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Wisecracks and Wyverns: It's the Animated 'Buffy' That Never Was [Once More, With Feeling]

newVideoPlayer("/buffykyle_def.flv", 506, 423,""); Like the blood-sucking vampires dramatized by their idol, fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon are always hungry, letting no series, comic book or musical web-blog go unconsumed. Into their gaping maw, then, we throw this: a just-surfaced clip from the pilot presentation for Whedon's aborted, animated Buffy spinoff. The gang's all here (sans series star Sarah Michelle Gellar), and even though the project was terminated years ago, it's a nostalgic hoot. Plus, cartoon Giles? Strangely alluring. Four Years Later, The Storied 4-Minute BUFFY: THE ANIMATED SERIES Presentation Stalks YouTube!! [AICN]

Published: 2008-08-04 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Once More, With Feeling, buffy, Joss Whedon, Sarah Michelle Gellar

Why Has Michelle Williams Stolen The Life Of This Ex-Con HuffPo Blogger? [Wendy And Lucy]

Honestly, we only keep Huffington Post on our Google Reader to keep up with all of Alec Baldwin's histrionic musings. Still, we're glad we didn't miss today's HuffPo dip into kookier, Michelle Williams-related territories. If you're not familiar with Michelle Williams's tiny indie film Wendy and Lucy, let us summarize: Wendy (Michelle Williams), an impoverished young woman, drives to Alaska with her dog. The car breaks down. Not a whole lot else happens. So when we saw HuffPo blogger Michelle Renee title her newest post, "I Feel Like the Real Life Wendy and Lucy Story," we chuckled to ourselves. "You mean, nothing happens in your life, too?" we wondered. Well, actually, Renee's story is WAY, WAY DIFFERENT: If the movie plot seems like an unrealistic one, I can tell you it isn't. My life seems like the real life Wendy story as written in my debut book, Held Hostage, which is not just about the crime that devastated my and my young daughter's life. Although a large portion of this true crime release focuses on the violent kidnapping, 14 hour hostage ordeal and my being forced by three masked gunmen (also gang members) to rob a bank to save our life, the aftermath and an incredible road trip from San Diego to Anchorage Alaska is written about in "such rich detail you feel as though you are in the car with her and her four legged companion" as one reviewer wrote. I don't know what sparked "Wendy" to head for the majestic landscape of Alaksa but what sparked my needing to get out of Dodge was the threat of retaliation looming over our heads after the grand jury proceedings. We're pretty sure we don't remember that part from Wendy and Lucy...deleted scenes, maybe? Though our favorite part of Renee's HuffPo entry are the random tags: Broken Open, Dogs, Healing, Held Hostae, Michelle Renee, Michelle Williams, Movies, Movies And Entertainment, Pets, Scared, Wendy And Lucy, Entertainment News It's a give-and-take, HuffPo bloggers: sure, you might not get pay or health care—bu

Published: 2009-02-01 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Wendy and lucy, Blogs, Dawson's Creek, Huffington Post, Islam is the light, Lack of makeup, Michelle renee, Michelle Williams, Movies with dogs in them, Post-traumatic starlet analogy disorder, scared, So cold in here, Wait, say again?

Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright Hauled Off by Cops in Lifelike 'W' Publicity Coup [Crime And Punishment]

