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· Delays and disorganization at the Venice Film Festival result in the unpardonable sin of keeping Hollywood's A-list attendees waiting. Don't these motherfucking Venetians know who everyone is? Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, and Harvey Weinstein are not kept waiting. In fact, Weinstein cheerily took the podium and issued a totally hilarious, only half-kidding death threat to the festival's artisic director.[THR]
· John Leguizamo is developing a sitcom based on his life as a performer and family man for 20th Century Fox TV. We can't wait to see the wacky-yet-touching ways in which Leguizamo juggles the burdens of fame and his household responsibilities. [THR]
· Head Viacom glamour hammer Les Moonves is poised to shake up Paramount Television. This probably won't involve actual bloodshed, as Moonves isn't fond of the dry cleaning bills, but Paramount TV head Garry Hart might be stepping down. [THR]
· Michael Moore spins decision to enter Fahrenehit 9/11 as Best Picture instead of Best Documentary as an act of charity (i.e. "let's let someone else win for a change") rather than an opportunity to make another "interesting" speech at the end of the Oscar broadcast. He's so giving. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· Germans are still a bit touchy about that Hitler guy, as a movie that attempts to portray his "human side" is stirring up trouble. [THR]
· Comic book legend Stan Lee and nudie mag visionary Hugh Hefner team up for an MTV animated pilot Superbunnies, about large-breasted, crime-fighting Playmates, which will quite obviously be the best television show in history. [THR]