In 2011, Sony Pictures released Moneyball, based on Michael Lewis’s book of the same name. The story follows Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane – played by Brad Pitt – as he attempts to build a team of overlooked but talented baseball players using controversial statistical analysis techniques known as sabermetrics. The film was a critical and commercial success, earning over $110 million at the box office and six Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor and Supporting Actor nods for Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, respectively. But just how accurate is the film? Let’s play ball and find out Wtf Really Happened to Moneyball.
Right off the bat, Moneyball demonstrates that professional baseball is an unfair game. While teams like the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have player budgets exceeding $100,000,000, the Oakland A’s have to make do with a “measly” $40,000,000. In short, the big teams were buying up the best players in the league,...
Right off the bat, Moneyball demonstrates that professional baseball is an unfair game. While teams like the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have player budgets exceeding $100,000,000, the Oakland A’s have to make do with a “measly” $40,000,000. In short, the big teams were buying up the best players in the league,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Brian Accardo
- JoBlo.com
Jeremy Giambi, a former professional baseball player best known for his time with the Oakland Athletics, which resulted in him being featured in the book “Moneyball” and portrayed in the film adaptation, died Wednesday. He was 47.
No cause of death was given but according to USA Today, he was found by his parents shortly before noon on Wednesday.
The news was announced by the Oakland Athletics. “We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of a member of our Green and Gold family, Jeremy Giambi. We offer our condolences to Jeanne, Jason, and his family and friends,” the team said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Born in 1974 in San Jose, California and raised in West Covina, Giambi attended Cal State Fullerton before being drafted as a minor league player by the Kansas City Royals in 1996. He debuted in the major leagues in 1998 for the Royals, playing for the team...
No cause of death was given but according to USA Today, he was found by his parents shortly before noon on Wednesday.
The news was announced by the Oakland Athletics. “We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of a member of our Green and Gold family, Jeremy Giambi. We offer our condolences to Jeanne, Jason, and his family and friends,” the team said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Born in 1974 in San Jose, California and raised in West Covina, Giambi attended Cal State Fullerton before being drafted as a minor league player by the Kansas City Royals in 1996. He debuted in the major leagues in 1998 for the Royals, playing for the team...
- 2/10/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Jeremy Giambi, who was portrayed in the film and book versions of Moneyball and played for four teams, including the Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies, has died. He was 47 and no cause of death was released.
Jeremy Giambi was the younger brother of slugger Jason Giambi, who also was part of the Michael Lewis book Moneyball and later was depicted in the 2011 film of the same name. “We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of a member of our Green and Gold family, Jeremy Giambi. We offer our condolences to Jeanne, Jason, and his family and friends,” said the Oakland Athletics in a tweet. Giambi played six seasons in the majors with four teams — the Athletics, Phillies, Red Sox and Kansas City Royals. His final season in MLB was 2003. The Red Sox tweeted Wednesday, “We mourn the loss of Jeremy Giambi, who spent six seasons in the major leagues,...
Jeremy Giambi was the younger brother of slugger Jason Giambi, who also was part of the Michael Lewis book Moneyball and later was depicted in the 2011 film of the same name. “We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of a member of our Green and Gold family, Jeremy Giambi. We offer our condolences to Jeanne, Jason, and his family and friends,” said the Oakland Athletics in a tweet. Giambi played six seasons in the majors with four teams — the Athletics, Phillies, Red Sox and Kansas City Royals. His final season in MLB was 2003. The Red Sox tweeted Wednesday, “We mourn the loss of Jeremy Giambi, who spent six seasons in the major leagues,...
- 2/10/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The home run derby has Zero chance of screwing up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ... so says Mlb legend Jason Giambi, who tells TMZ Sports the rookie phenom should do it with no worries!!! "They're a lot of fun," Giambi says. Of course, Vlad has reportedly agreed behind the scenes to take hacks in the Mlb's home run contest next month ... but nothing's been made official yet. Some in the baseball world are hoping the 20-year-old will...
- 6/26/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Wanna get outta the country and live like an Mlb slugger at the same time??? Jason Giambi's awesome Cabo villa is hitting the auction block -- hope ya got a few Million laying around!!! The crib (nicknamed Casa Cielo) is sick -- featuring 9 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, an infinity pool with a hot tub, insane ocean views, home gym, game room, bar ... and a cool tiki hut thing. Oh, he also has parking for 13 cars ... just in case.
