Media-Whore D'Oevres



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"A 'new' Tennessee Williams play is coming to Broadway, almost 25 years after the writer's death. Williams' old friend Gore Vidal is completing his unfinished 'In Masks Outrageous and Austere' for a production to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich.The play centers on a billionairess and is 'a dark look at the masks that are worn by corporations.' (Gatecrasher)

"Yeah!! .....here I am minding my own biz having a great time with my friend Criss Angel (magician) and watching the Mtv awards in the front row saying hello to all my friends......Pamela comes and sits on my lap who I love and adore... I get a tap on the shoulder form Kid Pebble...i stand up and embrace him with a semi hug and say "Hey dude...What up"?? He punches me in the face.....well if ya wanna call it that!?....more like a b**ch slap ... Wuss!" (Tommy Lee/ TMZ via TommyLee.tv)

"Although runway shows are typically seated affairs, we can't help noticing that people are getting their groove on-in their chairs. Bijou Phillips spent the entire Nicholai by Nicky Hilton show bouncing up and down in her seat." (Fashionweekdaily)



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"New York City's English transplants came out to play on Sunday night at Jefferson Hack's Another Magazine party at Gemma in the Bowery Hotel. In the crowd were photographer Craig McDean, Duran Duran's Simon LeBon and Nick Rhodes, model Lily Cole, and assorted other Brits, along with some of their transatlantic cousins in the form of Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stipe, Lazaro Hernandez, Genevieve Jones, and Arden Wohl. Representing Australia, meanwhile, was the newly single Heath Ledger. The actor had inadvertently shown up at the restaurant with some friends for dinner, and happily stayed to chat with Helena Christensen and Amy Sacco." (Style)

"MTV and MTV.com can thank the bad behavior of rock stars for their ratings gains. The slow, creeping death of the music industry notwithstanding, Sumner Redstone -- who, no doubt, kept a fish eye on the MTV Music Awards ratings -- ought to throw Britney Spears a valentine, or at least a bottle of MonaVie. Although the show was virtually unwatchable, Britney's train wreck -- and, possibly Tommy Lee's fisticuffs -- literally saved the show. And, even better -- and Webnewsier -- the show, which was a one-shot deal -- is getting a new life clipwise on the web." (RonMwangaguhunga)

"The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. has selected pop stars Diana Ross and Brian Wilson, pianist Leon Fleisher, comedian/actor Steve Martin and director Martin Scorsese to receive the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors in December. The tirtieth anniversary of the Kencen Honors will be presented Dec. 2 at a gala celebration produced by George Stevens Jr. and broadcast Dec. 26 on CBS." (Variety)

"Taiwanese director Ang Lee axed 30 minutes from his award-winning erotic spy thriller 'Lust, Caution' to pass China's censorship rules and make it child friendly, state media reported Tuesday. Lee, who on Saturday picked up his second Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for best picture for his new film, was told by Chinese authorities he had to cut out steamy scenes for mainland China's audience, Xinhua news agency said." (Indiewire)

"Chris Tucker shook down New Line for a new pay record on Rush Hour 3, while Brett Ratner brought the studio to its knees when he went wildly overbudget. And both Spidey 3 and Pirates 3 broke the $300 mil cost barrier not counting marketing costs. Then again, directors Raimi and Verbinski respectively were allowed to do pretty much anything they wanted, even the absurdity of making ass-numbingly long pics, because the studios were so desperate to keep the franchises going. No one wants to get off the gravy train, but if the fourquels are ever going to see the light of day, hire hungrier helmers whom the studios can more easily bludgeon into obedience and/or hotter younger stars to freshen the franchises." (NikkiFinke)