If you tuned into Cinemax or The Movie Channel at 1:30 AM to watch a movie called "The Hills Have Thighs" ... you'd expect to see a softcore porn, right? Not the guy who's suing ...
James "Bubba" Cromer made a smut-free comedy called "The Hills Have Thighs" in 2008. He saw listings for his movie to play on Cinemax and TMC ... so he called everyone he knew to make sure they all tuned in ... including a member of the House of Representatives.
But his movie didn't play. Instead, his friends and family watched a soft-core porn version of 'THHT."
In his lawsuit filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Bubba claims he was subjected to "extreme humiliation, mortification and emotional distress." He's suing HBO and Showtime -- which own Cinemax and TMC, respectively -- for unspecified damages.
Lucky he didn't produce "Bones."
Rex Lee upgraded his "Entourage" this weekend -- and surrounded himself with the chiseled, waxed and abtastically tanned hunks of Chippendales.
Lee, who plays Lloyd on the HBO show, stopped by the all-male review Saturday night at the Rio in Vegas -- and from the looks of it, it was smooth sailing for all involved.
Back in his day, Brad Pitt could roll a joint like nobody's business -- but those days are over.
Bill Maher told Brad Pitt he thought Brad rolled the most perfect joints ever, but Brad has since left his pot smoking days behind him. He told Maher, "I'm a dad now, you want to be alert."
Hey, Snoop does it just fine.
Could Brad Pitt "beat a nun to death on a pile of dead puppies" and still be loved by America?
Bill Maher threw out an interesting theory about Brad on his show last night -- right to his face -- so now we ask ...
(BTW -- Bill Maher also told Brad Pitt he's seen him roll the most perfect joints ever. But amazingly enough, HBO didn't put that clip online.)
It's nice to see an actor not buy into the whole Hollywood gym & manscaping culture.
Adrian Grenier showed off his unworked out body and hairy backside in Miami yesterday.
The 33-year-old actor is a huge A-list star ... on "Entourage."
Studly bloodsucker Bill Compton on "True Blood," a.k.a. Stephen Moyer, never left the dark of his limo as he signed autographs in Hollywood -- you know, so the deadly UV rays outside wouldn't burn his undead skin.
A bunch of Boston nightspots are getting stilettoed after they tried to stop other bars from holding "Sex and the City" parties -- by pretending to be HBO.
The network filed suit in New York against a group of unnamed party promoters in Beantown, pretending to be HBO. The phonies allegedly sent cease-and-desist letters on fake HBO letterhead to other bars, trying to intimidate them from throwing "Sex and the City"-themed parties around the time of the movie's release.
TMZ has learned that "Sopranos" star Robert Iler owned one of the units in the building damaged in today's massive crane collapse in NY.
Iler, who played A.J. Soprano on the hit show, was home at the time, felt the impact and heard people screaming. He quickly escaped the building without injury. Sources tell us the whole episode was "very traumatic" for the young star as he saw all the devastation first hand. Iler has lived in the building several years. His apartment was not affected.
The 200-foot crane collapsed on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where the 32-story luxury condo complex was under construction. Two workers were killed and one was seriously injured.
This is the second such crane collapse in nearly three months.
Story developing ...
It was a frenzy of stars last night in the Thirty Mile Zone, and TMZ cameras were fortunate enough to catch some amazing footage of ... Nick Stahl. You know, Nick Stahl of HBO's "Carnivale?" You know, ...you remember him from his stellar performance in "The Sleepy Time Gal" in 2001? No??
Nick and a buddy were actually surprised that paps swarmed them as they walked down the Sunset Strip. Doesn't he know who he is?
Uh, maybe not.
If you're looking for another way to make tonight's finale of "The Sopranos" even more suspenseful than it probably will be, perhaps putting a little action on it might help. It's what Tony would want you to do.
The folks over at graphpaper.com have created a handy "Sopranos" chart to help make your predictions. Think Christopher will appear in a hallucination? Think Paulie Walnuts commits suicide? Well gather up a few friends and put your money where your mouth is.
But be sure you pay up if you lose -- you don't want to be swimming with the fishes.
HBO's "Entourage" has invaded a Hollywood condo complex, and the residents aren't happy.
The condos, located at the foot of celeb-hiker favorite Runyon Canyon, has become home to the boys of "Entourage," along with a large crew, lights and cameras.
At first, residents of the complex, including porn king Ron Jeremy, were told that shooting would go on for a week or so, and that their daily lives wouldn't be affected. But a TMZ source inside the complex reveals that the group has been anything but unnoticeable. Our source said that crew dudes can be found lounging in a top-floor gym, and that the pool area has become a smoking section for the show's grips and cameramen. "It has definitely made a huge impact having the crew roaming around," said the source.
For those who watch the show, the reason for the new location is that the new season finds "Johnny Drama" finally getting his own place. The residents at this condo just wish it wasn't in their building!
TMZ contacted HBO reps for a comment, but didn't hear back by press time.
