While I doubt this has the potential to become Christian Bale screaming OOOH GOOOD FER YOUUUU or David O. Russell calling Lily Tomlin a c*nt, it is still an on-set argument, and as an immature film blogger, I’m doody-bound to cover it. The principals this time were Precious director Lee Daniels and producer Avi Lerner, who, in addition to producing The Expendables, Drive Angry, and the Conan remake, was exec producer on the the dog-playing-piano classic, Cool Dog, named the best movie of all time by Facts magazine. The two were on the set of their new movie The Paperboy, starring Zack Efron and Nicole Kidman, and while the details of the argument are still sketchy, it appears Daniels accused Lerner of being racist against scuba divers.

It’s hard to hear the entire argument, but at one point Avi says to Lee, “You call him a racist. You know you’re racist too. You always pay attention to that.”
It appears Avi threatened to fire Lee, saying, “I don’t want you to leave, but if you don’t apologize to me and you know you should ….” and then the audio is impossible to understand.
And it seems much of the argument involves money. At the end, Lee taunts Avi, saying, “Need some money, need some money?” Avi says, “We paid the scuba divers a lot.  Shame on you.” It appears from the conversation … the movie is way over the paltry $15 million budget. [TMZ]

One of my favorite things is walking by a couple having a huge argument and having to piece together what it was all about based on one or two out-of-context quotes. If I had walked by this one and all I heard was “We paid the scuba divers a lot. Shame on you,” I think my head would’ve exploded from the possibilities.

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Here’s my latest clip for IFC on the subject of Cool Dog.  Whatever awesome burns you have about me, be sure to get them out now, this might be my last IFC clip.  I know, I know, mega frownies ;-(.  But no matter what happens, I’ll always love movies about dogs who drive cars and play the piano.  (This flick is currently on Netflix Instant, btw). |TheGrid|

MORNING LINKS

• This clip of an old guy talking about “Enema Man” and “Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dog” is the best thing ever. |WarmingGlow|
• Why Do Video Games Have The Best Advertising? |Uproxx|
• Trent Reznor will score Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. |GammaSquad|
• Tom Brady has beautiful dance moves. |KissingSuzyKolber|
• Tiki Barber is coming back to football. |WithLeather|
• Celebrity Pokemon Evolutions |UGO|
• A German entrepreneur is selling cans of cow farts. Or should I say, entreMANURE??? |TheDailyWhat|
• Easton invents helmets for pitchers.  Pussies.  |BostonBarstoolSports|
• International women’s day and Mardi Gras fell on the same day, which is awesome, because I celebrate both by yelling at girls to show me their jugs. |HolyTaco|
• Reader email: Does this lacrosse kid getting laid out get him laid?  Since when did lacrosse players need permission? |NYCBarstoolSports|
• They see me rollin.  They hatin. |GorillaMask|
• The top 10 baby animals indigenous to Libya. |Buzzfeed|
• PICTURED: Amanda Bynes is looking kind of hot again maybe. |TheSuperficial|
• Rob Lowe will replace Charlie Sheen.  Meanwhile, Judd Nelson sits by his phone, naked and alone. |ScreenJunkies|
• Lindsay might go to serious, pound-me-in-the-ass prison. Okay, I just plumped a little. |WWTDD|
• What Women Will Do for Beads: A Photo Essay  |CoedMagazine|

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Friends, it’s been a great week for dogs-in-sunglasses news.  Our future’s so bright, dogs’ gotta wear shades.  First, this week saw the release– well, not the release, but BestWeekEver discovered the trailer, for the direct-to-DVD film, Cool Dog.  I’ve got the trailer for that below, and I don’t want to spoil anything, but OMG DOG PLAYING PIANO DOG PLAYING PIANO!!!  Oh, Cool Dog, you make Harry Connick Jr. look like Josh Groban.

In other news, the Associated Press has discovered new documents exposing the original White Dog:

Newly discovered documents have revealed a bizarre footnote to the history of the Second World War: a Finnish mutt whose imitation of the Hitler salute enraged the Nazis so deeply that they started an obsessive campaign against the dog’s owner.

PLAY HEEM OFF, MEIN KEYBOARD CAT, OFF TO ZEE CONZENTRAZION KAMPZ!

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DAILY CIRCLE JERK LINKS:

• On that note, 25 animals that think they’re people. [HolyTaco]
• A new website can detect if you’ve been looking at porn.  I’m guessing a good indicator is that you own a computer. |Asylum|
• This German guy has one huge arm.  I thought it was Photoshopped at first.  Is it really such a time-saver to only work out one arm?  What a weirdo.  |FListed|
• 11 celebrities in baby Halloween costumes.  Yeah.  |ScreenJunkies|
• New Goldeneye game headed to the Wii?  Meanwhile, the new Quantum of Solace game is set to hit Game Gear any day now. |G4|
• Stephen King is writing a vampire comic.  He’s like Stephenie Meyer with talent, and huge teeth. |ComicsAlliance|
• It was nice of Alister Overeem to choke out James Thompson instead of knocking him out in the first 10 seconds like everyone else does.  That guy’s had so many concussions his brain must look like moldy cottage cheese. |CageDoctors|
• Supermodels invade Chicago, which was nice, because usually it’s a total sausage party. |Guyism|
• Love the Boondock Saints?  Submit your questions for the stars! |DailyFill|