Thursday, July 24, 2008

Lainey Blind Item

Which actor has been much too egotistical and much too energetic on press tour recently? Let’s start with the ego first:

He’s not exactly Brad Pitt or the GMD on fame terms and still he travels with a crazy security team and insists on sweeping every location before he will enter. Who the f&ck are you??? Even his own management is snickering at his grossly exaggerated sense of entitlement – hit movies don’t necessarily equate to international superstardom, and while his box office might be lucrative, his celebrity status is decidedly modest.

Still…he insists on super stealth, secret service style maneuvers, and has hilariously mandated that while in public he be referred to by “code name” only. It becomes even funnier when the newly single megalomaniac happens upon an attractive woman. The woman is hustled through stairwells and hallways before their tryst – a procedure so elaborate that last week, his chosen partner for the evening ended up so rattled by the time she arrived at his room, she was no longer in the mood to participate.

And his paranoia is getting worse. It started out as a quirk - several weeks ago he was enthusiastic and perhaps a little particular, but not a paranoid freak. A little blow here and there for extra energy though has become more of a habit and he is getting CRANKED at work. To the point where more than a few journalists have remarked about his over-animated behaviour, as a timid reporter from Asia was frightened and confused during an interview when he became angry at her for refusing to sing karaoke with him. Sorry…I’m a bitch. I had to laugh about that.

Be thankful, dude, for a good publicity team. And for the fact that at the end of the day, it’s really only you.

40 comments:

The Oklahoma Hippy said...

George Wendt?

Little Baby Jade said...

Robert Downey Jr.

jmg said...

brendan fraser

LRS said...

Brendan Fraser

janine said...

Brendan Fraser, Thirded.

Cate said...

Jason Statham? Just wondered, since the word CRANKED was capitalized, and he had a movie called Crank. But, does he have any movies to publicize right now?

Nathaniel Engelsen said...

Jason Statham doesn't have huge box office grosses, though. He is, however, pimping out Death Race.

califblondy said...

Ooooh how cool, a code name. Ya, I wanted a code name when I was twelve. Jeesh, grow-up dude.

BTW, as far as I know Robert Downey, Jr., isn't newly single.

ms snarky said...

Alec Baldwin? that would be the best.

Unknown said...

I was actually thinking Jason Lewis since he's been out and about promoting SATC and Lainey has commented on his bug eyes before.

libby said...

The title of the blind is :"Bad haired and bug-eyed."

If that doesn't describe Brendan Frasier, I dunno who else. (Maybe Nic Cage, but I think it's definitely Brendan.)

nunaurbiz said...

Much as I hate to acknowledge it, because I like Brendan Fraser, saw this on CNN.com:

NEW YORK (AP) -- Uh-oh. Brendan Fraser is alarmed.

He's talking about his new movie, "Journey to the Center of the Earth," and stops mid-sentence to help a reporter: "Are you being eaten by a plant here?"

The reporter is seated by a large potted plant whose leafy branches droop over her chair.

Suddenly, Fraser leaps up from a sofa and pretends to fight with the "garden-variety hotel plant," re-enacting a scene from the Jules Verne-inspired 3D thrill ride in which his character -- fearful geek-turned-fearless-explorer Trevor Anderson -- fends off giant Venus Flytraps at the Earth's core. There is also an angry T.rex or two, bugs you don't want to know and other nasties.

Needless to say, this isn't an ordinary interview for the star of the "Mummy" movies, "Gods and Monsters," "George of the Jungle," "Encino Man" and other films. Fraser's unabashedly silly side surfaces as the 39-year-old actor nibbles on Gummi bears and talks about his affection for Jamie Oliver ("The Naked Chef"), a guy named Obama and catching piranha.

nunaurbiz said...

And he was in Shanghai in November, which could be the Asia karaoke thing....

lutefisk said...

I liked Brendan Fraser in his hey
day--George of the Jungle, Encino Man.....good times,good times.

nunaurbiz said...

Oh, I guess the new Mummy movie was shot in Shanghai.

Marnie said...

Fraser dates girls?

Cheryl said...

I was already on the Brendan Fraser train but info from nunaurbiz has sealed the deal.

nunaurbiz said...

