Friday, October 28, 2011

Sierra Towers: The Strategies of L.A.'s Strange, Sexy Celebrity Condo Building

The way in which realtor Russ Filice takes note of it, eventually in early 2000s, he gave an excursion of the Sierra Towers condominium to Eddie Fisher, the first kind teen idol and singer, and the kids Tricia Leigh Fisher and Joely Fisher. The late performer's brood wanted him to maneuver in to the 31-story West Hollywood high-rise, and also the visit cut back reminiscences for Fisher, former husband to both Darlene Reynolds and Bette Davis, then in the 70s. "Whenever we were touring him together with his kids, he stated, 'Oh, I did previously party here constantly with Yul Brynner, doing cocaine.' Plus they stated, 'We know, Father, we all know,' " Filice recalls. "I figured, 'How interesting.' If these walls could talk."our editor recommendsHollywood's Greatest Property Deals each week: Matthew Perry, Val Kilmer, Jesse Trump (Photos) Indeed, Sierra Towers -- lengthy the option of Celebrities, rock 'n' roll gods and showbiz moguls alike -- is loaded with colorful tales which have only put into its appeal and mystique. There's not one other residential building in La which has located this type of different and large number of notables: former citizens include David Geffen, Sidney Poitier and Lindsay Lohan(see chart below).Cher, Elton John and Joan Collins are current citizens, and THR has found that Courteney Cox lately purchased a two-bed room, upper-floor unit in the 9255 Doheny Road tower. They've all clustered to some building that's noted for its jaw-shedding sights, sharp midcentury architecture, discreet staff and prime location around the eastern fringe of Beverly Hillsides at the bottom of the Hollywood Hillsides (Sierra Towers is nearby from Soho House). Your building is effectively not avoidable because current zoning limitations will make it hard to construct this type of tower in West Hollywood, where it's the highest building. These factors make Sierra Towers among L.A.'s most costly high-increases and assisted fuel a surge in prices and interest there since the boom from the mid-2000s. It is just one of only a number of L.A. condo structures where models routinely sell in excess of $1,000 per sq . ft ., a business benchmark. PHOTOS: Matthew Perry's $$ 30 million in tangible Estate -- Two Entries, One Purchase, One Purchase All Inside A Couple of Days Despite the fact that Fisher never ended up purchasing at Sierra Towers, his curiosity about it's illustrative: The 146-unit property attracts all decades -- it's a place where celebrity Lily Collins could share a dip within the pool or perhaps an elevator ride with Joan Collins or her Empire enemy, Diahann Carroll. "You need to be entirely makeup whatsoever occasions when you are getting within the elevator -- who knows who you will encounter,Inch states Nikki Haskell, the StarShape weight loss guru along with a Sierra Towers resident since 1990. She's testing the waters and it has put her two-bed room unit available on the market for $3.two million. Still, Haskell states selling it "would totally break my heart." You will find several apocryphal tales concerning the building's beginning that only increase its legend. Citizens state that the website for Sierra Towers was initially located in Beverly Hillsides, however when that city balked in the suggested height, the home was annexed by La County, which in turn permitted construction to maneuver forward. You will find also tales of benefits by organized crime to neighbors in nearby structures and houses who grumbled regarding their sights being destroyed another story involves Frank Sinatra helping to find the building completed after construction delayed while he wanted a spot for his mother to reside. Your building can also be stated to obtain its plural title from scuttled original intends to develop a second tower. (The metropolitan areas of Beverly Hillsides and West Hollywood along with the La Conservancy don't have any records or information that validate these tales.) PHOTOS: Hollywood's Greatest Property Deals each week: Matthew Perry, Val Kilmer, Jesse Trump What's known concerning the building's history is a lot more straightforward. Sierra Towers was created for $12 million by Walter and Leo Minskoff, whose family firm also built NY's Minskoff Theatre. Your building opened up in 1966, just like the adjacent Sunset Strip was roaring to existence, and grew to become the highest residential structure in La. The architect, Jack A. Charney, who analyzed under Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler, stated inside a 1965 La Occasions article he designed your building "to consider maximum benefit of sights of city, mountain tops and sea." To that particular finish, models within the building, including one-, two- and three-bed room homes, feature true floor-to-ceiling home windows and expansive balconies. Sierra Towers was initially operated like a apartment, but following its purchase by NY property investor Helmsley Spear Corporation., your building was transformed into condos in 1974. In those days, a 1-bed room condo might be had for $70,500 along with a three-bed room unit for $152,500, based on a 1974 La Occasions story. Your building came stars, socialites and performers The Fugitive star David Janssen settled in, as did star jockey Willie Shoemaker and then, Tawny