Does anyone else doubt Entertainment Lawyer?

Bonham · May 12th, 2007, 02:16 AM

Slightly OT here, but does anyone here wonder whether Entertainment Lawyer is pulling this stuff out of his ass? I trust the gossip and BIs from Ted Casablanca, Perez Hilton, Gatecrasher and even Michael Musto. They all have impeccable sources.
But Ent Lawyer's stuff seems so arbitrary and weird. Not to mention I haven't seen any of his gossip corroborated anywhere else. The few BIs that he does reveal are all about famous people like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, about whom anyone could say anything, and it would be plausible. It's just really weird that Ent Lawyer writes things about people that nobody else writes. So there is no way to ever get independent verification of his stories. Heck, even Ted's stories about problems in the Bush marriage were matched by the Globe and National Enquirer stories about the same thing. Gay rumors about Jake Gyllenhall are everywhere from Perez to Ted to Gatecrasher.

I trust the National Enquirer and Globe tabloids before I trust what Ent Lawyer says. If nothing else, they need to have some proof about their stories because they face litigation so often.

Secondly, does anyone here doubt where so-called Ent Lawyer is even a lawyer? He must be violating numerous confidentiality agreements with his blog, not to mention that it would be highly unethical and unprofessional for any halfway decent lawyer in Hollywood to blog about his clients.

Third, where does any busy Hollywood lawyer find the time to spend his time crafting BIs and blogging about Hollywood gossip?
His writing style seems to be that of an angry and confused teenager a lot of the time, not at all like a professional lawyer.
What prevents some weirdo who wants attention and a spike in his blog readership, to simply start some blog and just outright lie and make stuff up and call himself of all things 'entertainment lawyer'?

Oh also, people who work in entertainment law work with copyrights, contractual agreements etc. , nothing at all related to who had sex with who and who fathered whose baby. It's pretty dry stuff compared to the intensely personal gossip Ent Lawyer supposedly digs up.
Here's the wikipedia entry on entertainment law.
As you'll see, it's pretty dry, heavy technical stuff. Nothing at all about hanging out with stars all day and finding out about who got drunk at last night's party.

In my experience real lawyers are extremely busy people who don't have time to sit around swapping gossip. Every other gossip columnist has a name they use. The ones with the best sources like Ted Casablanca and Ben Widdicombe have a name and a face. The fact that this guy blogs anonymously raises even more suspicions. It's just all too convenient, and very little of it makes actual sense. And there is no away anyone, stars or readers of his blog, can ever hold him accountable.

I think this guy is a fraud looking for attention. I'm very curious as to what your opinions are.

McJag · May 12th, 2007, 02:35 AM

Someone on here-can't remember the thread-said they knew him & who the girl was that stole his suv. Think he is late middle age. Could be getting stuff from other lawyers-not his own client secrets. I do wonder about the time thing...

pacific breeze · May 12th, 2007, 03:24 AM

^^I remember that. He seems a bit dubious, IMO.

Bonham · May 12th, 2007, 01:39 PM

In his latest post, the 'Lawyer' has found time on a weekday to scour the Internet for many different photos of celebrities attending various parties and premieres and post them on his blog with commentary on how every single person looks and whether their clothes and makeup are okay. The first few posts are all made between 8:46 am and 12:00 noon, on a weekday.

How does the Lawyer take time off his busy schedule of blogging, gossiping, typing, looking for celeb pics off the internet, adding snarky commentary etc. to actually get work done?

I don't know a whole lot about guys, but I know that men,gay or straight, lawyer or not, will never type sentences like these: (italics mine)

" I love Amerie's dress and look and just about everything else about her."

"I know I'm losing my mind now because Kim Kardashian continues to wear less makeup and to look less like a porn star and actually looks good. This is the third consecutive time I haven't trashed her."

"I've never thought Rachel Hunter was all that hot and it just gets worse as time goes by. She always looks like she's squinting which then gives her face that puckered fish look. She rarely smiles and just seems incredibly high maintenance."

"Are those Laboutines?"

All this is stuff written by a woman. There is a lot of inconsistency in writing styles though and every now and then there's a post written in a guy's voice. I'm willing to bet that the Ent Lawyer site is run by more than one person, and one of those people is a younger woman.

Mira · May 12th, 2007, 01:54 PM

I've long thought what you wrote, bonham. I don't think he's a lawyer, either. But if he is, he's kind of a sorry tool. As for having the time to do this, I read something on here a while back that he parties in the south with some woman... you gotta realize L.A. is full of wannabee tools, especially lawyers. One good client can be their meal ticket. One of his main meal tickets is apparently the blog.

