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Michael Cera Flips Out... Or Does He?

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Is this video of Michael Cera on a movie set a real, leaked clip from a not-so-hidden camera or merely a not-funny parody of the Christian Bale incident?

If it's a fake, Cera's a way better dramatic actor than we thought...

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Sloppy Seconds: Barack Obama Drops the F-Bomb

Emily Farris — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Christian Bale is really sorry for his "inexcusable" tirade on the Terminator Salvation set. [People]

Bob Guccione, Jr. thinks there's no danger in porn any more ("It's such a drag now to get sent a link of people eating each other."). But he thinks we can get that danger and erotocism back through art! [BigThink]

We generally don't like celebrity memoirs, but we'll probably read Patrick Swayze's just because we want to hear the story about how Johnny and Baby didn't really like each other off camera. [Yahoo!]

Bret Michaels would totally put a baby in Jennifer Aniston. [Us]

Apparently Eliot Spitzer's sexy time with prostitutes wasn't so sexy after all. In fact, he sounds like he was an asshole in the sack. According to Kristin Davis he...

• was "good for a call at least once a week" from 2004 to 2006
• meant "thousands of dollars of steady income for me and my ladies"
• "was getting rough and too aggressive with the girls — repeatedly pressuring them to do things they didn't want to do"
• "tended to obsess about a girl, would want to see her every day and was pushy and whiny with her"
• "didn't want to use a condom, and "he'd be a real weasel about it, too" [DailyIntel]

Want to hear Barack Obama say "ignorant mother fuckers?" Then click here. Context here.

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Bale + Bill = The Best Roid-Rage Remix Yet

Ina Maier — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:20:00 GMT

We know, we know. Enough already. But -- honestly? -- we can't not post this. It's the two best rage-outs the internet has ever seen and heard, carefully welded together in utter synchronicity. It's almost like the two of them were made for each other.

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Christian Bale Goes Apesh*t On Set (AUDIO)

Christian Bale's Rage: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Ina Maier — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:47:00 GMT

We know this is not the first and we suspect that is by no means the last Christian Bale Remix we'll be gifted with, but it may very well be the funniest. That could also be because we've been dreading the release of "He's Just Not That Into You" for the last 6 months.

But, while we're at it, let's give some airtime to the other side of the Bale Goes Ballistic debate: those who defend him. Also: Whoopi Goldberg.

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Christian Bale Goes Apesh*t On Set (AUDIO)

Bale Out: the Inevitable Christian Bale Goes Apesh1t Remix

Colleen Kane — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:49:00 GMT

It seems like only yesterday we were reading about Bale going bananas on some poor underling bastard (it was), but in the fast-paced society, this audio footage has already been processed and cranked out as something else: Bale Out, the remix.

To me, it sounds like perfectly passable industrial music, which is to say, I wouldn't put it on now, but would've danced to it at the Roxy in New Brunswick in the '90s.

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Christian Bale Goes Apesh*t On Set (AUDIO)

Ina Maier — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:00:00 GMT

So, a few months ago Christian Bale went a little crazy-faced McGees on the set of Terminator Salvation. Well, apparently studio execs sent a tape of the aforementioned freak out to the insurance company, which has now been leaked to TMZ. And boy, is it priceless.

You can listen to the audio here, but for those of you who don't have speakers / headphones / just process the written word better, we've gone to great lengths to transcribe the whole tirade for you here.

…Kick your fucking ass! I want you off the fucking set, you prick!”

“Christian, I’m sorry.”

“No, don’t be sorry. Think for one fucking second! What the fuck are you doing? Are you a professional or what?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Do I fucking walk around and rip down – No! Shut the fuck up, Bruce! Do I wa—no! NO! Don’t shut me up. Am I gonna walk around and rip your fucking lights down? In the middle of a scene? Then why the fuck are you walking right through all “Da-duh-da-duh” like this in the background? What the fuck are you doing? What the fuck is it with you? What don’t you fucking understand? You got any fucking idea about “Hey! It’s fucking distracting having someone walk up behind Bryce in the middle of the fucking scene?” Give me a fucking answer? What don’t you get about it?”

“I was, uh, looking at the light.”

“OOOH! Good fer you. And how was it? I hope it was fucking good because it’s useless now, isn’t it? Fuck’s sake, man, you’re amateur. Look, [indecipherable] you got something to say to this prick?”

“I didn’t see it happen?”

“Well somebody should be fucking watching him and keeping an I on him. This is the second time that he doesn’t give a fuck about what is going on in front of the camera. Alright? I’m trying to fucking do a scene and I’m going, “Why the fuck is Shane walkin’ in there? What is he doing there?” Do you understand that my mind is not in the scene if your doing that?“

“I’m sorry [indecipherable]…”

“Stay off the fuckign set, man. For fuck’s sake. Alright, let’s go again…You’re unbelievable, man. You’re un-fucking-believable. Number of times you’re strolling and fucking around in the background. I never had a DP behave like this. UH. You don’t fucking understand what its like working with actors. That’s what that is, man. I’m telling you. I’m not asking, I’m telling you! You wouldn’ta done that otherwise! I’m gonna fucking kick your fucking ass if you don’t shut up for a second. I’m gonna go – you want me to go trash your lights? Do you want me to fucking trash them? Then why are you fucking trashing my scene?"