Kitaen. Nowadays, Sierra Towers condos routinely fetch prices typically restricted to houses in Beverly Hillsides or Brentwood. This fall, for instance, Matthew Perry unloaded a 2-bed room unit for slightly under $3 million he'd purchased from John in 2005 for $3.two million. Based on data in the Mls, 10 models happen to be offered this year, by having an average cost of $2.a million ($1,080 per sq . ft .). That's up from 2010, when eight were offered to have an average cost of $1.six million ($850 per sq . ft .). Still, costs are lower in the boom years, when models offered in excess of $2,000 per sq . ft . and also at the peak from the recession last year, just one unit exchanged hands. But Filice cautions that recent sales figures don't tell the entire story because some deals are carried out from the market and don't come in sales databases. He stated there has been three such sales this season. EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood's Historic Taft Building available Filice knows your building well. A Bay Area transplant, he purchased a unit in The month of january 2002 for $725,000 after being fascinated through the sights, locale and -- possibly first and foremost -- an chance. The Sotheby's Worldwide Real estate agent felt the building, which at that time had fallen from favor using the celebrity set, might be repositioned to a different generation of Hollywood gamers. He states that his grassroots marketing campaign introduced a slew of recent citizens towards the tower, changing it right into a hotspot for youthful Hollywood. Throughout yesteryear decade, Lohan and Rachel Zoe moved in, amongst others. Within the boom years, some flippers -- including Vincent Gallo -- designed a fortune, turning models rapidly for profits within the millions. Citizens state that your building functions like a true community: A-listers are friendly within the hallways, quick to provide a smile or contain the elevator. "Everyone within the building includes a considerable amount of privacy -- it's its not all guy for themself," Haskell states. However the building's variety of outsize personas has created memorable moments for many citizens. A number of tales, actually, center around your building's elevators, which you will find just two -- an oversight through the developer that, Kitaen states, managed to get cumbersome to redesign her many homes (she resided in five models in the early eighties to 2008). With only two elevators, strange outings can happen. Filice, for instance, recalls one ride he required that ended using the doorways opening on Lohan, dressed only within an unbuttoned males's dress shirt, at the time of the argument with then-boyfriend Scott Storch, an archive producer. (Filice, who states he's offered a lot more than 100 models in the building, no more lives there.) One former resident recalls exercising during a workout session and looking to visit a "catfight between Alex Carrington and Dominique Deveraux" -- the Empire figures described by Collins and Carroll, correspondingly. (It didn't happen.) Over time, proprietors have cheated your building's design to re-imagine their models. Because Sierra Towers was constructed with crawl space between flooring, proprietors are given great versatility in rerouting plumbing along with other systems to various places in models. Among individuals who've take their own stamp on things: Charles S. Cohen, who owns the Off-shore Design Center, that has combined three models. Cher's unit may be the only two-story condo within the building -- it had been formerly possessed by Gallo and earlier, Geffen. For his part, John has produced a residence for his 10-month-old boy, Zachary, that's next to the singer's pad. Kitaen, Haskell yet others the building's staff of 37 -- including security personnel, porters and 11 valets, differentiates it using their company high-finish condo qualities, including Wilshire Corridor cornerstones like the Blair House and new additions such as the Century. That sentiment is echoed by Sotheby's agent Josh Greer, additionally a resident. "You will find more recent, glossier, fancy structures around the Corridor, but they're cent-a-dozen," states Greer, that has possessed several models within the tower through the years and offered seven there previously six several weeks. "I get home plus they hands me my FedEx packages and take my vehicle, that is perfectly cleaned through the valets. I'm not going to leave." Obviously, homeowner association dues are dear: A fee of roughly $1.20 per sq . ft . monthly implies that who owns a couple,100-square-feet, three-bed room unit forks over about $2,520 monthly. Greer likens Sierra Towers to some top-tier NY co-op, like the Dakota. But unlike Manhattan, where you will find several residential towers preferred with that city's elite, in L.A., a confluence of timing, location and Hollywood glamour has permitted Sierra Towers to face alone. News that five models are actually available on the market -- together with a $9.5 million penthouse -- excites Kitaen, who wants she could go back to your building she lengthy known as home. The onetime Whitesnake music video star longingly recounts her days at Sierra Towers, saying she awakens "considering it every day, going 'Goddamn it, why did I sell my place?'" Email: Daniel.Burns@THR.com Twitter: @DanielNMiller Related Subjects Property

