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Wired on Hollywood's Elite Message Boards

Posted by chrisd on from the where-the-elite-meet-to-crush-pipsqueaks dept.

superflippy writes " Wired journalist Ben Mezrich gets the scoop on the online forums that film producers and other Hollywood heavyweights use to "track" the buzz on spec scripts, actors, writers, etc. "The tracking boards are the herd mentality gone digital," says one tracker. This helps explain how dreck like Kangaroo Jack makes it to theaters."

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  1. Re:Watch what you say, this is slashdot. by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No. Flash isn't free software therefore it is not installed on my machine.

    And I care because...?

  2. Re:Explains? by localghost · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    # we should be allowed to steal music and be left alone by the MPAA,
    # we should be allowed to steal movies and be left alone by the RIAA.

    The MPAA doesn't care that much when I steal music, and the RIAA doesn't care when I steal movies. Now, if we were to switch those two around...

    Also, you're wrong, but I don't feel like saying why, so I'll let someone else do it.

  3. OFFTOPIC - Hollywood by hubbah · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Michael Jackson's Nose to Host Own Talk Show

    [ from http://stinkyshorts.blogspot.com ]

    LOS ANGELES, April 11 -- The one and a half inch piece of pink plastic, familiar to television viewers throughout the world as Michael Jackson's nose, is to host its own talk show on the Fox channel. The star of "The Nose", set to run in May

    The diminutive artificial limb, which has been known by the aliases "Holy shit, is that his nose?!" and "Oh my god, what is that thing?" is hitting the big time after starring in wildly popular television specials on Britain's ITV, as well as on ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX in the United States. The ABC broadcast alone pulled in 27 million viewers.

    The new show, tentatively titled "The Nose," will provide "unprecedented, personal access to Michael's nose, in a timely, touching, personal manner, in a format that is a first for network talk shows," Fox said. Doing away with guests and talking altogether, the show will travel to a different city each week, where studio audience members will be allowed to take photographs with Jackson's nose, and in some cases, will be "invited to come up and actually poke it and squeeze it," the network said. Squeamish guests will be provided with six foot poles to use, if necessary.

    "The Nose" will begin running sometime during the May television sweeps, possibly at the onset of the spring allergy season. While final arrangements are still being ironed out, as of last night Michael Jackson was said to be loosely attached to the project.

  4. Re:herd mentality by duckpoopy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I loved that indie movie about the drug addicted lesbian and her wretched depressing life.

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    word.