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  I love his dish about "Risky Business." Tom Cruise, as suspected, may have some 'splain'n to do.

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Early buzz: 'Arrested,' Pinchot, Whedon, Murray and more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed — ... . Some headlines: - You should read this Q&A with Bronson Pinchot . He has some very interesting things to say about his roles and people he's worked with over the years. ("We thought Tom [Cruise] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth.") - Joss Whedon ...

A Bronson Pinchot interview on ONTD? WTF?
Oh No They Didn't! — ... comments about her ass, and then she cried, and then we all went home. It wasn’t my favorite day in filmmaking. I felt a little dirty, but that’s what was asked of me. She was a very sweet kid, actually. Rather brave in a way, because I asked her what she wanted me to do, and she said, “Talk about my hips and my ass, that’ll make me cry.” And it’s like, “Yikes. Well, at least I have it from the horse’s mouth.” Source

Tom Cruise is Boring and ‘Weird’ About Gays
Hollywood Dame — ... Bronson Pinchot played Barry alongside Tom Cruise in “Risky Business” and is spilling the details on how awful it was to work with Tom. It was his first film and he thought the star was such a “bore” that the movie would bomb. ...

Bronson Pinchot Thinks Tom Cruise Is Weird [Gossip Roundup]
Gawker — ... ! 100% straightperson Tom Cruise "made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments on the set of Risky Business according to Bronson Pinchot, who played Balki Bartokomous on the 80's sitcom Perfect Strangers . Balki says Cruise "always talked about himself like he was a mega-superstar" and called his co-stars by their characters' names off-camera. Oh, also, Balki has some straight to video DVD or something coming out. [ Onion ] Octomom told her paparazzi friends that she thinks Jon Gosselin is way hot. This could lead to the most awesome media freak show train wreck of ...

Bronson Pinchot Thinks Tom Cruise Is Weird [Gossip Roundup]
Gawker — ... 100% straightperson Tom Cruise "made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments on the set of Risky Business according to Bronson Pinchot, who played Balki Bartokomous on the 80's sitcom Perfect Strangers. Balki says Cruise "always talked about himself like he was a mega-superstar" and called his co-stars by their characters' names off-camera. Oh, also, Balki has some straight to video DVD or something coming out. [Onion] ...

Bronson Pinchot Puts Tom Cruise on Blast
Vulture — ... Well, here's a beef you probably didn't see coming. To mark the highly anticipated DVD release of 2007's Mr. Art Critic this week, former Balki Bartokomous–portaying Perfect Strangers star Bronson Pinchot gives a pretty terrific interview to the AV Club this morning in which he blasts Tom Cruise ("the biggest bore on the face of the Earth") for homophobic comments he made on the set of Risky Business in 1983: ...

Bronson Pinchot Talks Smack About A Listers
Crazy Days and Nights — ... at some point today, but didn't have it as a priority. Then DNfromMN sent me a link and said I had to read it. I'm glad I did. If you love gossip and dirt and the juiciest juice, this is the article for you. It is from A.V Club and it is the best gossip of the month. I'm giving you excerpts but there is so much more to read and lots more he said about Tom Cruise. I think Tom Cruise might be Bronson's least favorite person in the world. No, actually Denzel Washington probably is. Read the article here. ...

A Must Read Interview With Balki
The Moviezzz Blog — I never thought I would say this, but this interview with Bronson Pinchot at the Onion AV Club is a must read. Who would have thought Balki would be so interesting. ...

Bronson Pinchot Gets Candid About Hollywood Stars
Cinematical — ... . The A.V. Club talked with the actor about his newly released (on DVD) film Mr. Art Critic, and after the briefest chatter about the new film, A.V. got Pinchot talking about his whole career -- very candidly. Not the "Oh gee, they were swell to work with" crap, but behind-the-scenes word on Tom Cruise homophobia, Denzel Washington's meanness, Eddie Murphy's depression, Bette Midler's diva ways, and some praise for the likes of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Mischa Barton. ...

