In: Liz Smith. Veering past the Upper East Side cucumber-sandwich beat, away from Broadway and the Diva's, and offering up some Tinseltown scoop, via NYTimes scribe Sharon Waxman's juicy new tome, "Rebels on the Backlot":
"All the directors take hits - genius has consequences! But the Quentin Tarantino tales seem the liveliest. One 'friend' told writer Waxman, 'He'd walk into his office and announce to an assistant. I've always wanted to f - - - Anna Nicole Smith. Get me Anna Nicole Smith. And an hour later she'd come walking in.' Tarantino's longtime talent manager, Cathryn Jaymes, whom he fired after 'Pulp Fiction' hit big, also tattles. She says Tarantino explained his behavior thus: 'You know, I've always been selfish. I don't need to pay a manager anymore. I have an agent. Look, I can get kings and queens on the phone now. I don't need you. What makes you think I'd stay with you anyway?'"
We don't know, perhaps, oh, say, a manager might help to prevent quotes like the following, which illustrate your selfishness from leaking out? From IFQ, Issue 7, Re: on the set of Kill Bill, Volume 2:
"Michael Madsen: I don't know if we had wild times. We had good times. Quentin likes to laugh a lot. He's a great laugh. Like the night we did the syringe shot in the butt. I'd never seen so many volunteers in my whole life! Every single woman on that set wanted to be the inserted ass. They were lined up and one by one they'd lay down and I'd shoot them in the ass. (Ed Note: It's for the scene where Michael's character shoots Uma's character in the butt before he buries her alive in a coffin) Quentin was like, 'Let me do it. I want to do it!' Now he's putting the syringe in the butt shot. We must have done 20 different women for the butt shot! Everybody wanted to do it. I think that's Quentin's hand in the movie because I had done about six of them, and I was like, I'm going to my trailer. He spent the rest of the night out there injecting! Next. Next. Next. This side. That looks good. He got that from me because the first time we did the scene, I slapped her on the butt, and then I gave her the shot."
Out: Brigitte Nielsen, Overexposed. Yuck (via The UK Sun). Wasn't she, like, a hot media commodity 5 minutes ago? Oh, right, Flav's inarticulate love and earnest pursuit of her favors was the mitigating factor. No longer.
In: Gatecrasher Versus Ashlee Simpson. Don't blow off The Ben Widdicombe (The Corsair puts on sunglasses, slowly). Especially when you're career is spiraling down the drain (sotto voce). Not wise. We like The Gatecrasher. (3rd Item) Who you gonna run to? (The Corsair whispers menacingly) Gatecrasher's gonna getcha:
"Ashlee Simpson is visiting New York and in full damage-control mode after her disastrous live performance at the Orange Bowl.
"Yesterday she canceled a series of interviews, including one with Gatecrasher.
"'She really only wants to talk to the beauty press right now,' explained a flack for Thermasilk, which had pimped her out for one-on-one interviews to discuss her 'rock-star' hairstyles."
Ouch. Acid for acid reflux.
Out: Rudolph Moshammer, RIP. (See Above) According to the AP:
"German investigators opened a murder hunt after fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer, who created clothes for celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, was found dead at his home here.
"'Everything indicates that he was murdered,' said Munich prosecutor Peter Boie. 'He had neck injuries.'
"An autopsy later showed that a telephone cable found around his head had been the murder weapon.
" ... Munich-based Moshammer was a well-known figure on the German celebrity circuit known for his extravagant hairstyle and flamboyant dress. He was always accompanied by his Yorkshire terrier, Daisy.
"Moshammer claimed to be 59, but when he faced an Austrian court for a driving offence his date of birth was revealed to be September 27, 1940, making him 64.
"Apart from Austrian-born Schwarzenegger, now governor of California, Moshammer designed for such celebrities as Spanish tenor Jose Carreras and the Las Vegas-based magicians Siegfried and Roy."
In: Diana Ross. First she's in with M.A.C, then she's out. Then, there was that jailhouse thingie, don't ask. What's the deal? According to Fashionweekdaily, Diana Ross is down with MAC:
"After months of speculation, it?s official: Diana Ross is M.A.C?s 2005 Beauty Icon. The cosmetics giant, known for over-the-top campaigns with the world?s biggest divas, has named Diana their newest inspiration, and created a line that?s all about her.
"Besides additions to M.A.C?s signature color collection ? created with input from the legendary singe ? M.A.C also designed two shimmer powders, plus Diana-inspired brushes and compacts in a shiny pink chrome.
"To commemorate Diana?s Beauty Icon status, a series of photographs were shot by Michael Thompson, with makeup artist Val Garland designing the ex-Supreme?s look. While the photos won?t run in magazines, they?ll be on display at M.A.C counters across the country. "
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