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July 24, 2005
Page Six vs Paramount
I am hardly the guy to be defending anyone at Paramount. But I found a Page Six item to be so unpleasantly inaccurate and inherently unkind that I feel I have to respond… since it’s unlikely anyone else will, outside of lunch chat.
The Sunday piece suggests both that Jasmine Madatian was informed of her firing after the rest of the staff and that her immediate superior at Paramount, Nancy Kirkpatrick, was both disrespectful of and unkind to her now former sergeant.
There are other inaccurate rumors, like the one that had Jasmine escorted off the lot by armed security immediately after she got the news. Not only is that untrue, but she was offered the chance to hang out for a number of weeks before exiting. She chose not to spend anymore time working, but did wait a day until Saturday to come to the office and clear out her stuff. All very human and as humane as a firing gets.
The firing was done by Gerry Rich, who has apparently been looking to put Eric Kopps, one of his confidantes at MGM, into the Madatian slot since MGM went under in April. Kopps still has not committed to staying at the studio for any more than three months, though apparently, the option to stay will be his. It is my understanding that Ms. Kirkpatrick was asked to fire Ms. Madatian even though it was not her call and refused the chore, forcing Mr. Rich to get his hands dirty.
Things are rough at Paramount and there is no indication that the changes are over. And whatever my past relationships with the studio are – and it has long been the studio with which I have the least comfortable relations – I recognize that there are human beings working there whose lives have been on edge for two years of speculative agony now and who are still anticipating the dropping of the other shoe. It is a nasty cloud to live under.
Apparently, Page Six felt screwed by Nancy Kirkpatrick on some story, but now she won’t be juggling corporate and movie publicity, which should relax things. And really, she is not a woman who likes to hide or lie. So get over it, Page Six. And do yourself a favor by getting your stories right… since even a gossip page doesn’t want to be called the biggest liar in New York. (Thank God you still have Roger Friedman to make you look legit!)
Posted by poland at July 24, 2005 09:45 AM
Comments
The moral is you can't mess with Page Six. They'll go after you til your body is dead and buried.
Posted by: joefitz84
at July 24, 2005 08:03 PM
Nor can you be friends with Page Six. Look at the treatment Howard Stern receives from them. They are gossip columinist, but really MEAN gossip columinist.
Posted by: Rory at July 24, 2005 08:08 PM
If you listen to Stern much you will see he was never a friend of Page Six. And they take their shots at him. It all started when he complained about the crappy photo they always run of him.
Posted by: joefitz84
at July 24, 2005 08:28 PM
I love Page Six. They're the best gossip rag in the biz.
Posted by: Josh at July 24, 2005 11:51 PM
Dave,
I know a lot of guys here need the penis pills but its about time to end the spamming.
Posted by: Angelus21
at July 25, 2005 03:34 AM
How would you know Angelus???? Damn cameras in the showers.
Posted by: joefitz84
at July 25, 2005 07:09 AM
Ang... dumped the most recent spam hours ago...
Posted by: David Poland
at July 25, 2005 08:54 AM
the moral is don't mess with the post. they got the time and the energy to go after u.
Posted by: bicycle bob
at July 25, 2005 02:08 PM
That is half the fun of the Hollywood game. The gossip.
Posted by: Panda Bear at July 25, 2005 06:02 PM
Fun if you aren't the one being attacked...
Posted by: David Poland
at July 25, 2005 08:23 PM
i guess u gotta be able to take it if ur a star. or u don't hire a top notch pr person or lawyer. they're really starting to give it to the girl who runs the gawker site.
Posted by: bicycle bob
at July 25, 2005 08:31 PM
Always makes for a fun read. But my only thing is I wish they actually named the blind items. Isn't that what gossip is all about? Why have blind items?
Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2005 08:34 PM
people on occasion plant blind items Bruce and a whisper is louder than a scream. IF there is an item making a claim that later was shown to be false, it may not matter that it was proven false, the damage may already be done--to a job or marriage etc.
if stars etc have broken the law then they should get busted, but alot of the gossip is just meanness, and/or meaningless nonsense.
Posted by: Lota
at July 25, 2005 08:38 PM
If they're going to post a blind item then they should have the cajones as they say to name names. Instead of start innuendo. Also its funner for the general public. Like me.
Posted by: Bruce at July 25, 2005 08:44 PM
Who cares about any of this?
Posted by: Jilly at July 25, 2005 08:45 PM
obviously some people jilly. like u don't read the gossip pages. get off the high horse.
