***According to Variety, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton lost his web host yesterday, after failing to heed their repeated requests to halt the use of stolen copyright imagery. The notoriously blog-hostile trade couldn't help but gleefully posit the incident as "the first hit against bloggerazzi star Perez Hilton's empire," even though the site was back online via a different host after a couple of hours. If you're unfamiliar with Perez' infamous MS Paint trickery, see a representative specimen above.
***Speaking, as Perez often does, of out-of-control bad boys, disgraced former HBO executive Chris Albrecht is quietly, unofficially shepherding the Sex and the City movie to the big screen. Variety claims HBO won't officially link Albrecht to the film yet, "because the picture is just in the discussion stage with distributors"--but at what point is it appropriate to admit that you've picked an alleged serial girlfriend-beater to help further a brand about post-feminist empowerment?
***On the other end of the Hollywood executive spectrum, The Hollywood Reporter says Brian Grazer (who allows Creative Artists Agency underlings to pitch projects to him once a year) will team with Universal to produce Coma Boy, based on a pitch generated by a kid working in the CAA mailroom.
***Finally, the team that brought you Disturbia are next planning a feature version of Stargirl, a popular young-adult novel about a vegetarian teenager.
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