“I’m not trying to trash…”

“You are trashing my scene! You do it one more fucking time and I’m not walking on this set if you’re still hired. I’m fucking serious. You’re a nice guy! But that don’t fucking cut it when you’re bullshitting and fucking around like this on set. Yeah, you might get it. But he doesn’t fucking get it!”

“I got it, I get it.”

You might! But HE. DOES. NOT. GET. IT!”

“I know. Good adjustments, OK? For real. Honestly, I get it. Take a walk for 5 seconds.”

“NO! I don’t need any walking. He needs to stop walking! I ain’t the one walking….Let’s go again… Seriously, you and me, man, were fucking done professionally. Fucking ass.”

Uh. So...yeah. How about those Mets?

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What Do Christian Bale And Kermit The Frog Have In Common?

Ina Maier — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:12:00 GMT

Yeah, we don't really know what to say either. Other than the person who did this admits to having "a whole lot of free time." But trust us, check the jump for our favorites, then keep on going. Because the fun never ends. (Seriously. There are, like, 982734892743 photos. All of them AWESOME.)

OK. Now click here for more.

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Cosmo Names The Sexiest Man In the Universe...

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:01:00 GMT

It's a known fact that men get better with age. That goes a long way toward explaining why two dudes in their mid-forties topped Cosmopolitan's poll of The World's Sexiest Men. But only one... can be #1....

First: it should be noted before we get started that this appears to be a British survey... does that change your prediction? (Not for us, but it certainly explains the presence of Pierce Brosnan and the members of Take That.)

And the winner is...

Ladies and dudes who enjoy the male form, what do you think of their pick, as well as runner-up George Clooney (47!) and the other 23 choices...?

1 Johnny Depp, 45
2 George Clooney, 47
3 Jake Gyllenhaal, 27
4 Daniel Craig, 40
5 Brad Pitt, 44
6 James McAvoy, 29
7 JustinTimberlake, 27
8 Will Smith, 40
9 David Beckham, 33
10 Wentworth Miller, 36
11 Christian Bale, 34
12 Jonathan Rhys Meyers, 31
13 Take That: Gary Barlow, 37, Mark Owen, 36, Howard Donald, 40 and Jason Orange, 38
14 Ashton Kutcher, 30
15 Dermot O''Leary, 35
16 David Tennant, 37
17 Patrick Dempsey, 42
18 Clive Owen, 44
19 Pierce Brosnan, 55
20 Mark Ronson, 33
21 Gordon Ramsay, 41
22 Russell Brand, 33
23 Pharrell Williams, 35
24 Ryan Reynolds, 31
25 Olivier Martinez, 42

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Sloppy Seconds: Hillary Clinton Nominated For President?

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Would someone please make one of these for us and send it by mail to Scanner, New York, NY? Of course, you'll need to get us a nano, too...

Natalie Wood's longtime lover planned, at one point, to murder Warren Beatty. The world doesn't know how close it came to losing Bulworth.

The decision by America's Next Top Model to feature a transgender contestant has been met with praise from at least one group: GLAAD.

Rejoice, travelers: Gay sex is now A-OK with Panama!

Meghan McCain just wet her pants: the Hills spinoff is taking on D.C.

Christian Bale will not be charged with any hitting or not hitting of any family members.

And Hillary Clinton will be nominated at this month's Democratic National Convention. Symbolically, of course-- or so they promise us. Who wants odds that somebody's going to take this gimme and pull a coup?

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Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Anne Hathaway's karaoke song is rather fitting, don't you think?

The incident with his mom and sister was apparently not the only one during Christian Bale's wild Friday.

A list of the top Hollywood bachelors that in any way involves Ryan Seacrest is invalidated automatically.

Guy answers call from the cops on his cell phone by saying: "Dude, I can't talk, I'm being chased by the police," and hanging up.

Speaking of police, they arrested a man for stealing money from a fountain in a Florida mall. His total haul? 42 cents.

You're not gonna believe who Forbes magazine thinks is the best investment in Hollywood. (You were right if you said "whoever it is, it's definitely not Tom Cruise.")

And Naomi Campbell says she wasn't the "last true supermodel":

"Models need to earn their stripes - I just think the term is used a little too loosely.
"Kate Moss is obviously a supermodel but, after Gisele [Bundchen], I don't think there's been one."

Via IMDB.

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Sloppy Seconds: Update On The Christian Bale Story

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:36:00 GMT

A Louisiana police officer may be charged with murder after he tasered a suspect nine times in fourteen minutes. His crime, besides a drug charge gone to warrant? Being unable to get up as a result of the tasering. (Guess the races of our two subjects.)

Michael Caine thinks there may not be a third Christopher Nolan-Batman movie since The Dark Knight will be hard to top.

Is there any male figure young men and women can trust anymore? A New Jersey basketball couch and "youth supervisor" supervised a little too closely: he's been charged with soliciting nude photos from four teenage boys.

