2017-10-02T07:03:00-07:00'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Treads Dangerous Territory
Most people don't remember the 1989 incident in which Iran's religious leader called for the murder of author Salman Rushdie. Larry David hopes that fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm do, though, because the incident is the inspiration for the joke that drives the plot of the series' long-awaited season nine. Fortunately for David, there's plenty of worldwide fear of Islamic extremism still around, so Curb can still mine it for laughs. Read about the controversial beginning to Curb's season below.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season nine premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Foisted."]
Curb Your Enthusiasm is about finding the funny in subject matters most others wouldn't dream of touching. After Sunday's long-awaited season nine premiere, consider that mission accomplished.
Larry David returned as TV alter ego Larry David and in one jam-packed episode, the HBO comedy caught viewers up on what Larry has been...
Most people don't remember the 1989 incident in which Iran's religious leader called for the murder of author Salman Rushdie. Larry David hopes that fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm do, though, because the incident is the inspiration for the joke that drives the plot of the series' long-awaited season nine. Fortunately for David, there's plenty of worldwide fear of Islamic extremism still around, so Curb can still mine it for laughs. Read about the controversial beginning to Curb's season below.
Via The Hollywood Reporter.
[Warning: This story contains spoilers from the season nine premiere of Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Foisted."]
Curb Your Enthusiasm is about finding the funny in subject matters most others wouldn't dream of touching. After Sunday's long-awaited season nine premiere, consider that mission accomplished.
Larry David returned as TV alter ego Larry David and in one jam-packed episode, the HBO comedy caught viewers up on what Larry has been...
- 10/2/2017
- by EG
- Yidio
Few television series — especially those just unspooling their long-awaited ninth season — would be bold enough to trade on the concept that absolutely nothing has changed over the intervening years. Characters grow, situations change. But Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is not just any television series.
Six years after the HBO series wrapped its eighth season, Hollywood’s favorite malcontent is back, and he’s the exact same curmudgeon audiences love (and his friends love to hate). The Larry David of “Curb” doesn’t evolve, and never learns, and HBO has even made that the backbone of the show’s marketing campaign: This season’s official trailer literally boasts that “nothing has changed.”
Nonetheless, it was a long hiatus, and although the cameras weren’t rolling, surely Larry got into plenty of misunderstandings and stepped into countless of awkward situations during the intervening years. The last season saw him and...
Six years after the HBO series wrapped its eighth season, Hollywood’s favorite malcontent is back, and he’s the exact same curmudgeon audiences love (and his friends love to hate). The Larry David of “Curb” doesn’t evolve, and never learns, and HBO has even made that the backbone of the show’s marketing campaign: This season’s official trailer literally boasts that “nothing has changed.”
Nonetheless, it was a long hiatus, and although the cameras weren’t rolling, surely Larry got into plenty of misunderstandings and stepped into countless of awkward situations during the intervening years. The last season saw him and...
- 10/2/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In the six years since Curb Your Enthusiasm's last episode, Larry David's distaste for everyday minutiae has only sharpened. The hilarious new Season Nine trailer unfolds like a greatest hits package. The famous crank angrily slaps an almost-empty shampoo bottle, becomes outraged over a broken shoelace, gets into a verbal altercation with a judge and tells a sobbing woman at a funeral to "shut up."
In what could be the funniest scene, David bickers with an office employee (Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein) for taking two days off work for constipation.
In what could be the funniest scene, David bickers with an office employee (Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein) for taking two days off work for constipation.
- 9/11/2017
- Rollingstone.com
The late Star Wars villain’s return to the space franchise isn’t the first time a star has been digitally brought back to life, but could represent a tipping point for Hollywood
Spoiler Alert: This article alludes to the presence of a CGI reconstruction of actor Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which has been widely reported for over a year. It contains no other information about the content of the film
“We want to scan you, all of you, your body, your face, your emotions, your laughter, your tears. We want to sample you, preserve you. We want to own this thing called Robin Wright.” These are the unnerving words from Danny Huston’s Jeff Green in sci-fi film The Congress, as he discusses the idea of digitally capturing the actor for generations to come. Once her image is handed over, she will lose...