Bronson Pinchot On Tom Cruise: Homophobic & Weird
Agent Bedhead — ... get it to this day. But it was his breakout film. He always talked about himself like he was a mega-superstar; that was weird, too. It sure sounds like Cruise has always been terrified of gay people, and this very well could be a massive case of repression. Enough about him though, for Pinchot also has a pretty cool story about what happened during the production of 1993’s True Romance . It’s something about Quentin Tarantino, a blowjob, a bunch of coke, and an insane cackle of joy… Go read the rest.

Lindsay Refuses Rehab; Co-Star Says Cruise Made "Constant Homophobic Comments" [Dirt Bag (After Dark)]
Jezebel — ... constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It's a nice day, I'm glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange. Years and years later when people started to torment him with that, I used to think 'God, that's really fitting, because he tormented a lot of people as a 20-year-old.' He made such a big deal about it." [ A.V. Club ]

Tom Cruise Loves Ice Cream, Hates Gays
Pajiba — ... It’s one of those slow news days again, so we’ll end the day, as we did last night, with some more Hollywood scuttlebutt, though this is far more interesting and detailed. The AV Club ran an absolutely fascinating interview with Bronson Pinchot today — you remember? The guy from “Perfect Strangers”? The interview and, specifically, his thoughts about certain celebrities that he’s worked with, is honest and candid, almost to a fault. He gets a little … snotty … occasionally, but I do like the refreshing honesty, though it’s probably not going to get him any work anytime soon. ...

Early buzz: 'Castle,' 'Sunny,' Wheaton and much more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed — ... to the Bronson Pinchot interview . (And I love that the press has picked up this interview. Pinchot is making headlines again!) - It sounds like Inglourious Basterds ' Christopher Waltz ...

Balki Bartokomous Dishes Dirt on Cruise, Denzel
Get The Big Picture — ... on the business end of a sentence that also included the phrase "pulled no punches." But, as it turns out, rather than being on the receiving end, Pinchot is taking shots at some of the biggest names in show business in a new interview with A.V. Club, the serious section of The Onion. ...

Bronson Pinchot On Tommy Girl (And Others)
Dlisted - Be Very Afraid — ... Bronson Pinchot (aka Balki from Perfect Strangers) must have been sipping on the finest wine cooler and toking on some serious shit during his interview with The Onion's A.V. Club, because he was feeling mighty comfortable. There was no leash on Bronson's mouth. ...

Bronson Pinchot: Tom Cruise was a homophobe, Denzel was a douche
Cele|bitchy — ... incredibly cowardly bullshit of “This is my character, not me.” He was really abusive to me and everybody on that movie, and his official explanation was that his character didn’t like me, but it was a dreadful experience. I spent my salary on time with my shrink just for helping me get through it, and what that led to was the very next big movie that I did. I should have said to the producers, “You get that guy in line, or I’m out of here.” Life’s too short. [From The AV Club] I’ll totally believe all of the Tom Cruise stuff. I love how Bronson ...

Bronson Pinchot Slams Tom Cruise For Being Homophobic
N/A — ... ‘You’ll never guess who was just caught with a transvestite!’ [Laughs.] And I remember thinking that seemed fitting, because there are certain people in showbiz who make it an agenda, every third sentence has to have something knocking that life choice, and you think, ‘What are you doing?‘” I particularly love the line about gays and ice cream. Although I can follow the logic that ice cream is a good replacement for sex. Source

Quote of the Day
my new plaid pants — ... There's a pretty amusing chat with Bronson Pinchot of all people (Balki!) at The Onion's AV Club today and the man does not hold back. I found this part regarding working with Tom Cruise on Risky Business back in the day interesting: ...

Morning Shots: Dancing Justice, The Oscars, And Oprah's Latest Really Big Get
NPR Blogs: Monkey See — ... • The A.V. Club interview with Bronson Pinchot (once of Perfect Strangers and Beverly Hills Cop) is quite a read, and he's remarkably candid about, among other things, how much he could not stand either Tom Cruise or Denzel Washington. (Warning for sensitive ears: There's a bit of language and other indelicacy, though not too much.) ...