What are the Top 10 Shows teens are excited to see? (Don't hold your breath they've even heard of Mad Men.)

Miley Cyrus made a "mistake," she admits, in letting Vanity Fair publish those photos. No, her real mistake was posing with that creepy Billy Ray guy.

We returned it, we swear! A man in Colorado will spend ten years in prison for taking out materials from his local library and not returning them. He couldn't return them, you see, because he was selling them to the highest bidder.

And the complete rundown on the Christian Bale story. Maybe it wasn't such a big deal after all, as one commenter already pointed out:

In a statement issued shortly after Bale's release, a spokesperson for the star says: "Christian Bale attended a London police station today, on a voluntary basis, in order to assist with an allegation that had been made against him to the police by his mother and sister.
"Mr. Bale, who denies the allegation, co-operated throughout, gave his account in full of the events in question and has left the station without any charge being made against him by the police. At this time, there will be no further comment by Mr. Bale."

The article goes on to say Bale has to see a judge in September. Doesn't sound like a big deal after all...

Via IMDB.

While You Were Sleeping: Autistic Children Are Brats?

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:58:00 GMT

The YouTube divorce trial has ended with no surprises. She signed a prenup, so that pretty sure wrapped it up. (Oh yeah, airing your husband's dirty laundry in front of three million people on the internet could not have helped your standing with the judge.)

John McCain's essay on the Iraq War was rejected by the New York Times. And not because he's wrong on every single point.

Various British media outlets are reporting Christian Bale will be questioned by police over allegations he beat his mother and sister the night before the European premiere of the new Batman movie...

His mother and sister reportedly complained that the 34-year-old actor assaulted them at a west London hotel on Sunday.
Britain's Press Association said they made the allegation at a police station in south England on Monday and that the allegation was passed on to Scotland Yard in London. It said questioning was expected Tuesday. [CNN]

A Palestinian man was killed near Obama's hotel (he wasn't yet staying there, though) after the man rammed several vehicles in what is believed to have been an attack unrelated to the Senator's visit.

A court overruled the fine leveled by the FCC against CBS for the 2004 "warddrobe malfunction incident." Hooray for free speech... and more importantly... hooray for oddly-pierced boobies.

And talk show host and (big surprise) hardcore conservative Michael Savage is under attack after saying 99 percent of all kids with autism are nothing more than "brats."

UPDATE: According to Yahoo! News, Bale is under arrest in connection with the previously-reported incident, although the Guardian is reporting the charge is for assaulting his mother and not both his mother and sister.

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We Saw The Dark Knight In A Cavernous Movie Theater, During The Dead Of Night

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We Saw The Dark Knight In A Cavernous Movie Theater, During The Dead Of Night

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:50:00 GMT

We started putting down our thoughts on The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan's follow-up to Batman Begins, sometime after arriving home at 3:23am. Here are our first impressions-- and one of the first reviews out there that won't be from a stuffy film critic...

NOTES

Heath Ledger

First thing to mention is Heath Ledger and Heath Ledger's performance. He was astonishing, even to somebody who already knew he was a talented actor. The problem with his Oscar chances-- let us just get this part out of the way because it's the most talked-about aspect of this film-- is that this movie is a comic book shoot 'em up, dark as it is... and, worse, it's out during the summer. It could be the best performance in the best movie ever made and Academy voters will have forgotten all about it if the movie premieres less than two months before the end of the year. That being said, we didn't see it as being Oscar-worthy, though certainly worth considering for the nominations.

The darkness and violence

It's plentiful this time. This is dark like Casino Royale was dark compared to the Pierce Brosnan movies. Somehow, this movie makes the 1989 Tim Burton version (Batman) appear like, well, the 1967 Casino Royale would compare to the 2006 one. Anyway, point made: this is a brutal, creepy, shocking, and totally-not-safe-for-children action thriller. The violence is overwhelming at times, especially if that sort of thing sticks to you.

Christian Bale

Jesus! Did anyone else notice him channeling Clint Eastwood throughout? When he's Batman, he sure sounds like Dirty Harry... check out a clip somewhere (there's bound to be bootleg footage on YouTube by the time you're reading this)...

Oh yeah, the movie

It rocked. At 153 minutes or so, it was way too long-- we were playing a little game throughout called "Did They Really Need This Part?" but overall, it would've only knocked off a few minutes. Ultimately, it's hard to fault a movie with so many memorable scenes (that truck! the presence of Anthony Michael Hall and Cillian Murphy! etc.!) and a plethora of bang-for-your-buck action. And it's superior to Batman Begins, so...

Well, we're going to shut up and get some sleep. See you in the late morning. The late... late morning.

Who Will Play Playboy Hugh Hefner in the Story of His Life?

Emily Farris — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:37:00 GMT

Playboy Hugh Hefner already has a special someone in mind to play him in a new bio-pic.

So who's the lucky man?

Robert Downey Jr.

We don't really see the resemblance (we think Downey is much better looking, and not just because he's younger) but it could be a pretty fun role and he's an amazing actor who could play just about anyone. Downey hasn't officially accepted the part yet, and until he does our heads will continue to spin with other possibilities.

[UPI: Downey may play Hefner in new film]