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Why Is Nobody Calling Deadline Hollywood Daily on Its Mistake? - Posted June 26, 2008
Deadline Hollywood Daily adores to point out other people's errors -- both real and perceived -- so it surprised us at FBLA that nobody has called DHD out on the egregious error in its post about Patrick Goldstein's new blog, The Big Picture, at the LAT. "I'm told that, despite heavy promotion... [FishBowlLA]

YouTube Driving Video Not Scripted - Posted June 12, 2008
Seen the "Kid Fails Driving Test 5 Times In A Day" video? We figured the whole thing was scripted, but marketing people behind this Parrot.com promotion tell FBLA: The video is part of a marketing strategy for a company called Parrot.com to raise the awareness of the new laws in California, as... [FishBowlLA]

MetroMix Now Has Sex With Peter Gilstrap - Posted June 11, 2008
MetroMix today debuted its new sex column "Hot & Bothered" with perennial trouble-maker Peter Gilstrap. The sex expert (who says he's not a sex expert, just someone who, you know, has had sex) offers some pretty sage advice, only some of which involves udder balm. Gilstrap took time out of his busy... [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]

FBLA Goes to New York! - Posted May 13, 2008
Perhaps you've noticed the banner ads we've been running for the last month or so: FBLA is going to New York this weekend for MediaBistro.com's two-day summit to learn all about media trends and drink network. Some of the speakers include Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine and Jim Roberts, Editor of... [FishBowlLA]

The Hollywood Reporter Nabs An LAT Writer - Posted May 13, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter has lured Scriptland columnist (and former FBLA fishie) Jay Fernandez to the fold as a full-time senior film reporter, concentrating on breaking news. Congratulations, Jay! ... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Confirms Ryan Seacrest Is In Talks To Replace Larry King - Posted May 8, 2008
Sources close to Ryan Seacrest have confirmed to FBLA that Ryan Seacrest is in talks with CNN to shimmy into Larry King's chair. Now "talks" can mean a lot of things, and our source also says, "I don't think it's going to happen." Why? Well, for one thing Ryan is currently the host... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: Former Child Star Central Is Our New Favorite Blog - Posted May 2, 2008
Freelance entertainment journalist/author/funny woman Joal Ryan has started up a shiny new blog dedicated to a very niche media obsession that has served her well over the years: former child stars. Scoff if you want to, but her blog posts are more addictive than Doritos (and we're going to guess, better... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: Samantha Harris Would Welcome Paula Abdul - Posted April 28, 2008
TV Guide talks with Dancing With The Stars judges Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba about whether Paula Abdul should be a contestant on the upcoming season -- as if FOX would let her. DWTS hostess Samantha Harris tells FBLA exclusively: "I've known Paula for years and would be ecstatic if she... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: Carly Milne in the Limelight - Posted April 11, 2008
Carly Milne is a lot of things: Author of Sexography -- a memoir about sexually coming of age. A sexual abuse survivor. A founder of Moxie, a female-content driven web network. A former editor at Yahoo! Canada. An former editor at Adult Video News, and, of course, a blogger. Now she's a... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: Bo Bice Prefers Pinto Beans to Paparazzi - Posted April 4, 2008
American Idol runner-up Bo Bice has signed on to be a counselor this summer at Idol Camp, a summer camp in the San Bernardino mountains that caters to musically gifted kids between the ages of 10 and 15. To promote the camp (which is accepting applications through April 18) Bice spoke to... [FishBowlLA]

More People Leaving Hollywood Reporter - Posted March 26, 2008
FBLA has just confirmed that Hollywood Reporter Features Editor Christy Grosz resigned yesterday. No word yet on where she's going. Idle question: Is there going to even be a Hollywood Reporter next year?... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Correction: Lewis Segal Did Write on High School Musical2 - Posted March 6, 2008
FBLA regrets the error--in our haste, we overlooked LA Times dance critic Lewis Segal's writing on High School Musical last August. (We'd posted otherwise. In our defense, his sidebar doesn't show up in the online search.) So, he wasn't being overlooked by his editors, and in fact, was writing on dance in... [FishBowlLA]

Breaking: Plea Bargains No-Go in Pellicano Trial/FBI Tells Witness to Get Ready - Posted February 28, 2008
Things are moving along in the Anthony Pellicano trial. FBLA has learned that the plea deals for retired police sergeant Mark Arneson and telephone company ex-employee Ray Turner (reported yesterday in Radar) have broken down. The pair were hoping to plead guilty only to charges not including RICO statutes. Arneson... [FishBowlLA]

Bad Taste Always in Fashion/ANTM 's Fatima To Inspire Tyra? - Posted February 28, 2008
We love edgy. Don't get us wrong, FBLA is the edgiest. We bow to no one in our love of the inappropriate. Bad taste is our right word at the wrong time. But a fashion shoot at a Holocaust memorial? (Thanks, Glossed Over.) Of course, there's always ANTM's homeless and fierce... [FishBowlLA]

'An Ordinary Spy' Goes Hollywood - Posted February 26, 2008
Former CIA agent-turned novelist, Joseph Weisberg recently had his exciting, unusual spy novel optioned by Paul Haggis and Michael Nozik with Hwy61 Films, based at Paramount. The LAT calls An Ordinary Spy "a modern spy novel that doesn't tell the reader who the characters are, where the story takes place or even... [FishBowlLA]

Larry Sinclair's Wild Ride with Obama--MSM Cover-up? - Posted February 22, 2008
Larry Sinclair claimed to have performed oral sex on Barack Obama in the back of a limo, and later in a hotel room while smoking crack cocaine. Oddly, the New York Times has ignored this important story. He's now suing Obama, David Axlerod, the DNC, and FBLA. (Okay, we made that up.... [FishBowlLA]

Social Networking Gets Its Own Beat--Cathy Taylor at MediaPost - Posted February 21, 2008
MediaPost has hired journo columnist and blogger (adverganza.com) Cathy Taylor to track social networking web sites, in its feature, Social Media Insider. We thought this was kinda interesting, considering MediaPost generally deals with topics about, well, the media. Is social networking really considered "media?" Taylor will find out. A former top editor... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: How Wesley Snipes Won /Legal Wizards Tell All - Posted February 12, 2008
On February 1, Wesley Snipes was acquitted of felony conspiracy and tax fraud after a two week federal trial in Ocala, Florida. Snipes was found guilty of three misdemeanor counts of willfully failing to file a tax return. FBLA caught up with Snipes' lead trial attorney Robert Bernhoft, the Milwaukee criminal... [FishBowlLA]

L.A. Daily News: Brent Hopkins Returns To Blogging - Posted January 17, 2008
Los Angeles Daily News reporter Brent Hopkins wrote to tell us that "after several dark months away from our crime blog (insidesocal.com/crime), I'm now back covering courts and blogging again at insidesocal.com/orderinthecourt." When we asked what caused the months-long absence, Hopkins told FBLA, "We decided we didn't need 4 cops reporters, but we... [FishBowlLA]