Spoiler Alert: This article alludes to the presence of a CGI reconstruction of actor Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which has been widely reported for over a year. It contains no other information about the content of the film
“We want to scan you, all of you, your body, your face, your emotions, your laughter, your tears. We want to sample you, preserve you. We want to own this thing called Robin Wright.” These are the unnerving words from Danny Huston’s Jeff Green in sci-fi film The Congress, as he discusses the idea of digitally capturing the actor for generations to come. Once her image is handed over, she will lose...
- 12/16/2016
- by Joseph Walsh
- The Guardian - Film News
In the market for a good sale? Palazzo di Amore -- the most expensive house on the market in the U.S. ... developed by Mohamed Hadid -- is now priced to move ... at $145 million! The mega mansion belongs to real estate billionaire Jeff Greene and sits on 25 acres high up in Beverly Hills. The main house is a whopping 35,000 square feet. The property also has a working vineyard, a 128-foot reflecting pool and fountain, a swimming pool,...
- 9/3/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
We talk to director Ari Folman about Waltz With Bashir, The Congress, his Anne Frank film, and his love of sci-fi, Nolan and Kubrick...
Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman fused poetic animation with brutal reality in his breakout 2008 film Waltz With Bashir, a personal account of the Lebanese conflict of the early 1980s. The Congress, based on the book The Futurological Congress by Solaris author Stanislaw Lem, is an altogether different animal, though it treads a similar line between dreamlike animation and unvarnished reality.
Robin Wright plays a 40-something Hollywood actress (loosely based on her own career) whose advancing years and capricious nature have made new jobs increasingly difficult to come by. Pressured by both her agent (Harvey Keitel) and a shark-like executive (Danny Huston) at Tinseltown studio Miramount, Wright agrees to have her likeness scanned into a computer. Afterwards, the younger, idealised CG version of Robin will appear in movies (but not science fiction,...
Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman fused poetic animation with brutal reality in his breakout 2008 film Waltz With Bashir, a personal account of the Lebanese conflict of the early 1980s. The Congress, based on the book The Futurological Congress by Solaris author Stanislaw Lem, is an altogether different animal, though it treads a similar line between dreamlike animation and unvarnished reality.
Robin Wright plays a 40-something Hollywood actress (loosely based on her own career) whose advancing years and capricious nature have made new jobs increasingly difficult to come by. Pressured by both her agent (Harvey Keitel) and a shark-like executive (Danny Huston) at Tinseltown studio Miramount, Wright agrees to have her likeness scanned into a computer. Afterwards, the younger, idealised CG version of Robin will appear in movies (but not science fiction,...
- 11/28/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Ari Folman, director of the bleak animated history Waltz with Bashir, adapted a novella by acclaimed Russian author Stanislaw Lem for the screen in the movie The Congress. Folman's take on Lem's The Futurological Congress is only vaguely true to the source material. Instead of a male hero, we have actress Robin Wright... playing actress Robin Wright. If only this cinematic work didn't hold the talented actress back. While Lem's novella is (supposedly, I haven't read it) a black comedy, Folman's half-animated film is dark and troubling.
Bravo to the director for selecting an older -- by Hollywood standards, anyway -- actress to base this film around. Much is made of Wright's Texan background and decision to age naturally; actually, much is said about Wright, as she sits silently and takes criticism. To put it in terms today's teens will recognize, there is a lot of mansplaining going on here.
Bravo to the director for selecting an older -- by Hollywood standards, anyway -- actress to base this film around. Much is made of Wright's Texan background and decision to age naturally; actually, much is said about Wright, as she sits silently and takes criticism. To put it in terms today's teens will recognize, there is a lot of mansplaining going on here.
- 8/29/2014
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Director: Ari Folman; Screenwriter: Ari Folman; Starring: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Jon Hamm, Paul Giamatti, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Danny Huston; Running time: 123 mins; Certificate: 15
The Congress is a striking film that makes a big statement, without knowing precisely what it wants to say. Pictures speak louder than words for director Ari Folman, whose Waltz with Bashir took the documentary format into an animated landscape (reflecting on his own experiences of war in Lebanon), while in this psychedelic, futuristic morality tale, Robin Wright is consumed by her own digitised image.