If we had just produced an entire feature film in about 12 days like the gang behind Oliver Stone's W, then we, too, would probably have been in a bit of hell-raising mood when it was all said and done. We're not sure if getting arrested would have been on the agenda, but we'll grant newly shorn Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright the benefit of the doubt, anyway: The duo, who play President Bush and Colin Powell in the film, spent some time in custody early Saturday after coming to the aid of a rowdy crew member at a bar in Shreveport, La. According to police called to the Stray Cat at 2 a.m., the actors and four other crew members "interfered" with the other's arrest: A Brolin insider told the Daily News that the actor was not involved in a physical scuffle, as several news outlets previously reported. "He was released very soon after the incident," the source said. "It was not a bar fight. It wasn't a physical situation." Brolin was released from jail after paying $334 bail; Wright wasn't listed in police booking records as of Saturday evening. Nevertheless, there's Wright's mug shot, boosting Team W pride just in time for the Vanity Fair delegation reportedly en route to visit the principals that day. And what a scene that would greet them: No different than any authentic Bush kegstand, really, with four squad cars, bike cops and a canine unit arriving to squelch the fun. We can't wait to see what carnage ensues if these guys actually do premiere before election day — in character as Dick Cheney, Richard Dreyfuss alone is good for at least a couple overhead beer-bottle smashes before he breaks out his shotgun. [Photo credit: The Shreveport Times] Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright, others on Oliver Stone film arrested [NYDN] "Bush," "Colin Powell" Nabbed In Bar Fight [CBS]

Published: 2008-07-14 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Crime and Punishment, crime and punishment, Jeffrey Wright, Josh Brolin, Oliver Stone, W

The One With The Cast Of 'Friends' Wanting In On A Little Of That 'SATC' Movie Action [And Introducing David Schwimmer As 'Ross']

There are at least 140,796,667 lessons to be taken from the recent Sex and the City movie phenomenon, starting with the one about how an obsessively beloved TV series revolving around a tight group of Manhattan-based besties could make the successful transition to the big screen four years after leaving the airwaves. Now, reports U.K.-based Hollywood-scoop-service the Daily Mail, the varyingly employable stars of NBC's behemoth hit Friends are prepared to take their hanging-out-in-a-fake-looking-coffee-house adventures to the next level: The highly anticipated film production of TV series Friends has finally been given the go-ahead, MailOnline has learned. Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer will reprise their roles for a big-screen adaptation 'within the next 18 months', according to insiders. A source said: 'Jennifer, Courteney and the rest of the cast are keen to reprise their roles, under the right circumstances. 'The box office success of Sex And The City has really got their wheels spinning about how a Friends film could be just as big, if done right. Sure, all six of the onetime $1 million-per-episoders would benefit—some obviously more than others—from a B-12 shot of unqualified blockbuster movie-stardom to the ass. But before you start planning your Arclight premiere parties (does any hairdresser in the greater L.A. area still even know how to execute The Rachel? You might have to try West Covina), we'd caution that some of the other core players have yet to sign on—we're told Naked Guy wants more screen time, and Gunther "won't even get out bed for less than seven figures." Without their involvement, the picture will obviously never get off the ground. Friends reunited: Jennifer Aniston and the gang set to return for big-screen blockbuster [Daily Mail]

Published: 2008-07-02 Provider: Defamer Keywords: And Introducing David Schwimmer as 'Ross', Courteney Cox, Friends, Jennifer Aniston, Top

When You're A Pap, You're A Pap All The Way [Beach Wars]

100 years from now, history buffs will return to the Paradise Cove beachhead decked in period-appropriate costume, thrilled to recreate that region's legendary battle between the Paps and the Serfs. It was a war that began, like so many others, over the honor of an object of astonishing beauty: In this case, that would be Matthew McConaughey—their flip-flop-misplacing Helen of Troy. The surfing battle wages, having migrated online: A cyber-rumble has erupted on the Web site of the X17 photo agency, where video of the attack was posted. More than 1,000 angry back-and-forth comments between the lensmen and the surfers have been logged, including one urging paparazzi to "rendezvous next Saturday in the same spot. 50 paps are going to meet u there. Good luck and enjoy the high waves. A surfer responds, "Bring it on, paps. It will be the end for you on the beach. Saturday is on." [...] The surfers are mostly white Malibu residents, while many of the paparazzi are immigrants; some speculate that some of the paps are former gang members. But their inside perspective on celebrity culture is priceless: "I'm a pap," writes one. "I've made $94K a year and I'm only four months into it ... because stupid white trash people like your fat mother buy the magazines. We hunt the very people you worship for no reason." While the surfers appear to have the paps outmatched in sheer brawn and numbers, we'd not count out the triumph of the paparazzo spirit, particularly once their adolescent leader—Austin Visschedyk, Kid Pap—climbs atop atop a sandy embankment to deliver for his comrades a call to arms for the ages: "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end of PCH. We shall snap Mischa, we shall snap her cottage cheese legs on the seas and the oceans, we shall capture with growing confidence and growing strength the parking lot scene outside Malibu Country Mart, we shall defend our territory outside Social and Green Door, whatever the cost may be. We shall f

