HOLLYWOOD, 5:55 AM, WED JUL 9 | 26 POSTS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS | tips@defamer.com | RSS
AU
Posts Tagged “

Premieres

”
defamer partywatch fashion edition

Waters' 'Hairspray' Premiere Outfit Far More Terrifying Than Anything Seen At Privilege Last Night


And with nothing more complicated than a casual choice of wardrobe, John Waters produced a level of outrageousness at his premiere party for Hairspray that Captivity couldn't generate with a club jam-packed with half-naked SuicideGirls being tortured by guys in butcher smocks. To be fair, Waters did ask John Travolta to strip down to his underwear and submit to a public paddling by Mink Stole, but realized such a stunt might seem a little desperate even before a surprisingly game, yet distressingly sweat-slicked, Travolta was able to completely wriggle out of his shirt. More »

3:34 PM on Wed Jul 11 2007
By Mark
4,021 views, 14 comments

Latest by Reggie Cameron: ..or NOT wearing. John Waters "goin' commando" and John Travolta shirtless...this is the stuff nightmares are made of. more »

coming attractions

Bay's 'Transformers' Premiere To Terrorize Westwood


While we're well aware that it's the rapidly approaching Transformers premiere that's inspiring the look of "Look upon my hacky works, ye mighty, and despair!" pride on the face of Michael Bay, we imagine that not everyone who finds themselves confronted with the countdown clock currently ticking away on the fauxteur's web presence will know exactly what will happen when it reaches zero. Still, the unlabeled doomsday timer is an appropriately unsubtle reminder that no individual Bay blockbuster is larger than the blowing-shit-up visionary behind it, even if that movie will soon be launched in one of the most over-the-top promotional orgies ever staged in a city known for its love of excess. Reports the LAT: More »

4:54 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By Mark
4,837 views, 6 comments

Latest by Xenu: @nonce: Maybe it's because... he IS MacGyver! more »

borat

The 'Borat' Premiere: Peasants, Prostitutes, And Sleepy Celebrities


Somehow, our invite to last night's Borat premiere at the Chinese Theatre got lost in the mail (the easy joke here is to blame the Kazakh postal service for bungling the task by getting too drunk on fermented horse urine to complete their appointed rounds, then shooting their most reliable delivery-donkey—and if you know anything about us, you know we're constitutionally unable to resist the easy joke), but the wire service photos of the event proved amusing enough that we've assembled the greatest hits into a gallery for your leisurely perusal. As he did at the Toronto Film Festival, Sacha Baron Cohen hired some extras to enhance the experience with the cultural flavor of his adopted home country: peasants dragging bales of hay, ladling the aforementioned, equine-produced hooch, and brazenly offering their sexual wares partied alongside strong-bodied, benutslinged bathers in matching neon swimming caps. Note also the telling photo of Courtney Love, whom a Defamer operative who was actually in attendance noticed falling asleep during the premiere, an unexpected catnap our attendee described thusly: "an impossible feat, to fall asleep during all that laughter, especially for a SOBER person such as she." More »

2:37 PM on Tue Oct 24 2006
By Mark
535 views, 8 comments

Latest by Miss Anne Thrope: Damn! I got here too late to say it's Rosie. more »

premieres

Signs That The Studio Probably Doesn't Have Very High Expectations For Your Film's Opening Weekend, Which Already Has That Whole Rehab Situation To Deal With

Not only do they let the porn star who ran for governor into your premiere party, they allow her to be photographed in front of the already ridiculous, giant photograph of you in a powdered wig, perhaps hoping that some moviegoers will turn out because they think you signed up for a period porno flick while you were in the middle of a particularly bad bender. More »

2:43 PM on Thu Oct 5 2006
By Mark
91 views, 4 comments

steve-o

Steve-O Irrigates The Red Carpet

At last night's premiere at the Chinese Theater, Jackass Number Two star Steve-O, subtle master of physical comedy, sensed that having a baby alligator chew his scrotum or allowing one of his co-stars to attack his genitals with a jackhammer would be too showy a display of the playful irreverence that is the troupe's trademark, even on such a special occasion. Instead, he opted for the simple, elegant act of urinating on the red carpet, much to the delight of the throng of fans, wire service photographers, and tourists transfixed by every drop of his golden stream. More »

9:41 AM on Fri Sep 22 2006
By Mark
8,590 views, 15 comments

Latest by Romana Klay: Ben Kingsley did that once at a premiere. more »

premieres

Defamer Frozen Moments: Cloris Leachman Shows The Kids How It's Done At 'Beerfest' Premiere

At last night's Grauman's Chinese Theatre premiere of Beerfest, once octogenarian star Cloris Leachman was gently lowered back onto her feet by director Jay Chandrasekhar after completing a potentially life-threatening, five-minute keg stand, she punctuated the unexpected display of her incredible drinking capacity by hoisting aloft the fully drained keg and emitting a belch so powerful that it cracked the slab of concrete in the nearby courtyard containing Judy Garland's handprints. "Top that, you little bitches," challenged Leachman as she strolled past her much younger, tragically lightweight castmates and into the screening. More »

