Beejoli Shah · 10/28/13 03:00PM
Here's A Unreleased Star Wars Blooper Reel
Beejoli Shah · 10/28/13 01:47PMBreakdowns: HBO's New True Detective Trailer Is Bad-Ass
Beejoli Shah · 10/28/13 11:26AMTrue Detective looks more like true sex (with some grisly murder stuff sprinkled in); Jason Sudeikis knocked up Oliva Wilde (and women across America now hate Olivia Wilde); Paramount is suing Brad Pitt because they didn't believe in him (twice, now, for anyone keeping count); and Netflix blames movie theaters for hating Netflix because they're all not Netflix.
Mike Fleming Brutally Maligns Nikki Finke In The Battle For Deadline
Beejoli Shah · 10/25/13 08:08PMTired as we all may be about seeing the words Nikki Finke and Deadline appear on this website today, Deadline's Mike Fleming Jr. has shot back at Finke. In a mildly interesting but slightly expected turn of events, Fleming sells his boss down the river in his latest blog post, proving that good friends do indeed stab you in the front. Who knew that Finke would come out as today's winner in the battle for the moral high ground?
TheWrap Aims at Anonymous Scandal Blogger; Hits Her Roommate
Beejoli Shah · 10/25/13 05:32PMIn the biggest scandal to rock Oliva Pope's nation since we found out you-know-who was the one running you-know-what, and was the one who had ordered the other you-know-who to be held captive you-know-where, The Wrap reported earlier this week that a popular and controversial Scandal blogger was actually an employee of ABC named Courtney Pajor. They backtracked today, releasing a statement from ABC, that the blogger was actually an old roommate of Pajor's.
"Nikki Finke Locked Out of Deadline," Nikki Finke Writes on Deadline
Beejoli Shah · 10/25/13 02:58PMDescribing Kelly Oxford As A Writer Is A Fairly Large Stretch
Beejoli Shah · 10/25/13 12:28PMDeadline's Nikki Finke On Jay Penske: He "Owns Me Like I'm His Slave"
Beejoli Shah · 10/24/13 10:56PMNikki Finke is not leaving Deadline quietly. In fact, according to my exclusive conversation with her on Thursday night, she's leaving amidst a litany of accusations ranging from boredom to slavery. According to Finke, "[Penske] owns me like I'm his slave" and has been harassing her. She goes on to say that the current iteration of Deadline is "bland and boring," and that Penske's working conditions are "breaking federal and state law."
Nikki Finke Out At Deadline By The New Year, Launching Her Own Website
Beejoli Shah · 10/24/13 08:48PMWhy Is Talent Agency WME So Obsessed With Rival CAA?
Beejoli Shah · 10/24/13 04:06PMWilliam Morris Endeavor—run by Ari Emanuel, the real-life inspiration for Jeremy Piven's twitchy Ari Gold on Entourage—empirically speaking, is a very good agency. So good, in fact, that their work speaks for itself: WME is a fairly well-known acronym, even outside the industry. So why is WME spending all their time bashing CAA, instead of just doing their damn jobs?
Beejoli Shah · 10/24/13 12:59PM
Breakdowns: Bill Murray Was Only Paid $9,000 For Rushmore
Beejoli Shah · 10/24/13 12:15PMGetting Bill Murray to do your movie only costs a tiny bit more than getting him to come to your kegger; There's a happy ending for Eliza Coupe (sorry, sorry); Sean Hayes is the last person to realize having a show on NBC actually is worse than having no show at all; The Scandal recaps are coming from within the building.
Maybe This Is Why Network TV Is So Bad
Beejoli Shah · 10/23/13 10:02PMOut Of 45 Hollywood New Leaders, Variety Only Found Two Black People
Beejoli Shah · 10/23/13 05:09PMThis morning, Variety released its annual "New Leaders list"—a who's who of Hollywood's rising executives that's really just a testament to the power of a good in-house corporate communications specialist. But something seems to be missing. They have six legal and finance executives, 12 agents, another six digital developers, three film execs, six television suits, two managers, and ten rising assistants. Yet out of 45 featured people, only two are black.
The Mindy Project Shares What Was Too Raunchy For Fox
Beejoli Shah · 10/23/13 11:28AMHere's A Leaked Trailer For Paramount's Troubled Biblical Epic Noah
Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 06:03PMA trailer for Paramount Pictures upcoming film Noah, based on the biblical tale of the world's most famous boat, has leaked online this afternoon. Though it will likely be pulled down quickly by Paramount, who did not immediately respond to my request for a comment, you can catch the shaky version here.
Cee-Lo Was Charged With Drugging A Woman With E at a Crappy Sushi Bar
Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 05:04PMYesterday, silken-voiced soul man Cee-Lo Green, legally known as Thomas DeCarlo Calloway, was charged with furnishing a controlled substance, after a 33-year old woman alleged that after the singer slipped a tab of ecstasy into her drink, she woke up naked in bed with him. Green has plead not guilty to the charge.
Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 04:41PM
According to Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz, Jeremy Piven was his first choice for the role of Michael Bluth. The future Ari Gold would have almost had it, if Jason Bateman hand't nailed his audition. The Week reports that and other revelations from Hurwitz's chat at yesterday's New York Television Festival.
CBS' Christmas Gift To You Is Two I Love Lucy Episodes In Color
Beejoli Shah · 10/22/13 04:09PMAfter years of stealing all the presents from the children of Whoville (or, well, carriage fees from Time Warner Cable and storylines from The Good Wife), network television Grinch CBS' heart is growing, just in time for the holiday season. The network will be airing two back-to-back episodes of I Love Lucy, remastered in "vintage" color as an appropriately titled "I Love Lucy Christmas Special."