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Beverly Hills Cop IV Wars, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Happy Thursday! Also in this edition of The Broadsheet: A Farrelly-sanctioned Dumb and Dumber sequel gets moving (slightly)… Signs point to Still Seas for Guillermo del Toro… The only defense of Shame’s NC-17 that you’ll need… John Carpenter’s first student film discovered… and more. · As noted in Wednesday’s Buzz Break, Eddie Murphy himself has put the kibosh to Brett Ratner’s dream project Beverly Hills Cop IV, arguing that the scripts were never right but that a TV spinoff featuring Axel Foley’s son — with occasional cameos by Murphy as the titular detective — could be in the offing. No, no, no, no, said Ratner: “I think [the movie will be made] one day, I’m hoping, because it is one of the most iconic characters ever. Eddie does not go anywhere in the world where they’re not like, ‘Axel Foley, what’s up?’ more than ‘Eddie Murphy.’ It is something that our hope and desire is to get it made.” Fine: Let’s just do the 84th Academy Awards, hosted by Axel Foley for maximum international reach. Everyone wins, and we can stop talking about this goddamned movie that nobody but Brett Ratner wants. [MTV] · The Farrelly Brothers have planted the seed for a real follow-up to their Jim Carrey/Jeff Daniels classic Dumb and Dumber — and that’s the good news. The not-so-good (or at least not-so-encouraging) news? They’re not writing it. Those duties have gone to Sean Anders and John Morris, the team behind the upcoming Adam Sandler effort I Hate You Dad. If ever a trade report called for one of those :-/ emoticons, this might be the one. [Deadline] · Thanks to the ever-reliable Hollywood domain-registry trawl, word is that Guillermo del Toro and Warner Bros. have settled on Still Seas as the title of the filmmaker’s forthcoming creature flick; the project once known as Pacific Rim has gone by both titles throughout its early stages. [Fusible] · “That’s 26 total in 21 years. That’s not a functional adult rating. That’s playing the lottery.” Looping in Shame’s box-office interests and cultural stakes, David Poland hits the NC-17 nail on the head. Must read! [The Hot Blog/MCN] · John Carpenter’s 1968 student film Captain Voyeur has been discovered in the USC archives. Apparently a thriller in the mold of Halloween, it’s being restored and will no doubt be publicly embarrassing the horror maven in no time at all. [THR] · In the grand tradition of Awards-Season Trading Cards, how about Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy cards? Collect all 18! Or… not. [Hollywood Elsewhere] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Libyan Dictator Almost Grew to become an associate of WME & CAA?

Ari Sandel (West Bank Story, which won the 2006 Academy Award for live action short) made thisvideo for WME’s Talent Department. You know, WME frequently puts togetherspoofs (‘Pinkberry: The Film’ here) due to its quarterly conferences. APA was to forward it because it pokes fun at both WME and CAA. Starring Maz Jobrani with cameos by Armie Hammer and Sofia Vergara and WME agents. Genius, and not because it mentions Deadline and me:

