A six-minute Star Trek gag reel escaped the Paramount compound in advance of the film's DVD release, lifting the veil on a film beset with bleeped Zachary Quinto, an arrhythmic J.J. Abrams, spastic John Cho, bad Russian accents, head-squishing and the unprecedented phenomenon of Tyler Perry burbling on-camera. But folks -- I mean all of that as a good thing. The bad thing is that there's a bit of a, well, unauthorized quality to the material that suggests this is more "leak" than "publicity stunt," so skip ahead and watch it while you can. (But only if you promise to come back for the second part of this afternoon's impromptu Movieline double feature. Agreed? Great.) [Movieweb]
· Has a celebrity exodus begun from Twitter? First Miley Cyrus folded up shop, and now Courtney Love appears to have followed suit.
· Tracy Morgan has nothing but bad things to say about former SNL colleagues Cheri Oteri and Chris Kattan. Do they have bunny suit e-cards at their disposal? I think not.
· T.R. Knight wants a baby. Maybe yours! Or yours!
· Heroes aired its lesbian kis last night and managed no ratings bump whatsoever. But...at least it didn't post declines? Still, someone's probably getting fired for this.
· Star Jones is saying that if Roman Polanski were black, his sex with a minor wouldn't be so easily glossed over. True, that worked out terribly for R. Kelly.
Less than a week after Movieline declared Jay Leno's first victim dead, TNT is reportedly in talks to lift Southland from NBC's mass scripted grave. The cable channel and the series' studio, Warner Bros. TV, are silently moving forward in negotiations, with a single clue from TNT: "We continually look at all programming opportunities that fit our portfolio of brands." Although Southland's move might be a bummer to anyone without a cable package, Movieline thinks that the switchover would be beneficial for both the channel and the short-ended series.
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Temp X, the champion of Hollywood's faceless, call-rolling masses, has issued the results of his blog's inaugural Brown List. The poll culled the industry's most- and least-liked execs from more than 1,200 votes, with Family Room Entertainment principal and competition underdog Randall Emmett emerging as this year's most despised power figure. James Waugh of Blizzard Entertainment, meanwhile, was chosen as the town's most-liked executive. You'll find all the other usual suspects -- Scott Rudin, Ari Emanuel, Harvey Weinstein, Jeff Zucker and others -- in between as well. Congrats to the winners! [Hollywood Temp Diaries]
After nearly three years of politely letting her Mad Men costars hog the spotlight, January Jones is seizing her moment. Can she manage an off-season cover of Interview orchestrated by Jack Nicholson? She can! Can she squeeze Elisabeth Moss of her third-season screen time and pose for a GQ photoshoot that siphons some of Christina Hendricks's curvy buzz? She must! And can she dis her big-name actor ex who told her she was untalented? She just did!
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Glee creator Ryan Murphy responded to his show's snub from the NBC-run Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in a quote to EW: "I completely understand NBC's position, and look forward to seeing a Jay Leno float." Now, that's harsh. Our main concerns: 1) There's not enough time to rig up a Kevin Eubanks float programmed with automated chortles before the harvest. 2) There are not enough airport-themed surroundings to make that float believable. Lastly, 3) What would Kanye West's mother think? [EW]
It used to be that you couldn't believe anything that came out of the offices of the erstwhile, cult-classic supermarket tabloid Weekly World News. But according to reports, the 30-year-old institution has acquired representation at CAA, which is expected to find film and television outlets for the publication's iconic parade of freaks. First up: Bat Boy, who already earned his own musical years after being "found in a cave" and is reportedly now being groomed for multimedia stardom.
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We're used to an early taste of David Letterman's monologue jokes these days, but this ripped-from-the-headlines laffer got a nearly 24-hour head start on tonight's Late Show. Wait, what? It's not a joke? There actually is a college that went public with its plans to safeguard its students from the show's assistant-diddling host?
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· While other lots have shut down their high-maintenance development machines for the remainder of 2009, Paramount on Monday announced that it had spent $2 million on an untitled J.J. Abrams production and is chasing Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso for its counterfeiter intrigue The Art of Making Money. The latter film is based on the life of a petty thief in Chicago who grew into an elite fake-cash kingpin; assuming deals can be struck, the studio would fast-track the film to begin shooting early next year. This would match roughly the same amount of development action that occurred during John Lesher's entire, turbulent term as studio president. The 'Mount's back! [Variety]
Tom Cruise's new film is officially christened, the Reno 911! braintrust settles in at NBC, and more Hollywood Ink after the jump.
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· While I'm normally loathe to run a straight-up advertisement, an exception can be made for Tracy Morgan's upcoming book when he promotes it while wearing a rabbit costume for no reason. To be fair, though, doing things for no reason is the reason Tracy Morgan does most things. Two more Tracy e-cards, after the jump:
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New DVR data from premiere week shows that Fox's Dollhouse and the CW's Smallville posted the greatest gains in additional viewers, with each show netting a 50% increase in eyeballs. (In contrast, Dollhouse's Friday night lead-in Brothers couldn't manage any DVR bump whatsoever.) Still, Grey's Anatomy and House won the largest new following in terms of pure numbers, garnering adult demo jumps from 6.7 to 8.2 and 6.8 to 8.2, respectively. [THR]
Let's be honest: You probably aren't getting much work done today anyway, so it's not as though one more distraction will keep you from a perfect Monday or anything. You might as well have a look at the fantastic new Saw VI Death Carousel, which Lionsgate unveiled today as a means of pushing its grisly torture-porn franchise through the vast web of social networking. But it seems much more entertaining when used to plunk totally random Hollywood A-listers into Jigsaw's bloody serial killer lair. (In any case, it's certainly easier and less invasive than linking up with Facebook.) See a vividly NSFW example featuring Katherine Heigl, Michael Bay and four other unlikely Saw stars after the jump.
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· Megan Fox played celebrity bartender at a recent charity event at Sonny McLean's Irish Pub in Santa Monica. Yes, she makes that face even while bartending.
· Will Bradley Cooper play swinging super-spy Matt Helm for Gary Ross?
· Bruce Jenner is livid about Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. Livid!
· FlashForward has gotten a full-season pickup, because it would have been mean to cut off before the show's much-hyped spring revelations.
· Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are distant cousins, it has been revealed. This is really going to taint their memories of that one crazy night in Berlin.
The cast of Glee was slated to lip sync perform in Macy's 83rd Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade until NBC, the event's official broadcaster for over 50 years, caught wind of Macy's negotiations and prohibited the department store from agreeing to the Fox plug. No word on whether any Simpsons floats have likewise been cut, or maybe they'll just mysteriously deflate in the background of Miley Cyrus's performance. Glee airs on Wednesday nights, opposite The Jay Leno Show's blamed lead-in Law & Order: SVU. [TMZ]
New Moon Adhesive Bandages
What the product description on Borders.com says: Now you can even bleed Twilight with this tin of 24 adhesive bandages in three Twilight-inspired styles. Get it in stores starting October 20 for only $7.99.
What Movieline says: For the subset of Twi-hard fans that overlaps with secret cutters!
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