She is playing herself at a near point on the horizon where the human likeness has become downloadable and fully pliable. For the fading star of The Princess Bride (Folman lingers on her face as she gazes at the poster) that means eternal youth. However, it's not for reasons of vanity that she finally signs the dotted line for slithery studio mogul...
The Congress is a striking film that makes a big statement, without knowing precisely what it wants to say. Pictures speak louder than words for director Ari Folman, whose Waltz with Bashir took the documentary format into an animated landscape (reflecting on his own experiences of war in Lebanon), while in this psychedelic, futuristic morality tale, Robin Wright is consumed by her own digitised image.
She is playing herself at a near point on the horizon where the human likeness has become downloadable and fully pliable. For the fading star of The Princess Bride (Folman lingers on her face as she gazes at the poster) that means eternal youth. However, it's not for reasons of vanity that she finally signs the dotted line for slithery studio mogul...
- 8/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Chicago – The story of a Chicago-based woman – who died in 2009 at age 83 – has become the subject of a remarkable new documentary. “Finding Vivian Maier” is a film about revelation, and was created by co-directors John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, with the support of Executive Producer and comedian Jeff Garlin.
The tale of Vivian Maier seems impossible. It began after her death with an auction of her storage locker, which contained negatives of her street photographer’s life – from the 1950s through the ‘90s. One of the directors of the film, John Maloof, stumbled onto her treasure by purchasing a box of these negatives. He then became her archivist, cataloging her photos, films, audio recordings and even material possessions, to reveal an artist of unique magnitude. “Finding Vivian Maier” is Maloof’s story, Vivian’s journey and the story of an artist’s life that easily could have been lost with her demise.
The tale of Vivian Maier seems impossible. It began after her death with an auction of her storage locker, which contained negatives of her street photographer’s life – from the 1950s through the ‘90s. One of the directors of the film, John Maloof, stumbled onto her treasure by purchasing a box of these negatives. He then became her archivist, cataloging her photos, films, audio recordings and even material possessions, to reveal an artist of unique magnitude. “Finding Vivian Maier” is Maloof’s story, Vivian’s journey and the story of an artist’s life that easily could have been lost with her demise.
- 4/3/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
You cannot help but respect Jeff Garlin. The man is an absolute legend in comedy. Perhaps best known for playing Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he traded barbs with Larry David on a regular basis and earned himself quite a following in the process. Now it seems Garlin has brought his very distinct [&hellip
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- 1/13/2014
- by Remy Carreiro
- TVovermind.com
Less than two weeks before its scheduled launch, and days after bailing on a scheduled appearance before a couple hundred journalists to take questions at Summer TV Press Tour 2013, Al Jazeera America announced Kathy Davidov had joined the network as head of its in-house documentary film unit, and that Neal Scarbrough and Jeff Green will lead its sports unit. Davidov most recently was exec vp of production for National Geographic Television, where she provided creative guidance for all content, including Explorer, and Border Wars; she also served as an exec producer at TLC, where she helmed such shows as Trading Spaces. She’ll be joined by Cynthia Kane who’s been named senior producer of the docu unit, coming from Itvs, after a stint in programming and acquisitions at Sundance Channel where she co-created “Doc Day”. Over in sports, meanwhile, Scarbrough has been named senior exec producer, and Green is exec producer.
- 8/6/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Chicago – Jeff Garlin is what he is. He wants to emphasize that characteristic over any in the formation and development of his many characters – most famously as Jeff Greene on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and The Captain in the animated classic film “Wall-e.” Garlin also co-wrote and directed his latest film, “Dealin’ with Idiots.”
The film is a treatise on kid’s sports, in this case Little League baseball. Garlin portrays Max Morris, a “top twenty” comedian who simply wants his son to have fun playing the game. The other parents, the coaches and the rules conspire against that notion, and the Max character constantly fights against that system throughout the story. The film is off-beat and funny, using the same set-up and techniques as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with the actors improvising scenes based on an outline.
Jeff Garlin is Off Base in ‘Dealin’ with Idiots’
Photo credit: IFC Films
The...
