John Edwards Continues Presidential Bid, NYT Continues Its Usual Practice Of ‘Discovering’ The Newest Big Thing After It’s Already Passé

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Remember that week-old footage of Lily Tomlin and director David O. Russell going ballistic on the set of I Heart Huckabees? Well, guess who just caught wind of it? The Grey Lady! And she’s spreading the word in today’s Times, for all her canasta buddies and late internet bloomers.

Natch, the NYT attempts to detract from its slow responsiveness by reminding us that “reports of the video’s existence first surfaced in a 2004 article in the New York Times,” and by noting that the Russell tirade had been played on YouTube “more than 150,000 times.”

But our favorite part? The (recycled) Lily Tomlin quote, where the not-at-all-redfaced actress affirms she’s “not the least bit upset” about the leaks, explaining, “there was a lot of pressure in making the movie…[and] adults have fights and go through stuff.”

Translation: “Russell came off looking ten times crazier than I did, and I Heart Huckabees was a boring, pretentious mess.”

Mar 26, 2007 · Link · Respond
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