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dirt sandwich
Rob Lowe And His Vicious Laundry List Of False Terribles
If you're planning on going out and getting bombed tonight, it's best to do so on a full stomach. Enter Dirt Sandwich, carefully crafted by Defamer's Top Chef, Molly McAleer. Each week, she grazes through the rich pasture of tabloid television for the juiciest ingredients and then stacks them all together into an easily digestible sammy, one that's guaranteed to soak up all the booze you'll be pouring down your gullet this evening. This week's Dirt Sandwich features Robin Williams' appearance at Idol Gives Back (not showing any sign of his personal troubles!), the first interview Denise Richards has ever given in her bathroom (an E! News exclusive!), Jamie Lynn Spears' romantic birthday dinner at a Louisiana Ruby Tuesdays (say what you will, but their Double Chocolate Cake is KILLER) and, of course, Rob Lowe's allegations that his nanny was set to blackmail him with "a vicious laundry list of false terribles" (which, btw, became word of the week at Defamer HQ). Enjoy, kids ... False Terribles!
hirsute funnymen and the women who love them
Meet The Woman Robin Williams Is Banging
Sad news, ladies. Even though the ink has yet to dry on the divorce papers his wife filed last week, Robin Williams has already been snatched-up anew. But what woman is man enough to take on the wacky-shirt-wearing, incessantly improvising, disgustingly hairy comedian? Meet Charlotte Filbert, a 27-year-old painter. The Enquirer claims that the two were introduced by Tommy Hilfiger's daughter, Ally of Rich Girls fame, six months ago. Yes, Robin was still married then, but Charlotte's no home wrecker. Robin and his wife had apparently been living separate lives for over a year, so that made him fair game ... we guess.
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nanoo nanoo
Look Out Ladies (And Bears), Robin Williams Is Back On The Market
After being subjected to 18 years worth of sweeping up the giant tufts of rogue body hair that accumulated in the shower drain each and every morning, Marsha Garces Williams has filed for divorce from her husband, the terrifyingly hirsute funnyman Robin Williams. Citing irreconcilable differences (the legal statute, not the 1984 Ryan O'Neal / Drew Barrymore vehicle), the (soon to be former) Mrs. Williams is seeking spousal support and custody of the pair's youngest daughter, Cody. While this is certainly sad news, we did discover one interesting tidbit about the pair in the report filed by ExtraTV.com (Must! Credit!). More »
trade roundup
Imus Further Enriched
· Don Imus earns a multi-million dollar windfall for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos." Nicely played, CBS! [Variety]
· Disney adds Bernie Mac to a magical Old Dogs cast that already includes John Travolta and Robin Williams; Mac will play the part of the take-no-shit character that glowers out from the one-sheet as his harried co-stars are run ragged by the 7-year-old twins they have no idea how to care for. [THR]
· Rosario Dawson hitches her wagon to Shia Labeouf's quickly rising star, signing on for the DreamWorks thriller Eagle Eye. [Variety]
· Fox's late-summer crap (the Hell's Kitchen finale and a new episode of So You Think You Can Dance) easily wins Monday night against other network's rerun garbage. [THR]
· NBC cordially invites the loyal viewers of Today to choke on a new, fourth hour of their beloved morning chatfest. [Variety]
bea arthur was robbed
Mork Tops Cavemen On TV Body-Hair Power List
At least in the LATimes.com's estimation, the terrifyingly hirsute, late 70s-era Robin Williams rates behind Alf, but ahead of Lassie, Snuffleupagus, and the Geico-ABC Cavemen (his closest evolutionary ancestors) in the pantheon of hairiest TV stars. Obviously, whomever compiled this list didn't know that the producers of Mork & Mindy demanded that Williams be soaked in a tub filled with Nair up until the moment he had to go before the cameras on shoot night, when they'd struggle to get through as many scenes as possible before the actor's freakish body regenerated enough fur to burst Mork's iconic rainbow suspenders and ruin his takes, a fact that probably would have guaranteed him a position above an artificially shaggy sitcom puppet.
