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Defamer Corners Sundance Sophomore Bobcat Goldthwait
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• Fri, Jan 23
By STV D: Robin Williams is an inspired choice for the role of Lance, and it works out as one of the most dynamic roles of his career. How and when did he sign on for this? D: Really? BG: Of course! I mean, Hollywood? "Hmm, who else was an annoying '80s comedian? Oh, Bobcat Goldthwait! Let's get him!"
Today In Sundance Hell: 'Adam' Sells, 'Education' Stalls, Robin Williams's Best?
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• Tue, Jan 20
By STV · While we're parsing reviews, did Variety really just attribute "perhaps [Robin] Williams' best (at least largely) dramatic performance to date" to his Bobcat Goldthwait collaboration World's Greatest Dad? Huh! Our investigation forthcoming...
Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Cancer-Battlers
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• Wed, Jan 7
By McCluskey and Miller Big Baby: Deadly Condition [10 PM, Discovery Health] - If you like your medical enlightenment focused mainly around seriously messed up shit, Discovery Health is always a strong move. Tonight's hour of brilliance is about Archie, a baby who grows abnormally fast to the confusion of his p...
'Twilight,' Dark Knight' Disappoint After Adjustment For Inflation, Reality [Box Office]
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• Mon, Dec 29
By STV But there's a terrible truth concealed beneath the money bags, and it involves the clown-shod ghost of Robin Williams (among others): Patch Adams, the No. 10 movie of 1998. Or roughly the size of George of the Jungle, which placed No. 13 the year before. Or any number of films that are fondly rem...
Don't Panic: The Moon's In Xanax [Defamer Horoscopes]
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• Mon, Dec 8
By McCluskey and Miller Capricorn (December 22 - January 19): Instead of saying "No" to everything, make a point to say "Yes" to more opportunities this week. Robin Williams never seems to turn anything down, and he's a lot funnier and more famous than you'll ever be.
Mountain Men: The Sundance Film Festival ... [Festivals]
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• Thu, Dec 4
By STV Mountain Men: The Sundance Film Festival broke out its non-competition selections for 2009 this afternoon, a starrier, funkier twist on yesterday's slate of barbershop docs and Pierce Brosnan weepies. At the top is Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor's gay prison romance I Love You Philip Mor...
Defamer Spills 'Milk': An Instant Review [Defamer Instant Reviews]
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• Tue, Nov 25
By Kyle Buchanan STV: I liked it! Well-made prestige Oscar bait. KB: It's hard to imagine how Robin Williams or Steve Carell could have done it better. What did you think of Josh Brolin? That role could have been even trickier. STV: Saving it for the DVD, I guess. Is Diego Luna annoying?
We Reveal 'The Curious World' Of Celebrity Drug Users So You So You Don't Have To Buy The Book
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• Mon, Jun 30
By Molly Friedman The story involving Lohan is hardly new, and appears to be taken directly from last year's suspect News Of The World feature in which one of Lohan's cohorts turned over a tape allegedly showing Lohan snorting lines at Teddy's. The item, accompanied by grainy stills from the tape which have...
Meet The Woman Robin Williams Is Banging
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• Thu, Apr 3
By nickm Sad news, ladies. Even though the ink has yet to dry on the divorce papers his wife filed last week, Robin Williams has already been snatched-up anew. But what woman is man enough to take on the wacky-shirt-wearing, incessantly improvising, disgustingly hairy comedian? Meet Charlotte Fi...
Look Out Ladies (And Bears), Robin Williams Is Back On The Market
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• Wed, Mar 26
By Mark Graham Did you know that Robin and Marsha met while A) he was married to another woman and B) she was working as her nanny? Wowzers! Not only had we failed to recognize Williams as the nanny-schtupping type, but now our entire perspective on Mrs. Doubtfire has shifted. Can't believe we missed out on t...
Trade Round-Up: Williams, Travolta To Form Latest Unholy Buddy Comedy Union [Trade Roundup]
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• Wed, Apr 25
By Mark · We thought that Disney could never top itself after casting John Travolta, Tim Allen, and Martin Lawrence together in Wild Hogs, but they've just officially blown our minds by getting Travolta and Robin Williams into Old Dogs, the story of "two best friends and business partners whose...
Robin Williams Enters The Next Phase Of His Recovery: Press Junket Confessions
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• Mon, Oct 2
By Mark Now that an uncooperative outlet has been beaten to press, Williams' publicist can help her client navigate the final step of his recovery: telling his story of addiction and redemption to every reporter in America, so that potential Man of the Year ticket-buyers might benefit from his...
Robin Williams Ready To Show Off 28 Days' Worth Of New Mel Gibson Material
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• Fri, Sep 29
By Mark Photo: x17online.com] Robin Williams Riffs on Rehab [People]Previously: Hollywood RehabWatch: Robin Williams Settles In At Hazelden [Defamer]Robin Williams To Delight Fellow Rehab Patients With 'Patch Adams'-Style Antics [Defamer]
Hollywood RehabWatch: Robin Williams Settles In At Hazelden
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• Thu, Aug 10
By Mark The official statement says it's alcohol rehab, but our trusty Publicist Rehab Excuse Conversion Chart bumps any booze-related admission up to a minimum substance of cocaine.] Hazelden Springbrook [Hazelden.org]Robin Williams To Delight Fellow Rehab Patients With 'Patch Adams'-S...
Robin Williams To Delight Fellow Rehab Patients With 'Patch Adams'-Style Antics
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• Wed, Aug 9
By Seth We applaud Williams' early detection of his relapse, as well as his decision to take the proper steps towards recovery. The last thing he needs is for his four-decade career as one of America's most beloved comedian-entertainers to be forever tainted with an ugly, improvised riff on the T...
Monday Morning Box Office: Disaster Movies
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• Mon, May 15
By Mark 3. RV—$9.5 million Robin Williams' return to the big screen makes us long for a simpler, more innocent time, when the most outrageous things our movie stars did were appearing on Carson coked out of their minds and marrying their nannies.
Oscar Blog Round-Up: 'Crash' Wins Best Cusser
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• Wed, Mar 1
By Seth · Over 32,000 people have signed a petition to disqualify Palestinian Best Foreign Film nominee Paradise Now, almost as many as have signed the "No Robin Williams Oscars Stage Time" petition currently circulating around Hollywood. [PopWatch]
Defamer Party Report: The CAA Pre-Oscar Salad-Tossing Extravaganza
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• Mon, Feb 28
By Mark Walked in and was given a wrist corsage. As I giggled to my girlfriend that we were at the Celebrity prom, I ran into Robin Williams talking to Carrie Fisher (TF: "Mork is talking to Princess Leia. If I was a nerd this would be heaven"). He seemed surprisingly less coked out, yet as little as a gnom...