Movieline Welcomes Defamer Founder Mark Lisanti to the Family

For anyone who toiled in the Hollywood trenches between the years '04 and '08, or merely observed from a safe distance, the name Mark Lisanti should instantly conjure a host of overwhelmingly positive and/or deeply fearful associations. As the founder and editor of Defamer.com, Lisanti's brilliantly written and hysterically observed commentary on the goings on inside studio walls, Century City offices, and ladies' room stalls of some of L.A.'s most exclusive social institutions became a daily addiction for millions. Along the way, Mark coined countless showbiz neologisms: we have him to thank for the CAA Death Star, the Butterscotch Stallion, Grazerhead™, fauxteurs, Lesser Baldwins, future galactic despot Les Moonves -- the list goes on and on. I had the pleasure of working alongside Mark for a significant portion of that time, and it's with a great deal of excitement that I announce today that we'll be working together once again.

Only this time, the tables will be turned, and it will be he who is pinned helplessly beneath the weight of my imperious editor's thumb. As Movieline's new editor at large, Mark will contribute three commentaries per week, covering topics as far afield as telepathic tigers, racist robots, and sundry other critical Hollywood issues of the day. (I realize this news will instantly erupt into wide speculation as to just how much it cost us to lure him back to the fold. Suffice it to say, it was in the neighborhood of 14 million Umami burgers.)

Please now, give Mark a warm welcome back. His first column will run a little later today.

- Seth

· MARK LISANTI, the Original Defamer, Joins MOVIELINE.com, Hollywood's Buzziest Entertainment Web Site [PR Newswire]