2:44 PM on Tue Aug 22 2006
By Mark
1,497 views, 14 comments

Latest by Trackback: I say no. When Cloris Leachman auditioned for the role of Frau Blucher in Mel Brooks' Broadway version of his 1974 film "Young Frankenstein," she gave what Broadway insiders referred to as a "wonderful audition." more »

snakes on a plane

Defamer Premiere Report: The Inevitable 'Snakes On A Plane' Write-Up

We begin our report about last night's Snakes on a Plane premiere at the Chinese Theatre, held back by New Line until the very last possible minute to prevent critics from having uncharitable opinions about a movie whose pre-release hype became so overwhelming that the mere mention of the title could induce grand mal seizures in anyone in possession of a valid press credential, with a disclaimer: After almost exactly a year of writing about this movie and its unstoppable march across the internets, our weariness of various combinations of the words "motherfucking," "snakes," and "plane" may have lowered our expectations to an absurdly low point. All we wanted from the 'Lil Airborne Reptilian Infestation Movie That Could was for at least one guy to have his genitals fanged-up while in the process of bodily waste elimination, and God bless their pandering little hearts, they delivered the mandatory junk-chomping scene with cynical aplomb. Once that lone condition was satisfied, we were more than happy to laugh at lines of dialogue both intentionally and accidentally hilarious, hurl ourselves forward in our seat with delight when the areola on a bare, surgically enhanced breast became a targeting mechanism for a mamba strike, and generally stop giving a shit about how someone might smuggle several hundred angry predators aboard a red-eye even with the aid of the most corrupt of airport security regimes. Motherfucking snakes were on the motherfucking plane (see how easy it is to fall back into it?), they were biting everything in sight, and that was enough for us, as we are constitutionally incapable of not enjoying a well-executed fake-titty attack. Call us easy to please or New Line Kool-Aid chuggers, but we can't see any reason why anyone who would be interested in the film based on the title alone shouldn't get a little drunk and watch Samuel L. Jackson shout expletives while he carries out his snake-elimination duties. That's all we can muster by way of a review. More »

5:08 PM on Fri Aug 18 2006
By Mark
196 views, 6 comments

Latest by LLH: just wait...i'll just BET that they call the sequal the name the almighty defamer (i am your humble servant *avoids eye contact/bows low*) threw out there, off the tops of their heads one guesses, "snakes on two planes". i think more »

wtc

'World Trade Center' Premiere Sacrifices Party, Keeps The Red Carpet

There is no rule book on how best to promote a movie like World Trade Center, Oliver Stone's tale of 9/11 redemption that Paramount executives are, you know, quietly hoping brings in shitloads of money. So when it came to the premiere, the studio went the safe and solemn route, opting to dispense with any post-screening festivities: More »

7:31 PM on Thu Aug 3 2006
By Seth
93 views, 2 comments

food review

Defamer Food Review: Pandering To Kiddie Tastes At The 'Monster House' Premiere

It's been far too long since the Defamer Special Movie Premiere Food Critic dusted off his tastebuds and filed a report on the latest breakthroughs in Hollywood's appetizer and buffet technologies, but we dragged our gastronomic arbiter of debut galas away from the Blue Plate Special of semi-retirement for another review. Enjoy his assessment of the offerings at Monday night's Monster House premiere, where Sony pandered to the culinary tastes of the same children they were courting with their cinematic product: More »

2:09 PM on Wed Jul 19 2006
By Mark
89 views, 1 comment

Latest by Boobs Radley: 10 bucks if you asked Wolfgang Puck to serve your spielburger "animal style." more »

superman

Defamer Party Report: Superflush


A Defamer operative stumbled home late last night and stayed conscious long enough to share this stunning photo and brief report about a little get-together following the Superman Returns premiere: More »

1:19 PM on Thu Jun 22 2006
By Mark
89 views, 1 comment

premieres

Anne Hathaway And Stanley Tucci To Star In Fox Searchlight's Coming-Of-Age Drama 'The Melon Harvest'

Sometimes a gossip item arrives so perfectly absurd and fully formed that it requires no embellishment, just our ability to cut, paste, and bask in its melon-mauling glory. From Page Six: More »

9:48 AM on Thu Jun 22 2006
By Mark
293 views, 3 comments

entourage

Defamer Party Photos: The Underwritten Ladies Of 'Entourage'

At last night's after-party at Social Hollywood celebrating the the third-season premiere of Entourage, actresses Constance Zimmer, Perrey Reeves, and Emmanuelle Chriqui share a laugh as they try to sort out who played E's girlfriend, Ari's wife, and the studio executive who blew Ari in Cancun. More »

6:22 PM on Fri Jun 2 2006
By Mark
608 views, 2 comments

tom cruise

The Morning Cruise: Katie Lives! Tom Dances!