Running With Arnold Gets Celebrity Endorsement. Kinda - Posted January 15, 2008
From the sounds of it, Running With Arnold the Dan Cox docu about Arnold Schwarzenegger, has been warmly received at its L.A. premiere. While reviewers think he went too far, audiences have complimented Cox, saying he knows a thing or two about point of view and story-telling. But, apparently, he doesn't... [FishBowlLA]

Running With Arnold to Screen At Sunset Laemmle 5 - Posted January 7, 2008
After winning awards and kicking up a Hollywood stink, Running With Arnold, the documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign will finally be screened for the L.A. masses on Friday, Jan. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Sunset Laemmle 5. An after-party will follow the screening the California Pizza Kitchen downstairs (free with... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: Merry Christmas - Posted December 21, 2007
Merry Christmas from the City of Angels. (Photo from Angelenic.)... [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]

Better Than Radio? NYT Podcasts Offer Local Journos' Interviews - Posted December 5, 2007
If you're not yet addicted to the NYT "Popcast," you are not wasting enough time on your computer! Listening to newspaper music reporters/reviewers talk on the radio would be painful if we weren't already inured to good stories told awkwardly. One shining exception is Jeff Leeds, a local journo and friend of... [FishBowlLA]

Lisa Fletcher named ABC News correspondent - Posted November 29, 2007
L.A.'s newest TV news correspondent, Lisa Fletcher, has an impressive-enough sounding resume - Emmys, AP awards, stories that locked up child molesters. But we're guessing the alphabet network gave Fletcher her new gig because it felt awful for making her identify herself as a member of the Phoenix investigative team... [FishBowlLA]

Season Of Wishes: Mark Wallengren To Host Make-A-Wish Event At The Grove - Posted November 20, 2007
KOST FM (103.5)'s morning show host, Mark Wallengren will host the Make-A-Wish Foundation's first Weekly Wish Night at 5:30 p.m. today at the Grove. The deeper-voiced half of the Mark and Kim Show will help present 9-year-old leukemia patient Jorge Arranga, of Gardena, with his wish to spend Christmas with his mother... [FishBowlLA]

Season of Wishes: Make-A-Wish Foundation Sends Lil' Princess Off To Disney World - Posted November 17, 2007
The fairy godmothers at Make-A-Wish Foundation are sending 6-year-old Kiara Williams off to Disney World to celebrate her apparent victory against leukemia. Kiara, who has a thing for Cinderella, was diagnosed when she was three and treated for two years at Long Beach Miller's Children's Hospital. Now that she's feeling better,... [FishBowlLA]

Beowulf: So Violent It Tears Limb From Local Journo - Posted November 14, 2007
FBLA wishes a speedy recovery to the Hollywood Reporter scribe who dislocated his shoulder at last night's screening of Beowulf at Universal City. The poor soul apparently slipped in the lobby of the theater and fell. An ambulance rushed him away before the opening credits rolled on the 3D Imax showing. We... [FishBowlLA]

WGA Strike '07: Adam Pava, Eric Kaplan on the Line - Posted November 13, 2007
Adam Pava, co-creator of Out of Jimmy's Head on Cartoon Network, writes to remind us that his show is staffed by WGA members and: My staff and I have been out on the picket lines every day, and our showrunner, Eric Kaplan, is listed with all the others on the Pencils Down... [FishBowlLA]

Producers Guild: Include Us Out of AMPTP - Posted November 12, 2007
FBLA has been waiting for this. The Producers Guild of America, which isn't a guild like the others, but more of a trade association, or even a club, wants to make sure that they're not confused with the Alliance Of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP), aka the bad guys... [FishBowlLA]

Eric Mika: Hollywood Reporter Takes On The World - Posted November 6, 2007
The week-old Hollywood Reporter: Premier Edition is already making its corporate parents proud. The publication, which launched Nov. 2 in New York, Miami, Atlanta and Washington D.C. is in 95 newsstands in New York. At the same time, the trade has launched Hollywood Reporter Direct, a widget that delivers customized... [FishBowlLA]

ABC Holds Cashmere Mafia/ Curse of the Image Section? - Posted November 6, 2007
Is ABC's Cashmere Mafia the first sacrifice of the WGA strike? The premiere, originally set for November 27 at 10p, is now TBA. Maybe ABC is holding back in case of dire need, later in the season. Or did the ABC suits take one look at the story and photo... [FishBowlLA]

Heroes Of the Writers' Strike: It's Funny Cuz It's True - Posted November 2, 2007
Filmmakers Gregg Rossen and Brian Sawyer made the funny YouTube video Heroes of the Writers Strike to cheer up Hollywood's writers as they prepared for unemployment. The video has enjoyed quite a bit of success online, something the writers tell FBLA only proves their point: The reaction from our fellow writers has been... [FishBowlLA]

Mark Ruffalo: Eternal Overcast of the Politically Minded - Posted October 29, 2007
Taking a page from Sean Penn, Mark Ruffalo was front-and-center at an anti-war, anti-Bush, anti-administration rally that drew thousands to downtown L.A. on Saturday. The Zodiac star made it clear that though he wasn't political before, he's since acquired a graduate degree in civil disobedience. "I'm terrified," Ruffalo told FBLA. "It... [FishBowlLA]

Fire Blogging: Headline Awards - Posted October 24, 2007
Mike Schneider at Franklin Ave. critiques the very best (The Daily Breeze) and the very worst (The Daily News) in fire coverage front pages. And Mike tells FBLA that a TV news coverage comparison is on its way. ... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Readers Get 15% Off in Fields of the World Bouquet Contest - Posted October 18, 2007
1-800-Flowers.Com, an online flower service, has a contest where FBLA readers can select the winning photo to grace a Times Square billboard. You can chose from 10 photos of Fields of the World and accompanying stories and get 15% off your order (registration is required). The Los Angeles... [FishBowlLA]

Deborah Solomon's Missing Questions for Josh Schwartz - Posted October 16, 2007
FBLA stumbled upon one of those missing tapes with the questions that NYT interviewer/fabulist Deborah Solomon really asked Gossip Girl creator Josh Schwartz: Q: So is Ben Silverman the best hung mogul in Hollywood? A: No, but he is supersmart. Q: What's your sex life like? A: I go on the Internet and look... [FishBowlLA]

Tina Dupuy Wins BrooWaHa Contest - Posted October 15, 2007
Stand-up comic Tina Dupuy won the BrooWaHa writing contest with a nifty essay on jury duty, Stand Up, Sit Down, Do Your Civic Duty . The notice stated that jurors should dress "business casual". But this is LA. I've always considered "business casual" to be something ironed worn with uncomfortable shoes. Maybe... [FishBowlLA]

Salon, Slate Advice Columns Get Same Fake Letter - Posted October 11, 2007
FBLA knew this would happen. Slate's Dear Prudence gets the same letter that Salon's Cary Tennis got earlier this month. I am the father of a 13-year-old daughter whose mother has been taking her to an evangelical Christian church her whole life. Tennis told the guy to suck it up and take the kid... [FishBowlLA]