'Halloween' Director John Carpenter's First Student Film Unearthed

Just in time for Halloween, the first student film from famed horror director John Carpenter has been found in the archives at the University of Southern California and will be restored with the help of a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.our editor recommendsAlfred Hitchcock's Earliest Surviving Film Found Carpenter wrote and directed Captain Voyeur for an introductory film class at USC's School of Cinematic Arts in 1969. About eight minutes long, the black and white film has visual and thematic ties to the writer-director's 1978 classic Halloween, according to Dino Everett, the archivist who discovered the preprint materials in a negative at USC's Hugh M. Hefner Moving Image Archive. Captain Voyeurfollows a man at a boring computer job who eyes a woman at work and follows her home. He dons a mask and attempts to kill her but is shot by his co-worker. PHOTOS: Iconic Horror Movies Everett told The Hollywood Reporter that at one point, the voyeur puts on a pair of glasses over his mask, much in the manner that Michael Myers wore glasses over the bedsheet covering his head in the Halloween prologue. Like the 1978 film, much of Captain Voyeur is shot from the point of view of the attacker, and the woman being stalked "could have been a young Jamie Lee Curtis," she resembled the Halloween victim so strongly, Everett noted. On the job for only a year, Everett said he heard rumors that Carpenter has "stolen his films" from the school, which owns the works. "I didn't believe that," he said. Everett pulled a negative -- "thankfully, it was in great shape" -- and in the middle of the film up popped a hand-written credit that says "Written and directed by John Carpenter." USC has not yet told Carpenter about the discovery. PHOTOS: 20 Best Taglines From Movies Over the Last 30 Years The Hefner archive will handle the restoration using the grant of $1,000 from the NFPF, which targets for preservation newsreels, silent-era films, documentaries, culturally important home movies, avant-garde films and endangered independent productions that fall under the radar of commercial preservation programs. Captain Voyeur would have been done before The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (1970), which Carpenter co-wrote, edited and composed the music as part of a team at USC. That film won an Academy Award for best live action short film. Films saved through NFPF programs are made available to the public for on-site research and are seen widely through screenings, exhibits, DVDs, TV broadcasts and the Internet. PHOTOS: Best and Worst Alien Movies Among the 27 other works also set for preservation announced Wednesday are a 1925 newsreel portrait of the celebrated African-American 10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldier" regiment at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and home movies from opening day at Walt Disney World in October 1971. Since it was created by Congress in 1996, the NFPF has provided preservation support to 239 institutions and saved more than 1,850 films and collections through grants and collaborative projects. The NFPF also produces the Treasures From American Film Archives DVD series. The NFPF receives federal money through the Library of Congress to distribute as grants but raises all operating and project funding from other sources. Related Topics Jamie Lee Curtis John Carpenter

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Gordon-Levitt Up For Django Unchained

He's in talks for Tarantino's latestAs if he didn't already have an embarrassment of acting riches in the cast for the exploito-rama Western-fuelled Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino seems intent on adding one more good actor to the team, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt in talks.Variety reports that Gordon-Levitt apparently sat down over dinner with the director to talk about a possible, unspecified role in the movie, and has now moved on to negotiations about signing on. He's apparently dedicated to finding time, but first he'll have to figure out some scheduling issues.Django, which already features the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Don Johnson and Kurt Russell, is set to start shooting in New Orleans this coming January.It'll mark yet another respected director ticked off Gordon-Levitt's list, with him having recently worked with Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg (he's filming Lincoln now) and Rian Johnson. In related news, one of his other latest gigs, David Koepp's bike messenger thriller Premium Rush, has just had its release date shifted from January in the US (February over here) to an August release date in the States, which will likely mean it'll be here in late August/early September now...

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Ali Fedotowsky & Roberto Martinez Not Planning Wedding

First Published: October 20, 2011 12:02 PM EDT Credit: Getty Images Caption Have Ali & Roberto Set A Date For Their Wedding Yet? (April 8, 2011) LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky and her fiance, Roberto Martinez, have hit another bump in their road to the altar. After announcing in August that they were postponing their wedding due to surgery she had after sustaining an injury to her femur, the reality star told People that she and Roberto are not currently planning their nuptials. Were still engaged; were still living together, the 27-year-old, who appeared on Season 6 of the hit ABC series, told the mag. We just dont feel the need to walk down the aisle right now. Regardless of rumors, Ali told the mag that her relationship is not on the rocks. We didnt meet in the most traditional way, she explained. We had a very short courtship and we only knew each other nine weeks before we got engaged We are still figuring out our lives as individuals At this point were not planning a wedding, the reality star continued. Does that mean were fighting? No. Does that mean were miserable? Absolutely not! Were happy where we are. When we have things figured out, well let you know. In April, Ali told Access that she and Roberto were being very choosy about who would attend their wedding. I dont want to meet people for the first time at my wedding unless its his family or something, he said at the time. We are being selective. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Britney Warrior warrior spears Debuts Racy Criminal Video

