Celebrity Gossip

[jack]

Boodika- - re Salma Hayek - -she may surprise you yet in the upcoming "Frida" based on artist Frida Kahlo...lots of buzz about this

Heather Graham - -i also loved her in "Boogie Nights" ...so she remains "great" IMHO

but Tobey Macquire --that's not really a name on everyones lips these days..i can't recall the last time i saw him in anything

[markydefad]

Ah, but Jack--Tobey Maguire is the lead in "Spiderman" due this May--the first of the potential summer blockbusters. They ran a really long trailer for this during the Super Bowl ( don't worry,I was just watching for the U2 halftime show).



I've now challenged everyone in my office to come up with other ideas. So far, I'm not too impressed with their ideas, except for: Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie" & "13 Ghosts")--keep showing those tits, girl; Ben Affleck--keep flashing that Tommy Cruiser smile, dude and reminding everyone that yes, you are an Oscar winner; and Chris Klein--(now I think he's like Keanu--ya gotta cast him carefully cause he's got a real limited range--so I'm not down on him yet--but I hear his remake of "Rollerball" truly sucks). I loved him in "Election", though--so I'm gonna give him a pass.



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[jack]

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On 2002-02-05 15:21, markydefad wrote:

--Tobey Maguire is the lead in "Spiderman" due this May--the first of the potential summer blockbusters. They ran a really long trailer for this during the Super Bowl

---yup, Spiderman was off my radar screen...can't say that i'll be camped out w/ my sleeping bag to be first in line.

but i did actually watch most of the superbowl since the patriots are from my hometown { go boston ! } but, oddly enuf,i missed all the half time...

[markydefad]

Well, the office is wanting to throw 2 more names into the hopper (and Oscar winners at that!): Cuba Gooding,Jr. & Helen Hunt. Now, Helen is more of a "sick of" than untalented although we all seem to agree, we've seen enough of her limited range. Helen, give that Oscar to Dame Judi Dench and give at least 2 of those Emmys to, oh, maybe Tracey Ullman or Lisa Kudrow.



Now, Cuba ("show me the money") Gooding, Jr. has got to be one of the luckiest actors in Hollywod to have won an Oscar for an entertaining yet limited performance. "Snow Dogs", anyone? He was a bitchin' on one of the entertainment shows about how he couldn't get in on some of the hot new movies--"Lightning Jack", anyone? "Rat Race", anyone? "Chill Factor", anyone? uh......"Snow Dogs"?



Oh, and another annoying one we all hate is that Helen Hunt clone--Leelee Sobieski! Go away, shoo...shoo...



Remember: I'TS NOT MEAN, IF IT'S TRUE...



and, I might add...It ain't funny, unless it's a little mean...



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[paul]

On 2002-02-05 15:06, jack wrote:

Boodika- - re Salma Hayek - -she may surprise you yet in the upcoming "Frida" based on artist Frida Kahlo...lots of buzz about this

Ahhh. I hope we get to see a lot of Salma

[Jeff H]

Marky--



Loved the Harvey Fierstein commentary! (Leave it to you to transcribe it! Thanks!)



But Johnny Depp? And Barbra Walters??! Those two (and only those two) are news to me.



Info, people?

[markydefad]

Jeff, Johnny Depp & Babs Walters are news to me too. Although, Barbara "dated" the infamous Roy Cohn (I think I read they were actually engaged, at one time) so who knows?



Ask Harvey.

[markydefad]

Ok, let's continue to uncover the untalented who are still accepting work in Hollywood:



This will come as a surprise to some, but the name most mentioned when I asked my co-workers "who is the most overrated talent working today in Hollywood" was "TOM CRUISE"!!!



Now,I thought that was just my opinion. I mean, Tommy's been good in a handful of movies: "Risky Business" & "Jerry Maguire", most prominently, but as Leah Rozen wrote in her People review of "Vanilla Sky"--more often than not, Tom seems to be "acting with his usual strained intensity". I think he was manufactured by CAA into a superstar. They very cleverly got him work with directors like Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson & Oliver Stone and co-stars like Paul Newman & Dustin Hoffman. He is a product. A totally created leading man--almost computer generated. Look into his eyes and you see nothing. They are dead. He is a walking, talking Scientology-protected and CAA(Agency), Pat Kingsley (Publicist) and Bert Fields (Lawyer) created MOVIE STAR.

[markydefad]

File Under DIVAS IN DISTRESS:



Anne Heche has got to be Hollywood's leading candidate for most disturbed actress, since Sean Young terrorized the town in the late 1980's. (OK, maybe Angelina Jolie is right up there,too). Anyway, since the publication of Anne's biography "Call Me Crazy", one has to wonder if her career can survive the wacky tales she told about herself in that book



Last night, the LA Times reports a group of comedy performers did a reading of excerpts from her book at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. The blurb read: "So you didn't want to spend money for the biography of Anne Heche, but you're still curious?" Now, why didn't I think of that?



Even Barbara Walters admitted to Dave Letterman that Anne's interview in September was the most bizarre she'd ever conducted. I wish I had the tape, so I could quote her.



Remember, the Heather Graham starlet character in the Steve Martin scripted "Bowfinger" was supposedly based on Miss Anne. Martin dated Anne before she "found" Ellen at that Oscar party, and, subsequently, wrote the character of the starlet who sleeps with practically every member of the film crew as she works her way up the Hollywood food chain.



Anne's a good actress--but is Hollywood ready to work with someone who so flagrantly advertises their instabilty? Hmmm, Sean went into decline and moved to Arizona or New Mexico after Hollywood got their fill of her antics; she did work on some low-budget films, but her career was pretty much over. And, if her "Politically Incorrect" appearances are any indication-- she is as nuts as ever!)



