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Fox News Blames Internet, Los Angeles for David Duchovny's Sex Addiction

Most celebrities only announce a stint in rehab after undergoing a very public flame-out, so when David Duchovny offered last week (apropos of nothing) that he was being treated for sex addiction, gossip hounds went wild trying to figure out the reasons why. One columnist hot on the case is Fox News gadfly Roger Friedman, last seen trying to put the blame for the Harry Potter delay on star Daniel Radcliffe's magic wand. After a little digging, Friedman got to the bottom of some of the more scurrilous rumors: More »

12:30 PM on Tue Sep 2 2008
By Kyle Buchanan
14,317 views, 45 comments

Latest by Decebal: FUCK YOU DUCKOVNY!!!! I am all set for my London trip and my girly trip at the Ritz for afternoon more »

Horsing Around

Fox News Blames Daniel Radcliffe's Magic Wand for 'Harry Potter' Delay

Won't anybody listen to the "content kings" over at Warner Bros.? Despite the fact that they actually have plausible reasons for bumping Harry Potter to next year — i.e the writers' strike had left them with a summer 2009 slate that lacked a single tentpole release besides Terminator: Salvation — tongues are clucking that there simply must be ulterior motives at play. The latest to toss out a conspiracy theory is daffy Fox News columnist Roger Friedman, who puts the blame squarely on Daniel Radcliffe's barely legal shoulders:

The real story? Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will be right in the middle of his sensational, highly publicized run on Broadway in the play, "Equus." Radcliffe appears naked in the play, on stage, and has sex in it as well. That's not the image Warner Bros. wants associated with bespectacled Harry, who remains chaste and virginal.

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5:35 PM on Fri Aug 15 2008
By Kyle Buchanan
6,285 views, 12 comments

Latest by hummingpenguin: Did I need to see Harry Potter's treasure trail while eating my lunch? No, I did not. more »

different strokes for different folks

Scientology a Prime Suspect in Gossip Columnist's Isaac Hayes Postmortem

After getting through a remarkably quiet week without a single controversy or racketeering lawsuit, the Church of Scientology was dealt another bruising body blow with Isaac Hayes's death over the weekend. As much as the Church is expected to miss the singer/songwriter's hot buttered soul and totemic cultural presence, Hayes's "friend" and generally unreliable Fox source Roger Friedman notes in today's touching eulogy how the Church wrung every last cent from subpar live performances after his 2006 stroke. More »

4:55 PM on Mon Aug 11 2008
By STV
15,207 views, 22 comments

Latest by N/A: @NotReadyForPrimeTime: As I recall, L. Ron was actually sanctioned for practicing medicine without a license, and had a hate-on for more »

gossips gone wild

Breaking: Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish are Expecting (To Put Lawyers on Fox Gossip's Doorstep)!

Resident Fox gossipmonger Roger Friedman outdid himself this morning with the "news" that romantically linked Stop-Loss co-stars Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish are "apparently having a child." You wouldn't know it now, of course, with Friedman's allegation deleted from his copy without any note or citation from his editors at Fox News. Thank goodness for the quick-thinking eagle-eyes at The Huffington Post, who nabbed a screengrab of the offending passage you can spy after the jump. More »

9:26 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By STV
27,675 views, 8 comments

Latest by Mokers: @Juancho: Can't she just adopt some third world babies and cancel out the negative effects? more »