The film is a treatise on kid’s sports, in this case Little League baseball. Garlin portrays Max Morris, a “top twenty” comedian who simply wants his son to have fun playing the game. The other parents, the coaches and the rules conspire against that notion, and the Max character constantly fights against that system throughout the story. The film is off-beat and funny, using the same set-up and techniques as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” with the actors improvising scenes based on an outline.
Jeff Garlin is Off Base in ‘Dealin’ with Idiots’
Photo credit: IFC Films
The...
- 7/11/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ari Folman’s “The Congress” begins well enough, with the sheer physical presence of Robin Wright center screen, tears popping from her eyes. The actress, who in real life has aged gracefully into strength – or maybe it’s just bitterness -- plays “Robin Wright,” an aging actress who has made many “lousy choices.” We know this from her agent, played with sweet understatement by Harvey Keitel, who spares nothing and no one, including the “lousy men” Wright has chosen. Is that one of the movie’s many in-jokes? Sitting in the home she shares with her two teenagers, a renovated airplane hanger located right next to an airport in the California desert, Keitel goes on to inform her that the studio, the nicely named Miramount, wants to discuss a new contract; it’s obvious something is up but he doesn’t know what exactly. The what is the crux of the film,...
- 5/18/2013
- by Tom Christie
- Thompson on Hollywood
Jeff Garlin has hinted that Curb Your Enthusiasm could be shooting a new season later this year. Curb Your Enthusiasm aired its eighth season in July 2011, but creator Larry David has not yet confirmed if the sitcom will be back for a ninth run. Garlin - who plays Jeff Greene on the series - has now revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he is optimistic about the show's future now that David is finishing his upcoming HBO movie Clear History "I'd say it looks good but it won't be any time soon," Garlin said of a potential ninth season. He further explained: "I just finished my movie (more)...
- 1/9/2013
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
While watching Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat, I had the impression that professional basketball had made a complete and irrevocable shift into a new era. That’s a good thing. These two teams have reaped the rewards of their unconventional composition, and the result should be one of the best, most entertaining Finals we’ve seen in a while.
Let’s forget, for a moment, all of the background “Good vs. Evil” narratives that were so obvious from the second the Heat closed out the Celtics that many writers jumped immediately to refuting those narratives rather than watch them play out across the internets.
We'll talk about basketball instead. These two teams aren’t quite like any we’ve seen in the NBA thus far, in part because LeBron James and Kevin Durant are singular players, but also because the teams...
Let’s forget, for a moment, all of the background “Good vs. Evil” narratives that were so obvious from the second the Heat closed out the Celtics that many writers jumped immediately to refuting those narratives rather than watch them play out across the internets.
We'll talk about basketball instead. These two teams aren’t quite like any we’ve seen in the NBA thus far, in part because LeBron James and Kevin Durant are singular players, but also because the teams...
- 6/14/2012
- by Anthony Schneck
- Celebsology
This is a UK competition for Curb Your Enthusiasm starring Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Michael J. Fox, Ricky Gervais and Rosie O’Donnell. In the Eighth Season of the multi Emmy® and Golden-Globe® winning series, Larry is living the bachelor life. With his divorce to Cheryl finalised, Larry’s run-ins with celebrities, politicians and new girlfriends prompt whole new levels of social inappropriateness, even for him. See Larry hit the dating scene, battle the girl scouts, deny a dying dog his last meal, disrupt a Broadway show, deal with “pig parking” and offend everyone from Ricky Gervais to Michael J. Fox to Mayor Bloomberg. When a faulty alibi lands him back in his hometown of New York, Larry’s social assassin skills are let loose on the Big Apple. Will New York change Larry, or is it the other way around? Each side-splitting half-hour episode brings the unconventional...
- 6/4/2012
- by admin
- Pure Movies
Tonight on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David & co. embark on their final(e) adventure in the Big Apple. What kind of madcap misfortune awaits your favorite social assassin? Jeff Garlin (a.k.a. Larry’s manager Jeff Greene) kindly supplied EW with not one but five reasons (Spoiler Alert!) to watch the conclusion of the HBO comedy’s eighth season, “Larry vs. Michael J. Fox.” (According to HBO’s website, “Larry has some doubts about Michael J. Fox’s condition.” Gulp.)
