It doesn't take very long in today's trainwreck-hungry media environment for one surly interview to tank a movie star's career--a subsidiary, vanity career, mind you, but a career nonetheless. And in the few short days since Billy Bob Thornton delivered a barrage of impudent responses to unerringly polite CBC radio journalist Jian Ghomeshi, that's exactly what happened. The showdown, if you've not yet seen it, is highly entertaining--one yeshiva beard short of blogger nirvana, really--and occurred Wednesday, when Thornton was in Toronto with his band the Boxmasters to open for Willie Nelson.
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In today's Hollywood Ink ... Miley steals Vin's Easter basket ... Showtime passes on its one sure thing ... Parks and Recreation isn't a ratings dumping ground ...
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The amazing thing about attending a press conference presided over by Robert Downey Jr.--in this case, for The Soloist, in a conference room at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons--is just how, well, Robert Downey Juniorish the actor is. You're half-waiting for him to reveal, "I am Iron Man" at any given moment. Take this opening exchange:
First Journalist: I've got to ask. What do you think [Tropic Thunder Method actor] Lincoln O'Siris would think of Jamie's performance in this?
Robert Downey Jr.: Next question.
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Today in Hollywood Ink: NBC goes full-upfrontal ... Sundance loses another ... Showtime has fear of series-pickup commitment ...
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Today in Hollywood Ink: David O. Russell tries his hand at John Hughesian high school comedies, Ralph Fiennes mulls lording over the Clash of the Titans underworld, and Elm Street finds a star comfortable in the genre.
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