Published: 2008-06-25 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Beach Wars, Beach Wars, Matthew McConaughey, pap wars, Paparazzi

Many Psiclocybin Surprises In Store For The Boys Of 'Entourage' [Merry Pranksters]

What would happen if the douchey Entourage cast all took a bunch of 'shrooms and headed out to the desert to "find themselves?" According to EW.com, we'll soon learn. As creator Doug Ellin puts it, "The boys trek to Mexico and Joshua Tree National Park...they'll eat some psychedelic mushrooms...It's one of my favorite episodes. It's their Into the Wild trip." But as any fan of psychedelics knows, the concept of putting four man-children out in the middle of nowhere with nothing but widened minds to entertain themselves can only lead to (further) homoeroticsm and cannibalism. Our hallucinogenic fever-vision after the jump:Under the influence, we could easily see Vince stripping down to his boxer briefs, coming across a curvy cactus, and mistaking it for long-lost love Mandy Moore. A tearful embrace will ensue, leaving Vince shredded and bloody after Prickly Mandy's thorny rejection. As for Eric, we predict his height complex will disappear as he begins to feel ten feet tall. He will attempt to climb the 5,000 foot-high Ryan Mountain barefoot (to feel at one with the terrain), and fingers crossed, fall to his death. Crew sherpa Drama will abandon the gang after spotting a bikini-clad casting director on the trails. Though it hasn't been confirmed that Ari will tag along, we would enjoy a scene in which he hugs it out with Turtle before devouring his plump limbs. We've been waiting for a Rex Lee spinoff anyway. 'ENTOURAGE' GETS PSYCHEDELIC THIS FALL [EW.com]

Published: 2008-03-20 Provider: Defamer Keywords: adrien grenier, Doug Ellin, Entourage, Hbo, Jeremy Piven, Merry Pranksters

Many Psilocybin Surprises In Store For The Boys Of 'Entourage' [Merry Pranksters]

What would happen if the douchey Entourage cast all took a bunch of 'shrooms and headed out to the desert to "find themselves?" According to EW.com, we'll soon learn. As creator Doug Ellin puts it, "The boys trek to Mexico and Joshua Tree National Park...they'll eat some psychedelic mushrooms...It's one of my favorite episodes. It's their Into the Wild trip." But as any fan of psychedelics knows, the concept of putting four man-children out in the middle of nowhere with nothing but widened minds to entertain themselves can only lead to (further) homoeroticsm and cannibalism. Our hallucinogenic fever-vision after the jump:Under the influence, we could easily see Vince stripping down to his boxer briefs, coming across a curvy cactus, and mistaking it for long-lost love Mandy Moore. A tearful embrace will ensue, leaving Vince shredded and bloody after Prickly Mandy's thorny rejection. As for Eric, we predict his height complex will disappear as he begins to feel ten feet tall. He will attempt to climb the 5,000 foot-high Ryan Mountain barefoot (to feel at one with the terrain), and fingers crossed, fall to his death. Crew sherpa Drama will abandon the gang after spotting a bikini-clad casting director on the trails. Though it hasn't been confirmed that Ari will tag along, we would enjoy a scene in which he hugs it out with Turtle before devouring his plump limbs. We've been waiting for a Rex Lee spinoff anyway. 'ENTOURAGE' GETS PSYCHEDELIC THIS FALL [EW.com]

Published: 2008-03-20 Provider: Defamer Keywords: adrien grenier, Doug Ellin, Entourage, Hbo, Jeremy Piven, Merry Pranksters