Edwards' Videographer Reille Hunter, aka Lisa Druck, Dated Jay McInerney - Posted October 11, 2007
FBLA got cranky emails when we posted about Rielle Hunter, the filmmaker for the John Edwards campaign. We knew there was a story there, and Mickey Kaus agrees. The National Enquirer has something, too. Wonkette rather disingenuously assures us that there's nothing to see. Radosh thinks there is. Sam Stein is... [FishBowlLA]

OC Register Loses Medical Reporter - Posted October 9, 2007
The Orange County Register is shedding yet another body: Blythe "Never Say No" Bernhard is leaving the paper on Thursday for the wilds of St. Louis, where she'll do breaking news, enterprise and watchdog stories as the Post-Dispatch medical writer. "I am really excited and nervous. I've never worked at another... [FishBowlLA]

Docs on the Box: Dr. Phil/ Dr. G/Dr. Headless - Posted October 9, 2007
So as politicians wrangle about health care, television picks up the slack by offering more real TV doctors, and killing off fictional ones. Dr. Phil, who's not an MD, is looking for telegenic medicos who can spin off for CBS. The Doctors will features a panel of five medical experts who will... [FishBowlLA]

"Running With Arnold'' Runs Home With A Win - Posted October 8, 2007
Local journo-cum-filmmaker (and occasional fishie) Dan Cox took home the prize for Best Documentary this weekend at the Zurich Film Festival for his pic Running With Arnold The pic criticizes the policies and ... well, everything, of California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger, which isn't a hard sell in Switzerland. At one screening,... [FishBowlLA]

More Changes At The Orange County Register: Andrew Horan Goes From Cub Reporter To A1 Editor - Posted October 4, 2007
In a kinda mailroom-to-boardroom story, Andrew Horan this week was named A1 editor of the Orange County Register. He started out as a young buck, working for the paper as a Laguna Beach reporter back in the 80s. This being the Keira-skinny OCR, Horan will remain managing editor of OC POST.... [FishBowlLA]

Watch the Box: Queens with Comb-Over, Home Do-Over, Mind Reading, Mind Blowing - Posted September 27, 2007
MTV offers a new reality series--Pageant Place--Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA will room together for a year in an NYC apartment. Donald Trump will stop by, hoping to catch the girls in their underwear. HGTV has The Fixer, with contractor Peter Marr in charge, will help homeowners who've... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 26, 2007 - Posted September 26, 2007
CASTING ROUND-UP Universal Pictures is back in business with Jennifer Aniston, signing the actress to star opposite Aaron Eckhart in Traveling, Variety reports. Pic will be the directing debut of Brandon Camp who wrote the script with Mike Thompson. You guessed it - it's a romantic dramedy that stars Aniston as a... [FishBowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 26, 2007 - Posted September 26, 2007
CASTING ROUND-UP Universal Pictures is back in business with Jennifer Aniston, signing the actress to star opposite Aaron Eckhart in Traveling, Variety reports. Pic will be the directing debut of Brandon Camp who wrote the script with Mike Thompson. You guessed it - it's a romantic dramedy that stars Aniston as a... [FishBowlLA]

TV Premier Roundup: Dancing Bachelor Heroes Chuck Journeyman, CSI:Miami - Posted September 25, 2007
FBLA watched us some TV last night. Dancing With the Stars We love Marie Osmond, but she's toast. Who knew that Mel B had a personality? CSI:Miami Who needs DNA testing? Horatio's kid looks just like him. Chuck We didn't watch, but Baron Dave did. Journeyman TV Squad lasted longer than we did. The Bachelor Why do all the girls... [FishBowlLA]

Wainwright Huge Draw For H'wood Heavyweights, Homos - Posted September 24, 2007
The combination of Rufus Wainwright and some classic Judy Garland songs proved to be an attraction that some of Hollywood's elite couldn't resist. Thus, Wainwright's Sunday night show at the Hollywood Bowl was a veritable who's who of Tinseltown's gay bold-faced names along with some female celebs thrown in for good measure.... [FishBowlLA]

Wainwright Huge Draw For H'wood Heavyweights, Homos - Posted September 24, 2007
The combination of Rufus Wainwright and some classic Judy Garland songs proved to be an attraction that some of Hollywood's elite couldn't resist. Thus, Wainwright's Sunday night show at the Hollywood Bowl was a veritable who's who of Tinseltown's gay bold-faced names along with some female celebs thrown in for good measure.... [FishBowlLA]

Joe Francis Speaks Out Behind Bars - Posted September 20, 2007
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is still being held in a Nevada jail on various charges but that hasn't stopped him from reaching out to friends and colleagues outside the cell to let them know about his legal sitch. In an email letter received by FBLA on Thursday, Francis says... [FishBowlLA]

Joe Francis Speaks Out Behind Bars - Posted September 20, 2007
Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis is still being held in a Nevada jail on various charges but that hasn't stopped him from reaching out to friends and colleagues outside the cell to let them know about his legal sitch. In an email letter received by FBLA on Thursday, Francis says... [FishBowlLA]

Best Movie Lines--Andrew Sullivan - Posted September 18, 2007
FBLA approves of people stretching themselves, creatively. But Andrew Sullivan might be a poor candidate for Elasto-boy, juding by his "Best Movie Lines" contest. Monday's selections were abysmal. Fortunately, On The Waterfront won. I coulda had class... I coulda been a contender, I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which... [FishBowlLA]

Dunne Readies Memoir - Posted September 13, 2007
He's got his hands full with the Phil Spector trial right about now, but Dominick Dunne is already looking ahead to his next project. FBLA recently ran into the infamous writer at the Chateau Marmont during a book party for fashion scribe Dana Thomas (in town celebrating the release of her... [FishBowlLA]

Dunne Readies Memoir - Posted September 13, 2007
He's got his hands full with the Phil Spector trial right about now, but Dominick Dunne is already looking ahead to his next project. FBLA recently ran into the infamous writer at the Chateau Marmont during a book party for fashion scribe Dana Thomas (in town celebrating the release of her... [FishBowlLA]

Ullman Readies New Showtime Series - Posted September 10, 2007
Is America ready for more Tracey Ullman? The comedic actress is prepping a return to the small-screen that will again showcase her diverse talents as she dresses up and creates a variety of new characters for a new series called State of the Union. This time it's for Showtime (rather than... [FishBowlLA]

Ullman Readies New Showtime Series - Posted September 10, 2007
Is America ready for more Tracey Ullman? The comedic actress is prepping a return to the small-screen that will again showcase her diverse talents as she dresses up and creates a variety of new characters for a new series called State of the Union. This time it's for Showtime (rather than... [FishBowlLA]

THR Adds Two to Film Department - Posted September 10, 2007
The Hollywood Reporter has added two reporters to its film staff on the heels of Tatiana Siegel's exit from THR in favor of a film job at Variety. And they're both familiar faces to fellow staffers inside THR's Wilshire Boulevard offices. Studio sources tell FBLA that Carly Mayberry and Leslie Simmons... [FishBowlLA]

THR Adds Two to Film Department - Posted September 10, 2007
The Hollywood Reporter has added two reporters to its film staff on the heels of Tatiana Siegel's exit from THR in favor of a film job at Variety. And they're both familiar faces to fellow staffers inside THR's Wilshire Boulevard offices. Studio sources tell FBLA that Carly Mayberry and Leslie Simmons... [FishBowlLA]

