You know, some people were actually psyched to go see David Mamet's American Buffalo when it hit Broadway last week. Sure, the cast was a little hodge-podge Hollywood — Cedric the Entertainer, John Leguizamo, and the kid from Sixth Sense aren't all known for being master thespians — but it's hard to fuck up the rapid-pace masochism of Mamet on stage unless you talk slowly or don't snort enough anger-meth before the show. But the reviews of the show were terrible,
So alas, the first week of the play was a Mamet disappointment (ha?!) and it's closing less than 8 days after it opened. Still, if you want see a men treating other men like crap, there is always Speed-the-Plow at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. And that production has Jeremy Piven, whose Ari Gold is prototypical Mamet, and Peggy from Mad Men in it, and is a majorly more cohesive production than the slapdash Buffalo.
• Jermaine Dupri makes good on his promise to whine his way out of Virgin's Urban Music division after grumblings over girlfriend Janet Jackson's lackluster album sales. [R&M]
• NBC pulls the plug on Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip. Well, for next week at least, where the equally low-rated Friday Night Lights gets a try. [NYP]
• Anna Nicole Smith yesterday buried her son Daniel in the Bahamas. News of the funeral was delivered via press release, from TrimSpa. [R&Mtm]
• Haley Joel Osment pleads no contest to misdemeanor charges of DUI and drug possession. Judge orders him to three years probation and no more "cute" films. [AP]
• Claudia Schiffer on models: "Too thin." Claudia Schiffer on Claudia Schiffer: "I wish I still had that body." [AP]
• The Haley Joel Osment headline we can't believe we didn't think of: "I see handcuffs." [AP]
• BlackBook welcomes James Frey with open arms. (We're also not convinced that BB fact-checks more than the NYT does.) [WWD]
• Is Suri is a runt baby? Is that what's wrong with her? We'll find out once VF runs their 21 hours of photography. [MollyGood]
• Roger Ebert writes a letter about his spit cancer. It's more information than you would ever want to know. [Roger Ebert]
• If the people making the cigarettes tell you not to smoke, will you listen? Probbly not. But we bet calling them "high cal" instead of "light" would do the trick. [Media Week]
Oh, Haley Joel Osment. What happened to the days when he was teaching Tom Hanks to read? Now he's just a generic child star gone wild. Must be all that hanging around with Mischa Barton. (Don't let the Keds fool you, skinny bitch is crizazy.) Well, Osment is on dope. And the sauce. And he's drivin' around all Mel Gibson style through LA.
Do you see? Do you see what kind of terrible influence celebs have on our youth celebs?
At 1:20PM (PST) today the kid was charged with:
• Driving under the influence of alcohol
• Driving with a .08 blood alcohol level or higher
• Enhancement of driving with a .15 or higher
• Possession of marijuana while driving
Haley Joel Osment, 18, will be charged Thursday with misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol. Osment will also be charged with driving with a .08 blood alcohol level or higher, with an enhancement of driving with a .15 or higher. And Osment will be charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana while driving. He will also be charged with the infraction of driving under the age of 21 with a blood alcohol level of .05 or higher.
The mid-day bake doesn't shock us. He's got the stoner hair. But a .08 or higher at 1:20? That would even impress our grandma! Must've been one hell of a Thursday brunch.
Haley Joel Osment To Be Charged With DUI/Pot Possession [TMZ]
Haley Joel "I see dead people" Osment should now be called Haley Joel "I don't see huge brick pillars" Osment. In the style of true celebrity (Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson)
Osment, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a boy who could see dead people in "The Sixth Sense," was driving a 1995 Saturn about 1 a.m. when the car collided with a brick pillar and flipped, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Greg Sisneros.
A 95 Saturn? Guess Pay it Forward wasn't paying the bills. We're much more impressed with the fact that he crashed into a brick wall at 1 am and didn't even get a DUI.
