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Matt Donnelly: Yet Another Journo Joins Buzznet - Posted October 2, 2008
Matt Donnelly leaves E! (again), and this time -- maybe -- for good! Donnelly informed us that "after a great couple of months with Ken Baker and his team, I'm headed back to writing (after newsgathering with Ken) and reporting for Buzznet's Celebuzz." As we reported earlier, Jeff Leeds and Leslie Simon... [FishBowlLA]

Ben Lyons Is On Yet Another TV Show - Posted September 16, 2008
First was the news that he was taking over for Ebert and Roeper, and now we learn E!'s Ben Lyons has landed another gig: My Family's Got Guts, a kind of extreme sports reality show -- though, in Lyons' case, a better title might have been My Family's Got Connections. ... [FishBowlLA]

HollyShorts Parties at Murano and We're There. Kinda. - Posted May 29, 2008
FBLA spies infiltrated the HollyShorts party at Murano last night and had this to report: start-up film makers are pretty rad. A host of former journalists (a few from E! and a couple from People were spotted by our spies) have gotten into the short film-making, and from all accounts their... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted May 27, 2008
Does Elizabeth Snead Miss Her Old Job: Former E! Fashion Policewoman Elizabeth Snead is back to familiar tricks with this critique of Lindsay Lohan's Red Carpet (give it a minute). YouTube, ITube, We All Tube For YouTube: "A $1-billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular... [FishBowlLA]

Dina Lohan Gets Reality Show Deal as Nation Recoils - Posted March 4, 2008
Authenticity continues as the theme o' the day. Dina Lohan, the Momager and "White Oprah" snags a deal at E!. Tabloid Baby has the entire press release: E! Entertainment Television will debut a new nonscripted series starring celebrity mom extraordinaire Dina Lohan and her youngest daughter, up-and-coming teen star Ali Lohan (14).... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: They're Baaaaack! - Posted February 12, 2008
Show Biz is back: ABC: pickups of nine primetime shows: Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, Dirty Sexy Money, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who? and Ugly Betty. How many of these are keepers? CW: new episodes for five series: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, Supernatural, Reaper and Smallville. One of... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 8, 2008
Remember Brad Refro? In all the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth over Heath Ledger, Brad Renfro's death has been almost an afterthought (E! couldn't even get his name right). But in this astute culture/profile piece, Rachel Abramowitz makes you remember that another actor suffered a tragic death recently --... [FishBowlLA]

RIP Brad Redfro. Whoever That Is. - Posted January 22, 2008
Per Defamer: Pity poor Guiliana. We've made our own mistakes in our day, but the E! "news" person is likely blushing beneath her fake tan about delivering the obit for, um, the wrong guy.... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: Face of Us Weekly, Ken Baker, Leaves The Mag - Posted January 13, 2008
Ken Baker, the editorial director of Usmagazine.com, and quite possibly the most senior employee of Us Weekly (he's been there eight years -- longer than Janice Min) sent a surprising e-mail to friends. The e-mail: Friends, I've decided that Golden Globes weekend is a good time to join the Hollywood writers and go on... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Good News/Bad News - Posted January 3, 2008
Now! In Skank-O-Vision! MTV renewed A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila for a second season. E! returns on January 7th with a second season of Chelsea Lately, starring Chelsea Handler. When's the Theme Park Opening? Dick Wolf and NBC Universal are talking about developing a Law & Order: London for ITV. News for the... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Goes To the Party: E! Entertainent Holiday Party - Posted December 12, 2007
Whether you think Snoop Dogg is a loveable children's role model, a talented rapper, or a criminal with a drug problem, there is no denying that he's a friggin' cool co-worker. Unlike Ryan Seacrest and Kim Kardashian, Snoop Dogg showed up to the E! Holiday Party last night at the Sony Pictures... [FishBowlLA]

Kim Kardashian's UnCut Sex Tape--Now on DVD - Posted November 8, 2007
While E! is enjoying the success of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Vivid Entertainment is enjoying even more of the ample charms of Kim K. The adult entertainment powerhouse is re-launching the Kim Kardashian Superstar website, which promises: over 60 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage including never-before-seen sex The uncut DVD of Kim Kardashian... [FishBowlLA]

Putting the "W" In "Low" - Posted October 23, 2007
The November issue of W is out now, giving readers interested in other people's messy divorces the opportunity to put in their two cents. Or their $4.50, as it were. The magazine is publishing two separate covers -- one with Jennifer Aniston and one featuring Angelina Jolie. It's about as tacky as... [FishBowlLA]

Harmonic Convergence: David Hasselhoff and Ryan Seacrest Team Up - Posted September 27, 2007
Ryan Seacrest is poised to produce Tales of the Hoff, an E! comedy starring David Hasselhoff. In a sure sign of ... something... E! is trying to add more scripted programming into its mix. This one will "follow the fictional dark and twisted trials and tribulations of an international icon as he... [FishBowlLA]