Publicist Pokes Fun at Richie in 'Cookbook' - Posted September 6, 2007
Nicole Richie has been attacked by the tabs about her weight over and over again. But now a "Hollywood publicist" is stepping up to the plate to take a jab at Richie's formerly gaunt frame (remember, she's pregnant now) courtesy of what else, a cookbook. Robert Smith has come up with... [FishBowlLA]

Publicist Pokes Fun at Richie in 'Cookbook' - Posted September 6, 2007
Nicole Richie has been attacked by the tabs about her weight over and over again. But now a "Hollywood publicist" is stepping up to the plate to take a jab at Richie's formerly gaunt frame (remember, she's pregnant now) courtesy of what else, a cookbook. Robert Smith has come up with... [FishBowlLA]

Make/Shift Makes Way For Issue No. 2 - Posted September 4, 2007
LA-based feminist mag make/shift is gearing up for issue number 2, with a focus on stories about the media. When the magazine launched in March 2007, it sold out of its 1,000 print-run within weeks. A second printing did so well, that two distributors picked up the title, and now the editor... [FishBowlLA]

LA Times Names Web Deputies, Promises Stronger Web News - Posted August 31, 2007
Russ Stanton is taking that Innovation Editor title a little too literally--the web version is going to be a 'round the clock effort. Also, the dismal video section is getting some camera operators and an editor, but the same clueless people are still involved. (Hint: hire some producers who know what... [FishBowlLA]

Tracking Down Mrs. X With "Nanny Diaries" Scribes - Posted August 24, 2007
Harvey Weinstein is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can accurately reveal the identity of the real Mrs. X as portrayed onscreen by Laura Linney in "The Nanny Diaries." And The New York Post reports that The Weinstein Co. head honcho's phones have been ringing off the hook. However, FBLA... [FishBowlLA]

Tracking Down Mrs. X With "Nanny Diaries" Scribes - Posted August 24, 2007
Harvey Weinstein is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can accurately reveal the identity of the real Mrs. X as portrayed onscreen by Laura Linney in "The Nanny Diaries." And The New York Post reports that The Weinstein Co. head honcho's phones have been ringing off the hook. However, FBLA... [FishBowlLA]

THR's Paula Parisi On Leave? - Posted August 23, 2007
Where in the world is Paula Parisi? Tongues are wagging about The Hollywood Reporter's vp and executive editor Parisi, who apparently hasn't been in THR's Wilshire Boulevard offices in weeks. The well-known LA journo, who has been with THR for years, was said to be in the running to take over... [FishBowlLA]

THR's Paula Parisi On Leave? - Posted August 23, 2007
Where in the world is Paula Parisi? Tongues are wagging about The Hollywood Reporter's vp and executive editor Parisi, who apparently hasn't been in THR's Wilshire Boulevard offices in weeks. The well-known LA journo, who has been with THR for years, was said to be in the running to take over... [FishBowlLA]

LA Times to ERS News: Cease and Desist/ERS News to LA Times: Make Your Reporters Stop Copying Us - Posted August 22, 2007
ERS News.com enjoys a good game of cat and mouse with the LA Times lawyer. The exchange is long, but very worthwhile, and it all started with a cease and desist demand. First email from Karlene Goller, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel: I am an attorney for the Los Angeles Times.... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset: All Over the Map - Posted August 10, 2007
High Friends in Low Places FBLA gets a lot of Anonymous Tips from this ISP Honey, I'm Home Did the Mistress move into the Mayor's Mansion? Staircase to Heaven The Theresa Duncan story has many chapters. Many, many chapters.... [FishBowlLA]

TMZ.com Gets New Digs - Posted July 20, 2007
Attention celebrities (I know some of you read our site): The Associated Press of sleaze is moving closer to the Hollywood sign: On Monday, TMZ will relocate to 8033 Sunset Blvd., Suite 875. TMZ tells FBLA the new digs will house the TV studio for the brand's daily half-hour show, that's supposed... [FishBowlLA]

New Sites: It's HerHollywood. We Just Live In It - Posted July 10, 2007
Felica Devers, a longtime Hollywoodphile-turned-segment-producer, has launched HerHollywood.com. The new site is aimed at women "working and desiring to work in the film and television fields," and Devers hopes it morphs into an online community of industry women with Hollywood news and a vibrant job board. Devers told FBLA the site is... [FishBowlLA]

Luke Ford Scoops the LA Times, Daily News, but not Telemundo: Villaraigosa Admits to Affair with Mirthala Salinas - Posted July 4, 2007
Luke Ford was right all along. The Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa announced that he was, indeed, in a relationship with Telemundo anchor Mirthala Salinas. She even reported on the mayor's separation from his wife (scroll down to the third video, above.) Talk about getting close to a news source! And... [FishBowlLA]

Do Record Companies Have Steve Jobs Cornered? - Posted July 3, 2007
NYT reporter Jeff Leeds's story about Universal's dispute with Apple has music-industry watchers in a tizzy this week, with some grunts joking off-the-record to us that "Mom and Dad are fighting again." FBLA asked Leeds if the Universal's decision not to renew its annual contract to sell music through iTunes was little... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Winners Head To The Hollywood Bowl! - Posted July 2, 2007
FBLA is happy to announce that five of our readers have won tickets to see the Decemberists this Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl! As part of a contest sponsored by fanscape.com, winners will get to hear one of our favorite bands perform at one of our favorite venues -- plus a Bristol... [FishBowlLA]

Why We (Heart) Nikki Finke - Posted June 12, 2007
We've officially arrived. It took nearly a year, but FBLA has finally registered on the radar of the venerable, incomparable, indispensable Nikki Finke. Well, actually, that statement was yet another example of the "inaccuracies," Nikki alludes to in her column this week about mediabistro.com. See, Nikki regularly writes us and our bosses at... [FishBowlLA]

Craigslist Ad: Executive Luxury Gift Buyer - Posted June 11, 2007
FBLA found a job on Craigslist that sounds so fun, and yet has the potential to be so awful. It pays $100K, and you earn every penny, we're guessing. Executive Luxury Gift Buyer EMPLOYER/FAMILY DESCRIPTION: Executive/CEO and wife (this is where the un-fun part starts) Special Projects Review 26 magazines monthly for ideas, inspiration, and... [FishBowlLA]

Win a VIP Hollywood Bowl Experience - Posted June 7, 2007
Our buddies at fanscape.com are once again offering loyal FBLA readers tickets to some hot shows, this time at the Hollywood Bowl. This time around, the contest will be run on their site -- and they're going to ask you a lot of questions about your cell phone preferences, but the tickets... [FishBowlLA]

LAT Farewells: Evelyn Iritani - Posted June 1, 2007
Pulitzer-prize-winning biz reporter Evelyn Iritani adds her sweet farewell to the mix this afternoon. One LAT staffer told FBLA reading e-mail today has been like attending a very long funeral. Colleagues, I apologize for the cross-posts, perhaps in my next life I'll learn how to synchronize my contacts list. Let me add my... [FishBowlLA]