1. “This could be the last original episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Ever. I’m not kidding.”
2. “If you’ve...
1. “This could be the last original episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Ever. I’m not kidding.”
2. “If you’ve...
- 9/11/2011
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
Jeff Garlin has said that he has developed a tremendous rapport with his Curb Your Enthusiasm co-star Larry David. Garlin plays David's fictional agent Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm and also serves as a producer for the improvisational sitcom. The actor disclosed that he developed near-instant "chemistry" with David while they were working on the original Curb Your Enthusiasm one-off special in 1999. "When we first started putting the show together, we discovered that we had this great chemistry. You can't even try to make that; it just happens," Metromix Chicago quotes him as saying. Garlin went on to discuss his involvement in Curb Your Enthusiasm's filming schedule, explaining that as a producer he is more often concerned with ensuring David's satisfaction (more)...
- 7/14/2011
- by By Justin Harp
- Digital Spy
The Curb Your Enthusiasm star says British comedy was his touchstone. Now he's about to try out his mix of personal pathos and vulgarity on audiences here. He just hopes they get him
'If you react poorly to something, we will discuss it." With the roguish affability native to his unscrupulous Curb Your Enthusiasm character – Jeff Greene, manager and accomplice to Larry David – Jeff Garlin addresses the crowd at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Hollywood's improvisation hotspot. It's one of a flurry of appearances to fine tune the act for his run of shows at London's Soho Theatre, and he relishes the ridiculousness of inviting the audience to trash it as he performs. No one takes him up on the offer – they are all enjoying themselves too much.
Garlin is noticeably slimmer than his blobular Curb physique, the result of a "get lean and go green" campaign detailed in his 2010 memoir...
'If you react poorly to something, we will discuss it." With the roguish affability native to his unscrupulous Curb Your Enthusiasm character – Jeff Greene, manager and accomplice to Larry David – Jeff Garlin addresses the crowd at the Upright Citizens Brigade, Hollywood's improvisation hotspot. It's one of a flurry of appearances to fine tune the act for his run of shows at London's Soho Theatre, and he relishes the ridiculousness of inviting the audience to trash it as he performs. No one takes him up on the offer – they are all enjoying themselves too much.
Garlin is noticeably slimmer than his blobular Curb physique, the result of a "get lean and go green" campaign detailed in his 2010 memoir...
- 6/23/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Feeling grumpy because it’s Monday? Well, every day is Grump Day for Larry David. But maybe your day will brighten a bit by seeing him manufacture misery in this new trailer for season 8 of HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm. Watch Larry spread harm across gender lines, taking on both man (for hogging two parking spaces) and woman (for stealing his cab). He even offends one Michael J. Fox, who tells him: “I have a sickness in my brain — you have a sickness in your mind.” But leave it to good ol’ Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) to deliver the best...
- 5/24/2011
- by Dan Snierson
- EW - Inside TV
Billionaire Jeff Greene -- dubbed the "Meltdown Mogul" after raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from the foreclosure crisis -- is close to buying the Tyndal Point spread in the Hamptons for $41 million. The 55-acre North Haven stretch -- one of the East End's last remaining nearly pristine properties -- boasts 3,000 feet of shoreline. Palm Beach-based Greene plans to use it as a summer home. Tyndal Point has been on the market for three years, first listed by Corcoran for $80 million, but later reduced to $49 million. Greene told us, "We are still under contract.
- 4/19/2011
- NYPost.com
Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina claimed they wanted to help the world by dipping their toes into politics-but their failed races were mostly about ego. How could they have better spent a combined $217 million? How about college tuition for 23,000? Or school lunches for 15 million? The Daily Beast's Gail Sheehy crunches the numbers.
In a year that broke all the records for money spent on campaigns, some candidates threw away enough of their own wealth to make even Mayor Bloomberg blush. Take Jeff Greene, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Florida, who spent $23,808,789, with only about $4,000 coming from outside contributions. Each of the 284,948 votes cast in his favor cost $83.55.
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Then there are the women. This election was really a tale of three little girls who grew up to make so much money, they didn't know what to do with it.
