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...question, the industry pays little attention to critics these days. But it rarely did. In the '40s, when TIME's reviewers were two of the all-time greats, James Agee and Manny Farber, their critiques had zero impact on a film's earnings. Back then, Hollywood courted the gossip columnists and feature writers as assiduously as they woo fanboys and Jon Stewart now. Bart says we don't matter in making a film a hit? Yeah, well, get this, pal: we never mattered...
...hits a day. Golis edits one forum, opened to conduct chatter on the midterm elections. He lauds the vetted and fact-checked site’s ability to pace changes in the Washington scene—faster and better than newspapers and magazines, and more accurately than gossip blogs, he says.“My boss was one of the early, prominent political bloggers,” Golis explains. “[The normal journalistic process] is reversed in our company. It has something to do with our criticizing ‘old media...
...After winning a proxy wrestling match, Donald Trump shaved opponent Vince McMahon's head, per their wager. Most viewers would have preferred the opposite outcome, among them "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who gave Trump a "stunner." Gossip site TMZ speaks for all of us: "One can only hope that this begins a flurry of celeb feud shave-offs." SCORE...
...Tian over $1.68 million to join the firm as an athlete-entertainer. Tian shot several television commercials, earning $140,000 in just two months' work, local media reports say. He and his then girlfriend, Guo Jingjing, also a world diving champion, became a celebrity couple, making regular appearances in gossip magazines and television. It was a revelation for the sheltered Tian, who had been so dependent on his sports handlers that he didn't know how to order food in a restaurant until he was 25. "I enjoyed all the activities. I never traveled before...
...Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards are being sued by two paparazzi who claim that the actresses assaulted them and Richards threw the fotogs' laptops off a hotel balcony while the actresses were in Canada filming Blonde and Blonder. Star watcher GOSSIP WORD observes, "Like most things in Anderson's life, the incident was apparently caught on a hotel security tape." SCORE...