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Overheard: Jerry Bruckheimer Is Interested In Your Happiness

The Defamer Special Correspondent on Possibly Suggestive Superproducer Small-Talk submits this snippet of conversation overheard at a fashion show last Friday (as well as the accompanying pic), lamenting that no free drinks were exchanged in the course of the following brief conversation: More »

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Overheard Celebrity Peer Evaluations: Keanu Questions Jack's Motivation

For those who have been patiently anticipating an update to our ongoing, cultural critique series, "Overheard Celebrities," your wait is over: Blogger Johnny Hong Kong happened to be occupying the same sonic sphere as Keanu Reeves at a weekend screening of The Departed, during which the venerated screen thespian was overheard saying he would have taken Jack Nicholson's role of sociopathic mob boss Frank Costello in a different direction. He sent us this capsule report: More »

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Overheard Celebrity Theater Reviews: Clint On Chekhov

A Defamer operative was on high alert during Sunday night's closing presentation of The Cherry Orchard at the Mark Taper Forum, a celebrity-target-rich environment begging for some low-grade eavesdropping: More »

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Defamer At Sundance: Overheard: Sundance Vs. Slamdance

Overheard on Main Street yesterday, a guy explaining the difference between Robert Redford's glamorous bitch and the keeping-it-real stepkids of Park City: "We slipped in the back door of Plan B last night looking for after-hours. Turns out it was a Slamdance party. Slamdance people are ugly." More »

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Defamer At Sundance: Overheard: Van Der Beek On The Public School System

Overheard on Main Street late last night, a surprising, if maddeningly partial, mini-diatribe on public schools, courtesy of former Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek as he brushed past us: "The public schools in my district are so lame..." More »

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Defamer At Sundance: The Secrets Of Dealmaking Revealed!

Overheard at Sundance HQ, an impromptu crash course in Hollywood Dealmaking 101: "The key to dealmaking is making other people think you're giving up something." More »

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Overheard Celebrity Movie Reviews: Elijah Wood On 'Narnia'

In our latest installment of Overheard Celebrity Movie Reviews, a reader gently eavesdrops on Elijah Wood, the much-respected expert on wildly successful film franchises adapted from beloved fantasy literature, and gives us this sneak preview of a soon-to-be holiday blockbuster: More »

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Overheard: Agent Mulder Didn't Love "Elizabethtown"

In what we hope (but doubt) will become a recurring feature, Defamer is proud to present Overheard Celebrity Movie Reviews. In this debut installment, budding auteur David Duchovny offers a brief critique of director Cameron Crowe's critically savaged Elizabethtown: More »

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Eavesdropping On Fake Spider-Man

We've long been irrationally obsessed with the cheaply-attired superheroes and movie characters who stalk the section of Hollywood Boulevard in front the Chinese Theatre, corralling tourists for uncomfortably posed, five-dollar Polaroids. LAist feeds our obsession, overhearing this conversation across the street from the Chinese: More »