In a year that broke all the records for money spent on campaigns, some candidates threw away enough of their own wealth to make even Mayor Bloomberg blush. Take Jeff Greene, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Florida, who spent $23,808,789, with only about $4,000 coming from outside contributions. Each of the 284,948 votes cast in his favor cost $83.55.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Sarah Palin's Media Strategy
Then there are the women. This election was really a tale of three little girls who grew up to make so much money, they didn't know what to do with it.
- 11/13/2010
- by Gail Sheehy
- The Daily Beast
Exclusive: John Woo and Terence Chang might well be getting off the tarmac first with their WWII saga Flying Tigers. But New Regency, 20th Century Fox, and Tom Cruise are still fighting the good fight on a rival project that carries the identical title. They've hired Kirk Ellis to rewrite a draft of Flying Tigers that was done by Cruise's Valkyrie scribe Christopher McQuarrie and Mason Alley. Both films are based on the story of the volunteered fighter squadron formed by General Claire Chennault to help the Chinese fight against the Empire of Japan before the United States entered WWII. The aging Chinese planes were no match for the superior Japanese forces, until the volunteers arrived in American-made P-40 War Hawks. The two squadrons flew side by side, in fighter planes emblazoned with the gaping tiger's teeth logo. After Pearl Harbor, the Flying Tigers became an effective squadron in the U.
- 10/7/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Kendrick Meek has a record for defying expectations. In the August primary, the Florida Representative running for U.S. Senate trounced his competitor (billionaire real estate developer Jeff Greene, whose campaign far outspent Meek's) to win the Democratic nomination. Now Meek, a former highway patrol officer, faces Republican Marc Rubio and Independent Charlie Crist in a three-way race. He's currently polling in third place. Yet Congressman Meek argues that we shouldn't count him out. Here he explains why he's not worried, his record on the issues, and why he's the best man for the job.
- 9/28/2010
- Essence
• The Democratic National Committee issued a sarcastic statement saying that “the shell of a politician that was once John McCain” won the Republican Arizona Senate primary. In other election results: Florida Congressman Kendrick Meek defeated real-estate mogul Jeff Greene in the Democratic Senate primary; former health-care executive Rick Scott defeated Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary; Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, in a race that is too close to call, is in danger of losing her seat to Tea Party candidate Joe Miller. [HuffPo, NY Times] • Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea today to secure the release of an American who snuck into the country under the delusion that he could somehow do some good there. [Bloomberg] • The C.I.A. has concluded that the Al-Qaeda affiliate based in Yemen, called Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is now more dangerous than the main Al-Qaeda group based in Pakistan. [Washington Post] • President Obama...
- 8/25/2010
- Vanity Fair
Who can say what happens aboard these mysterious vessels? In an interview with Politico, Mike Tyson explains that he did do drugs while he was living on Florida Senate hopeful Jeff Greene’s fancy 145-foot luxury yacht, the Summerwind. Greene and Tyson traveled together through Europe in August 2005, and Tyson—who is no stranger to the law—got high in Amsterdam and was charged with (and cleared of) sexual assault in Sardinia. But all this debauchery happened, Tyson claims, during stops the yacht made. Greene has insisted he has a “zero-tolerance policy” for drugs on the Summerwind, and Tyson said Greene wasn't with him when he indulged in the Dutch city’s world-famous dope.
- 8/19/2010
- Vanity Fair
Five years ago, the Summerwind, the 145-foot yacht belonging to Florida’s billionaire U.S. Senate candidate, Jeff Greene, dropped anchor in the vicinity of Belize’s ecologically fragile coral reefs. It was a poor choice. The violent voyage caused extensive damage: Greene, though he was not on the ship, will be levied with $1.87 million worth of fines should he ever return to the blighted Belizean beaches. It’s unlikely the Democratic Senate hopeful will return to the country to address the scandal, or will even discuss the allegations in the States. According to The St. Petersburg Times, “Greene today says the incident never happened, despite extensive publicity about it at the time (including statements from his representatives), eyewitness accounts, scientific surveys of the damage and an extensive case file at the country's Department of Environment.”...
- 7/23/2010
- Vanity Fair
"Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season" is currently available on DVD.
