You ever play that speculating game, where you wonder who would win in a fight between two heavyweights; say, George Clooney or Brad Pitt, Tina Fey or Sarah Palin? Well, here's one for you next long car ride: Who came out victorious in the fight between deranged histrionic Quentin Tarantino and no-bullshit Robert De Niro during the filming of Tarintino's Jackie Brown back in '97?
Page Six managed to find a copy of a phone call where producer Harvey Weinstein tried to calm down an enraged Tarintino (and this was in the 90's, when Quentin's talent and ego were at their peak) over De Niro's diva behavior on the set.
Let's take a listen, shall we:
Britney Spears recorded a promo spot for this year's MTV Video Music Awards, the program that she opened last year with lip syncing, haphazard choreography, and back fat. Her participation with MTV so far inevitably leads to more speculation that she might return to the VMAS on Sept. 7. Then again, crazier things can happen: Quentin Tarantino did cast Spears as a lesbian murderess in his upcoming remake of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.
Britney Spears is rapidly attempting to get her career back on track, what with the promise of a new album and her recent stints on How I Met Your Mother — but news that Quentin Tarantino has cast her as a lesbian killer in his next film, a remake of 1965's Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, is a bit of a surprise. Brit's potential role is that of stripper Varla, who murders a man with her bare hands and then takes his girlfriend hostage. Oh, and there's sex scenes with another female. Of course.
• Turns out Quentin Tarantino likes his toes just the way he likes his unwatchable horror flicks: sucky.
• Watch "Prudence" advise a Lassie-phobic Slate subscriber on how to accept her boyfriends mangy mongrel into her life.
• Paris Hilton thanks TMZ for their fair and unbiased coverage on "How To Kiss An Heiress' Ass."
• Man gets attacked by a one-eyed alligator. Authorities say the gator (nicknamed "Cyclops") is also suspected of swallowing a ticking grandfather clock.
• Dwyane Wade epitomizes nouveau riche by adorning his 12,000 square-foot mansion with murals of his own visage…painted straight into the walls.
• Gina Glockson inexplicably loses out to her skanky, bug-eyed and well-coiffed competitors.
• Was Joseph Gordon Levitt's pap smear real or staged?
• Quentin Tarantino made out with four lovely ladies at Butter. Which is, admittedly, a huge step up from hitting on MTV interns at the premiere of My Super Ex-Girlfriend.
• Between her crappy reality TV series and her (presumably) crappy upcoming memoirs, L'il Kim's 5 minutes in prison could turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to her!
• Tinsley Mortimer and Chloe Sevigny BFF? Tins possibly being enlightened on what it's really like to go down on Vincent Gallo?
• George Clooney confuses lemonade stand with Starbucks, spends $20 quenching his thirst.
"The way Rose says 'cocksucker' is really great," says Tarantino. "It's the way she emphasizes the c-k. She'll screw up a line and say, 'Aw, fucking cocksucker!' [Grindhouse director, Robert Rodriguez] told me once, 'Rose said the greatest Quentin line the other day. She was talking about how she doesn't like the word "whore," and she said, "You can call me a cunt till the cows come home, but don't call me a whore!"'
–Quentin Tarantino praises Rose McGowan's use of the word "cocksucker" in the cover story of this month's Rolling Stone.
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