Media-Whore's D'Oevres



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"Chelsea Clinton speaks?!?... NY TIMES plans Sunday news profile of former First daughter, newsroom sources tell Drudge Report... DEVELOPING..." (Drudge)

"The major studios are locked in talks with hedge funds to further embellish their co-funding deals, even as they're adding up the record box office results of their summer sequels. Now that the studios seem to have figured out their winning summer strategies, why would they want to split revenues with a bunch of Wall Streeters who mainly want to score some dates with starlets?" (Variety)

"Leading Latin singer Marc Anthony belts out a tune at Thursday's jumping after-party for 'El Cantante' in New York City. Backed by a full salsa band, Anthony took the stage for a short, but powerful set of songs at Picturehouse's Cipriani 42nd St. bash celebrating the movie ... Picturehouse planners pulled off Thursday night's fiesta despite fears up to the very last minute that the event might have to move due to Manhattan's recent, nearby steam pipe explosion. Instead, a large crowd -- many decked out in bright, festive outfits -- filled the historic Cipriani space on 42nd St. (in the massive Bowery Savings Bank building) as planned. The bash featured an assortment of Puerto Rican rums and a lavish spread of food and turned hot and sweaty once Anthony hit the stage and everyone started dancing." (Indiewire)

"Stocks are trading lower on Wall Street today, a day after a sharp sell-off caused by worries about slowing economic growth and tighter borrowing conditions. The three major stock indexes — the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index, the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq composite — were each down about 0.5 percent in 2 p.m. trading. The losses were less severe than yesterday, the worst day on Wall Street in five months, but the general trend was down." (NYTimes)

"On Thursday, Paramount stole the day — and possibly the entire four-day Comic-Con show — with their drool-worthy, standing-room-only, two-hour presentations. Here's what we learned...The fans like them some Iron Man. And Paramount like them some Black Sabbath, based on the three or so times they cued the band's song "Iron Man" (if only Beavis & Butthead figured in somehow). Superskinny director Jon Favreau — who told EW he's lost 80 pounds ('I just ate less') — introduced his trailer, which featured Robert Downey Jr. effortlessly nailing the role of Tony Stark, the cocky billionaire who dons a metallic suit after a near-mortal injury. Biggest nerdgasm: Watching I-Man fly the sky in his Mark III suit with jet propulsion capabilities... in his freakin' hands!" (Popwatch)