Bill Maher last night:



"Bobby Brown celebrated his 33rd birthday yesterday. Wife Whitney Houston was scheduled to perform. Whitney cancelled at the last minute after she appeared 'disoriented' at the rehearsal. (Ba-Dum-Bum)



Whoopi Goldberg's Oscar was found in a trash bin in Ontario, CA yesterday. (Insert your own joke here).



Apparently, Whoopi sent her Oscar to Chicago to be cleaned, but the UPS box returning it arrived empty and the Oscar was later found in a dumpster.



Now, The Whoopster, Oscar's perennial 3rd choice "host" (after Billy & Steve say "no")says she will never part with her Oscar again. Let it get dirty.



If only The Divine Miss M could be persuaded to host the Oscars, and toss out those nasty Bruce Villanch quips to the Hollywood crowd she so bitterly detests--that would be an evening to remember. I hear Bette is in ultra-bitter, self-pity mode since the cancellation of her TV sitcom and her movie career has been reduced to cameos (What Men Want). I also hear she and her hubby live on separate floors of their home in NYC. She disbanded her All Girl Productions. She fired her longtime associate Bonnie Bruckheimer (ex-wife of Jerry B., Hollywood A-List Schlock Action Movie Producer Extraordinaire), after an association that goes back to the 1970's. Bonnie was an assistant to Aaron Russo, Bette's manager/ Svengali and former boyfriend. Bette has cut ties with a lot of folks, but remains close to Marc Shaiman (composer & acompanist) and former boyfriend/actor Peter Riegert.



Our last diva is Miss Eminem, who's getting the big Hollywood treatment as his life story has been filmed as the "Untitled Detroit Project". A-list director Curtis Hanson ("LA Confidential/Wonder Boys") is directing with Oscar winner Kim Basinger as Emster's mom and Brittany Murphy as the infamous "Kim". Brian Grazer, Ron Howard's producer partner, (the skinny, germophobic guy with the too big collars on his shirts and the gelled stand-up-straight- "Fright Night" hairstyle) is producing for Universal. Just what that cretin needs--Hollywood approved hype of his nasty ass life story. It'll probably be the hiphop "Saturday Night Fever"; a watershed film for the ages. Do ya think they'll ask the Bee Gees to score? Probably not, Huh?



Remember: IT AIN'T MEAN IF IT'S TRUE...

and it's not funny, unless it's a little mean...

[paul]

Hey Marky. When I first heard Whitney was gonna marry Bobby, I didn't get it. I was under the misguided impression that Whitney was the polished upper crust type marrying the beantown bum. My first thought was maybe he's got a 12" personality that hooked Whitney. Now with the stories about Whitney the last few years, my apologies to you Bobby. Now I'm thinking Bobby really believes in till death do us part or her poontang is just too good to let it go.

[markydefad]

Paul,



I've been told that the uppercrust veneer of class that Whitney seemed to project in the early years of her career, was really the p.r. spin Clive Davis was promoting. (Shades of Berry Gordy's etiquette training program for his Motown stars-- wonder when we'll ever see that come back?) In reality, I was told Whitney was "ghetto" which became apparent especially when filming her first film "The Bodyguard". I was told there was lots of looping (voiceover work, after the film was shot) to get the "homegirl" out of her line readings.



Now the odd thing is that everyone says Whitney is a lesbian and has been involved with her best friend and assistant Robyn Crawford for years.



How Bobby fits into this I do not know. Is he just on the payroll as her "husband"? Or do they really have sex? Or is he gay, too? (I can't imagine that one, but who knows?)



Anyway, Whitney seems to be self-destructing and all those on the Whitney payroll/bandwagon/gravy train seem to be aware it's time to do something...

[BrunoRepublic]

Speaking of self-destructing divas, does anyone have any dirt on Mariah Scarey? Last weekend, I suffered through her atrocious first (and hopefully last) film, which can best be summed up with the word "Litter".



Gawd it was awful. No wonder Virgin dumped her after that mess.

[markydefad]

Graham,



Please tell me you didn't PAY to see Miss Scarey. Is she on video already? Unfortunately, she has another film that was screened at Sundance with Mira Sorvino. Word on this one was pretty good, even for Miss Scarey. So she ain't down yet. But it is amazing how the public turned off on her music so quickly. Even her Greatest Hits package failed to sell. There's been a lot written about her market value in the LA press and most experts say that she shouldn't be counted out of the game yet. One big ballad could put her back in the game, some said. However, the practice of throwing big money at artists who have peaked is probably a thing of the past. In the past few weeks, a bunch of big name stars way past their big seller days were let go from various labels, including Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Sinead O'Connor, and a couple more I'm blanking on as I type this. The big money deals for the over-the-hill gang is over. Throw the money at new groups is the new mantra.

[jack]

tori amos was also let go..but Mariah walked away with 49 million...hell, i'd smear glitter on my arm and ramble in public in 49 thousand.

[markydefad]

Jack,



You are sooo right about Mariah's big payoff.

Apparently $21 million for signing and another $28 to leave! Nice work if you can get it!



The industry insiders interviewed in the LA Times said Mariah needs a Tommy Mottola-type to guide her career, cause her own choices were not working so well. (Shades of Miss Ross after she left Motown and signed with RCA?) I wonder if Clive Davis ( a Diva Handler extraordinaire, if there ever was one) would be interested in rescuing little lost Mariah? Probably not, since he is repping Alicia Keys, Mariah's replacement on the top o' the charts.



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