- 4/25/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Box Office Sabermetrics is a weekly column that will attempt to apply the statistical analysis Sabermetrics, used in Baseball, to the box office results each weekend.
Universal Studios is having a great year. In fact they’re having a year where they are having the biggest box office returns this year by a long shot – $2.1 billion domestically and counting, a full $700 million past the 2nd placers in Buena Vista – and it’s probably the most interesting thing that a large Hollywood studio has done in a long time.
You’re probably wondering at this point, why should I be interested in the fact that a large Hollywood studio made a bunch of money? The fact that they made a bunch of money isn’t the interesting thing, its how they made it that is.
The biggest genre of film in Hollywood right now is the comic book film. Every studio...
Universal Studios is having a great year. In fact they’re having a year where they are having the biggest box office returns this year by a long shot – $2.1 billion domestically and counting, a full $700 million past the 2nd placers in Buena Vista – and it’s probably the most interesting thing that a large Hollywood studio has done in a long time.
You’re probably wondering at this point, why should I be interested in the fact that a large Hollywood studio made a bunch of money? The fact that they made a bunch of money isn’t the interesting thing, its how they made it that is.
The biggest genre of film in Hollywood right now is the comic book film. Every studio...
- 9/1/2015
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
It’s tempting to recap a show like Happy Endings by just transcribing every line and saying ”this was hilarious,” but let’s savor the hour a little more. The gang begins ”Deuce Babylove 2: Electric Babydeuce” hanging out with Penny’s mom, Dana (Megan Mullally), and Dave’s Dad, Big Dave (Michael McKean). When no one can hang out with Max, everyone starts to think about how much time the group actually spends together. Really, it’s just breakfast four or five times a week and drinks every evening. Oh, and they deliver all important news in person. That...
- 5/4/2013
- by Sarah Caldwell
- EW.com - PopWatch
How do you win a game when the rules are designed to make you lose?... Play a different game.
For sports neophytes unaware of the finer points on how major league sports design their business models, Major League Baseball (Mlb) runs its league according to the principles of social darwinism: every man/team for himself. Unlike the National Football League which operates as a legalized trust, sharing profits and coordinating with one another in order to make their overall product stronger, the Mlb's policy is that each team is its own wholly separate entity that must survive and suffice on its own merit and revenue.
The result is an income disparity among Mlb teams that make Marxists rabidly salivate. There are the rich teams, such as the juggernaut that is the New York Yankees, a team that can simply purchase any missing piece in their collection to almost guarantee a perennial playoff contender status,...
For sports neophytes unaware of the finer points on how major league sports design their business models, Major League Baseball (Mlb) runs its league according to the principles of social darwinism: every man/team for himself. Unlike the National Football League which operates as a legalized trust, sharing profits and coordinating with one another in order to make their overall product stronger, the Mlb's policy is that each team is its own wholly separate entity that must survive and suffice on its own merit and revenue.
The result is an income disparity among Mlb teams that make Marxists rabidly salivate. There are the rich teams, such as the juggernaut that is the New York Yankees, a team that can simply purchase any missing piece in their collection to almost guarantee a perennial playoff contender status,...
- 11/18/2011
- by Christopher Lominac
- AreYouScreening.com
This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch.
By Lance Williams
From 2000 to 2004, the Oakland Athletics were the greatest baseball team that never won the pennant.
Film fans can get that idea from "Moneyball," the new Brad Pitt movie about Billy Beane, the club's computer-genius general manager.
In that stretch, the A's won 98 games per year - 20 in a row at one point. First baseman Jason Giambi and shortstop Miguel Tejada both were named the American League's Most Valuable Player, and pitcher Barry Zito won the Cy Young Award. Oakland was in the playoffs four straight years - and lost in the first round every time.
There's another idea fans might not get from the movie: The "Moneyball" A's were loaded with steroid users.
Nine men who played for the A's between 2000 and 2004 used banned drugs, according to the Mitchell Report, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell's official investigation of baseball's steroid era.
By Lance Williams
From 2000 to 2004, the Oakland Athletics were the greatest baseball team that never won the pennant.
Film fans can get that idea from "Moneyball," the new Brad Pitt movie about Billy Beane, the club's computer-genius general manager.
In that stretch, the A's won 98 games per year - 20 in a row at one point. First baseman Jason Giambi and shortstop Miguel Tejada both were named the American League's Most Valuable Player, and pitcher Barry Zito won the Cy Young Award. Oakland was in the playoffs four straight years - and lost in the first round every time.