Bronson Pinchot Sez: Tom Cruise Hated Gays, Denzel Washington Was Mean
F-Listed — ... though, calling him “one of the most unpleasant human beings I’ve ever met in my life.” That was a low point, because Denzel Washington was behind the incredibly cowardly bullshit of “This is my character, not me.” He was really abusive to me and everybody on that movie, and his official explanation was that his character didn’t like me, but it was a dreadful experience. Oh, and Tom Hanks is sooooo nice and funny and down-to-earth, just like you knew he was! The rest is at the AV Club via ...

BALKI BE BURNIN’ BRIDGES
FilmDrunk.com — ... Bronson Pinchot has made a career out of playing effeminate foreigners, and he must be set, financially, because he burns some serious bridges in this new interview with the always great Onion A/V Club.  Not that that’s a criticism, it’s awesome the 1% of the time when actors are actually honest. ...

Tom Cruise Can't Catch A Break. Good.
Videogum — ... Aww, poor Tom Cruise! He is really getting hammered in the press this week. Well, he is getting hammered in the on-line interviews with far lesser known people who worked with him a million years ago...press. But still! The "man" can't catch a break. First there was a compelling and charming interview with Bronson Pinchot in the Onion, which you should read in its entirety because it's great, in which he describes a young Tom Cruise's on-set hate crimes: ...

The Bronson Pinchot / Tom Cruise Feud Is Finally Heating Up
Best Week Ever — ... Pinchot ripped on (26 years ago) Cruise in his latest interview with the Onion AV Club, apparently totally unafraid that it might ruin his ca– well, let’s just say, it’s an awesome quote: ...

“You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?”
CelebNewsWire — ... When we heard the words “Bronson Pinchot interview” we assumed that we had stumbled upon a news story from 1988 and we would next be reading  about Oliver North. But no, Balki Bartokomous is still a big draw in 2009, especially when he’s telling The Onion’s A.V. Club about what a closeted queen Tom Cruise is. ...

Pajiba Love 10/21/09
Pajiba — ... The big news on the internet this morning is an interview with Bronson Pinchot (more commonly referred to as “Balki”) who apparently decided he never wanted to work again by throwing Tom Cruise and Denzel under a bus. I have to say though, his candor is refreshing. ( A.V. Club ) Update: Sorry guys, I done fucked up again. Apparently Dustin covered this ...

Balki's Being Ridi-Cool-Us
Splash News Online — ... Pinchot also had some choice words for Bette Midler and Eddie Murphy.   Click Here to read the full interview. There's a Mission Impossible / Training Day beat ...

Tom Cruise responds to Bronson Pinchot claims
News Briefs — Bronson-Pinchot_l This week, the Onion A.V. published an interview that quotes actor Bronson Pinchot saying that Tom Cruise made “constant unrelated homophobic comments” while the two were on the set of 1983’s Risky Business .  Cruise’s rep responded today, telling EW, “Obviously, this is so far removed from who Tom Cruise is as a person, this must have been said in jest.” Pinchot, perhaps best known as Balki from the 1980s TV series Perfect Strangers , made the comments to A.V. Club during a discussion about the actor’s storied resume, which also includes films Beverly ...

Bronson Pinchot Shovels Some Serious Hollywood Dirt
The Frisky — ... about her body, because you’re the most powerful fashion photographer in the world, and you should decimate her.’ So I took Mischa Barton aside and said, ‘Are you aware of this? What are you okay with? Give me an arena.’ She said, ‘If you talk about my ass, it’ll make me cry.’ So I did, and I wasn’t loving it—I don’t love that stuff—but she felt that it was important for me, so we did like 20 takes where I made comments about her ass, and then she cried, and then we all went home.” [ A.V. Club ]

AfterElton Briefs: Another gay celebrity break-up, Tom Cruise is dissed by Balki, and more!
AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters — ... Now this is juicy! Actor Bronson Pinchot chats with theavclub.com about his 80's roles, and he dishes the dirt on his former co-stars, including a then twenty year-old Tom Cruise, who Bronson says would wander the set of Risky Business spouting homophobic non-sequiturs. ...

