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• Before she was sentenced to 45 days in prison, Paris Hilton was appreciating life's simple pleasures. Like eating corn on the cob with a total stranger.
• Not even Jennifer Boobs Love Hewitt looks hot just moments after stepping off the plane.
• Jumpin' Joe Francis to possibly rejoin his prison boyfriend only moments after saying goodbye.
• Sting and his wife reportedly fired their personal chef…for getting knocked up. The creator of tantra would never approve!
Remember yesterday when we reported that John Mayer "dissed" Ryan Seacrest by smugly breaking into badly-accented Japanese and addressing him as "the Anderson Cooper of E?"
Well, now comes word that Tina Fey has employed similar discretion (albeit more wit) on the subject of her nemesis, Studio 60 creator Aaron Sorkin.
Tina Fey dissed archfoe Aaron Sorkin Sunday night at the Writers Guild Awards. The "30 Rock" star competes with Sorkin's "Studio 60": Both take place behind the scenes at a show like "Saturday Night Live," where Fey was head writer. Wiggling around the Hudson Theatre stage in a party frock with plunging decolletage, Fey told the crowd, "I hear Aaron Sorkin is in Los Angeles wearing the same dress - but longer, and not funny."
Unfortunately for Fey, we heard her "frock" was derivative, overrated and only funny when Alec Baldwin's around.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip – also known as "That show everyone in New York media loves but everyone in Hollywood hates" – has a cast of shining stars: Matthew Perry, Bradley Whitford, Amanda Peet. And then there's Sarah Paulson, who plays the Jesus-loving Jesus insulter. We're going to go ahead and say that she's actually the weakest character on the show – when that dude from from the Capital One commercials steals your scenes, you're in trouble – but that's no reason the LAT can't extend a puff piece on her.
Well, she's got a Golden Globe nod, so we guess that's commendable. Also commendable: Her attempt at explaining why the show's ratings aren't so hot. That is, blame the press.
Oddly enough in a town greased by the publicity machine, Paulson believes "Studio 60" would be faring better without such an early and heavy dose of it. She concedes any Sorkin project, or one with Matthew Perry coming off "Friends," could not avoid the spotlight, but she says the show's star quality has put too much pressure on it and on viewers.
"The engine was running so long on this baby before it ran out of the gate, I think it just overpowered people," she said. "It was like the audience was being held at gunpoint and the message was, 'You better watch the best damn show on television or else.' That's liable to turn anybody off."
Yes, very liable to turn anybody off. Just like the way the press juggernaut for 24 does. And the way the morning shows make you feel like an ass for not watching American Idol — it's seriously hurting ratings. And the constant analysis of Lost's plotline? It's pushing viewers away in droves! And the ubiquitous fawning over Ugly Betty and America Ferrera? Yeah, that show is doing horribly!