- TV's Hairiest Stars [latimes.com]
warnings
On Licenses, Badness, And Disturbingly Hirsute, Unfunny Clergymen
You hardly need this dangerously low Tomatometer to tell you that License to Wed might not live up to the considerable comedic promise of most Robin Williams vehicles, but in the interest of piling on, we present this round-up of headlines exploring virtually every possible negative permutation of badness, legal documents, and the sacrament of marriage:
· Many vows were broken to make this 'comedy' [SFGate.com]
· Say `I Don't' to `License to Wed' [WaPo.com]
· In 'License to Wed,' they all should have vowed to disengage [Newsday]
what not to see
Today's informed consumers of Hollywood product are so barraged with information meant to influence their ticket-buying decisions that they hardly have time to read entire reviews, much less reviews of films sure to disappoint. And so in the interest of assisting holiday weekend moviegoers wisely spend their entertainment dollars, we turn to CNN.com's always-efficient Story Highlights box, which with a mere three bullet points has tidily eliminated one unpromising option from the crowded multiplex marketplace. A quibble, however: Assigning blame to the film's four credited writers unfairly ignores the hard work of studio executives who contributed to the projects failure by giving thoughtful notes like, "Can Robin Williams be a little less priest-y? But not totally unpriesty. This is Meet the Priest, after all. Reverend! Meet the Reverend. We don't want the Catholics picketing." More »
Uterus-Inspired Movie Poster Most Entertaining Thing About 'License to Wed'
Today's informed consumers of Hollywood product are so barraged with information meant to influence their ticket-buying decisions that they hardly have time to read entire reviews, much less reviews of films sure to disappoint. And so in the interest of assisting holiday weekend moviegoers wisely spend their entertainment dollars, we turn to CNN.com's always-efficient Story Highlights box, which with a mere three bullet points has tidily eliminated one unpromising option from the crowded multiplex marketplace. A quibble, however: Assigning blame to the film's four credited writers unfairly ignores the hard work of studio executives who contributed to the projects failure by giving thoughtful notes like, "Can Robin Williams be a little less priest-y? But not totally unpriesty. This is Meet the Priest, after all. Reverend! Meet the Reverend. We don't want the Catholics picketing." More »
consolation prizes
Despite a seven-figure backing from her network, Meredith Vieira's post-prison Paris Hilton interview was never meant to be. In its place, the Today host would have to settle for the manic comic stylings of Robin Williams (expertly compiled into the above montage by Gawker Media videologist, Alex Goldberg). Amidst his delightful monkeyshines, the actor claims that nothing stronger than caffeine is coursing through his veins—a claim we are prepared to swallow more readily than a similar one made recently by John Stamos, who's been wielding giant glass dildos and generally running amok Down Under. It's a vivid reminder that one needn't partake in drugs and alcohol to make a prolific amount of comedy—though they do tend to help immensely in making it seem funny. More »
A Clean And Sober Robin Williams Rocks Meredith Vieira's World
Despite a seven-figure backing from her network, Meredith Vieira's post-prison Paris Hilton interview was never meant to be. In its place, the Today host would have to settle for the manic comic stylings of Robin Williams (expertly compiled into the above montage by Gawker Media videologist, Alex Goldberg). Amidst his delightful monkeyshines, the actor claims that nothing stronger than caffeine is coursing through his veins—a claim we are prepared to swallow more readily than a similar one made recently by John Stamos, who's been wielding giant glass dildos and generally running amok Down Under. It's a vivid reminder that one needn't partake in drugs and alcohol to make a prolific amount of comedy—though they do tend to help immensely in making it seem funny. More »
hollywood privacywatch
Tom Hanks And Larry David Fail To Curb Enthusiasm For Each Other At Santa Monica Power Eatery
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and tell everyone about the time Tommy Lee was kind enough to shake unwashed, pee-tainted hands with all his Dodger Stadium fans. More »
hollywood privacywatch
Robin Williams Delights Thai Restaurant Patrons With Impressions Of Thai Elvis, Thai John Wayne, Thai Jack, Thai Rabbi...
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers, and are posted several times a week, so them in often. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and tell everyone about the time you spotted the cutie-pie accidental teen-killer of your dreams eating Chinese food one table away from you. More »
trade roundup
Trade Round-Up: Williams, Travolta To Form Latest Unholy Buddy Comedy Union
· No, sillies! His name is Gay! LOL! CMT would never hire a real Gay! [Variety]· We thought that Disney could never top itself after casting John Travolta, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence together in Wild Hogs, but they've just officially blown our minds by getting Travolta and Robin Williams into Old Dogs, the story of "two best friends and business partners whose lives are turned upside down when they find themselves in the care of 7-year-old twins." This one could do $300 million, easy. [THR]
· With no more female-friendly MOW worlds to conquer after landing both Jennie Garth and Lacey Chabert for upcoming projects, Lifetime president/CEO Betty Cohen "steps down" barely 24 hours after the network's upfront presentations. [Variety]
· Following yesterday's (possibly premature) reports that Spiderman: 3 may have already been pirated in Beijing, enraged MPAA head Dan Glickman stops just short of announcing an immediate Hollywood-led nuclear strike against China. [THR]
· In happier MPAA news, pirate-hunter emeritus Jack Valenti is out of the hospital after a recent stroke, but could suffer a setback should he be updated on this troubling China/Spider-Man situation. [Variety] 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 »
robin williams
Robin Williams Enters The Next Phase Of His Recovery: Press Junket Confessions
We urge those troubled souls who might have suspected that Robin Williams' release from rehab and subsequent embarking on a press tour for his upcoming movie was a little too conveniently timed to open their desk drawers, look at the half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels hidden under a stack of file folders, and ask themselves if their lack of charity might be fueled by their own, 80-proof problems. (If you must know, we failed this test of conscience so badly that had to freshen up our third cup of coffee with the devil juice just to continue with our day.) Today's Rush & Molloy column suggests that Williams' rehab timeline might have been massaged to beat a tabloid report about his trip to Hazelden, a much more palatable motive for playing fast and loose with the dates of his stay: More »
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Robin Williams Ready To Show Off 28 Days' Worth Of New Mel Gibson Material
Fresh from rehab and eager to prove that his newfound sobriety hasn't depopulated his manic improvisational mind of its teeming multitudes who speak in a handful of comically exaggerated accents, Robin Williams is already treating junket reporters to the Mel Gibson material he worked on while drying out: More »
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Hollywood RehabWatch: Robin Williams Settles In At Hazelden
Robin Williams' reps announced yesterday that the coke-powered* comedian was headed to rehab to once again take the narcotic edge off his trademark commercial-break-spanning, multi-ethnic-stereotype-character talk-show riffs, a move that wisely prevented any unfortunate, Gibsonian meltdowns that may have been in the offing. A Defamer operative residing in the sleepy town where Williams' recovery facility is located drops us this report about the local buzz on the actor's early progress: More »
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Robin Williams To Delight Fellow Rehab Patients With 'Patch Adams'-Style Antics
It's no secret that Robin Williams has struggled with the fiery-eyed demons of addiction before, starting at the very earliest days of stardom, when he'd hide inside a giant, Orkian space egg and blow rails until he was called to set. Sadly, starring in RV has taken a far greater toll on the actor than anyone could have imagined, as he appears to have fallen off the wagon: More »
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