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• Trade Roundup: Johnny Depp To Live Out Childhood Dreams Of Kitschy Vampirism

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:00 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 697, 414, 1722, 2792, 1001, 1101, 2794, 873, 2796, 2435

  Johnny Depp may get to fulfill his childhood fantasy of becoming the "vampire patriarch" of the 60s bloodsucker soap opera Dark Shadows, as he's developing a feature based on the series for Warner Bros. [Variety] Hollywood tries to make the filthy little whores of YouTube jealous by openly flirting with DailyMotion, the French video sharing

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• Shonda Rhimes Still Feeling Good About Firing Isaiah Washington

  Published: July 27, 2007, 6:45 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 2655, 1239, 1954

  As Isaiah Washington continues to unleash a tsunami of silence-breakings upon a public that has long since ceased to care about the vast, gay-winged conspiracy responsible for his dismissal from Grey's Anatomy, one key player who has succeeded in not speaking about the controversy was series creator Shonda Rhimes - that is, until yesterday's

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• A Cleverly Disguised Ben Silverman

  Published: July 27, 2007, 5:45 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 1924, 2074

  "With more than 100 celebrity guests attending ABC's party at the Beverly Hilton, the hotel's security detail was given strict orders not to let anybody into the ballroom without an identification badge. So when a blond man in a burgundy polo shirt and slacks tried to enter the event unescorted, guards were quick to block him. 'Sorry sir, but I

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• Trade Roundup: We Could Never Begrudge Ricky Gervais An Easy Payday

  Published: August 1, 2007, 4:45 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 1548, 697, 534, 1169, 1206, 2902, 1866, 873, 2435, 1226

  Ricky Gervais will star in Early Retirement, a pitch Warner Bros. bought about a a workoholic who - get ready for it - quits his job to spend more time with his family, a decision we're sure has uproariously hilarious, unforeseen consequences. [Variety] Hollywood StrikeWatch: The AMPTP reaches a deal with the Teamsters and several craft

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• ABC News Now Ready To Laugh About The Merry Miller Debacle

  Published: August 2, 2007, 4:15 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 446, 2759, 2761

  Now that a week has passed since the viral proliferation of novice ABC News Now correspondent Merry Miller's inept interrogation of infinitely patient actress Holly Hunter, ABC is finally ready to share in the laughter enjoyed by untold millions of YouTube viewers, today running a lengthy explanation of the circumstances that transformed a

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• Trade Roundup: ABC Very Gay-Responsible

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 3008, 534, 431, 1010, 3005, 2187, 3006

  GLAAD's first-ever "Network Responsibility Index" rates each network for how well they "handle the still-sensitive issue of depicting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals on TV." ABC got the highest rating for shows like Ugly Betty, Brothers and Sisters, and the upcoming Cavemen, sure to stir up much constructive discussion about

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• This Article Highlights Some Of The "Iss-yews" Facing ABC Television, We Feel

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:06 am

  Tags: 576, 3100, 1309

  The Age published a rather interesting article about Kath & Kim in yesterday's Green Guide. Then there was the time in season two when Kath and Kel made it as far as the airport and had a foine toime before their off-screen mystery flight to Kyabram, shopping at the terminal and surreptitiously partaking in the hospitality of the club lounge.The

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• Short Ends: Big Brother 8 House Populated By Impressive Variety Of Bigots

  Published: August 10, 2007, 8:50 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 3106, 3131, 1094, 425, 3132, 3129, 2696

  As demonstrated by the above "Racism & Bigotry Sampler," the Big Brother 8 Intolerance Cam never, ever sleeps. Winnie Cooper is ABC News' Person of the Week, which means she's probably having an easier time today than TV boyfriend Kevin Arnold, who really can't catch a break with his big-screen directorial debut. Woody Allen reminisces

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• Trade Roundup: '24' Writers Taking Their Time To Think Up An Extra-Shitty Day For Jack Bauer

  Published: August 16, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 1901, 576, 3246, 966, 534, 837, 2537, 3032

  Hollywood Out of Ideas, Tiny People Injected Into the Sickly Body Of Originality Edition: Roland Emmerich will direct a remake of Fantastic Voyage for 20th Century Fox. [Variety] Production has temporarily stopped on 24 so that the hit show's writers have enough time to adequately dramatise every apocalyptic scenario that would probably

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• Stumbling Into ABC's Cavemen-On-The-Street Promo

  Published: August 22, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 959, 1924

  Since last month's contentious TCA panel in which some TV critics accused Cavemen, the upcoming ABC sitcom/race parable that will change the face of integrated primetime auto-insurance advertising, of being a little too preoccupied with hilariously deconstructing the tired stereotypes of just one group, we haven't really had an occasion to think

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• Spicks And Specks National Tour Bringing Back-Slapping Comedian In-Joking Live To A Theatre Near You!

  Published: August 22, 2007, 9:50 pm

  Tags: 576, 797

  In news that will delight mums nationwide, Adam "Nice" Hills and his streetwise crew will be taking so-light-it's-weightless light entertainment music trivia show Spicks And Specks on the road. Host Adam Hills, and panel members Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst will take the show, dubbed the Spicks and Speck-tacular, to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane,

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• IBM Sued After $1.4 Million Server Dumped on Floor by Forklift

  Published: August 28, 2007, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Computers, Press, 3160, 576, 3210, 372

  IBM is being sued after one of its servers was damaged in transit. T.R. Systems, who was shipping the beast to its customer the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and who had to shell out for a replacement, claims that the computer giant did not package the $1.4 million behemoth correctly. Want to hear how it all happened? "The rear wheels of

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• Network Unveils Depressingly Hulk-Free US 'Dancing With The Stars' Lineup

  Published: August 29, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 723, 3644

  For all TMZ's gloating about thoroughly chapping ABC's hide by printing a leaked list of Dancing With The Stars contestants, it seems the network merely made the site its pawn in its cunning game of lies: That roster was fake, and the actual cast was revealed today. Notably absent is the one person - Lou Ferrigno, bodybuilder, cranky green giant,

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• Renee Gets Sweaty

  Published: September 23, 2007, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Renee Zellweger, 117, 576

  Sweat or the early September LA rain -- YOU decide! Renee, why wear that shirt around your waist? You ass looks hot! Show it off!

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• Trade Roundup: DreamWorks Ani Extends Bird Viacomward, Takes On Tom Freston

  Published: September 25, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Defamer Hollywood, 576, 697, 414, 4322, 4324, 438, 1206, 2607, 4326, 3032, 2608, 2435, 4328

  Thumbing its nose at coldhearted, Spielberg-disrespecting corporate partner Viacom, DreamWorks Animation names legendary Sumner Redstone shitcanee Tom Freston to its board of directors. That'll teach you not to fuck with a national treasure, unfeeling new CEO Phillppe Dauman! [Variety] Now here's some casting chatter we can get behind:

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