Our favorite Baldwin brother, Alec, chatted with David Letterman last night about his stint on SNL with national joke Sarah Palin. He has great things to say about the lady, although he admits he doesn't want "her hand on the nuclear button." Sounds like someone's been talking to Matt Damon.
He also shows off his not-as-good-as-Tina Fey Palin impression and reminds us how senile his Bible thumping brother, Stephen, has truly become.
ARE POLITICS KILLING MOVIE STARS? "Leonardo DiCaprio is a big supporter of saving the planet. George Clooney is always at the U.N., trying to prevent more mass murder and starvation in Darfur. Matt Damon recently criticized Sarah Palin, saying if she were elected vice president it would be 'like a really bad Disney movie–'The Hockey Mom.' ' Agree or disagree with their stands–would that really stop you from seeing their movies? If you ask conservatives, the answer is yes. … According to [one conservative blog]: 'Many Americans no longer trust Hollywood not to insult their beliefs and values…. the fall of the movie star … might have something to do with their strident and boorish politicking. Even Americans in sympathy with what DiCaprio and Clooney believe don't want to be scolded about the environment by the private jet, mansion-dwelling crowd.'"
LIBERACE BIOPIC IN THE WORKS "Fresh off his sale of 'Che' to IFC Films, Steven Soderbergh has set his sights on directing a very different sort of biopic about Liberace, with Michael Douglas his first choice to play the flamboyant pianist, Variety reports. … Discussions are under way to cast Matt Damon as Scott Thorson, who sued Liberace for palimony, despite the glittery performer’s persistent denials that he was gay. Thorson settled his claim in 1986, and Liberace died in 1987 of complications due to AIDS."
Matt Damon, on the very real possibility of – Dear God! – a President Palin:
It's like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom, you know, 'Oh, I'm just a hockey mom'… and she's facing down Vladimir Putin… It's totally absurd… it's a really terrifying possibility. I mean, I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. I wanna know that … because she's gonna have the nuclear codes.
HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE "Matt Damon and his wife Luciana had a baby girl, Gia Zavala, on Wednesday, his rep confirmed."
DEMS THROW PARTY OF THE YEAR; GOP NOT INVITED "Celebrities may be scarce at the Republican convention come September, but the Democrats have so many clamoring to get into their convention in Denver the week before, it's like the Vanity Fair Oscar party. George Clooney, Madonna, Kanye West, Scarlett Johansson, Susan Sarandon, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino and Matt Damon are just a few of the stars who want to be there … The Republicans have even engaged top William Morris agent Jeffrey Barry to try to wrangle country western stars to trek to the Twin Cities, a political source tells us. He's garnered 'Redneck Woman' singer Gretchen Wilson, the source adds, but Barry wouldn't answer questions about whether he's rounded up more."
NOW HE'S FREE FOR MATT DAMON "Late night host Jimmy Kimmel and comic Sarah Silverman have called it quits after five years of dating, reps for the couple confirm to Usmagazine.com. The break up was mutual, a source says."
SILVERMAN WILL BE CRUSHED "Matt Damon's family is expanding: The actor and wife Luciana are expecting another baby, his rep Jennifer Allen tells People. 'They couldn't be happier,' says Allen. 'They're so excited!'"
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The Matt Damon-Jimmy Kimmel feud reaches new levels with the above video. Produced by Kimmel in response to girlfriend Sarah Silverman's "Fucking Matt Damon" song, this clip turns the tables, and with a whole lot of celebrity cameos.
Two Beverly Hills plastic surgeons recently asked a bunch of people who are unhappy with the way they look what they would consider perfect celebrity features. As if it weren't a disgusting enough enterprise, Star magazine took the project one step further by then using the survey's results to form composite images of what hopeless, narrow motherfuckers believe to be ideal beauty.
At right are artisanal SuperCelebs Star mashed together from the following:
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Last night Sarah Silverman appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and told Kimmel, her boyfriend of five years, that she was cheating on him with his archenemy, Matt Damon. Who knew? And who knew Matt Damon was funny?
Salon has released its choice for the Sexiest Man Living, a sort of highbrow, atrophied counterpoint to People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Salon's handsome guy is Mad Men star Jon Hamm, but they do agree with People that Matt Damon is one of the most attractive men in the world! (What are we not getting?) Also: Mostly white men on Salon's list (and a white woman dressed as a white man and a white cartoon character). But, we guess that's life. Sexy!
All the popular boys at Cannes got together to promote their glorified European frat party, Ocean's 13. Everyone looked dapper, though of course Brad Pitt took the handsome cake. Speaking of which, I'm not sure if Scott Caan is handsome or just intimidating, but I do know his dad's a lunatic and, as they say, the fist never really falls too far from the tree. Look out, ladies.
PS Also look out for Andy Garcia's widow's peak. It looks pointy and it could be an indication that he's a vampire.
These are some shots from the New York City location shoot of The Bourne Ultimatum.
Can anyone else see that Tito/Matt connection? It's not exactly uncanny, but it's close enough to bum me out. Now I've gotta be reminded about that fist swinger every time I see Damon.
PS After looking at that last one, they've gotta be kidding around with this 5' 10" biz, right?
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The Wayans brothers and Sharon Stone are topping this year's Razzie awards, the annual picks of the worst pictures of the year. Each of their films—Little ManI and Basic Instinct II, respectively—received seven nominations, including Worst Picture for both movies, Worst Actress for Stone and Worst Actor for both Marlon and Shawn Wayans.
"We stuck the siblings together to allow room for more dreck," said Razzies founder John Wilson.
The other worst-picture nominees were the fantasies "BloodRayne" and "Lady in the Water" and the thriller "The Wicker Man."
Joining Stone and the Duffs in the worst-actress category were Lindsay Lohan for "Just My Luck," Kristanna Loken for "BloodRayne" and Jessica Simpson for "Employee of the Month."
Stone previously won a Razzie as worst-actress for 1994's "The Specialist" and "Intersection."
"She's what we call a Razzie repeat offender. Perhaps even a recidivist," Wilson said.
Even though Basic Instinct II appears to be in the lead, I'm really crossing my fingers for the Wayans brothers to win (lose?) this one. Those guys have been sucking for years, and nobody's really called them on their bullshit. Perfect example: White Chicks.
To this day, I'm still unsure as to how everyone in media was looking away when that movie came out. White Chicks was overtly racist and sexist and, nevertheless, it grossed almost $70 million in the US alone. If Ben Affleck and Matt Damon pitched a movie called "Black Girls" to Paramount, and the film involved them being heavily made-up to resemble black women and then running around acting silly, they'd be physically tossed off the lot and the media would be up in arms.
Are you with me? Because here comes Little Man, a movie about a dwarf nobody can tell isn't a baby, even though he smokes, drinks and has tattoos and facial hair. Whaaaaaaaaaat? Really?
Here's to hoping those guys win the Razzie and then are never allowed to make a movie ever again.
PS Even if Sharon Stone's bad in Basic Instinct II, she still looks very pretty.
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