August 10, 2006
A scene from Livin' Strong:LANCE: Yeah, me too. Hey, Matt. MATT: What now, amigo? LANCE: How many buttons you gonna leave unbuttoned? MATT: Well, my friend. I’m fixin’ to go four deep tonight. Give the ladies a little taste....
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January 20, 2006
When will E! stage a Jackson Trial-style re-enactment of the Paris Hilton deposition transcript? Because seriously, there hasn't been a 200-page, skank-related legal document this readable since the Starr Report:Q. Let me just take a step back because I didn't...
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August 1, 2005
Around 7 o'clock on a crowded Sunday evening train away from Tokyo's destination-filled southwest side (Roppongi, Aoyama, Shibuya, etc.), a couple in their late forties/early fifties sat quietly in the car's corner seat. They were dressed, but not dressed up;...
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January 5, 2005
Who needs Vanity Fair? Sometimes a surefire pitch is just waiting for you on the side of the road: two Long Island women were arrested for selling hookups in the back of their hot dog truck, which they parked on...
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The must-have vanity project for 2005: your own biopic. Andy Towle reports that the NY Post reports that W Magazine reports that Bill Condon's developing a script based on a 2001 Vanity Fair article for Tribeca Films. The subject: Pepe...
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December 22, 2004
"Katie Hepburn was a great friend of mine," Ms. Bacall said. "Cate Blanchett had her mannerisms, expressions, everything." Oscars? "Don't ask me about the Oscars," Ms. Bacall said. "I don't give a damn about the Oscars." A young woman...
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November 3, 2004
David Nash, described by his mother as an "aspiring artist," seized control of Governors Island in New York Harbor yesterday and held it in the name of the Blue Tulip Party, at least until 6:40AM, when somebody spotted the pirate...
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November 2, 2004
Don't know quite where to file this. It's from the Detroit Free Press. [via The Revealer]...
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October 23, 2004
And I thought two was a trend. Manolos are breakin' out all over: "I have been feeling good lately. Monolo's got me on some new Zinc program and I am in week two of my Bowflex program." Manolo, [not] Nick...
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October 6, 2004
Today's Boldface Names column in the Times is a ready-to-shoot script for a Hemingwayesque short. The story: James Gandolfini, who's putting the Ernest H. in HBO, gets into character by putting the moves on...on the reporter for the New York...
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September 16, 2004
"As for her walking barefoot, The Doctor's orders are for her to wear Uggs or tennis shoes and it's just too hot for that." Uggs? Uggs??? You might as well bleed her to rebalance her humeurs. Mrs. Spears. [via Defamer,...
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August 20, 2004
INT - NYC Friday, 7:30AMA groggy mid-30's MAN with bedhead and a 4-day growth of beard crawls into the t-shirt, khakis, and flip-flops dropped the previous night along the trail to his bed. Alternate side parking.INT - CARSitting in his...
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April 20, 2004
INT - A SCRUFFY CONFERENCE ROOM, LATE AFTERNOON One by one, the bleary-eyed IndieWIRE staffers stumble into the room, looking in vain for the bagels and coffee.JONNY LEAHANWhere's the spread? Who the f(*& schedules a meeting this early and doesn't...
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November 15, 2003
EXT. SATURDAY NIGHT - WASHINGTON, DC A WEEKENDING NEW YORKER approaches the entrance to Agua Ardiente, an "upscale," "hip tapas restaurant" on the "DC Latin circuit." He is wearing a vintage suede jacket, black cashmere turtleneck, black Prada Sport loafers...
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September 20, 2003
Directors: If you are concerned when your writer proposes to populate your circa 2003 New York City streetscape with the following characters, please rest assured that these are not fantastical or implausible, but just the opposite. They are as real...
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July 29, 2003
A bustling Manhattan mid-day. A female EVENTS PLANNER, 30 years old, shoulder-length brown hair, Barney's Label sleeveless blouse and pantsuit, stands at a glass display counter. She shops for silkscreenable trinkets with which to reward attendees for an impending business...
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November 21, 2002
9. INT: EVENING. THE BROOKLYN CIGAR CO. [search for "9" on the page] ... AUGGIE (Harvey Keitel)Sometimes it feels like my hobby is my real job, and my job is just a way to support my hobby. ... Screenplays for...
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Commercial production house Zooma Zooma is hosting The Reel Truth [Quicktime], a hi-larious, sodium pentathol-laced short film, set on the set of a commercial. My favorite scene is the one with the MBA client in it: INT - SOUNDSTAGE Accompanied...
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September 5, 2002
An OFFICEWORKER wearing a beige dress and a thin, cream-colored cardigan talks on a phone while she gingerly picks up yogurt and carrot sticks. A MAN with bedhead and cutoff khaki shorts stands nearby, contemplating how many Diet Cokes to...
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August 13, 2002
A pair of COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF are having problems with their PowerPoint presentations, berating an INTERN. They proceed and address the troops. COMMANDER Where is MRS Company? CARLA and JANE look around sheepishly and raise their hands. COMMANDER Right. You will lead...
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August 11, 2002
Returning from the bathroom where he brushed his teeth using his new toothpaste, Arm & Hammer P.M. ("Fights Nighttime Mouth!"), a MAN leans over to kiss his WIFE goodnight. MAN Do you like my minty fresh breath? WOMAN You HAVE...
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June 19, 2002
In the cab this morning: A veritable weblog full of unsolicited narration from the older, female driver. "I been driving a cab 34 years." "I used to race cars. I was 14." "The tourists come to see the matinee, but...
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