Comments on: More Brad Grey Allegations Next Week?

By: Kaji

Kaji — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:44:52 +0000

Did you guys listen the tape? It’s only one side of the story, but Rock comes across as pretty straightforward, and if his story is true, the woman was lying to get money. Not just lying, but accusing someone of a felony.

By: gerry

gerry — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:43:34 +0000

Thank you, Nikki, for offering a comment section that offers intelligent readers to do a little digging when ridiculous pieces like the Variety con job gets foisted on the public.

It will be interesting to see if Variety allows any comments on the Graser story. I know I left one on the Variety site that hasn’t been posted yet, and I’m not holding my breath.

I wonder what Graser has to say for himself. As far as I can tell, he has zero experience reporting on federal criminal trials. If he does, I’d like to hear him defend his work.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:39:12 +0000

Re: the Marc Graser Variety article.

Uh, pretty biased article. Shandling isn’t even mentioned until the seventh paragraph and then is summarily dismissed.

It’s pretty clear there is a conflict of interest here. Shandling did a smart thing hiring out-of-town lawyers.

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:19:27 +0000

I doubt with plunging circulations that the LA Times and Variety can endure losing this kind of credibility.

Three weeks ago Reed-Elsevier, Variety’s parent company, put Variety, with only 30,000 copies, on the chopping block for the first time in 70 years as part of a cost-cutting maneuver.

And the Los Angeles Times, over the last four years has plunged 20 percent of its circulation - more than a 200,000 copy drop.

If the freefall was all about the internet than one would think that their corresponding internet sites would be popular like their papers once were, but they are not.

People know when they can not trust a news source and so they gravitate away to places where they think they can.

Look at cable news… plunging viewership.

By: kathy

kathy — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:53:15 +0000

Apparently, Mr. Grey’s official announcement post-Shandling did not do the trick. Grey and his appendages have pulled out the heavy artillery.

see A Variety Story Dictated From the Top

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:40:43 +0000

Love the line about white pants. What a nitwit. Hey, Chris Rock, women are not disposable symbols of your status.

By: Agent

Agent — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:13:55 +0000

Yeah, but things like this happen all the time. I do like that this time there’s a recording of it. (Talking about Rock, here.) But the even worse thing is that some fucker’s going to hire him, regardless, when it’s calculated that he’s worth amount A of money.

Not on my watch.

By: Disgusted

Disgusted — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:21:20 +0000

This whole thing is vile. Chris Rock is gross and sexist. Makes our stomach turn. He should be on trial - he knew what the PI was going to do. Women take a real beating in our society. It must stop.