Rahm Emanuel Is Your New Obama Hottie [Obama Hotties]
Amazing what people fetishize these days: Gray hair, dark circles under the eyes, average-at-best height, a missing middle finger? Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff, beat conventionally gorgeous policy advisor Melody Barnesin our poll. There will likely be charges of voter fraud. Unthinkably, we omitted Barnes from the initial lineup, until commenter superannuated_grad_student pointed out our error. So we're granting her the title of Top Obama Hottie (Female) and Emanuel the title of Top Obama Hottie (Ma

Will The Vogue Documentary Make Sienna Miller Cry? [Dirt Bag (After Dark)]
In the documentary The September Issue, Anna Wintour and company make numerous bitchy comments about cover girl Sienna Miller's appearance, saying she's "toothy" and needs a haircut. This movie sounds more fascinating every day. [ONTD]Good news for Kelly Rutherford (and Gossip Girl fans). A judge has ruled that she will be allowed to take her son Hermes with her when she goes back to New York to film the show. Hermes will be bouncing between Rutherford and her soon-to-be ex-husband in New York and L.A. unti

WE HEAR . . .
THAT incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has told local officials the new administration is not getting involved in New York's US Senate selection process, even though Caroline Kennedy's operatives have been telling people that...

Obama To Call For Responsibility, Service
Incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will call for a new era of responsibility in government.... More

DC's New Status Symbol
After months of careful negotiations, Obama finally gets to keep his BlackBerry, but only a few senior staffers and close friends will have access to it—making the elite group the toast of the town. "It's a pretty small group of people," spokesman Robert Gibbs said of the list. The obvious members of Club BlackBerry will likely include Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, body man Reggie Love, Hillary Clinton, and, of course, Michelle Obama (and maybe the kids as well). Various friends from Chicag

Jeremy Piven's Fish Is Fried
Jeremy Piven dropped out of the Broadway production of Speed-The-Plow two months early, causing ticket sales to droooooooop, and pissing everyone off that was involved. Piven claims that he has mercury poisoning and could no longer go on, but then went and picked up waitresses and looked just swell at the Golden Globes . The producers of the show have now filed an official grievance with Actors' Equity. You'll never work in this 20 below zero town again, douche! "The producers of SPE

Jeremy Piven Is a Faker - Celeb Shock Exchange
Another week on the Celeb Shock Exchange...Face it: celebrity is currency now. But not all stars stay valuable for very long, and some never even rise high enough to blip our radar. Each week, we'll bring you the stars that are rising, falling, and those who just need to be de-listed all together.HOT CELEB STOCKHear us out on this one. Amy Winehouse has had a rough couple of years. Blake's incarceration drug her down into a pit of crack and nasty sex that she's found it damn hard to get out of, she's been s

Jeremy Piven Is Getting Grief
Piven, 43, who plays sleazy agent Ari Gold on the HBO series Entourage , quit the play in December, claiming that he had suffered mercury poisoning, perhaps from eating too much fish. The play's producers aren't buying it, however, and have filed a grievance against Piven with the Actors' Equity Association union on Friday. It's not clear whether the producers will seek financial compensation from Piven or some other type of redress. Jeffrey Richards , a lead producer of the play, rele

Jeremy Piven on Grievance: "Absurd and Outrageous"
The Entourage star's publicist Samantha Mast has issued a statement about the grievance filed yesterday by the producers of Speed-the-Plow , the play Piven exited last month due to high mercury levels : "The claims made by the producers of Speed-the-Plow are absurd and outrageous... He withdrew from the play due to medical necessity on the advice of his doctors, after he was hospitalized and warned by his physicians that enforced rest was necessary in order to avoid serious medical pr

Piven hit with grievance for leaving Broadway: NYT
Reuters - The producers of the Broadway play "Speed the Plow" filed a grievance with Actors' Equity against actor Jeremy Piven, who left the Broadway show in the middle of its run, citing health concerns due to mercury poisoning, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Human Thermometer Jeremy Piven Boiling Mad
Jeremy “the Human Thermometer” Piven is as steamed as the Heat Miser! The producers of “Speed-the-Plow” are suing, being among the 100 percent of earthlings who don’t believe Piven ankled the Broadway play because too much sushi caused his mercury level to spike. If Ari Gold were Piven’s agent he would have advised him that he’d be better off dropping dead onstage with mercury foaming out of his ears than suffering the mockery that would come along with

Macy 'scared' by Speed-the-Plow performance
Jeremy Piven's Broadway successor WILLIAM H. MACY is relieved his debut performance on SPEED-THE-PLOW is over - because taking on the show so quickly was "the scariest thing" he has ever done." />

Good Grievance!
Apparently the producers of Speed-the-Plow are feeling the same way about Jeremy Piven's appearance on Good Morning America yesterday as the National Fisheries Institute: They think his story is fishy (insert rimshot here). They have officially filed a grievance against the sashimi addict with Actor's Equity, the union that represents performers on Broadway. Fingers crossed that the arbitration case gets assigned to Judge Mathis! [TMZ]Read more posts by Mark GrahamFiled Under: Beef, Jeremy Piven, Speed-the-

