Early report: So far, so good... a nice mix of snark and gossip. Once the word of mouth spreads, I'm thinking Defamer will be quickly embraced by a town hungry for any sort of gossip columnist. (Something L.A. woefully lacks -- sorry, that two-column repeat of Liz Smith's column in the L.A. Times is just sad, sad, sad.) It's good timing too -- the network upfronts take place in just two weeks, and the summer blockbuster season is rapidly approaching.
After all, this stuff writes itself: In the news today, Rosie O'Donnell is starring as a mentally retarded bus rider for an upcoming CBS movie!
But now the real game begins: Figuring out just who the "Defamer" is. From the author's bio: He's nobody -- just another Hollywood peon, maybe another PA on the set. Or he could be your assistant -- you know, the one you just made fetch your dogs from the groomer? That wasn't very nice of you.
He could be the one actually putting in those script edits you were screaming about last night, or the one with the polite smile working your agent's desk, or deep in the agency mailroom... Anyway, he's somewhere in Hollywood.
And in any event -- don't worry about it. Really.
Any guesses? Does our boy Ben Fritz, he of "Dateline Hollywood" and "Spinsanity" fame, have time to write for another site? Is someone from blogging.la or a pre-existing blogger listed in the blogroll on LABlogs.com moonlighting? Is it me? (Sorry, tell-tale sign it isn't: Defamer points to more Hollywood Reporter stories than Variety.) Is it the actor who plays Dan, the Del Taco spokesman?
Any ideas, e-mail 'em in!
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