Tabloid Baby Says Dateline Took the Worst of Tabloid TV - Posted May 30, 2007
Tabloid tv is too important to be left to amateurs, as in the case of NBC Dateline's To Catch A Predator fiasco. Tabloid Baby, who knows whereof he speaks, says: There's always the pain-in-the-ass producer who thinks ethics is something other than a county outside London and points out all the... [FishBowlLA]

Jenifer McKim Tells FBLA Third Time's A Charm - Posted May 23, 2007
Orange Count Register investigative reporter Jenifer McKim is headed to Harvard this August. McKim, a Pulitzer finalist, won a Nieman -- finally! It was McKim's third attempt to win that elusive award, and the Boston-bound star reporter couldn't be happier. McKim tells FBLA she's taking the whole crew to Cambridge - her... [FishBowlLA]

Our Very First Ticket Giveaway - Posted May 10, 2007
The LA Philharmonic has given FBLA a pair of tickets to Russian Chanson on May 24. And we're giving those tix away to one of our lucky readers. The show features DeVotchka, a Denver-based indie-gypsy-folk group that plays our favorite instrument, the theremin. Russian Chanson is part of the Phil's Shadow... [FishBowlLA]

LA Times--Chuck D Not a Member of the Clan - Posted May 10, 2007
FBLA can't imagine how we missed this correction in the LA Times: Rock the Bells: The caption on a photo of Chuck D that ran with the review of the music documentary "Rock the Bells" in Friday's Calendar section said the rapper was a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He was not... [FishBowlLA]

Tune In To MSNBC To See FBLA's Kate Coe - Posted May 8, 2007
FBLA fishie Kate Coe will be interviewed by Monica Novotny about everything Paris Hilton at 12 p.m. Tune in! [Update: If you're in to reading weirdly transcribed close caption text, here is Novotny's interview with Kate. Our favorite line: "Being a madcap heiress is a long American tradition."] ... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Claude Brodesser-Akner Escapes TMZ.com, Doesn't Even Have To Serve 45 Days In Jail - Posted May 7, 2007
Former FBLA fishie Claude Brodesser-Akner has left TMZ.com to become LA Bureau Chief of Advertising Age. Which, we figure, would be like becoming a dental hygienist after a year of clubbing seals for a living. Mazel Tov, Claude. ... [FishBowlLA]

This Is Why We Don't Print Your Comments - Posted May 2, 2007
Peter Larsen wrote a funny Q&A (well, "Q") with American Idol star Taylor Hicks, one that Hicks fans didn't much care for. And since the Register prints pretty much all reader comments on its Web site, the rest of us treated to portraits of Pete that range from the incomprehensible: I use... [FishBowlLA]

LAT Web Site To Get Botox - Posted May 2, 2007
FBLA co-Fishie Kate Coe schooled public relations folks at the PR Newswire Media Coffee this morning and came back with a bit of gossip from latimes.com Executive Editor Meredith Artley. "Meredith said they'll soon be doing 'a Botox procedure' for the Web site," Coe said. Expect more white space and an easier-to-navigate page.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted May 1, 2007
Behind Closed Doors: Clive Cussler is raising eyebrows for having his trial in front of only a handful of people -- but it's still more people than have read his books. Funny Misunderstanding: By the headline this morning, we had mistakenly thought the LAT had replaced Patrick Goldstein with 90-year-old comedy writer... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: E&P Publisher of the Year N. Christian Anderson Looked Bush in the Eye, Didn't Blink - Posted May 1, 2007
Editor & Publisher named N. Christian Anderson III, editor of the year this week, lauding the publisher of The Orange County Register for helming a paper that "was one of the first, and strongest, opponents of the war in Iraq." Anderson tells FBLA that opposing the war was a no-brainer for the... [FishBowlLA]

Mark Burnett, MySpace Team Up for a Competition to Pick a Political Candidate - Posted April 25, 2007
We checked our calendars, just to be sure, but - nope - it's not April 1. That means either someone at MediaPost Publications has it wrong, or this here story is true: Just in time for the next presidential election, reality TV impresario Mark Burnett is taking his brand of entertainment to... [FishBowlLA]

Local Journos Remember Tony Tranfa - Posted April 20, 2007
LA Observed reported yesterday on the death of Tony Tranfa, the 49-year-old online editor at the Daily Breeze. Forty-nine. His friends and co-workers were of course saddened by the news. But when they talked about Tony with FBLA, the first things to come to mind were the things that brought smiles to their... [FishBowlLA]

Fine Arts LA.com Launches with a Flourish - Posted April 13, 2007
Christian Chensvold announces the launch of FineArtsLA.com, LA's first website devoted to classical music, opera, ballet and museums. And about time, too. Alan Rich, long time music critic for the LA Weekly, sat down for an interview, as did Kelly Ann Sloan, dancer with the Los Angeles Ballet. Edward Gardner, conductor... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Finds Craigslist Gold, So You Don't Have To - Posted April 12, 2007
FBLA combs the city for opportunities, just for you. The writer of a movie soon to be directed by Dolph Lundgren is looking for help: ATTRACTIVE ,ENERGETIC,FEMALE,MUST BE COMPUTER CREATIVE,AND KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH LAWYERS,PRODUCRES AND ADMINISTRATE.YOU GET TO LEARN ABOUT THE MOVIE BUSINESS,TRAVEL,BE ON THE SET,ETC Someone named Jason with the Denver... [FishBowlLA]

Kurt Vonnegut, Dead at 84 - Posted April 11, 2007
The NYT had its finger on the "send" trigger, apparently, and popped this lovely obit up minutes after his death was announced. It ends with the poem Requiem, from Vonnegut's 2005 book, A Man Without a Country. When the last living thing/ has died on account of us,/ how poetical it would... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: The Anatomy of a "Baby Story" (Or, Who Determines Who Gets The Scoop) - Posted April 10, 2007
Samantha Harris can't help it if she's everybody's "It Girl." The Dancing with the Stars hostess works for ABC. But she's also a correspondent for E!. So when she announced her pregnancy today, who got the scoop? People. "People breaks a lot of baby news and I have never been in the magazine,... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: Diz White - Posted April 9, 2007
She's funny. She's British. And she's pimping a book. So why wouldn't LA voice-over talent/playwright/author Diz White answer our 20 Stupid Questions? Especially since we agreed to mention her upcoming book signing for The Comedy Group Book (How to Run One!, How to Get Laughs!, How to Make Money!) on Thursday at... [FishBowlLA]

Reelz Channel Writer on "Crappy Movies" - Posted April 4, 2007
Brian Talmadge pointed FBLA towards another Reelz employee, writer Thomas Leupp, formerly of JoBlo.com. Leupp's MySpace page intros him with this: I'm a Staff Writer at ReelzChannel.com, where I get to talk to actors and filmmakers about the crappy movies they make. It's great fun. Talmadge asked: Isn't he: a) a little young to be so... [FishBowlLA]

