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At Last, Even Michael Bay Admits Michael Bay Is Full of Shit [True Confessions]

Further refining his sophisticated public persona from "egregiously self-aware Hollywood hack" to "egregiously self-aware Hollywood hack with a Web site," Michael Bay teased his regular readers Monday with the suggestion that he's making up Transformers 2 news as he goes along. "Sorry everyone, everything you are reading (other then we are shooting in Philly) is false," he wrote in a message-board forum after an open audition call yielded rampant story and script speculation. "We are going to give so much disinformation on this film to confuse everyone."Well, then! That showed us. We applaud Bay's typically unique, senseless approach, which has even his loyal fans scratching their heads over the point of why Bay would bother to announce he's lying in the first place. We're all for taking this to its logical end point, however, where the flaxen-haired fauxter reveals the entire Transformers franchise is a hoax — in which case we could all give robust thanks and even sworn Bay enemy Uwe Boll would have to retract that "fucking retard" accusation he leveled so forcefully in recent weeks. We think we can all agree it's a small price to pay under the circumstances. Transformers 2 Auditions [Shoot For The Edit via /Film]

Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Michael Bay, Transformers", True Confessions, Uwe Boll

Les Moonves Finishes Off Gutshot Imus

For those of you unable to concentrate on your jobs, family, or the heartbreaking news that Angelina Jolie seems unable to love her lone biological child because you've been sick with worry about this Don Imus situation, relief: He's been shitcanned by CBS, and shitcanned good. Our east-coasted siblings at Gawker have smiling CBS Corp. despot Les Moonves' announcement of the firing, who is no doubt a little annoyed that sworn NBC enemy Jeff Zucker beat him to the kill yesterday; he hates being t

Published: 2007-04-12 Provider: Defamer Keywords: CBS, Don Imus, Jeff Zucker, Les Moonves, Nbc, Top

The Critics Speak: 'Postal' May Actually Be Better than 'Sex and the City' [Bolled Over]

We've been following the bouncing Uwe Boll for what seems like months now, but once the consummate self-promoter and sworn enemy of 279,452 filmgoers (and counting) wound up playing the victim in the Sunday New York Times, the shark was considered jumped. But an eagle-eyed tipster points out one of the more fascinating signs yet of the loathed filmmaker's resurgence: On a week when his new film Postal has reportedly been banned from multiplexes, it's also pulling a better Rotten Tomatoes score (33%) than "mainstream" offerings Made of Honor (12%), What Happens in Vegas (28%) and John Cusack's bomb-to-be War, Inc. (23%). It's also neck-and-neck with Sex and the City and a mere percentage point behind the tentpole Speed Racer, which is still stalled at the gate with 34% positive reviews.Granted, everything will change as more reviews trickle in — but not necessarily for the worst. In any case, maybe Boll — not Roland Emmerich — is the ideal Euro-hack to helm that forthcoming $200 million Cusack apocalypse flick. At this rate, he may be Sony's only hope with the critics. 'Postal' [Rotten Tomatoes]

Published: 2008-05-20 Provider: Defamer Keywords: bolled over, John Cusack, Made of Honor, Postal, Sex And The City, Uwe Boll, What Happens in Vegas

Rumors Of Heavily Anticipated Jolie/Aniston Showdown Overshadow Buzzless Oscar Ceremony [Cougar Fights]

Whether or not Gil Cates is able to pull any tricks from his rumpled sleeves to make this year's Oscar ceremony watchable, there'll be at least one event next weekend guaranteed to get the town buzzing. Us Weekly is reporting that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be attending a pre-Oscar bash that sworn enemy Jennifer Aniston has also RSVP'd to. You know what this means, people. We're talking catfights, Hills-like confrontations and revenge tattoos galore. At least that's what we're hoping for.Considering the two ladies in question aren't scared of a little girl-on-girl action now and then, might their inevitable run-in include a bit of "kiss and make up"? Unfortunately for everyone out there with both X and Y chromosomes, probably not. More realistically, we'll have a peaceful reunion. An Aniston insider tells Us that Jen thinks that "avoiding Brad and Angelina is more painful than seeing them" (Ed. Note - Do stories about Jennifer Aniston ever exclude the word "pain"?). Adding even more plausibility that Aniston and Jolie will unite happily, Us says Pitt may not even show up. Leaving your ex-wife alone with your current baby mama? Takes balls. Enough to make enough for recent motorcycle-induced hissy fits, even. JENNIFER ANISTON TO FACE ANGELINA JOLIE AT OSCARS [Usmagazine.com]

Published: 2008-02-14 Provider: Defamer Keywords: Angelina Jolie, Brad PItt, Cougar Fights, Jennifer Aniston, oscars 08

Introductions: Getting To Know New NBC 'Rock Star' Ben Silverman

TVWeek corralled just-installed NBC Entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman (pictured above enjoying himself in the general vicinity of soon-to-be sworn enemy Les Moonves of CBS) for a "getting to know you" chat, in which the recently anointed New Peacock Messiah reveals that while he has managed to chug the company's "Choke on Our Quality" Kool-Aid, his acceptance of the gig progressed so quickly that he hasn't yet had time to take care of certain details unimportant to taking the job, like watching all of the network's Fall pick-ups. Reports TV Week: TelevisionWeek: What are your goals for NBC? Ben Silverman: To continue the great legacy of NBC and its unbelievable quality of programming. To be the No. 1 network. To be the absolute biggest and best brand in broadcast television. And more important, to be the most lucrative network. [...]TVWeek: What's your take on the pilots and fall schedule? Mr. Silverman: I have not seen all the pilots yet. I thought Zach Levi, the star of "Chuck," was phenomenal and really fun, and that show had the kind of environment I want to be in. I always loved "The Bionic Woman" growing up and eagerly await seeing her powers come to fruition, but have not watched it yet. And I'm excited to see "Journeyman," which I hear is phenomenal from everyone I know who has seen it. I'm sure we're going to get some hits out of them. Now installed in his new position, Silverman should have some time to breathe and catch up on his pilot-watching to see if Bionic Woman actually feels like a hit, and, in the interest of properly instilling the culture of "peace, love, and understanding" discussed in the interview, finally get someone to clean the blood of freshly slaughtered predecessor Kevin Reilly from his office walls. There's nothing like the lingering stench of a recent execution to stifle an otherwise aspirational, positive atmosphere. [Photo: Getty Images] Silverman Setting New NBC Agenda [TV Week]

Published: 2007-06-04 Provider: Defamer Keywords: ben silverman, Introductions, Kevin Reilly, Les Moonves, Nbc