M. Damon: Beauty Queen, H. Weinstein: Abusive Boss

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: : This comes from MSNBC : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : The case of the groggy-eyed Damon : by Jeannette Walls : MSNBC : : June 7 — Is Matt Damon appearing in Talk magazine because he’s mad at rival Vanity Fair? The star of “Good Will Hunting” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley” got furious with Vanity Fair after the magazine ran a photo of him that he was promised wouldn’t be used, sources say. : MATT DAMON WAS visiting his friend Ben Affleck late last year, according to one source, when he walked into a room where photographer Annie Leibowitz was taking pictures for a Vanity Fair cover story on Affleck. “He was all groggy and didn’t want Annie to take his picture, but she insisted it would never appear in print and that it was just for her personal collection,” says the insider. “So he relented. He was absolutely furious when Vanity Fair ran the picture. He was very, very upset about being lied to.” Miramax, the studio most closely linked with both Damon and Affleck, was also furious, says the source. : : Every magazine in the business was eager to get Damon for its cover for his “All the Pretty Horses,” which Miramax and Columbia are releasing this fall. Some media insiders are saying that after the alleged betrayal, Damon decided to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair’s less successful arch rival Talk magazine in retaliation. Talk is partially owned by Miramax and is edited by former VF editor Tina Brown. Another source says animosity between Vanity Fair and Miramax is one reason the magazine is running embarrassing details about Miramax head Harvey Weinstein. In its July issue, Vanity Fair is running an article that describes the abusive behavior of some Hollywood bosses, and describes Weinstein’s dirty laundry (literally) and says that Weinstein had one assistant repeat “Mantra-like, ‘I’m a dildo Harvey. I’m a dildo Harvey. I’M A DILDO HARVEY.” : Advertisement : Neither Leibowitz nor Damon’s spokesman had a comment. A VF spokeswoman insists there’s no feud, pointing out that Weinstein is only a small part of a larger story and that he “is legendary for being a tough boss.” She adds, “If Matt Damon was upset, he wasn’t upset for long. He was partying long and hard at a Vanity Fair party.” : ----------- : stacy

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