Rumor Mill -- Stuff We've Heard About People You Know - Posted April 2, 2007
FBLA has decided that responsible, cautious journalism is for wusses. We get delicious little morsels of unsubstantiated rumors in our in box all the time. Today, we shall disperse them to the masses. Feast, ye heathens! Feast! Last week we heard that the 50-80 LAT staffers were going to be laid off... [FishBowlLA]

Andrea Keller And Top Design--NBC Made Us Late - Posted March 30, 2007
FBLA is late with our Andrea Keller: Top Design insights, but we have a good excuse. NBC asked to check out her responses first and took their own sweet time about it. Make of that what you will. Hmmm. So, read on for the Chef's Table challenge, and we promise to... [FishBowlLA]

Gross Ads Keep 'Captivity' From Being Rated - Posted March 30, 2007
Women's groups who complained about billboards depicting a woman's abduction, torture and death tell FBLA today that they feel vindicated by MPAA sanctions against a film company responsible for those Captivity ads. According to Variety: Genre banner After Dark Films was slapped with an unprecedented sanction by the Motion Picture Assn. of... [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]

It's Spring, And Jeff Leeds Is On The Air - Posted March 27, 2007
Jeff Leeds' NYT article about how the album is falling out of favor has been the talk of music industry wonks, wonkettes and wannabes all week. But the LA-based journo's more interesting work isn't about the fate of music albums, but a glimpse into the future of newspaper reporters. Last week, the... [FishBowlLA]

Jon Fine: Has TMZ Gone People? - Posted March 27, 2007
Business Week's Jon Fine posits that Britney Spears has neutered that supposed pitbull of celebrity journalism, TMZ.com. To prove his point, Fine lists a few recent TMZ posts about the pop princess. Close your eyes and have your cubicle mate read you this sentece out loud: "Looks like rehab did more than... [FishBowlLA]

LA Times Reporter Stalks American Idol Fans - Posted March 22, 2007
Not content with Richard Rushfield's harassment of an innocent child, the LA Times sends Deborah Netburn on a trip to Riverside in search of Ashley Ferl, the American Idol crying girl. Nothing happens. Didn't talk to her. Talked to colorful local characters. Found teenager who claims to know Ashley. Drove back, wrote... [FishBowlLA]

Andres Martinez, Kelly Mullens, Brian Grazer: Three's Company - Posted March 21, 2007
FBLA thinks this is almost too good to be true: Andres Martinez, the Op-Ed Editor at the LA Times has been dating Kelly Mullens, who was an executive with Sitrick and Company. One of that firm's clients is Brian Grazer, the guest editor of this weekend's Current section. Former Sitrick exec.,... [FishBowlLA]

Angelenos About To Be Freed From "Capitivity" - Posted March 19, 2007
Almost as soon as the billboards for the Lionsgate film Captivity went up, the complaints came in. Women were outraged by the four panel billboard that showed a woman being kidnapped, confined, tortured and killed. Go figure. Quite a few of them told the movie studio that if they wanted misogyny with... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Getting Sick With Jonathan Cohn - Posted March 17, 2007
Jonathan Cohn has been hailed by Slate -- in an E-Street inspired article -- as the future of health care punditry. And today Cohn, a senior editor at The New Republic, will tell impressionable young health care journos how to write a book at a conference at Universal City Walk. "It'll be... [FishBowlLA]

Sanjaya Malakar: Are Indian Call Centers Controlling This American Idol? - Posted March 16, 2007
FBLA isn't sure who started this, but Tabloid Baby, Blogging Stocks and Buddy TV agree that Sanjaya Malakar stays on American Idol because of Indian call centers. Speed dialing, globalization, etc. Uber Desi has a post that seems mighty suspicious. Vote For The Worst also claims Sanjaya as their own. Hula-hips... [FishBowlLA]

West's Spring Fashion Issue - Posted March 4, 2007
West magazine ran its annual Spring Fashion issue and while the results were more appealing than in the past, there's still a lot of work to be done. Elizabeth Khuri explores the art of Rodarte, although it would be nice to read about the Mulleavy sisters that didn't go on about... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: Jacob Soboroff - Posted February 28, 2007
FBLA subjects Jacob Soboroff, videographer, activist, and good sport to our weekly questions. 1. What newspapers do you read? IN 3-D, WITH COFFEE, MOST MORNINGS: NYT, LAT, DN, WSJ 2. Which ones do you move your lips to while reading? NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, NYT -- THE COFFEE MAKES... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: Jacob Soboroff - Posted February 28, 2007
FBLA subjects Jacob Soboroff, videographer, activist, and good sport to our weekly questions. 1. What newspapers do you read? IN 3-D, WITH COFFEE, MOST MORNINGS: NYT, LAT, DN, WSJ 2. Which ones do you move your lips to while reading? NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, NYT -- THE COFFEE MAKES... [FishBowlLA]

UPDATE: Deadline Hollywood vs. Gold Derby: Spoiler Smackdown! - Posted February 25, 2007
Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil, who'll also be live-blogging tonight, tries to refute the Spoilers posted on Deadline Hollywood. He's got Steve Pond commenting on the said spoilers. And naturally, Deadline Hollywood comes back strong, writing: I'm told some of these alterations were made over this weekend because of my spoilers, and... [FishBowlLA]

UPDATE: Deadline Hollywood vs. Gold Derby: Spoiler Smackdown! - Posted February 25, 2007
Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil, who'll also be live-blogging tonight, tries to refute the Spoilers posted on Deadline Hollywood. He's got Steve Pond commenting on the said spoilers. And naturally, Deadline Hollywood comes back strong, writing: I'm told some of these alterations were made over this weekend because of my spoilers, and... [FishBowlLA]

Live Blogs: The Oscar Edition - Posted February 25, 2007
FBLA will not be live-blogging the Oscars. Hell, we aren't sure we're even watching. We might be doing good works among the poor. You want live-blogging? Try these: Ray Richmond The Johnny Lopez The Fug Girls David Spade, yes David Spade. Defamer. The Envelope Tom O'Neil DeadlineHollywood TrailerSpy Modesto Bee from duh, Modesto. BlogHer... [FishBowlLA]

Live Blogs: The Oscar Edition - Posted February 25, 2007
FBLA will not be live-blogging the Oscars. Hell, we aren't sure we're even watching. We might be doing good works among the poor. You want live-blogging? Try these: Ray Richmond The Johnny Lopez The Fug Girls David Spade, yes David Spade. Defamer. The Envelope Tom O'Neil DeadlineHollywood TrailerSpy Modesto Bee from duh, Modesto. BlogHer... [FishBowlLA]

Once-Reluctant LA Times Now Eager to Speak About Hate Crime Coverage - Posted February 23, 2007
If you've been following the Long Beach Halloween hate crime story and the media coverage of same, there's another story in the LA Weekly by an FBLA editor. On the Media did an interview that made the powers-that-be at the Los Angeles Times so distressed that an editor placed several frantic... [FishBowlLA]

Once-Reluctant LA Times Now Eager to Speak About Hate Crime Coverage - Posted February 23, 2007
If you've been following the Long Beach Halloween hate crime story and the media coverage of same, there's another story in the LA Weekly by an FBLA editor. On the Media did an interview that made the powers-that-be at the Los Angeles Times so distressed that an editor placed several frantic... [FishBowlLA]