There's another idea fans might not get from the movie: The "Moneyball" A's were loaded with steroid users.
Nine men who played for the A's between 2000 and 2004 used banned drugs, according to the Mitchell Report, former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell's official investigation of baseball's steroid era.
- 10/25/2011
- Huffington Post
Billy Beane was drafted by the New York Mets in 1980. He was one of 3 first round picks the team had that year. Beane, being a 5 tool player (excels at hitting for average, hitting for power, great speed, great fielding and had great throwing ability), was highly sought after. He was considered a “can’t miss” prospect, who missed badly. He was unable to adjust to big league pitching, and only ended up playing for 5 season with 4 teams. Before the 1990 season, Beane approached Oakland A’s Gm Sandy Alderson and asked to become a scout for the team. A few seasons later Beane became assistant Gm and then he finally became Gm for the A’s in 1998. Both Alderson and then Beane used what’s called Sabermetrics to put together his teams. This is a process of taking players that are undervalued by other teams because they are not superstars, and signing them.
- 9/26/2011
- by Brad Reiter
- Killer Films
Moneyball tells the story of the resurgent Oakland A’s under the leadership of General Manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) beginning in the 2001 post season when his team had just lost its three top players (Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon and Jason Isringhausen) to better-funded and larger market competitors. Oakland could not afford to replace them with comparable talent and the team’s future looked grim. The solution comes in the form of portly young Yale grad Peter Brand (Jonah Hill) whose simple idea is to replace them with cheap players with good statiscal odds of getting on base. Beane subscribes to Brand’s theories much to the displeasure of manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and head scout Grady Fuson (Ken Medlock,) who are convinced this strategy will be the final nail in the coffin for their struggling team. Beane stocks the A’s with has-beens and misfits that no other teams wants.
- 9/23/2011
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Moneyball is just as much a sports movie as any other. It's got the drama of winning and losing and there's a "your job is on the line" kind of risk-taking that keeps it thrilling. But for some reason it feels different than other sports movies. Perhaps it's because the way it approaches the sport. It approaches the game as an economics problem, but even still it isn't a film that dedicates itself to analysis. Director Bennett Miller (Capote) has taken a story centered on a major league baseball team using stats and math formulas to recruit players and build a team on a budget and given it a heartbeat. It never tries too hard and settles into the story nicely, making for a very enjoyable movie with a sense of faith, trust, teamwork, loyalty and desire at its core to go along with an excellent lead performance by Brad Pitt.
- 9/23/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
This review contains spoilers for historical events. If you don't know how "Moneyball" ends already and don't want to know, do not read further.
People who know baseball will have a very different experience watching "Moneyball" than the people who don't. The film, an adaptation of a revolutionary non-fiction book by Michael Lewis, recreates the events of the Oakland Athletics' 2002 season. Within the film, the A's accomplishments in '02, engineered by their iconoclastic general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), are treated as a near-mythic triumph of baseball's David over its collective Goliaths. Outside the film, as baseball fans know, the real story is a little bit different.
Consider this scene early in the film. Beane is in Cleveland during the off-season looking to acquire players. The A's had a great year in 2001, but they lost three of their biggest stars -- Jason Giambi, Jason Isringhausen, and Johnny Damon -- because...
People who know baseball will have a very different experience watching "Moneyball" than the people who don't. The film, an adaptation of a revolutionary non-fiction book by Michael Lewis, recreates the events of the Oakland Athletics' 2002 season. Within the film, the A's accomplishments in '02, engineered by their iconoclastic general manager Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), are treated as a near-mythic triumph of baseball's David over its collective Goliaths. Outside the film, as baseball fans know, the real story is a little bit different.
Consider this scene early in the film. Beane is in Cleveland during the off-season looking to acquire players. The A's had a great year in 2001, but they lost three of their biggest stars -- Jason Giambi, Jason Isringhausen, and Johnny Damon -- because...
- 9/22/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt, is flat out brilliant. Based on the book by Michael Lewis, director Bennett Miller has managed to take what was on his pages -- statistics, strategy and a study in personalities -- and impeccably bring it to the big screen.
Pitt stars as Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane. The film’s true story centers on how after the 2001 season that saw the A’s on the brink of the World Series, Beane had to reinvent his team after his stars -- Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon -- were pillaged by free agency that they could not afford. Beane was looking at a baseball landscape populated by teams with $100-plus million payrolls winning while teams such as his, with $30 million-plus payrolls, were left in the dust. Beane felt there was still a way to win and that triumphant journey is chronicled with passion in Moneyball.