Tom Cruise uses the occasion of last night's M:i:III fan screening at the Chinese Theatre to unveil a post-Miracle Baby Katie Holmes, who's spent a nearly invisible three post-partum weeks heroically putting on the the weight she couldn't seem to gain during her fake pregnancy. Better late than never! [Photo: Getty Images]
· In case you haven't seen this yet, Cruise dropped by BET yesterday to demonstrate his estimable dancing skills with a move perhaps best described as the Rhythmless Honky Riding a Motorcycle. [YouTube]
· Cruise describes why he took a tricked-out sports-car to Harlem: "Absolutely! I was going to Harlem, man! You've got to bring it to go to Harlem! You know what I'm sayin'? You can't just show up in Harlem. You've got to go!" He then attempted to execute an embarrassingly elaborate handshake with co-star Ving Rhames, who grudgingly played along as Cruise's fingers became hopelessly tangled in his own. [NY Daily News]
· Hey, what happened to that airplane banner prank that was supposed to fly above the Chinese last night? "Fog" sounds a lot like a "visit from the Scientology Aviation Administration." [HailXenu.net]

11:47 AM on Fri May 5 2006
By Mark
1,522 views, 8 comments

Latest by LLH: i'd have to agree as well, that does not look like katie, erm...kate. SORRY. there's been a few pix before the spawn arrived that the fa'katie was seen in. it's like "hello xenu? us non aliens aren't blind you know!" more »

tom cruise

The Morning Cruise: Cruise Climbs For Joy at M:i:III Premieres


Above: Unable to find an automobile upon which to trod in celebration of his new movie, Tom Cruise, famous the world over for his completely unscripted eruptions of exuberance during his myriad promotional appearances, spontaneously climbs the scaffolding at both the Paris and Mexico City M:i:III premieres.
· In Mexico City, Cruise describes the experience of spending time with his newborn: "The hours go by so quickly as I just stare at her." Sadly, the wire story gave no indication if this moment of tenderness was shouted through a bullhorn from his perch atop the scaffolding. [ABC/AP]
· Brooke Shields tells Access Hollywood that the "irony is perfect" that both she and Cruise welcomed daughters into the world on the same day, though truly perfect irony would probably require that Katie Holmes be crippled by a bout of postpartum depression despite not actually having given birth to a baby. [CNN/AP] More »

11:54 AM on Tue May 2 2006
By Mark
101 views, 4 comments

Latest by TroubleBoy: What would be truly sweet is if Katie... drowned Tom. It's the happy thoughts that keeps us young, Trixie. more »

arnold schwarzenegger

Remember, Sonny, When I Promised To Kill You Last? I Lied


Discovering that he'd been caught in a public display of paternal affection at Sunday's Benchwarmers premiere event, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger overcompensated for the tender display by gripping his son's head in his massive hand, and with a single, elegantly violent motion, tore the child's head from his shoulders, instantly calling to mind the best moments of a long-abandoned movie career. More »

3:33 PM on Tue Apr 4 2006
By Mark
525 views, 2 comments

vin diesel

Vin Diesel: Find Me Delightful


There's something about movie premieres in early March that really makes Vin Diesel blossom. Last year, he was the excitedly-pointing-at-waterfowl life of the party at The Pacifier's bow, and at last night's NY celebration of Find Me Guilty's imminent release (pictured above), Diesel generously distributed the embarrassment of facial expression riches he so stingily withholds while the movie cameras roll. More »

8:39 AM on Wed Mar 15 2006
By Mark
2,138 views, 8 comments

movies

Brian Grazer's Circles Of Laughter


The WOW Report continues its groundbreaking work in the premiere audience diagramming sciences with an analysis of last Wednesday's Fun With Dick and Jane screening. As their above chart demonstrates, the seating arrangement was carefully engineered by producer Brian Grazer to enhance the already amplified phenomenon of a premiere crowd's laugh-response, an idea no doubt hatched in an intense thinktank session between Grazer and renowned physicist Stephen Hawking (a meeting brokered, of course, by the always-innovative mogul's cultural attaché). While the early results were promising, the process is far from perfected, so expect that Grazer's next event will feature a sonically reflective material surrounding the seating area, which will theoretically produce an eardrum-bursting echo chamber of sycophantic guffaws. More »

2:06 PM on Tue Dec 20 2005
By Mark
104 views, 1 comment

Latest by mr hotpants: But is the movie worth seeing? more »

party reports

Defamer Party Report: A Night Of Bay And Scamming On Pocahontas

We'd never encourage anyone to try and tackle two big industry soirees in a single night; the risk of party-muscle cramping, hors d'oeuvres poisoning, and DUI citations is doubled, and the likelihood of having the same exact conversations (last night's icebreaker certainly began with, "Dude, what up with Kong?") with a slightly different group of people is roughly quintupled. But a brave operative pulled off a double-header last night, enduring both a Very Michael Bay Christmas and a historical epic premiere to file this report: More »

1:11 PM on Fri Dec 16 2005
By Mark
193 views, 2 comments

Latest by JQ: NEW WORLD preem: While the former operative hit most of the marks, I must add a few things as someone who did attend the film. 1) The woman who introduced the film also introduced all the Native Americans. I think every more »

next »