Defamer: olivia munn

It's Time: Kill the TCA Press Tour

STV — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:00:00 PDT

As far as circles of hell go, we've already established you can't really do much worse than the Television Critics Association semi-annual press tours — the gaseous summer version of which is feeding the palms in Beverly Hills as we speak. But it's not just the bloggers and bitter ideologues who have ruined the bed-in between networks, stars and the writers who love them (until the expense account runs out, anyway); we're learning more today about why the TCA tour may have bottomed out earlier than predicted, featuring an opening cavalcade of virtually uncoverable has-beens and hypocrites who don't bode well for the future of, well, anything. From the WaPo:

The day on which the Thank God We're Working Summer TV Press Tour got its start was one of singular euphoria. ...

So thrilled were the critics with the whole still-employed/Beverly Hills/expense-account thing, they generously overlooked TV One following its first session, on racism in America, with one that kicked off with homophobic remarks made by a guy who appears to be one of the new co-hosts of TV One show Black Men Revealed.
And, hours later, they also graciously let it slide when Florence Henderson — born 1934 — slipped in a reference to herself as being part of the baby boom generation...

*GUNSHOT*

And this is one of the good items — a self-effacing glimpse into the abyss of modern culture, where ex-SAG president Ed Asner predictably wheezes on behalf of an actors strike, the Hallmark Channel cannibalizes the very bones of cable television and Ted Koppel fakes what little funk remains beneath his ever-thickening species of wig. Sign us up, seriously. How did we ever overlook the credentialing process?

We think we know, actually: Having proven its irrelevance after nobody — not readers, not viewers, nobody except perhaps the overextended networks and publishers who pay for it all, and certainly not us — even noticed when the WGA strike necessitated its cancellation last January, the TCA press tour is but a holdover of entitlement and uselessness, all but invisible, little but dead. Which is to say: Make it stop. Dogs, ponies, shows — drown them all, pocket the money, make better TV and hire back the swaths of critical dead who gave half a fuck before polishing network turds became the law of the land.

Or just call it even. We don't even care at this point as long as the publicity reach-around in TV, film, politics and pretty much any measurable media ecology makes so few people happy or even remotely intrigued. Just make it stop. Katherine Heigl doesn't need your defenses, Chandra Wilson. Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira's "romantic tension"? Kill yourselves. Mark Cuban on day-and-date film releases for the trillionth time? He can afford to be wrong for 20 lifetimes, but beat writers fall for it year after year after year.

So, TCA press tour attendees? Hello? We love you as people, support you as peers and just want to see you happy. Really. And we know your editors will take it rough, but they'll get over it, and anyway, it's time: Put this dog down.

That Sputtering Sound You Hear? Another Press Tour Revs Up [Washington Post]

Olivia Munn And Boatload Of B-List Castaways Rescued Off Lake Como By George Clooney

Seth — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:20:00 PDT

If you, like us, were beside yourselves with worry when National Wiener-Biting Champ [NSFW] Olivia Munn abruptly announced she would be taking some time off from her co-hosting duties on Attack of the Show!, we can offer by way of comfort the above recent photo. We assumed correctly that she was in Europe—only where we thought she'd be found in the tiny German town of Osendorf in Land Sachsen-Anhalt, where the World Wiener-Biting Championships are held every June, she was instead spotted in a small boat on Italy's Lake Como, accompanied by boyfriend and October Road star Bryan Greenberg, trash TV veteran Tate Donovan, and a third, unidentified brunette we'll refer to as Signorina X. All, it turns out, were guests of Lake Como's most famous resident, George Clooney, who'd later invite them to dry their garments on a medieval sock-toaster and retire to Villa Oleandra's dedicated pizza room for an anchovy-and-burrata pie so transcendent, none would ever again question the existence of God.

[Photo: Bauer-Griffin]

Ocean's two: George Clooney messes about on the water with a pair of beautiful brunettes [dailymail.co.uk]

'Project Runway':There Will Be Tears

Mark Graham — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:00:00 PDT

By now, we've all heard the news that Project Runway is headed to Lifetime. In advance of the 2009 launch, Intrepid Defamer Videographer™ Molly McAleer has crafted a touching look at the subtle ways in which the show will change when it leaves its current home on the Bravo Network. Here's a hint: keep a box of tissues nearby. [Molls She Wrote]
· Hot tip! Prince, who was just added to the Coachella bill earlier today, will be playing a surprise show at the Green Door tonight. [LAT]
· The only thing more riveting than Olivia Munn's impossibly shiny hair is the sight of Olivia Munn and her impossibly shiny hair in a bikini. [Egotastic!]
· Slate's Kim Masters adds a bit of intrigue to the Valkyrie meltdown. It seems that, get this, the film isn't even finished filming yet! [Slate]
· William Wegman has done it again! [Goldenfiddle]
· Our friends at Videogum mock the ridiculousness of the Quickfire Challenges on Top Chef. Watch it and you'll find yourself craving Salad On A Stick, promise!
[Videogum]

Somebody, Anybody, Everybody Scream!