Rep: Complaint Against Jeremy Piven "Absurd"
After the producers of Broadway's Speed-the-Plow filed a complaint on Friday about the actor -- who abruptly ended his run in the show due to a high mercury count -- Piven's rep calls the grievance "absurd and outrageous," reports Entertainment Tonight . "Mr. Piven's serious medical condition has been well documented by multiple physicians," his rep said. "He withdrew from the play due to medical necessity on the advice of his doctors, after he was hospitalized and warned by his physicians t

Rep: Complaint Against Jeremy Piven "Absurd"
Jeremy Piven is fighting back against his former bosses. After the producers of Broadway's Speed-the-Plow filed a complaint on Friday about the actor -- who abruptly ended his run in the show due to a high mercury count -- Piven's rep calls the grievance "absurd and outrageous," reports Entertainment Tonight. "Mr. Piven's serious medical condition has been well documented by multiple physicians,"...

Wait...What?
Well, that was fast.Less than a week after word got out that Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss was dating Saturday Night Live's Fred Armisen, the 26-year-old actress reveals that the two just got engaged.“It happened just a few days ago," Moss just told usaweekend.com. “It’s private, so I don’t want to share the details of how it happened, but I will say it was perfect.”Moss and Armisen were spotted recently together at the Vanity Fair party for Mad Men, and also at her Broadway production, Speed-the-Plow.

SAG's repeat contenders
Meryl Streep lead and cast, "Doubt" Total SAG noms: 11 Previous noms: "Angels in America" (2004); "The Devil Wears Prada" (2007), casts of "Adaptation" and "The Hours" (2003); "Music of the Heart" (2000); "One True Thing" (1999); cast of "Marvin's Room" (1997); "The Bridges of Madison County" (1996); "The River Wild" (1995) Alec Baldwin lead and cast, "30 Rock" Total SAG noms: 10 Previous noms: "30 Rock" (2008, 2007); cast of "30 Rock" (2008); cast of "The Departed" (2007); cast of "The Avia

Jeremy Piven ‘Mercury’ Drama
The producers of Speed-the-Plow, the David Mamet Broadway play that Jeremy Piven exited last month after a doctor found an “amazingly, shockingly high” mercury level in the actor, filed a grievance yesterday with Actor’s Equity, the Broadway thespian’s union. Apparently, the producers of the show, which has reportedy

It's Officially "Hate On Jeremy Piven Month"
Despite all those wonderful Emmys and Golden Globes that he's won for his role as quick-tongued asshole Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage, and the accolades he's received for playing a quick-tongued asshole in Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, it turns out that America actually hates Jeremy Piven being a quick-tongued asshole. Not only because he quit Speed-the-Plow early because [...]

Who Does Pivert Think He Is?
"This isn't my first time on the merry-go-round," he shot at a staffer who asked that he pose for a traditional headshot and make eye contact with the camera. "You want mediocre? I can give you mediocre." He mocked the crew by grinning like he was posing for a DMV shot. An hour later, Jeremy didn't want to give mediocre anymore. He popped his collar. He ducked under the photographer so that the camera would catch him at a height-enhancing angle. Letting out a gutteral moan, he ripped the sleeves

Allie’s Wired HOT Links - #127
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Will Ferrell Heeds Jeremy Piven's Advice
"I'm not eating any fish!" —Will Ferrell on what he's doing to prepare for his Broadway show [La Dolce Musto/Voice]"For all the insular, difficult, obscure poetry that everyone is supposed to struggle with, there's also this sort of 'My grandmother fed a deer in the backyard' poetry." —Michael Robbins on the immediacy of his poetry [VV]"I still can't believe it. I feel like I'm in the future — first iPods, now this!" —Kanye West is pretty happy we have a new president [MTV]"In a worl

Jeremy Piven Mocks Photo Shoot, Rips Shirt
Jeremy Piven mocked a Page Six Magazine photo shoot, tore a shirt and was generally foul to the shoot's staff. Now that he has left the play the shoot was supposed to promote, the magazine is sharing the story of his behavior.

Publicist Defends Pevin From Grievance
The publicist for U.S. actor Jeremy Piven says the "Entourage" star had just cause to withdraw from the Broadway play "Speed-the-Plow."... More

Cupid's Bobby Cannavale has a secret on the ABC reboot series
Bobby Cannavale stars in ABC's Cupid Cupid is back! Ten years after ABC canceled Rob Thomas' 1998 series starring Jeremy Piven, the network gave Thomas another chance at it. The premise is the same: A man (Bobby Cannavale) claiming to be the god of love plays matchmaker to new couples every week, while psychologist Dr. Claire Allen (Sarah Paulson) evaluates his sanity. He's either the real deal—or really crazy. Cannavale plays the possible Cupid in this series, going by the earthly name of Trevor. H