz; Peter Bogdanovich; Fisher Stevens; Peter Guber; Brian Posehn; and Gloria Allred.

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12:55 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Seth
10,797 views, 9 comments

trade roundup

Compassionate Producers Invite Lindsay Lohan To Relapse On Their Movie Set

· Finally, some good news for Lindsay Lohan: After convincing Poor Things producers Shirley MacLaine and Rob Hickman that she's confident she'll be able to step right in and disrupt their production with blown call times and suspicious absences the moment she gets out of rehab, they've agreed to rearrange their shooting schedule to accommodate the troubled actress's inconvenient trip to Promises. [Variety]
· Proving once again that there is no comic book franchise Hollywood won't take a crack at adapting, Warner Bros. is producing a live-action version of DC sidekick title (Robin! Kid Flash! Aqualad! The Bastard Son Who Keeps Tagging Along When Green Lantern Is Trying To Fight Sinestro!*) Teen Titans. [THR]
· Little Miss Sunshine writer Michael Arndt, contracted to script a remake of the 1939 comedy Midnight for Universal, might need to get some better dreams: "Being given the chance to update the film with Reese [Witherspoon] in the lead is simply a dream come true." [Variety]
· Just throw a brick through your TV screen and buy a new one in the Fall: So You Think You Can Dance wins Wednesday night for Fox. [THR]
· How hot is 1939 right now? Writer/director Diane English is going forward with a long-gestating remake of 1939's The Women, assembling what she hopes is the ultimate chick flick cast, one that spans generations and levels of acting ability: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing, and Candice Bergen. [Variety]
[*Probably not a real character, so please, no e-mails.]

12:50 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Mark
2,055 views, 22 comments

Latest by Her Royal Empress Dr. Bufflekins III, Esq.: @TheStarterWife: That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. God, Hollywood is so boring and afraid. more »

sightings

Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Jennifer Aniston And Courteney Cox Rekindle Faux-Lesbian Courtship Under Al Pacino's Approving Gaze

PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so send them in as quickly as your little fingers can type them. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and let everyone know about the time you saw Eric Clapton folding his underwear in public. More »

2:11 PM on Fri Feb 16 2007
By Seth
4,584 views, 7 comments

trade roundup

Trade Round-Up: Murphy Ready For 'Beverly Hills Cop 4: Axel's Revenge'

Hollywood Out Of Ideas, Now They're Really, Really Out Of Ideas, We Mean It This Time Edition: Paramount, Eddie Murphy, and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura will work closely to "reinvigorate" and "update" the Beverly Hills Cop franchise. We expect that Paramount will immediately hire Moby to re-record the "Axel F" theme, put in a call to Josh Hartnett's people to gauge his interest in being "the next Judge Reinhold," and deposit $30 million in Murphy's bank account to prove to the star how important retaining the integrity of the franchise is to them. [Variety]
Warner Bros. signs up George Clooney to star in and produce an adaptation of the James Ellroy novel White Jazz and to direct the heist flick The Belmont Boys, and in return for his involvement in these more creatively satisfying projects, Clooney has agreed to appear in Ocean's Fourteen through Twenty-Eight for the studio. Under this latest art-for-commerce swap, should Clooney expire or lose his Old Hollywood good looks before the production of the latter sequels, Warner Bros. has the right to use a digital recreation of the actor to complete his commitment. [THR]
Disney's screening Apocalypto for just about every group that might be remotely interested in the film (even the media!), hoping that the public will forget about Mel Gibson's interesting, tequila-amplified thoughts on Jews and judge the films on its own, Mayan-talkin', graphically violent merits. [Variety]
Facelift enthusiast Meg Ryan now officially unrecognizable enough to play a thinly veiled Carrie Fisher. [THR]
· On the last day of November sweeps, ABC discovers that Show Me the Money and Day Break are pretty poor substitutes for Dancing with the Stars and Lost. [Variety]

12:47 PM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Mark
669 views, 8 comments

Latest by raincoaster: Why does Eddie Murphy still have a career? WHY? more »

dennis quaid

Nicole Richie Has New Hero In Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid has hopped right onto Teri Hatcher's confessional bandwagon, telling a fitness magazine of his shameful struggle in the mid 90s with male anorexia, Page Six reports:
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2:41 PM on Fri Mar 10 2006
By Seth
419 views, 5 comments

meg ryan

Meg Ryan's Baby To Be Afflicted With Identity Issues

Carelessly tossed into the ellipsis-riddled afterthought section of today's Scoop column was this shocking tidbit about Meg Ryan and her new Chinese baby: More »

9:36 AM on Thu Mar 2 2006
By Mark
1,235 views, 2 comments

short ends

Short Ends: Brokeback Squadron

· We thought that there was no new territory to mine in Brokeback Mountain parodies, but Brokeback Squadron, the unforgettable tale of a couple of hotshot pilots' forbidden love, can be our wingman any time.
· The Blowing Smoke blog gets an advance look at The CW's Fall schedule.
· The very brave Brooke Shields risks Tom Cruise's renewed wrath by preparing to bring yet another child into the world.
· Meanwhile in other baby-related news, Meg "America's Sweetheart, Before All The Chilling Plastic Surgery" Ryan gets it all wrong by adopting a Chinese baby. You're supposed to go Cambodian, Meg. Have you learned nothing from Angelina?
· Meanwhile In other Angelina Jolie-related news, Film Stew says Jolie extorted People into giving money to charity in exchange for bump pics.
· ABC's Steve McPherson has the hots for John Stamos, but might lose him to NBC's Kevin Reilly.

5:47 PM on Tue Jan 24 2006
By Mark
285 views, 2 comments

Latest by Hollywood Hills: Put me in for $10 on "Tomorrow" for the Bert Field's: Cease and Desist Letter pool. more »

meg ryan

Halloween Hangover: Even Stars Like To Play Dress Up


In perhaps the most elaborate Halloween costumes we've seen yet, Renee Zellweger absolutely nails the post-op tragedy of Meg Ryan, while Robert DeNiro Methods his way under the skin of an utterly convincing Goldie Hawn. More »

11:16 AM on Thu Nov 3 2005
By Mark
1,413 views, Comment