Entertainment News for Mid December 2008
Former President Harvey Weinstein announces his 2012 campaign despite being currently under criminal investigation for sexual assaults alleged to have taken place during his first term in office.
- CNN
At the Hi-Ho Lounge, Roseanne Barr was booed off stage after wasting the audience's time whining about how our very own Blanche Boudreaux should be happy with her current job. At the moment, Boudreaux released a statement expressing anger over Columbia-Tristar's lack of marketing effort to promote her revenge fantasy pet project Silent X.
- The New Orleans Times-Picayune
If Rachel Stone-Abbott plays her cards right, not only would Blanche Boudreaux be able to start a new job at Legendary almost right away, but Silent X could very well become one of the few characters to appear in the universes of both DC and Marvel, creating potential rights issues in the future.
- Wizard Magazine
The Modifyers, an independently produced pilot created by Chris Reccardi and Lynne Naylor, will become the first original series for Oaxis.
- TV Guide
Bally throws a lifeline to Bob Iger in hopes of recovery from Herb Scannell's mishandling of Comedy Central's recent PR disasters.
- CNBC
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton (pediatrician): "The news media should be ashamed of itself for persistently and invasively bugging Tiffany Disney about the right time to toilet train her 2 year old son when she already admits her own incontinence issues put her in a paradoxical position."
- Letter to the editor of The New York Times
The Sports Page
President-elect Barack Obama confirms multiple championship winners will visit the White House during his first 100 days in office. These include the 2007-08 Mighty Ducks of San Diego, the 2007-08 Detroit Pistons, the 2007 Arizona Cardinals and the 2008 Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
- The Washington Post