RADAR LOVE: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted February 22, 2007
FBLA went to Radar's party at the Standard Hotel last night and had a surprisingly good time. There's always that moment, when fully dressed, one thinks, "To hell with it", and decides to climb out of the pumps and stay home and eat in front of the tv. But we went... [FishBowlLA]

RADAR LOVE: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted February 22, 2007
FBLA went to Radar's party at the Standard Hotel last night and had a surprisingly good time. There's always that moment, when fully dressed, one thinks, "To hell with it", and decides to climb out of the pumps and stay home and eat in front of the tv. But we went... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA 20 Questions: GirlsTalkinSmack.com - Posted February 20, 2007
FBLA talks to the dishiest girls of online celebrity dish: GirlsTalkinSmack.com's Kim (pictured. kinda) and Tiff, who inform us that even though they don't get their own hands inky for the news, papers aren't dead; satellite radio isn't all that and Josh Holloway, apparently, both maxes and relaxes. 1. What newspapers do... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA: Oscar Watch 2007 - Posted February 19, 2007
FBLA is counting the days until the Oscars. Well, no, not really, but we're pretending to care by pointing out some stories you might have missed. Oscars--the dermatologists. NY Times Oscars--the D.J. NYTimes Oscars--the dating. Craigslist Oscars--the dreck. LATimes (And we love this line in the LAT: "I don't think academy members read... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA: Oscar Watch 2007 - Posted February 19, 2007
FBLA is counting the days until the Oscars. Well, no, not really, but we're pretending to care by pointing out some stories you might have missed. Oscars--the dermatologists. NY Times Oscars--the D.J. NYTimes Oscars--the dating. Craigslist Oscars--the dreck. LATimes (And we love this line in the LAT: "I don't think academy members read... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Doesn't Pander Which Flacks Would Know If They Read FBLA - Posted February 17, 2007
The Flack thinks FBLA panders. Peter Himler, of Flatiron Communications blogs about John Pavlik's retirement from the Academy, writing: With the Oscars nearly upon us, and the era of celebrity pandering showing no signs of abating -- Think TMZ, Perez, Defamer, PopSugar, The Superficial, Gawker , Fishbowl LA.... FBLA think this... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Doesn't Pander Which Flacks Would Know If They Read FBLA - Posted February 17, 2007
The Flack thinks FBLA panders. Peter Himler, of Flatiron Communications blogs about John Pavlik's retirement from the Academy, writing: With the Oscars nearly upon us, and the era of celebrity pandering showing no signs of abating -- Think TMZ, Perez, Defamer, PopSugar, The Superficial, Gawker , Fishbowl LA.... FBLA think this... [FishBowlLA]

Bronson and Merryman Talk to FBLA About How Not To Talk to Your Kids - Posted February 16, 2007
New York magazine's cover story, How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise by Po Bronson with Ashley Merryman, paints an all-too-common picture of kids so showered with praise that they're drowning, not swimming. FBLA asked Merryman how the story came about and she generously wrote... [FishBowlLA]

Bronson and Merryman Talk to FBLA About How Not To Talk to Your Kids - Posted February 16, 2007
New York magazine's cover story, How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise by Po Bronson with Ashley Merryman, paints an all-too-common picture of kids so showered with praise that they're drowning, not swimming. FBLA asked Merryman how the story came about and she generously wrote... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Editor Upsets Orange County With Husband's Naughty Bits - Posted February 15, 2007
Who knew people in the OC were so prissy? FBLA editrix, Mayrav Saar, wrote a column about meeting some of her husband's college friends and readers went berserk. Okay, so she mentioned in passing that she'd taken a cell-photo of his naughty bits (at his request) to bring along. The... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Editor Upsets Orange County With Husband's Naughty Bits - Posted February 15, 2007
Who knew people in the OC were so prissy? FBLA editrix, Mayrav Saar, wrote a column about meeting some of her husband's college friends and readers went berserk. Okay, so she mentioned in passing that she'd taken a cell-photo of his naughty bits (at his request) to bring along. The... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: LAT Investigations Editor's Departure Bittersweet - Posted February 13, 2007
Vernon Loeb, LAT local investigations editor, is leaving to return to the Philadephia Inquirer as metro editor. Loeb tells FBLA: "It's hard leaving the LA Times, and hard leaving LA. I couldn't pass up an opportnity to go to Philadelphia, work with Bill Marimow and show that locally owned newspapers can not... [FishBowlLA]

Wanna Be An Answer Vixen? No, We Didn't Think So - Posted February 12, 2007
If you've got a hankering to give strangers your advice, and you don't need to eat--E. Jean is looking for you: Kumquats! I am offering two internships with AskEJean.com. Kumquat rhymes with something, but we digress. Reading on, one learns that as an E. Jean intern, writing is called for, but not the... [FishBowlLA]

Wanna Be An Answer Vixen? No, We Didn't Think So - Posted February 12, 2007
If you've got a hankering to give strangers your advice, and you don't need to eat--E. Jean is looking for you: Kumquats! I am offering two internships with AskEJean.com. Kumquat rhymes with something, but we digress. Reading on, one learns that as an E. Jean intern, writing is called for, but not the... [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]

From The Annals Of 'Why Didn't I Think Of That' - Posted February 8, 2007
FBLA is as jealous as a 38-year-old bridesmaid of Erin Torneo and Valerie Krause who had the good sense to collect their thoughts and memories of going stag to countless friends' weddings and compile them into a sure-to-be-a-big-seller book, The Bridal Wave: A Survival Guide to the Everyone-I-Know-Is-Getting-Married Years. Former Cosmopolitan... [FishBowlLA]

Michael Ausiello Isn't a Doctor, Plays One on TV - Posted February 6, 2007
FBLA loves press releases. TV Guide's hardworking Julie Farin alerted us to this groundbreaking morsel: TV Guide's ubiquitous columnist Michael Ausiello (Ask Ausiello, The Ausiello Report) makes a cameo appearance as an obstetrician on the NBC comedy Scrubs on Thursday, February 8 at 9 PM ET/PT, where he performs an ultrasound... [FishBowlLA]

Michael Ausiello Isn't a Doctor, Plays One on TV - Posted February 6, 2007
FBLA loves press releases. TV Guide's hardworking Julie Farin alerted us to this groundbreaking morsel: TV Guide's ubiquitous columnist Michael Ausiello (Ask Ausiello, The Ausiello Report) makes a cameo appearance as an obstetrician on the NBC comedy Scrubs on Thursday, February 8 at 9 PM ET/PT, where he performs an ultrasound... [FishBowlLA]

All News Is Local, All Homicides More So - Posted February 5, 2007
Jill Leovy drops FBLA a note to pimp the following: "Starting today, the Los Angeles Times begins a new effort to report all Los Angeles County homicides weekly. L.A. County is one of the nation's most violent locales, and in a typical year the paper covers fewer than 10% of all homicides.... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Writes A Job Posting For Viacom, Hopes They Don't Make Us Take it Down - Posted February 5, 2007
Viacom doesn't know it, but it needs fact-checkers. So allow us to list a job posting on the company's behalf: WANTED Fact-checker who knows how search YouTube for video clips that Viacom actually owns. Ability to save company from the embarrassment of purging legitimate, user-generated content a MUST. Knowledge of when a video... [FishBowlLA]