Emmy Coverage: The Best Of The Blogs - Posted September 16, 2007
Joan Rivers, of all people, feigns boredom: Joan Rivers hunkers down with a VH1 camera crew and some blogging software in what we imagine is the first of an ongoing effort to eliminate her presence from the Red Carpet (and possibly the planet) forever. In a video explanation on EmmysWithJoan.com, she pretends... [FishBowlLA]

HowStuffWorks Takes On the Emmys, Fails To Explain Ryan Seacrest - Posted August 31, 2007
One of our favorite sites on the Web, HowStuffWorks.com, takes on Emmy coverage with nary a mention of what the hell E! is going to do for its red carpet coverage now that Ryan Seacrest is hosting the show. Instead, the site takes a high-school-science-text-book approach to the awards, letting readers know... [FishBowlLA]

Taking Bets In The Lyons Den - Posted July 27, 2007
We are not rushing out to take in Springfield-mania, and we don't know too many people who are. But when we saw hordes of fans lined up at The Grove late last night for the midnight showing of The Simpsons Movie, we thought maybe it would be a surprise blockbuster. Then... [FishBowlLA]

Emmy Nominations Cause A Stir ... Or At Least A Lot Of Early Rising - Posted July 19, 2007
The people whose jobs it is to give you the most up-to-date information possible about meaningless awards shows watched the sun rise this morning as the 59th Annual Emmy nominations were announced. Here's a sampling of their work. Tom O'Neil posts at 6:16 a.m. that the academy "showed a sense of saucy... [FishBowlLA]

Gold Derby Celebrates Its Scoop -- Gives FBLA Props - Posted July 5, 2007
Tom O'Neil has been getting pats on the back all over town -- The New York Post, TV Guide, E! and, of course, FBLA for his scoop revealing the list of Emmy nominations on LAT's Gold Derby blog. And he's happy to share the joy, telling FBLA that in today's story "I... [FishBowlLA]

Damla Dogan Joins E! as VP - Posted May 8, 2007
E! , where the phone is now answered "Comcast", has added Damla Dogan as VP/Original Programming and Series Development. Reporting to Lisa Berger, Dogan will supervise the programming development and establish relationships within the entertainment industry to benefit the network. Dorgan's credits include Shooting Sizemore and Dice Undisputed. That should fetch... [FishBowlLA]

Most Thankless Job Ever? - Posted May 7, 2007
We weren't sure who had it worse, the marketing department at E! where the network is gearing up for the next season of the Paris Hilton reality show The Simple Life, or Elliot Mintz, Hilton's longtime publicist. Well, allow Mintz to clarify: He's got it much, much worse. Or did, anyway. Mintz... [FishBowlLA]

The Toll "Real News" Takes - Posted April 19, 2007
The folks at Us Weekly, OK!, Star and E! must be taking some long lunch breaks this week. Whenever "real" news strikes (read: tragedy that happens in the U.S. -- that Iraq stuff is so played out), the appetite for celebrity dish tends to go way, way down. How far down? Thirty-three... [FishBowlLA]

E! CEO's Girlfriend Lands Her Own Show - Posted April 4, 2007
Chelsea Handler, star of Girls Behaving Badly will get her own show on her boyfriend's network, E!, this summer. In a one-hour series, Handler will riff on pop culture and entertainment. Kinda like The Soup, but with viewer call-ins and a prettier smile. More details in the press release:... [FishBowlLA]

BREAKING: Bomb Threat At E! - Posted March 28, 2007
Giuliana DePandi seen milling about outside the Wilshire Blvd. E! building in a trench coat. This and more exciting news as it develops. Stay tuned. UPDATE: LAPD told FBLA that security guards at the 5750 Wilshire Blvd. building received two separate calls before 10 a.m. today from someone claiming that an explosive... [FishBowlLA]

Ben Lyons Digs On Movies ... And Might Be Interested In Our Sister, Too - Posted March 13, 2007
E! Online has launched a few new columns meant to appeal to men -- you've heard of men, right? Those creatures with pendulous parts that wouldn't be caught dead reading a celeb site? Well, those clever E! folk may just have found their man-bait: Ben Lyons, son of Jeffrey, grandson of Leonard,... [FishBowlLA]

Breaking: Hefner and E! Comment on Anna Nicole Smith's Death - Posted February 8, 2007
Did Anna Nicole Smith die from those weight loss drugs, or more recreational ones? Or was someone who spent most of her life as a circus freakshow doomed to die this young? We asked the people responsible, those who helped catapult this buxom bundle of tragedy into fame, to shed some light.... [FishBowlLA]

The Last Word on Studio 60? - Posted January 24, 2007
E! Network's The Soup produced this hilarious riff on Hollywood's love-it-or-hate-it reaction to Studio 60. As FBLA has drawn a line down our fishbowl on this brilliant program (our other half is so wrong to hate this show), we greatly appreciate this charming sketch. But we had one question for K.P. Anderson... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds -- The Tour Edition - Posted January 15, 2007
Lost to end eventually: Nooooooo! Well, OK. But on one condition: You can do whatever you want to the plot -- make the whole thing Hurley's dream for all we care -- just promise future merchandising agreements include Matthew Fox popsicle molds. Dancing Into Idols: ABC will pit surprise hit Dancing... [FishBowlLA]