Golden Celebrity

Still shivering and coated in a fine, scarlet mist from a prestige boutique-label bloodbath that saw the shuttering of New Line’s Picturehouse and Warner Independent, Hollywood woke up to yet further indie-arm carnage today. A press-release announced that Paramount Vantage would see its marketing, distribution and physical production departments folded into that of its wider-appeal [...]

On a day when feminism in Hollywood swings wildly between pure gender-pandering and impassioned scrotum-punching, we’re hearing about one developing project that could potentially split the difference: I Spit on Your Grave, a remake of the notorious 1978 rape-revenge film that made so many friends upon its initial release (”Attending it was one of the [...]

Welcome to Hollywood, kid! Hairspray star Nikki Blonsky’s meteoric trajectory from no-name Long Islander to Golden Globe-nominated movie star struck its inevitable litigation point Tuesday, when her former managers sued her and her mother for a cut of her earnings from the 2007 hit. Margaret Karaszek and Michael Ostrowski allege they’re entitled to a “standard [...]

An insomniac browse last night at PeterBart.com revealed that the Variety editor’s spirited studio defenses have made a remarkably speedy, seamless transition to the blogosphere. Readers seem to be enjoying it as well, alleging stolen stories about DreamWorks on one hand and launching a fascist-tastic comment cascade following Bart’s breaking! News! about production resuming on [...]