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  • Hollywood OVERHEARD

    published December 25, 2003

    Some of these statements are uncommonly stupid (though nothing can match the Jessica Simpson “I don’t eat buffalo” comment about me... More >>

  • A Very Ovitz Christmas

    published December 18, 2003

    The smell of greed was palpable in the air. It mixed with the aroma of eucalyptus trees freshly watered, and golf-course greens... More >>

  • A Very Ovitz Christmas

    published December 11, 2003

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  • Web Exclusive

    published December 4, 2003

    Attorneys today filed a libel lawsuit against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sean Walsh, and the "California for the... More >>

  • Mice Behaving Badly

    published December 4, 2003

    Maybe it wouldn’t matter so much if Roy Disney did not look so eerily like a mirror image of his late uncle. Because he does, thi... More >>

  • Stop Buggering Oscar

    published November 27, 2003

    Michael Jackson isn’t the only accused child molester in Hollywood. Add to the list the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences... More >>

  • Arnold, Pellicano and Politics

    published November 20, 2003

    Arnold Schwarzenegger asked once-celebrated and now-celled private investigator Anthony Pellicano to see what dirt could be... More >>

  • The Pelican Briefs

    published November 13, 2003

    It was an inevitable plot twist, really. That, one day, an investigative journalist celebrated by Hollywood, and an FBI organized-crime expert... More >>

  • Arnold’s True Lie

    published November 6, 2003

    On the eve of the California recall election, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s gubernatorial campaign was responsible for using Los Angeles and... More >>

  • The Queens of Hollywood

    published October 30, 2003

    If only the Bush administration could convince The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times to offer employment to... More >>

  • New York Times Names New Queen of Hollywood

    published October 23, 2003

    The New York Times has finally picked a new Hollywood correspondent and, drumroll please, it’s Sharon Waxman, the Los... More >>

  • The Right Comic

    published October 9, 2003

    That Jay Leno will do anything for ratings is hardly a Hollywood secret. After all, his August 6 hosting of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s... More >>

  • Imitation Is . . .

    published October 2, 2003

    We all knew it was in the works, and even people at the paper despaired whether it would ever see the light of day, but the word was that the... More >>

  • The Book on Arnold

    published October 2, 2003

    Did a book agent at Hollywood’s venerable William Morris Agency stop representing a proposed warts-and-all biography of Arnold... More >>

  • The Book on Arnold

    published October 2, 2003

    Talk about pathetic: The recall coverage gets uncuriouser and uncuriouser. Which just shows that, when it comes to Hollywood... More >>

  • Big Media’s Bamboozle

    published September 11, 2003

    The Congress, the FCC, the courts should all take note: Right now, Big Media’s 24/7 propagandist radio broadcasters are... More >>

  • Sex, Lies and a Complicit Media

    published September 4, 2003

    Illustration by Robbie Conal Once upon a time, Hollywood was the most influential force in shaping people’s attitudes about hot-button... More >>

  • Arnold’s Sexual Recall

    published August 28, 2003

    Gloria Allred, California’s most high-profile defender of women’s rights, is demanding that Arnold Schwarzenegger answer the... More >>

  • United They Sit

    published August 21, 2003

    Mike Farrell was first approached seriously about running for high political office in California nearly two decades ago. But the actor who... More >>

  • Barbarian at the Gate

    published August 14, 2003

    ICM’s Wednesday motion-picture meeting was convulsed with laughter. It was the mid-1970s, and agent Lou Pitt had just proudly announced... More >>

  • Behind Enemy Lines

    published August 7, 2003

    We are reporting from the front. The signs of war are everywhere. Standard-issue Hummers, especially the new H2 model in Sunset Orange... More >>

  • Comcast Comes In

    published July 24, 2003

    Comcast Corp., the country’s No. 1 cable operator, has officially expressed interest in acquiring Vivendi Universal, the L.A.... More >>

  • Kellerwood

    published July 24, 2003

    “Hello, Bill Keller here. My cell phone is acting up. Hello?” Okay, so it’s rather curious that the... More >>

  • Dumb and Dumberer

    published May 29, 2003

    Imagine a movie advertised as a thriller but lacking suspense, with a plot where the bumbling heroes reward the big bad villains in the end.... More >>

  • “Ka-ching, Ka-ching?”

    published May 15, 2003

    The New York Times is asking, “Why?” Hollywood is asking, “Why not?”  As is usual with this kind... More >>

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