In his defense, tho (I SOOO do not want to believe this is Brendan), here's a link to a clip from the CBS Early Show and while I, a verified night owl, think it's ungodly behavior to act so awake at such an early hour, Brendan comes across as very rational, until the end where he DOES get "animated," but not in a scary way:

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/07/earlyshow/leisure/boxoffice/main4237348.shtml

Eeyore said...

For some reason Gerard Butler jumped to mind. I just saw a post over on TMZ or something where they commented how loopy and crazy he was acting after a 14 hour flight. http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/24/gerard-butler-gets-rare-strain-of-cabin-fever/. I have no other supporting info. :)

vitazza said...

I say C. Bale!!

Kristen S. said...

Newly single would mean we, the general public, would most likely know about his breakup? Who broke up recently?

jax said...

bad hair and bug eyes...shit is this even a blind?

totally Brendan.

Emma31 said...

yeppers gotta be Brendan!

NO MORE MUMMY MOVIES for Christ sake!
BLAAHHAAHAA!!!

bionic bunny! said...

yeah, but then again, he's always had a lovable loopy side. love the plant story, i do stuff like that all the time!
but i think it's brendan, too.

ktmonster said...

Definitely Jason Statham, he was in the movie Crank, had some pretty sucessful movies with the Transporter franchise, the Italian Job, and the Bank Job... definitely not a household name, but somewhat recognizable, and he's definitely no Brad Pitt looks wise. Brendan Fraser is a good guess but I wonder if he's too famous for the blind, he is definitely someone everyone would know.

ktmonster said...

Definitely Jason Statham, he was in the movie Crank, had some pretty sucessful movies with the Transporter franchise, the Italian Job, and the Bank Job... definitely not a household name, but somewhat recognizable, and he's definitely no Brad Pitt looks wise. Brendan Fraser is a good guess but I wonder if he's too famous for the blind, he is definitely someone everyone would know.

Uber*nought said...

Jason Statham and Brendan Fraser are both rumored to be gay so I don't know...

Maybe this is a plant to make people assume thi is going on when it actually isn't...hmm.

Ashlae said...

I'm guessing Brendan Fraser but I'm probably wrong!

Joanna said...

To be honest Gerard Butler looks pretty normal to me in that video. I know I'm all smiles when I finally get off a damn plane at my final destination. Looks more like relief than coked up to me.

I'm totally suspecting Brendan Fraser too. Damn it all, I actually liked him! He's been a train wreck lately, what happened? Also, gay rumors: He could be bi or they could have stemmed from just being in Gods and Monsters. Sadly, people like to label after you play gay once.

Brenda22 said...

I thought of Jason Statham too (because of the word crancked)...plus he has bad (no) hair.

dmd77 said...

Brendan Fraser sounds like a good guess to me! Sorry to break it to his fans reading this, but he's not a household name; my mother-in-law wouldn't know him by name and that's my gauge.

Beth said...

Brendan Fraser

He announced his divorce about six months ago.

redgurl72 said...

Brendan Fraser. Brendan Fraser. Brendan Fraser.

trashtalker said...

The first person I thought of was David Duchovny. Lainey just noted Tea's absence from the premiere, his rumored infidelity and that he has been acting like a single man on his TV show set. The super stealthiness could be because the breakup isn't public yet. To me, keywords such as "secret service," "paranoia" and "partner" smack of "The X-Files."

Melissa said...

Man, if Christian Bale wasn't happily married this would scream him.

Has Fraser's box office been that great though?

Judi said...

"He is getting cracked at work..." Someone who's at work now. I think Duchovny's a great guess. We'll see in the future who ends up going to rehab.

selenakyle said...

Brendan Fraser. Used to have a great bod--now bloated-looking and wasn't there something recently posted about his binge eating? Classic coke after-effect.

Ciaobella said...

Long time lurker. Just wanted to add that I was in New York recently and watched a local version of Ebert and Roeper where they review movies. They interviewed Brendan Fraser and I commented to my husband about how strange he was acting. It was making me tired just watching him act so twitchy.

mooshki said...

No way it's Statham, he's a mellow dude. Count me on the BF team.

brink500 said...

I am long time lurker finally posting. Is Will Farrell still married. He has been acting strangely on interviews this week also.

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