Posted by: bicycle bob
at July 25, 2005 08:48 PM
This isn't gossip about movie stars though...it's kind of boring.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 25, 2005 08:54 PM
Jeff, have you ever read Page Six? You should more often. It is informative as well as pretty funny. But they do have a bug up their gazoo about Tom Cruise now.
Posted by: BluStealer
at July 25, 2005 08:59 PM
My theory is all these gossip people are in cahoots with each other. Like a union. You ever read those magazines? they have the same stories and the same pictures week after week.
Posted by: LesterFreed
at July 25, 2005 09:09 PM
Oh, I am sorry I guess I should be on pins and needles wondering about which suit fired another suit and when. Compelling stuff.
Posted by: Jilly at July 25, 2005 09:15 PM
if u don't like it then don't read it. its not made for everyone.
Posted by: bicycle bob
at July 25, 2005 09:19 PM
Well somtimes I don't like working with "suits" but suits are actually human beings so when something false is printed about hiring, firing, promotion etc no matter who they are, it still is bad journalistic form to print innuendo rather than facts.
Facts are easy enough to check up on, but some writers don't bother to get confirmation.
Posted by: Lota
at July 25, 2005 09:20 PM
if something is written falsey about someone they should do what roman polanski just did and sue them.
Posted by: bicycle bob
at July 25, 2005 09:52 PM
Not everyone is rich and can afford the best lawyers like Polanski.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 25, 2005 10:04 PM
Why not have the courage of your convictions? Regardless of money. I expect more from you Jeff. A champion of the people like you are.
Posted by: Mark at July 25, 2005 10:25 PM
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 25, 2005 10:47 PM
Roman apparently only got off because he is rich and can afford the best representation. Damn legal system again.
Posted by: joefitz84
at July 26, 2005 03:18 AM
He should be in jail right now instead of living in the worst country in the world. He is a molestor.
Posted by: Panda Bear at July 26, 2005 06:17 AM
It's hardly the worst country in the world. In France if you're American they might give you bad service. In other places they'll just kill you and desecrate your corpse.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 26, 2005 09:26 AM
France is the phoniest country in the world. the waiters will be polite and gracious then spit in your food and watch you eat it. Don't believe me? I saw it last summer in good ol' Paris. Great sites. Terrible people. Armpit hair. On Ladies. Not good.
Posted by: Josh at July 26, 2005 06:44 PM
How can an entire country be phony Josh?
Sorry you had that experience but I've seen waiters spin in food in SF, NY, LA and elsewhere, it's not limited to France. A chef friend of mine who had worked at Donatello's and Four Seasons said it was NORMAL to give the Chef's Oyster to patrons they felt earned it. I am REALLY nice to waitstaff now.
I've spent most of my adult life in France and it was a lovely place to live.
I have seen Americans behave abysmally in Europe & North Africa--doesn't mean the entire US of A is bad either.
Posted by: Lota
at July 26, 2005 07:29 PM
France is a wasteland. Even the food was bad when I was there. Wasn't that long ago. Five years. I don't think they've gotten better with hospitality. They really don't like the US which is fine by me since I don't like them either.
Posted by: Bruce at July 26, 2005 07:31 PM
Lota, yes, you're right. But I did poll the whole country of France. Door to door. And found out they are all phony baloneys who hate Americans. Each and every one of them.
Posted by: Josh at July 26, 2005 07:45 PM
the frogs should be kissing our behinds. if not for us they're speaking german right now.
Posted by: bicycle bob
at July 26, 2005 07:50 PM
They'd never say thank you for helping them out. Really whats the big loss if we gave France to the Germans as a consolation prize for losing two wars?
Posted by: Bruce at July 26, 2005 08:12 PM
Now that would be funny.
A German flag on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Posted by: LesterFreed
at July 26, 2005 08:19 PM
Bi-Bob drolled: "the frogs should be kissing our behinds. if not for us they're speaking german right now."
And if it weren't for "the frogs," you illiterate yahoo, we'd still be a British colony!
Posted by: TheBrotherhoodOfTheLostSkeletonOfCadavra at July 27, 2005 12:13 AM
Worse than that...we'd be Lower Canada.
Posted by: jeffmcm at July 27, 2005 07:40 AM
Yahey...we're not Lower Canada enit?! Ok then I don;t have to say Yahey anymore. But I still like saying enit.
Lester there wouldn't be a German flag on top of the eiffel tower and everywhere else, it's be a Nazi flag and probably 50 million more jews, africans, indigenous, dissidents etc smoked. Auchwitz III was very close to being completed in 1945.
It was a team effort to defeat the Nazis, even the Red Orchestra was involved & pivotal.
Posted by: Lota
at July 27, 2005 08:00 AM
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