Pitt stars as Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane. The film’s true story centers on how after the 2001 season that saw the A’s on the brink of the World Series, Beane had to reinvent his team after his stars -- Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon -- were pillaged by free agency that they could not afford. Beane was looking at a baseball landscape populated by teams with $100-plus million payrolls winning while teams such as his, with $30 million-plus payrolls, were left in the dust. Beane felt there was still a way to win and that triumphant journey is chronicled with passion in Moneyball.
- 9/22/2011
- by joel.amos@moviefanatic.com (Joel D Amos)
- Reel Movie News
Chris Pratt is visiting with Movie Fanatic in Toronto at the city’s film fest and he could not be more pleased with his career-making role in the Brad Pitt starring Moneyball. Pratt hits the perception of his acting talents out of the park as Scott Hatteberg, a member of the surprising Oakland A’s that General Manager Billy Beane (Pitt) put together after losing Jason Giambi and Johnny Damon to free agency (the Yankees and Red Sox, respectively).
Pratt has been stealing scenes from episode one on NBC’s hit Parks and Recreation, opposite Amy Poehler. And now he is set to make a name of himself in Moneyball, starring with Jonah Hill and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman.
As Movie Fanatic is as well, Pratt is beyond thrilled to be at the Toronto Film Festival. In our exclusive video interview, he talks about working across Brad Pitt, putting...
Pratt has been stealing scenes from episode one on NBC’s hit Parks and Recreation, opposite Amy Poehler. And now he is set to make a name of himself in Moneyball, starring with Jonah Hill and Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman.
As Movie Fanatic is as well, Pratt is beyond thrilled to be at the Toronto Film Festival. In our exclusive video interview, he talks about working across Brad Pitt, putting...
- 9/16/2011
- by joel.amos@moviefanatic.com (Joel D Amos)
- Reel Movie News
Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Photo: Columbia Pictures Moneyball is just as much a sports movie as any other. It's got the drama of winning and losing and there's a "your job is on the line" kind of risk-taking that keeps it thrilling. But for some reason it feels different than other sports movies. Perhaps it's because the way it approaches the sport. It approaches the game as an economics problem, but even still it isn't a film that dedicates itself to analysis. Director Bennett Miller (Capote) has taken a story centered on a major league baseball team using stats and math formulas to recruit players and build a team on a budget and given it a heartbeat. It never tries too hard and settles into the story nicely, making for a very enjoyable movie with a sense of faith, trust, teamwork, loyalty and desire at its core to go along...
Photo: Columbia Pictures Moneyball is just as much a sports movie as any other. It's got the drama of winning and losing and there's a "your job is on the line" kind of risk-taking that keeps it thrilling. But for some reason it feels different than other sports movies. Perhaps it's because the way it approaches the sport. It approaches the game as an economics problem, but even still it isn't a film that dedicates itself to analysis. Director Bennett Miller (Capote) has taken a story centered on a major league baseball team using stats and math formulas to recruit players and build a team on a budget and given it a heartbeat. It never tries too hard and settles into the story nicely, making for a very enjoyable movie with a sense of faith, trust, teamwork, loyalty and desire at its core to go along...
- 9/9/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Paolo here in Toronto. My first Tiff movies are about real-life men who customarily look nothing like the attractive actors who play them on the big screen.
Edwin Boyd is a step in the right direction for Canadian cinema, since making a heist film like this is both relatively cheap and lucrative. It's about the WWII veteran turned 1950's Torontonian bank robber of the same name played by Scott Speedman. Speedman puts an athletic sensitivity to the role, whether Edwin is inside a singing booth or jumping over the counter to get the loot he wouldn't have gotten in his former job as a kind-hearted bus driver. The story covers him facing and indulging temptations, his addiction to the wrong kind of attention as well as to robbing banks, which he and his gang continue to do despite multiple arrests. There are clichés here, the biggest one is the golden-hearted...
Edwin Boyd is a step in the right direction for Canadian cinema, since making a heist film like this is both relatively cheap and lucrative. It's about the WWII veteran turned 1950's Torontonian bank robber of the same name played by Scott Speedman. Speedman puts an athletic sensitivity to the role, whether Edwin is inside a singing booth or jumping over the counter to get the loot he wouldn't have gotten in his former job as a kind-hearted bus driver. The story covers him facing and indulging temptations, his addiction to the wrong kind of attention as well as to robbing banks, which he and his gang continue to do despite multiple arrests. There are clichés here, the biggest one is the golden-hearted...
