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Ducks Back In Fox Den: Birds Make Studio Lot Their Permanent Summer Home
They're baaaack: the ducks on the Fox lot! After winning over the hearts of News Corp employees last spring, Mama Duck, named Harriet, made a return with a new flock of cute ducklings this year. When I was entering the Fox lot today, the security guard at the gate greeted me with a warning: "Drive carefully, we have…
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Don't You Hate When That Happens…?
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce misspelled Julia Louis-Dreyfus' name when she received a star along the Hollywood Walk Of Fame today. UPDATE: “You should know they fixed the star before the dedication,” an exec tells me. “It was just incorrect when we arrived.” The mistake was made on “Louis,” which was spelled…
NO JOKE: Jeff Zucker Had Conan Arrested
It’s just been brought to my attention that, while they were Harvard undergraduates, Jeff Zucker ’86 called the cops on Conan O’Brien ’85. (I never saw previous reports about this.) According to articles in both the Harvard Crimson and Yale Daily News, Zucker, then president of the university’s Harvard Crimson daily…
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By Nikki Finke
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Oh How The Once Mighty Have Fallen
So today producer Mark Canton was seen screaming at Kate Mantilini’s maitre’d. “Do you know who I am? Mark Canton! You can look up my credits!” Now, I go to that restaurant all the time, and the people who work there couldn’t be nicer. And I confirmed the details of what happened. The staff told me the one-time…
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By Nikki Finke
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Wassup With H'wood Hitler Comparisons?
First, Transformers franchise starlet Megan Fox Megan Fox promotes Twentieth’s Jennifer’s Body in Wonderland magazine by accusing Michael Bay of wanting to “create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for.” Now, Woody Harrelson, while…
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ICM's Martha Luttrell Retires After 25 Yrs
I’m told it was a very amicable and mutual decision since she’s been dividing her time between Los Angeles and Aspen (as well as her beloved Africa). After being mentored in the movie biz by director Mike Nichols, Luttrell joined ICM in 1983 when it bought her agency, Robinson/Luttrell and Associates. “Why it worked…
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By Nikki Finke
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'Dark Knight' Fans Turning Out Dressed Up And In Droves At Los Angeles Theaters
My photographer Jim Stevenson went around to local Los Angeles theaters snapping pictures of The Dark Knight fans dressed up in their Batman and Joker best. You gotta love these dedicated fanboys turning out in droves for their fave pic.
And a proud father just sent me this pic of his 6-year-old son Ethan MacRae…
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By Nikki Finke
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Look At What It Says On Ovitz's T-Shirt…
This is a photo of Michael Ovitz arriving at Camp Allen. Look closely at his T-shirt. (FYI, I reported three weeks ago about his renting the I.M. Pei building, the ex-home of CAA, to Sony BMG. Embarrassing for Variety to be so late on…
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By Nikki Finke
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So What Was All The Fuss About? Marvel Locks In Jon Favreau For 'Iron Man 2'
EXCLUSIVE: It’s not officially announced yet, but I’m told that Marvel Studios and Iron Man director Jon Favreau have reached a deal for him to helm the sequel, due out in 2010. (Robert Downey Jr had a sequel clause in his contract so he’s on board.) Marvel Studios boss David Maisel was quick to put out a…
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By Nikki Finke
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Will Fox Work With Eddie Murphy Again?
I’m told Fox is really pissed that Eddie Murphy didn’t show up for his own Meet Dave premiere last night. People around Eddie told the studio that he ran late shooting a film for DreamWorks’ A Thousand Words — whereas Brian Robbins, the director of both movies, did make the premiere, too. (There are pictures to prove…
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By Nikki Finke
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UPDATE: Quentin Tarantino Talking To Brad Pitt To Star In 'Inglorious Bastards'
EXCLUSIVE: I’ve confirmed Quentin Tarantino is talking to Brad Pitt to star in Inglorious Bastards, the writer/director’s newly unveiled script being shopped right now to 4 Hollywood studios: Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount and Sony. And Harvey Weinstein will produce it with Lawrence Bender… See my previous today…
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By Nikki Finke
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Quentin Tarantino Unveils 'Inglorious Bastards' To 4 Major Hollywood Studios; UPDATE: Director Asking Brad Pitt To Star
UPDATE: I’ve just confirmed that Quentin Tarantino is talking to Brad Pitt to star… And Harvey Weinstein will produce it with Lawrence Bender…
EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino has just gone out with his long-anticipated script about World War II. I hear it’s gone out to Universal, Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony. Not…
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