I think I can say the following because both people are now dead and it was many years ago:
When I was pregnant with my daughter, I got an emergency call from a temp agency to go downtown (L.A.) and help type up Michael Landon's pre-nuptial agreement (early 1983). I spent the entire weekend working for this attorney, prior to the Valentine's Day wedding. It was an extremely long and complex document and was constantly being revised.

In another case, I was car-pooling with a woman who worked as a paralegal for an entertainment tax lawyer in Century City. Audra Lindley (Three's Company, etc.) was one of the clients. When my carpool mate, a paralegal, presented her boss with the bill for Audra, he said hell no, that's too little of a total amount. She won't believe we've done any work. My mate was saying that they'd worked long and hard on stuff, but it wasn't high billable compared to what stars are accustomed to paying their attorneys. She raised the amount and it was paid, no questions asked.

ENTL obviously has some connections through his social life, and a lot of it is probably hearsay. I don't doubt he has some clients if he is indeed an attorney, but his blog has always bugged me. Only people in L.A. connected to the industry are going to get most of his blinds. For example, I used to hear some stuff while attending Agape.

roslyntaberfan · May 12th, 2007, 04:37 PM

In all honesty I take a lot of blinds with a pinch of salt. Some of them could be true or at least have elements of truth, but I'm sure lots of them are made up or exaggerated. I just like reading them for a laugh!

sprynkles · May 12th, 2007, 05:12 PM

If he's a fake, oh the time I've wasted Milli- vanillying!

Mira · May 12th, 2007, 06:40 PM

No kidding!

greysfang · May 14th, 2007, 10:33 AM

No offense bonham, but anyone who thinks Perez is trustworthy has their head in the wrong place. Secondly, wth cares if ENT is real or not. He's fun.

Mira · May 14th, 2007, 11:45 AM

Yeah, as usual you got a point, greysfang!! I do think most of his blinds are real, and he gets them through gossip and hearsay while doing the rounds of various parties and lunches, etc. Not to mention other sources

Cali · May 14th, 2007, 06:41 PM

Also, Mira you can probably back this part up: most attorneys have tons of flacks working for them. Paralegals, legal secretaries, legal researchers. It is very likely that if he is a Hollywood attorney, he has lots of free time because all he has to do is go to court, take appointments and get the ball rolling on legal documents.

When I worked for a very busy attorney in TX as a legal secretary, it always blew my mind to be completely swamped with work, and then walk into the attorney's office and find him reading a magazine! One time, he was watching a video, not of a deposition or anything. Just a plain old movie.

Nice work if you can get it, eh?

All that said, it really does stretch the bounds of comprehension to believe that this guy is an attorney. I think it is much more likely that he is an agent, works for an agent, or even works for the press. Hell, he could be one of those stalker papparazzi photogs even.

And he could have a female assistant helping write the blog entries too.

Wow I just defended this guy boatloads. I guess I have a sweet spot for him because he's the only one who sometimes reveals his blind items!

greysfang · May 15th, 2007, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Calimoonchild

Also, Mira you can probably back this part up: most attorneys have tons of flacks working for them. Paralegals, legal secretaries, legal researchers. It is very likely that if he is a Hollywood attorney, he has lots of free time because all he has to do is go to court, take appointments and get the ball rolling on legal documents.

When I worked for a very busy attorney in TX as a legal secretary, it always blew my mind to be completely swamped with work, and then walk into the attorney's office and find him reading a magazine! One time, he was watching a video, not of a deposition or anything. Just a plain old movie.

I can personally verify this. I do 90% of my attorneys' work, pretty much all he does is correct my legalspeak.

Mira · May 15th, 2007, 11:04 AM

Yep... That's why half of them go into that line of work... get a bunch of flunkeys to do your work for you while you screw your latest girl out of the ad, see your mistress, play a few rounds of golf, go shopping... actually that's only a small percentage who do that. But most of them are doing something to goof off while barking orders. They think that a one minute tape of various instructions should take a 1/2 hour when it can literally take all day or spill over into another day - or week.

Beeyotch · May 15th, 2007, 11:49 AM

I don't trust this EntLawyer guy at all. I mean, who is he? He won't reveal that so he can't actually be held accountable for being wrong, and even when he does reveal his items, can any of them really be verified?

He hasn't built up any credibility in my view, and his items (like Milli Vanilli and others) seem really scandalous and OTT to not be verifiable some way. I think he makes up his items or embellishes a lot of hearsay, and I don't take him seriously at all, even with the already low standards for gossip.

giggles · May 15th, 2007, 12:22 PM

I believe he has contributing writers. He's a nice guy though. Responded to my email quickly - about something specific to the entertainment industry.