- 9/9/2011
- by Paolo
- FilmExperience
The Jersey Shore star talks about his dedication to toning his abs, and which lucky reality star planted a smooch on them!
In case you guys haven’t heard, The Situation loves working out. In other non-surprising news, he loves to show off his abs. In fact, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino never takes a break from sculpting his famous midsection.
“I arrange my other activities around my workout. I have to organize my mind, body, and health first,” he tells Men’s Fitness magazine, where he’ll be gracing the Nov. 15 cover. No matter where The Situation, 28, is, you can safely assume he’s working on his abs. “While I’m walking, I do it. On airplanes, I do it. In cars, I do it—so when somebody asks, ‘Hey, can I see your abs,’ it’s always there.”
If The Situation ever finds himself short on self-esteem, he can...
In case you guys haven’t heard, The Situation loves working out. In other non-surprising news, he loves to show off his abs. In fact, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino never takes a break from sculpting his famous midsection.
“I arrange my other activities around my workout. I have to organize my mind, body, and health first,” he tells Men’s Fitness magazine, where he’ll be gracing the Nov. 15 cover. No matter where The Situation, 28, is, you can safely assume he’s working on his abs. “While I’m walking, I do it. On airplanes, I do it. In cars, I do it—so when somebody asks, ‘Hey, can I see your abs,’ it’s always there.”
If The Situation ever finds himself short on self-esteem, he can...
- 11/9/2010
- by jeremy
- HollywoodLife
In baseball terminology, the shift refers to when a left-handed power hitter who tends to pull the ball (in other words, hits the ball to right field, the shift is almost never used against right-handed batters) comes to the plate (such as Ryan Howard, David Ortiz, Adam Dunn, Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, etc.) the infielders all move to the right. The third baseman becomes the shortstop and leaves the third base line open, the shortstop ends up on the right side of second base, the second baseman is basically playing back-up first base, and the first baseman is practically playing on the...
- 10/1/2010
- by Adam Lippe, Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
Again, another celebrity is off the market. One of the Backstreet Boys, A.J. McLean, asked his model girlfriend Rochelle Deanna Karidis to marry him Friday night, January 8 at the Hard Rock Hotel's Wasted Space nightclub.
A.J. came to the venue along with Rochelle to celebrate his 32nd birthday. Just after midnight, he took Rochelle to the stage and presented her with a ring which reportedly was purchased a few hours before the public proposal at hotel's jewelry store, Rocks.
"He got up on stage and the DJ turned the music off. He asked her to come up on stage and he got down on his knee and she squatted down with him," a source told People. "He asked her and she said yes and hugged him. He took the ring out of his pocket and put it on her hand."
On how Rochelle reacted to the proposal, the source testified,...
A.J. came to the venue along with Rochelle to celebrate his 32nd birthday. Just after midnight, he took Rochelle to the stage and presented her with a ring which reportedly was purchased a few hours before the public proposal at hotel's jewelry store, Rocks.
"He got up on stage and the DJ turned the music off. He asked her to come up on stage and he got down on his knee and she squatted down with him," a source told People. "He asked her and she said yes and hugged him. He took the ring out of his pocket and put it on her hand."
On how Rochelle reacted to the proposal, the source testified,...
- 1/11/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Wearing a button up shirt made from rejected casino carpet fabric, New York Yankee Johnny Damon hit up the Hard Rock in Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate his latest World Series win.We're told Damon and his wife ordered bottles of Jack Daniels and Patron while inside the casino's club Wasted Space -- and as a bonus, Damon's former teammate Jason Giambi sent the happy looking couple a bottle of Dom Perignon.Not even...
- 11/10/2009
- TMZ
Happy Thursday everyone, here's my Top 5 for September 3, 2009 from www.LenBermanSports.com. 1. Quick Hits Senator Schilling. Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has some interest in Teddy Kennedy's Senate seat. So do I. Who knew the Canadian Football League had standards? Winnipeg says they are not pursuing Pacman Jones. They want good athletes "on and off the field." The big names all cruised at the U.S. Open. Next up for Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt in the third round. Jason Giambi's first hit as a Colorado Rockie, a pinch hit two run single, is the game winner against the Mets. The Rockies lead the Giants by one game for the National League wild card. Welcome to fall. College football season begins tonight. 2. Joe Fan If the average fan wants to go to the World Series at Yankee Stadium he can kiss his wallet goodbye. Only 735 tickets out of 50,000 will be available to the.