Mark Graham — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:30:00 PDT

· First there was Ninja Warrior. Then came Unbeatable Banzuke. Now, we are holding our collective breath in hopes that the G4 Network brings Screaming Japanese Man to these fine shores. Until then, this will have to do. [YouTube]
· Hey you guys, do you like popular culture? How about the internet? If you answered "Yes" to both of these questions, we'd like to wholeheartedly recommend that you pay Videogum a visit. Co-written by longtime friends of Defamer Gabe Delahaye and Lindsay "Lindsayism" Robertson, we think it will make for a nice addition to your daily routine. Give it a whirl, wontcha? [Videogum]
· For those of you who enjoy both chocolate products and cannibalism equally (and frankly, who doesn't?), we're fairly certain you're gonna get a kick out of this: Newborns made of chocolate! [Pravda]
· We like Tay Zonday and "Chocolate Rain" quite plenty, but we would never get him tattoed on our arms. Nope, his face deserves Tramp Stamp placement all the way. [Blogger]
· And lastly, while we're not generally the type to toot our own horn, it's worth noting that the impossibly shiny-haired Olivia Munn gave us a shout-out on Attack Of The Show last night. The video clip appears, as things often do here, after the jump.

Olivia Munn Wonders Why Lindsay Lohan's Boobs Hang Low

Mark Graham — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:50:50 PST

Our fondness for Attack Of The Show's impossibly shiny haired Olivia Munn has been well-documented on these here pages. Aside from our fanboyish appreciation of her considerable physical charms, the thing that we feel separates Munn from the other pretty faces that grace the telly is her fearlessly honest assessments of some of the, shall we say, floozier members of the Young Hollywood set. Take her comments on Lindsay Lohan's boob-baring photoshoot, for example. What other female television color commentator would dare label LiLo as looking "haggard" and then follow that crack by putting her low-hanging boobs on blast? We can answer that for you: none. Olivia Munn, we salute you and your impossibly shiny hair. Stay gold.

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Mark Graham — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:30:23 PST

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Olivia Munn's Fast Times At Weird Science High

Mark Graham — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:36:31 PST

· The impossibly shiny-haired co-hostess of Attack Of The Show, Miss Olivia Munn, is the cover girl of this month's Complex magazine. When you're done watching the video from the saucily nostalgic photoshoot, take a look at the final photos in all their Munnsian glory. Or vice versa.
· Ben Foster + Ally Hilfiger = some of the best Polaroids we've seen in awhile.
· If you're looking for somewhere to go swimming after midnight, it's gonna have to be somewhere other than the Standard Hotel. Their request to extend their pool hours just got denied.
· Looks like that Variety ad just may have paid off. Corey Haim is set to shoot some "additional scenes" for Lost Boys 2.
· And lastly, Slate's Dana Stevens takes a look at how the Juno backlash got its start. Yes, burger phones are mentioned.

Mark Burnett And Donald Trump Won't Stop Believin'

Mark Graham — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:04:28 PST

· As we have detailed on these pages before, our hearts haven't really been with the Semi-Celebrity Apprentice since The Donald gave Gene Simmons the boot. However, because we are far too lazy to delete the Season Pass from our TiVos, we still find ourselves compelled to watch the show. Thank goodness, otherwise we would have missed the hilariously dated manner in which (spoiler alert!) Big Pussy found himself ejected from last week's show.
· Vulture presents their Top 10 list of inside jokes they'd like to see included in the potential Arrested Development movie.
· Hmmm. Robert Zemeckis' decision to insert Santa Claus into his adaptation of A Christmas Carol is makin' us thirsty. Even more than these pretzels.
· Slashfilm got not one, not two, not three but FOUR separate phone calls from Paramount lawyers today regarding the leakage of Crystal Skull pics.
· And finally, if you find yourself with a spare four minutes and twenty-four seconds, might we suggest spending it on Golden Fiddle? His tribute to the impossibly shiny-haired goddess Olivia Munn is, in a word, best.

Olivia Munn Slips, Falls, Doesn't Sue G4TV For Workman's Comp

Mark Graham — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:54:25 PST

G4TV's impossibly shiny haired co-host of Attack Of The Show, Olivia Munn, sure is a trouper. During a bit that aired near the end of Friday's episode, Munn took a nasty spill while writhing about in a shallow pool of baby oil (and you wonder why we DVR the show every night?). Turns out that her slip-n-fall bruised more than just her ego; after the show was completed, paramedics were called to the scene and she was "whisked" away to a local hospital.

Despite being diagnosed with a separated left shoulder, Munn showed up on-time and in high spirits for yesterday's AOTS taping (did you hear that, Seacrest?), her damaged wing safely snuggled in a sling. While G4's crack staff of legal eagles are probably breathing a collective sigh of relief that Munn decided not to sue for negligence, we're betting that an extra zero (or two) will find their way into Miss Munn's next paycheck for her troubles. Stay safe out there, kids!

Attack Of The Show [G4TV]