If only all guests of The View carried on with the candor of a Damon Wayans, whose folksy take on such hot-button topics as Don Imus’s return to radio (”When he called them ‘nappy-headed hos,’ I went, ‘Wow. He’s right!’”), and the lack of available women possessing the basic, barefoot culinary skills he demands in […]
Nov
7
All The Outrageous Things Damon Wayans Said On ‘The View’ Today [Defamer Counterpoint]
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Nov
7
[Strikewatch]
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In our last dispatch from the Day Three picket lines for today, a reader reports on some high-profile drop-ins and some possible scab-related intrigue at Culver Studios: “I’m a SAG actor (a nobody) walking the WGA picket lines at Culver Studios today. Minnie Driver shows up with her dog Bubba to hang out with […]
Nov
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One person unlikely to be showing up with snacks for picketing WGA members is former head-mouse-in-charge Michael Eisner, who finds the strike to be “insanity” and thinks the writers’ energy would be better spent marching on Steve Jobs’ headquarters, pelting passing cars with the iPod Touches being used to oppress them: “But you’re investing in […]
Nov
7
Today’s most popular headlines are With A George Clooney Vs. Fabio Fight, Everyone Wins (3,283 views today), Reno 911 Cops Offer Off-Duty Security Services To Sunset Gower Picketers (2,968) and The Strike, Day Three: Showrunners, Backchannelling, And Shattered Trust (2,759).
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Defamer Visits The Paramount Picket Line [Defamer On The Street]
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In an effort to document for posterity how some of the striking writers tasked with pacing the sidewalks outside of Hollywood’s temporarily stalled dream-fabricating factories spent this third, historic day of picketing, we dispatched Defamer videographer Molly McAleer to the Paramount lot, hoping that her bribes of tasty donuts (the beer we offered was less […]