First Launched: October 18, 2011 11:25 AM EDT Credit: Getty Premium Caption Jason Trawick and Britney Warrior warrior spears cope with towards the 28th Annual MTV Video Music Honours at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in La on August 28, 2011LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Steamy shower sex, slaps for the face, kicks for the crotch, convenience store stick ups together with a criminal offense spree round the streets located in london Britney Warrior warrior spears new video for Criminal will be here! The pop star dropped her latest video late Monday evening, Tweeting, Ladies & gents, Im excited to maintain the recording for starters of the most popular tunes from Femme Fatale. Enjoy. British people real-existence boyfriend, Jason Trawick, stars since the entertainers hero inside the video, saving the pop star from an abusive British guy who slaps Britney inside a highbrow party. The entertainers modern-day Bonnie and Clyde musical adventure is full of various criminal functions intermixed with sex moments and shots in the star dancing in the hallway. It culminates in the massive slow-motion shootout while using police as Brit and Jason lock lips in the blaze of bullets after which it escape using the streets located in london. On Tuesday, Jason approached to get into Hollywood Live and told Billy Rose rose bush and Package Hoover the important thing behind his rock-hard abs he sports inside the video. [Im] maintaining a healthy diet plan, Ive been working out, he mentioned. I let myself go, I desired to create a move. Jason also revealed he wasnt too clear on his acting abilities before filming it. I used to be somewhat nervous, he told Billy and Package. Download Britneys Criminal video, HERE! Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Hasbro Third-Quarter Profit Increases 10% Aided by 'Transformers: Dark in the Moon' Business

NY - Toy giant Hasbro on Monday reported a 10 % grow in third-quarter earnings driven by simply greater entertainment and certification unit profit. The business mentioned its quarterly profit of $171. million when compared with $155.2 million around-ago period. Revenue rose five percent to $1.38 billion, accurate documentation for your quarter. The quarterly results showed up below the normal Wall Street anticipation, however the organization mentioned it Entertainment and certification segment revenue rose 69 percent to $46.3 million driven by rise in certification revenue connected using purchasing TV programming globally, additionally to movie and merchandise revenue connected with Transformers: Dark in the Moon, together with a $5 million one-time payment from studio partner Universal Art galleries. Entertainment and certification segment profit nearly tripled to $15.3 million. But Hasbro reported declines within the boys, ladies and games and puzzles companies. Transformers toy sales this year are presently trending later on between your organization's results in the last two Transformers movie years - $482 million in 2007 and $592 milllion this past year - carrying out a somewhat reduced start due to a smaller make the most of collector purchases, Hasbro leader and Boss John Goldner mentioned around the business call Monday. He added the company remains "a substantial contributor" to revenue growth which shipping are up greater than one hundred percent in a few areas. But Marvel and also the Exorcist toy sales for your year are trending lower compared to 2010, management mentioned. Around the business call with experts, more youthful crowd mentioned that Hasbro is constantly develop entertainment projects based on its brands - despite some delays. "We still positively develop numerous additional Hasbro films with great partners and authors, including Micronauts, Ouija, Candyland, Risk, Stretch Remedy, Clue and Monopoly," he mentioned. In 2012, Hasbro brands-based films include Battleship by Universal Pictures and Vital's GI Joe follow-up. Goldner mentioned Monday the organization's toy sales must also benefit from the 2012 releases in the Avengers, a 3 dimensional version in the first episode from the Exorcist as well as the Amazing Spider-Guy. Hasbro's part of the third-quarter insufficient kids cable network The Hub found $1.5 million, in contrast getting deficiencies in around $875,000 around-ago period, the business mentioned. But Goldner famous the funnel, a partnership with Discovery Communications, to get its best quarter inside the third quarter with 24 percent ratings growth among kids 2-11 in contrast while using second quarter. He wouldn't discuss when the funnel could break even next season, but he layed out it's making "great progress." Management reported greater My Little Pony toy sales inside the U.S., Canada plus much more recently the U.K. following a launch of Hasbro TV programming in people areas. Goldner mentioned the trends show "the value of television to driving our brands inside the worldwide areas." "We still be ready to deliver significant rise in both revenues and earnings per share for your full-year 2011 versus our 2010 reported full-year results," mentioned Goldner searching ahead. "Our performance this year demonstrates we are effectively carrying out our strategy globally." Which he mentioned early fourth-quarter are positive, positioning Hasbro well for your key holidays. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Transformers: Dark in the Moon Hasbro Corporation.