- 9/3/2009
- by Len Berman
- Huffington Post
Finally, someone in Hollywood has recognized the awesome dramatic potential of watching men calculate on-base-plus-slugging percentages and ponder the trade value of Kevin Youkilis. Variety reports that Brad Pitt has signed on to star in a big screen adaptation of Moneyball, Michael Lewis' best-selling account of how Oakland A's General Manager Billy Beane changed the baseball world with his revolutionary approach to evaluating prospects. Despite a severely limited budget, Beane was repeatedly able to assemble winning teams by employing a method known as "sabermetrics" to identify undervalued players.
Pitt will be playing Beane. As for his potential co-stars, some suggestions:
Hall of Fame journalist Peter Gammons: veteran character actor Donald Sutherland
Ex-Dodgers G.M. Paul DePodesta: National Treasure star Justin Bartha
Yankees Slugger Jason Giambi: Irish badboy Colin Farrell
Blue Jays G.M. J.P. Ricciardi: Sopranos star Michael Imperioli
Red Sox star Kevin Youkilis: Yukon Cornelius...
Pitt will be playing Beane. As for his potential co-stars, some suggestions:
Hall of Fame journalist Peter Gammons: veteran character actor Donald Sutherland
Ex-Dodgers G.M. Paul DePodesta: National Treasure star Justin Bartha
Yankees Slugger Jason Giambi: Irish badboy Colin Farrell
Blue Jays G.M. J.P. Ricciardi: Sopranos star Michael Imperioli
Red Sox star Kevin Youkilis: Yukon Cornelius...
- 10/17/2008
- by Thomas Leupp
- Reelzchannel.com
That the two-day fashion seminars conducted by Liza D. have propelled "Project Runway" winner Jay McCarroll and Jason Giambi's wife, Kristen, into finally launching their own clothing lines . . . That Justin Guarini, a runner-up a couple seasons back on "American Idol," has been reduced to performing free concerts at Universal Citywalk in Hollywood for people waiting for their movie to start or their restaurant pagers to go off . . . That Judith S. Kaye, chief judge of New York,...
- 8/3/2008
- NYPost.com
Plenty of good links this Friday to fill you in on the latest Hollywood news! Have a good weekend! Mena Suvari engaged to producer Simone Sestito. [USMag] Why was McCain's associate with Heidi Montag?! [USMag] Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom are no longer a couple. [Hs] Benji Madden, Joel Madden, Carey Hart and Jason Giambi open a nightclub together. [Hs] Kiss rocker, Gene Simmons, joins CBS' "Jingles". [SS] Former "Prison Break" star hits the books in jail. [SS] Sarah Jessica Parker drops her beauty mark. Scandal! [LATimes ] Former "Real World" castmate Kevin Powell is running for Congress. [Btv] Claire Danes needs to eat a cheeseburger. [PopCrunch] Balthazar Getty's wife is so humiliated by his affair with Sienna Miller she leaves the country. [People] Whoopi makes Elisabeth Hasselbeck cry on "The View". [Red] Britney Spears to pay ex $20,000.00 in child support! [People] Denny returns to "Grey's Anatomy". I wonder what Heigl will bitch about now?! [Eo] Denise Richards hauls Charlie Sheen back to court.
- 7/19/2008
- by Sarah Luoma
- Rope of Silicon
Former Olympic gold-medal winner Marion Jones began serving her six-month federal prison sentence at a facility in Texas on Friday, a prison official confirmed to People. Jones, 32, arrived just before noon at the Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, according to Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. In January, a federal judge in White Plains, N.Y., sentenced Jones to six months in prison and two years' probation (during which she will be required to perform 800 hours of community service) for lying to federal investigators about her steroid use and a check-fraud scheme. Jones had...
- 3/7/2008
- by Nicole Weisensee Egan
- PEOPLE.com
Wasserman Media Group has acquired the athlete management business headed by veteran sports Arn Tellem, who will become president of Wasserman's WMG Management unit and a member of Wasserman's newly formed executive committee. Tellem's roster of sports clients include such baseball stars as Jason Giambi, Hideki Matsui, Nomar Garciaparra, Chase Utley and Barry Zito and NBA stars Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal and Pau Gasol. Tellem, who will work closely with Wasserman Media chairman and CEO Casey Wasserman on business expansion issues, joins Wasserman Media after most recently serving as CEO of SFX Sports Group.
- 1/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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