Top Design: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted February 1, 2007
FBLA is wildly excited about Bravo's Top Design series, especially as architect Andrea Keller is a contestant. We know her from our other life, and thus are completely biased and hope she wins. In the weeks ahead, she's going to share some tiny, insignificant behind-the-scenes details with FBLA Keller and her... [FishBowlLA]

Top Design: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted February 1, 2007
FBLA is wildly excited about Bravo's Top Design series, especially as architect Andrea Keller is a contestant. We know her from our other life, and thus are completely biased and hope she wins. In the weeks ahead, she's going to share some tiny, insignificant behind-the-scenes details with FBLA Keller and her... [FishBowlLA]

LA Feminist Create A make/shift Magazine, Tell FBLA All About It - Posted January 31, 2007
Make/shift a magazine "representing contemporary feminist culture and action around the world," is launching here in LA. It'll include fiction, interviews with activists, photo essays an analysis. And, did we mention it's launching here? Jessica Hoffmann, one of make/shift's three editor/publishers (along with Stephanie Abraham and Daria Yudacufski)tells FBLA, "While... [FishBowlLA]

John Griffiths Talks Recovery In Pop Culture with Ted Casablanca - Posted January 29, 2007
John Griffiths, television critic for Us Weekly, is also the host of The Hollywood Pitch on CRNTalk. He has a great show set for tonight from 7-9 p.m. (PST). From the release: Principles before Superstardom? Screenwriter Bennett Yellin (Dumb and Dumber) discuss the media's reporting of the rising spate of celebrities... [FishBowlLA]

John Griffiths Talks Recovery In Pop Culture with Ted Casablanca - Posted January 29, 2007
John Griffiths, television critic for Us Weekly, is also the host of The Hollywood Pitch on CRNTalk. He has a great show set for tonight from 7-9 p.m. (PST). From the release: Principles before Superstardom? Screenwriter Bennett Yellin (Dumb and Dumber) discuss the media's reporting of the rising spate of celebrities... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA EXCLUSIVE: Us Weekly's Ken Baker Bringing the Fun to the Internet - Posted January 26, 2007
Ken Baker, Us Weekly's West Coast exec editor, yesterday was named Editorial Director of Usmagazine.com, which makes perfect sense to us. This was the guy, after all, who told us that the secret to the mag's success was boobs, clothes and celebrity sex. What better platform for all those things than... [FishBowlLA]

I'd Like To Thank The Academy, And NPR, For Giving Me This Honor - Posted January 25, 2007
We all secretly have our Oscar speeches in our heads, don't we? Along with our moms, and our deities and our third-grade teachers, we'd use the airtime to make a romantic or meaningful offer of thanks to someone unexpected. Or maybe we'd use the limelight to really stick it to Tracy Schindler for... [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]

Fox's New Morning Show -- How They'll Cover the Stories That Mean the Most to Los Angeles - Posted January 18, 2007
Fox is adding a new national morning show to its roster at 9 a.m. on Jan. 22, when it plucks Mike Jerrick and Juliet Huddy from FOX News Channel's Dayside, and gives them the The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet. This is a NY-based show, but both TV personalities have... [FishBowlLA]

W and Hollywood Have a Golden Affair: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted January 12, 2007
W magazine threw their Golden Globes kick-off party at the Sunset Tower Hotel's Terrace last night--FBLA keeps thinking of it as the Argyle. Lots of svelte blondes in black, including Rachel Zoe, sweetly but maddeningly discreet about her latest red-carpet proteges, Steven Cojocaru who was pointed out as Madonna until he... [FishBowlLA]

W and Hollywood Have a Golden Affair: FBLA Goes to the Party - Posted January 12, 2007
W magazine threw their Golden Globes kick-off party at the Sunset Tower Hotel's Terrace last night--FBLA keeps thinking of it as the Argyle. Lots of svelte blondes in black, including Rachel Zoe, sweetly but maddeningly discreet about her latest red-carpet proteges, Steven Cojocaru who was pointed out as Madonna until he... [FishBowlLA]

New Blog on the Block - Posted January 11, 2007
Variety has launched a new party-esque society blog, Variety on the Town, that seems to be a departure from other party-eque society sites in that it leaves all the panty-free pandemonium on the other side of the velvet rope. The site launched on Jan. 5, "just in time for the avalanche of... [FishBowlLA]

Get Naked. Get Married. Get on TV. - Posted January 10, 2007
The WE channel will be airing three competition-esque shows: A swimsuit makeover show, a lingerie makeover show and a wedding dress special. Flummoxed by their inability to cast the show entirely from Smith College, the casting directors asked FBLA to lend a hand. We're happy to, but only because we plan on... [FishBowlLA]

McClatchy Buys Out Its Only True Competition -- Local Bloggers - Posted January 5, 2007
In its apparent march toward relevance, McClatchy bought two local blogs (or placeblogs), Fresno Famous and Modesto Famous. The purchase adds some new resources to the blogs and allows Famous creator Jarah Euston time to do other things. Like work for money. Jarah tells FBLA: "I will remain as a daily... [FishBowlLA]

Freedom Writers: Hilary Ain't The Only Swank Thing About This Movie - Posted January 3, 2007
Style diva and general troublemaker Stevie Wilson takes issue with Robin Roberts' piece about Hilary Swank on Good Morning America, noting that Roberts' description of Wilson High School in Long Beach is far from "inner city." Stevie cc'd FBLA on an e-mail she sent Roberts, saying: "The designation of Woodrow Wilson as... [FishBowlLA]

Jay Lawrence Leaving KFI - Posted January 2, 2007
The voice of Orange County and the Inland Empire was laid off by KFI AM 640 last week. Jay Lawrence, 60, who got his start as a college stringer, reporting golf games, says that in his 18 years reporting for the radio station he survived firestorms, earthquakes and being shot at.... [FishBowlLA]

New Web Site Makes All News Local - Posted January 2, 2007
Placeblogger.com, yet another citizen journalism project, launched this week and promises to be a "directory of hyperlocal sites," according to one of the sites listed, fresnofamous.com. Founder Lisa Williams says: "Placeblogs are about something broader than news alone. They're about the lived experience of a place. That experience may be news, or... [FishBowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset... and on 2006 - Posted December 29, 2006
If you still don't know how you're ringing in the New Year, LA.com has some suggestions (yes, this is the first time FBLA has ever refered people to LA.com for anything other than a punchline. But if you don't have NYE plans this late in the game, then you deserve to... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Interviews The Woman We'll Be Stealing Photos From Next Year - Posted December 29, 2006
Celebrity Babylon, a new "Internet magazine" created by Sunset Photo and News, was supposed to have an official launch at the start of the new year. With a press release and planned interviews and all that neat stuff. But founder Jill Ishkanian realized right quick that that wasn't... [FishBowlLA]