Friday, October 14, 2011

TruTV orders up 'Guinness ... Gone Wild'

KennedyTruTV has ordered a pilot for "Guinness World Records Gone Wild," in which contestants try to beat obscure Guinness records.Jamie Kennedy is on board as host of the pilot, produced by High Noon Entertainment ("Cake Boss").Among the more unusual records that contestants will seek to top are the fastest time to jump over three oncoming cars, highest dive into 12 inches of water, most kicks to the head in one minute, most live cockroaches held in the mouth and most paintballs to hit a person in 30 seconds.Exec producers are High Noon's Pamela Healey and Jim Berger, with Angel Annussek exec producing for TruTV and Rob Molloy as e.p. for Guinness World Records. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

Monday, October 10, 2011

Basketball shelves initial few days

The Basketball introduced today it had canceled the initial 2 days of the 2011-12 regular season, with little sign you will see an answer towards the labor troubles soon.Even though the Basketball doesn't have a very significant broadcast TV presence each season (via its deal with ABC) until Christmas Day, cablers ESPN and TNT will probably be affected immediately, as well as Basketball-possessed Basketball TV. ''Despite extensive efforts, we've not had the chance to attain a completely new agreement while using players' union that allows all 30 teams to be capable of compete for just about any championship while fairly having to pay our players,'' Basketball deputy commissioner Adam Silver mentioned.The summer season happen to be schedule to start November. 1, but all games are actually removed until November. 15 within the earliest. The exhibition season had lately been shelved the other day.TNT were built with a dent-evening doubleheader featuring the safeguarding champion Dallas Mavericks playing the Chicago Bulls, then your La Opponents in the Oklahoma City Thunder. ESPN stood a doubleheader for an additional evening while using Miami Warmth in the NY Knicks as well as the Opponents in the Golden Condition Gamers. Overall, the two cable systems had 127 regular-season game broadcasts scheduled entering the 2011-12 season. Venues for instance Staples Center, home for your Opponents and Clippers, are actually removed to produce dates through the cancellation period. According to ESPN.com, reps in the league as well as the players' union met for seven several hours Monday but did not rival bridging their settlement gap, including arguments inside the more understanding concerning the league's salary cap well as over which party should get 53% of league revenues. A 50-50 compromise has not acquired traction.The ultimate time the Basketball canceled games because of labor conflicts, the league carried out a 50-game season in 1998-99. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Ough Gervais Golden Globes return planned

Ough Gervais' debate-packed presentation from the year's Golden Globes was our favourite moments of 2011.Plus it seems like we'll receive lots of same in 2012, although really different format.Writing for your Wall Street Journal, Gervais revealed: "I don't think I will host the Golden Globes again, even if I'm asked for that is very unlikely, in truth...InchBut because of the best factor about society, freedom of speech, I am in a position to still host the Golden Globes, or any event on the planet.InchI'm utilizing a Californian technology company around the live webcast idea."People watch their TV concurrently as hearing me together with a few chums provide our personal alternative commentary.""This is not to steal anyone's thunder, or disrupt enjoyable society. It is simply a brand new horizon. Too for its sake."I have not a clue whether or not this works however i didn't determine whether podcasting works in 2005 once i launched The Ough Gervais Show."I didn't particularly care either. I used to be carrying it out for just about any laugh. You will discover very couple of better top reasons to do just about anything.InchWe cannot wait. Ultimately, Gervais required to run his jokes past the Golden Globes producers a year ago, which he still made mind lines around the globe.What is likely to he created if he's completely unfettered by any kind of censorship?Also, 'me together with a few chums' causes us to think that Karl Pilkington will participate in the webcast eventually.Karl Pilkington hosting the Golden Globes? Now that's something we'd pay to find out. Or give consideration to.