The latest installment of the Larry David HBO series is on home format with more special features than any season before it. Containing the same amount of risqué content and celebrity cameos that has put the show on the map, the seventh season also brings back the crowd from David's show prior to "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
When last we left Larry David, he was adjusting to divorced life and making the transition to having a new live-in girlfriend (Vivica A. Fox). But his determination to win back his ex-wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines) takes a new turn when his agent Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) finally convinces him to organize a reunion special for the cast of "Seinfeld." Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards are back on the scene as Larry schemes to cast Cheryl in...
The latest installment of the Larry David HBO series is on home format with more special features than any season before it. Containing the same amount of risqué content and celebrity cameos that has put the show on the map, the seventh season also brings back the crowd from David's show prior to "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
When last we left Larry David, he was adjusting to divorced life and making the transition to having a new live-in girlfriend (Vivica A. Fox). But his determination to win back his ex-wife Cheryl (Cheryl Hines) takes a new turn when his agent Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin) finally convinces him to organize a reunion special for the cast of "Seinfeld." Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards are back on the scene as Larry schemes to cast Cheryl in...
- 6/17/2010
- icelebz.com
McAfee says searching actress' name puts user at risk for spyware, spam and viruses.
By Chris Harris
Jessica Biel
Photo: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images
By Googling the name Jessica Biel, you could very well be putting your laptop in peril. This according to McAfee, Inc., one of the nation's leading providers of technology security.
This week, the company released the results of a report that reveals that searches for the 27-year-old actress are more likely to lead to online threats like spyware, spam and viruses than searches for any other celeb.
According to The Associated Press, McAfee's report claims that those searching for the actress online have a one in five chance of ending up at a Web site designed to infiltrate and compromise their computer. This is the third such report the firm has released. Last year, Brad Pitt's name topped the list of most dangerous celebs online.
By Chris Harris
Jessica Biel
Photo: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images
By Googling the name Jessica Biel, you could very well be putting your laptop in peril. This according to McAfee, Inc., one of the nation's leading providers of technology security.
This week, the company released the results of a report that reveals that searches for the 27-year-old actress are more likely to lead to online threats like spyware, spam and viruses than searches for any other celeb.
According to The Associated Press, McAfee's report claims that those searching for the actress online have a one in five chance of ending up at a Web site designed to infiltrate and compromise their computer. This is the third such report the firm has released. Last year, Brad Pitt's name topped the list of most dangerous celebs online.
- 8/26/2009
- MTV Music News
Jessica Biel is the most "dangerous celebrity" on the internet. According to security technology company McAfee Inc, online searches for the 27-year-old actress - who is dating Justin Timberlake - are more likely to spread computer viruses than any other star.
The company - who last year found Brad Pitt to be the most "dangerous" online celebrity - said there was a one-in-five chance that looking for information, wallpapers, images and videos of the "Easy Virtue" star would lead users to a website designed to cause damage.
Pop star Beyonce Knowles, "Marley and Me" star Jennifer Aniston, American football player Tom Brady - who is married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen - and singer-and-actress Jessica Simpson also pose a high risk to web users.
Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee's product development, said: "Cybercriminals are star watchers, too. They latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise.
The company - who last year found Brad Pitt to be the most "dangerous" online celebrity - said there was a one-in-five chance that looking for information, wallpapers, images and videos of the "Easy Virtue" star would lead users to a website designed to cause damage.
Pop star Beyonce Knowles, "Marley and Me" star Jennifer Aniston, American football player Tom Brady - who is married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen - and singer-and-actress Jessica Simpson also pose a high risk to web users.
Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee's product development, said: "Cybercriminals are star watchers, too. They latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise.
- 8/25/2009
- icelebz.com
Jessica Biel fans should think twice before searching her name on the internet from now on. Biel has been named the most "dangerous celebrity" on the internet according to security technology company McAfee Inc,. Searches for Biel are more likely to spread computer viruses than any other star! Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, football player Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson also pose a high risk to internet users. Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee's product development, said: "Cybercriminals are star watchers, too. They latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise. Last year Brad Pitt...
- 8/25/2009
- Hollyscoop.com
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