There's trouble a-brewin' at TMZ. The gossip website, which has become a top destination for celeb watchers despite its shoddy journalism, is set to launch a new TV venture at the beginning of September - but, reportedly, preparations for this new show are not as far along as they should be, which is causing a lot of tension. Of course, in the world of heartless executives, the answer to any sort of problem is firing someone - hence the canning of TMZ TV's co-executive producer Bryn Friedman. No real reason has been given for why Friedman was let go - the only explanation Page 6 could come up with is that fellow execs Harvey Levin and Jim Paratore's fighting was placing the show in jeopardy, and someone decided that Bryn was a convenient person to blame for all the acrimony.
So there you go - two insecure males spar with each other, causing the show's preparations to be held up, and the solution is to fire the woman. Bryn Friedman is not taking the matter lying down however - she has reportedly contacted celebrity lawyer Marty Singer, with the intention of suing TMZ. Harvey Levin, aka Paris Hilton's new bitch now that Elliot Mintz is out of the picture, insists he has not been fighting with Paratore, and that TMZ TV is right on-schedule for a September 10th launch. Said Levin:
I don't know what you're talking about - the set is the [TMZ.com] newsroom and I love Jim, he's like my brother! And while I'm on the show, there is an ensemble cast. It is different than a traditional magazine show.
Different how, Harvey? In that there will be no pretense whatsoever to journalistic credibility? If the show's anything like your site, it is sure to be a trainwreck. Maybe you could spruce it up some by including a tour of your S&M dungeon. You know, the one where you take all the Filipino boys you're always buying. See? I can make up shit out of thin air too.
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