Wednesday 16 September 2009

Hollywood Babble On & On #372: Some Slow News Day Stuff...

Welcome to the show folks...

1. VIVENDI VIES TO VEND

French water-utility turned botched media empire Vivendi is reportedly planning to sell off their 20% stake in flailing failing studio-network conglom NBC-Universal either to NBC-U's parent company GE, or as an Initial Public Offering.

Wouldn't you like to buy a piece of the shooting star that is NBC-Universal? It's sort of like buying the anchor on the Titanic.

Sheesh...

2. FOX FIGHTS BACK

First sputtering bulb Megan Fox compared Michael Bay to Adolph Hitler, then some members of the
Transformers movie crew called her "dumb as a rock," then Michael Bay forgave her, and said she was welcome back for Transformers 3, but now another salvo has been fired.

Fox's publicist said that they were happy that she's going to be in Transformers 3, but then decided to top off the sundae of forgiveness with a turd-cherry of "you're all a bunch of liars."

A production assistant decided to make himself the object of countless speculations about copulations by playing Megan Fox's knight errant and call the anonymous trio a pack of pants on fire.

This should have been ended with Michael Bay's public forgiving, because this game of "she said/they said/he said" is making him look like a comparative saint, and the anonymous trio like they were right all along.

Way to go Meg.

3. WILL HARVEY BRING AN OSCAR TO TOM?

Probably not, but Tom Ford, fashion mogul and director of
A Single Man, said that the promise of a guaranteed Oscar was what clinched the deal with TWC.

Okay, but did he explain that he needs a shitload of money to do his usual strategy of carpet bombing Academy voters to the point that they forget all other potential nominees? Because guess what, it's highly unlikely that TWC has that sort of scratch, and even then, that still doesn't guarantee a release, especially with Weinstein.

Good luck Tommy, you're going to need it.

1 comment:

  1. Considering Mr Weinstein's current popularity in Hollywood I'd be concerned that he couldn't buy an Oscar for 'Gone With the Wind' with the contents of Bill Gate's wallet.

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