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In other porn news: Gerard Damiano, the...

Maria — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:40:00 EDT

In other porn news: Gerard Damiano, the director of the 1972 film Deep Throat, died Saturday at a Fort Myers Hospital in Florida. He was 80. The film was a mainstream box office success in the 1970s and helped launch the hardcore adult-entertainment industry. The title of the film also became the nickname of an anonymous source (former FBI official W. Mark Felt) for Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they investigated the Watergate scandal. [USA Today]

Loose Lips

Jessica — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Rose McGowan is in talks to play Deep Throat star turned activist Linda Lovelace in an upcoming biopic. Angelina Jolie and Meg Ryan were previously interested in the role. • Curious about what Gerald Butler's "O" face looks like? click here!! • Is John McCain making amends to David Letterman? Letterman's been making snide comments about the Senator since McCain skipped out on his show to do Katie Couric and lied about it. Rumor has it McCain wants to be on Letterman sometime next week. Is this his October surprise? [Fox News, The Sun, Extra]

Starlet Trades In Playing Dumb Blondes For Deep-Throating Brunettes

Anna — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:00:00 EDT

*Inspired by Shirley MacLaine's assertion that the best parts for actresses fall into one of the above categories.

Poor Anna Faris. Sick of being typecast by male Hollywood executives as the stupid girl who gets regularly assaulted for comedic effect, the 30-year-old actress is developing her own starring role as a sad girl who gets regularly assaulted for dramatic effect. Faris, who will also be seen in the upcoming comedy I Know What Boys Like, playing a former Playboy bunny, is so eager to be taken seriously as an actress that she's planning on starring as former porn star Linda Lovelace in the drama Inferno.

Faris says that playing Lovelace — the star of Deep Throat who later became an anti-pornography crusader and issued allegations of emotional and physical abuse against the film's producers — "would be cool for me to do." This, of course, comes just 10 months after Faris told the NY Times' Sara Corbett that her mother would love for her to take roles that are "less embarrassing." Ugh. Hollywood.
Anna Faris Plans To Get 'Deep' With Porn-Star Biopic [MTV]
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