Are The Heady Days Of Frat Pack Drawing To A Close? [A Call To The Bullpen]

Boomp3.com There comes a time in every big screen comedy movement to grow a bit and embrace its oncoming adulthood. To wit, frat pack pledge master Seth Rogen was spotted buying light beer at a Malibu grocery store on Sunday. When asked about his decision to go with the light beer, Rogen shrugged his shoulders and said that he’s at a point where he has to watch his weight and switching over to the lighter brews seemed like a good way to get started. Rogen said, “The beer pong tournaments are beginning to take a toll as well. It’s like two or four rounds and then I’m done. Maybe a lighter drink will help me out.” [Photo Credit: X17] *A Call To The Bullpen is a work of fiction. Although the pictures we use are most certainly real, Defamer does not purport that any of the incidents or quotations you see in this piece actually happened. Lighten up, people ... it's a joke.

Published: 2008-09-30 Provider: Defamer Keywords: A Call To The Bullpen, Apatow Gang, Frat Pack, Judd Apatow, Kevin Smith, Light Beer, Malibu, Seth Rogen, The 'Bu, X17, Zack & Miri Make A Porno

Ladies Of 'The View' Pander Shamelessly To Lesbian-Friendly Emmy Voters [Gay For Pay]

newVideoPlayer("emmysview_def.flv", 506, 423,"");Asked to assess their Daytime Emmy chances, straight-talking Gay and the City Mario Cantone pointed out for the ladies of The View that voting traditionally favors the lesbian nominee, effectively shutting them out of the race. Still, it wasn't too late to mount an 11th hour, for-your-team-swapping-consideration campaign; before long, the proceedings had devolved into a shocking, four-way sapphic hug-in orgy, the likes of which daytime TV hasn't seen since New Jersey Disney Channel-watchers accidentally glimpsed a portion of Anal Gang Bang Co-Ed Sluts #19. [The View] WATCH VIDEO

Published: 2008-05-29 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Abc, Clips, gay for pay, Gays, The View

'Sex and the City' Movie Jilted By Cannes and One Blogger With a John Corbett Complex [Cannes Canned]

We awoke this morning to a double-shot of accidental Sex and the City hype, with news of the film's notable omission from the Cannes line-up doing battle with a pesky John Corbett imposter in our inbox. First things first: After Sarah Jessica Parker got fans' hopes up last month, a quick perusal of the festival's '08 selections reveals no S&TC at all — not on opening night, not in competition, not on pirated DVD's sold two-for-$10 outside the Palais des Festival. What happened? We'd ask the gang at New Line if they weren't pink-slipped this week, except we guess that suggests an answer to our question right there. Meanwhile, a blogger posing as SATC actor John Corbett had one New York Press staffer (not to mention Corbett's manager) confused Thursday, prompting a little bit of digging when pseudo-Corbett threatened producer Darren Star for slashing his role from the feature adaptation:[M]y part was taken out. That ASSHOLE Darren Star, who is responsible for Beverly Hills 92010 but also a lot of shit like Miss Match with that SKANK Drew Barrymore I mean Alicia Silverstone personally wrote me out of the movie. Michael Patrick King, who is truly a wonderful guy and who I would have no problem losing my homosexual virginity to metapohorically, fought with Darren and demanded that I be written back in and even threatend to walk. But since Darren is one of the most important producers his judgment stood and eventually I told MPK not to worry and it wasn't worth losing his job over. Apparently channeled by Brooklyn freelancer Ben Westhoff, pseudo-Corbett then gave Star four days to restore his part or face Internet spoiler ruination. Corbett's rep, meanwhile, gave Westhoff an undisclosed (but probably shorter) period of time to cease and desist. Anyway, even if the joke's essentially up, we like Westhoff's style enough to anticipate his fabrications more than we await the actual film — especially if he can spin it from the pseudo-Cannes premiere we'll likely ne

Published: 2008-04-18 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Cannes Canned, John Corbett, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex And The City