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David Letterman Reveals to James Franco Why He Banned Harmony Korine (Video)
Harmony Korine, left, and David Letterman
Before Harmony Korine went (semi) legit with Spring Breakers, he was a young, trouble-making wunderkind best known for directing inaccessible avant garde films and giving bizarre, non-sequitur-filled interviews to a bemused David Letterman.
Between 1997-98, Korine appeared on Late Show air three times, always disheveled and slightly unhinged in a skater-stoner kind of way. It began with an interview to promote the controversial film Kids, which he wrote at age 18, and then in support of his directorial debut, Gummo, and finally, a book he wrote, A Crackup at the Race Riots.
Seriously, watch those.
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Korine was due on Late Show for a fourth time soon after -- he even made it to the studio -- but was infamously banned under mysterious conditions. On Monday, his good friend and Spring Breakers star James Franco appeared on the show, where he proceeded to prod its host into explaining just why Korine had gotten the boot.
Letterman played coy, pretending not to remember the three interviews, but then asked Franco to tell him what he had heard about the mysterious incident. Franco responded that Korine told him he was banned for pushing Meryl Streep backstage, but "he said he was a little out of it...Harmony is a very sane guy now, a great artist and great person to work with, but I think he had a period where he was going a little off the rails, so maybe he was on something that night."
Letterman then spilled the beans.
"I went upstairs to greet Meryl Streep and welcome her to the show, and I knock on the door...and she was not in there. And I looked around, and she was not in there, and I found Harmony going through her purse," he said. "True story. And so I said, 'That's it, put her things back in her bag and then get out.'"
With Franco's assurances, the host then said he would be "more than happy" to have Korine back on the show.
Let's hope that happens, ASAP.
Ryan Lochte Does Shots, Hunts for 'The One' in E! Reality Show (Video)
After his breakout stardom at the London Olympics, where his mother awkwardly let it slip that her son prefers one-night stands to serious relationships, it was all but inevitable that Ryan Lochte would land his own reality show.
What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, a docu-series premiering April 21 on E!, promises to catch Lochte in action: on the prowl, in the pool, spewing all sorts of TMI such as: "I got like two golds, two bronze: I don't even remember what I got at the Olympics."
Also, this: "In fashion, I want that little edge: that little Lochte."
And this: "Going out trying to look for a date, I don't really have to do that. They come to me."
A new promo for the show features those Lochte-isms as well as footage of the 28-year-old athlete doing shots and picking up women at a bar and training at 7 a.m. with a hangover. At one point, he tells the camera: "I want to settle down. I want to find that one that I can spend the rest of my life with."
(Clearly, Lochte has missed his calling to be the next Bachelor. You listening, Mike Fleiss?)
David Letterman Presses Brian Williams to Comment on 'Tonight Show' Drama (Video)
Brian Williams, left, and David Letterman
Brian Williams is remaining tightlipped when it comes to NBC’s reported inner turmoil involving its Today
and The Tonight Show.
David Letterman pushed the NBC anchor Tuesday to comment on reports that NBC is preparing to announce Jay Leno’s Tonight Show departure and that the network experienced even greater turmoil surrounding Ann Curry’s Today’s exit than previously thought, but Williams didn’t betray his thoughts on the subject.
As Letterman broached the subject, Williams played comically horrified that the sensitive topic was being brought up.
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“Am I going to wake up in the shower?” Williams said on the Late Show. “Please tell me I’m going to wake up and it’s going to be morning and I’m going to say ‘Hey! I’m doing Dave tonight and that was just a dream.’”
Letterman went on to give a muddled version of the Today shake-up, describing it as having “something to do with Ann Curry” and going on to speculate NBC was now stirring up drama with The Tonight Show to draw attention away from Today’s reported troubles.
“If I’m on to something, blink twice,” Letterman said.
Williams didn’t blink.
The Late Show airs at 11:35 p.m. on CBS.
'Psych's' 100th Episode: Shawn and Gus Investigate a 'Clue' Mystery (Exclusive Video)
Psych is gearing up for its 100th episode.
In "100 Clues," inspired by the 1985 film Clue, Shawn (James Roday) and Gus (Dule Hill) are invited to a mysterious party at a historic Santa Barbara mansion by Billy Lipps, a rock star whom Shawn and the Santa Barbara Police Department sent to prison five years earlier for murder. When a deadly crime is committed, five suspects emerge: the Butler, the Groupie, the Manager, the Author and the Host.
The Hollywood Reporter debuts a scene from Wednesday's hour, wherein Shawn and Gus, with the help of SBPD's Lassiter (Timothy Omundson) and Juliet (Maggie Lawson), investigate a dead body in Billy Lipps' abode. "Great Scott!" original Clue castmember Christopher Lloyd exclaims. Lesley Ann Warren and Martin Mull co-star, along with Tears For Fears’ Curt Smith and Garrett Morris.
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As USA Network announced earlier this month, viewers on both coasts will be able to vote for the episode's ending, determining who they think the murderer is using the following hashtags on Twitter: #PsychButlerDDit, #PsychGroupieDDit, #PsychManagerDDit, #PsychAuthorDDit and #PsychHostDDit. Real-time poll results will be displayed during both coasts' broadcasts of the episode.
Psych's 100th episode airs at 10 p.m. Wednesday on USA Network.
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