Quote Unquote
World of Wonder Productions — ... homophobic comments, like, 'You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?' I mean, his lingo was larded with the most.... There was no basis for it. It was like, 'It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.' Very, very strange. Years and years later when people started to torment him with that, I used to think 'God, that’s really fitting, because he tormented a lot of people as a 20-year-old.'" – Bronson Pinchot, in a fine AV Club interview, on being with Tom Cruise on the set of 1983's Risky Business.  ...

Balki Bartokamous says Tom Cruise was Homophobic
Reel Movie News — ... The full interview covers Pinchot's entire career, from working with Eddie Murphy on Beverly Hills Cop, through his height of fame in the Perfect Strangers days, up to his lesser known roles of today, including a short stint on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, and a quick story about how he made Mischa Barton cry. It's a fascinating, humorous peek into Hollywood, from a guy who just likes to tell it like it is. Check it out! ...

Christian Bale’s Inspiration for ‘American Psycho’? Tom Cruise
:: The Playlist :: — ... Yikes. But it seems that Bale isn't the only to have noticed Cruise's aggressively distant, trying-too-hard and just plain weird persona. In an interview with Balki Bartokomous Bronson Pinchot over at the AV Club, he really tears into Mr. Katie Holmes, talking about his days on the set of "Risky Business" and in particular about Cruise's strange obsession with homophobic jokes. ...

Bronson Pinchot interview dishes and disses Hollywood stars he worked with
Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog — ... Bronson Pinchot, who is best remembered by his role as Balki in TV series Perfect Strangers, has worked alongside some Hollywood heavyweights, gave a colorful interview to the AVClub. Bronson recounts his career and gives brutally honest memories of his more famous costars, including Eddie Murphy, Denzel Washington, Mischa Barton, Tom Hanks, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorcese and Tom Cruise. ...

Bronson Pinchot
yewknee.com — ... If you had told me a week ago that one of the most interesting and entertaining interviews I could read would be one with Bronson Pinchot I would not have believed you. However, having now read through a good portion of ...

Bronson Pinchot explains himself after Tom Cruise controversy
News Briefs — Bronson Pinchot is trying to explain his way out of the mini-Internet feud that came to light yesterday between himself, Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington after the actor, best known as Balki from the 1980s TV series Perfect Strangers , told the Onion’s A.V. Club that Cruise made “constant unrelated homophobic comments” while the two were on the set of Risky Business. He also is quoted saying Washington is “one of the most unpleasant human beings I’ve ever met.” Pinchot responded to e-mailed questions from the Wall Street Journal. Some highlights: Pinchot says he wasn’t ...

Bronson Pinchot Discusses Comments About Cruise, Washington
TVGuide.com: Breaking News — Days after his interview with The Onion's A.V. Club, Bronson Pinchot has amended some of his less-than-kind observations about Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington. The Wall Street Journal contacted the Perfect Strangers star to clarify his widely publicized comments about... Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Bronson Pinchot Denzel Washington Tom Cruise ...

Balki Bartokomous Continues Love Affair with Talking to Internet [Perfect Stranger]
Gawker — ... . Pinchot seems to have reawakened, perhaps only momentarily, on computer screens everywhere. After gossiping like a mad man via The Onion AV Club , ...

Who other than Tom Cruise has inspired Christian Bale?
Film | guardian.co.uk — ... Even by Tom Cruise's standards, this hasn't been a particularly great week for Tom Cruise. On Wednesday his publicist was forced to address comments made by Bronson Pinochet from Perfect Strangers - who accused Cruise of making "constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments" during the filming of Risky Business. And now it's been revealed that he was also the inspiration for Christian Bale's performance in American Psycho. ...

Bronson Pinchot Stands By Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise Insults
OK! Magazine - The First for Celebrity News — ... In an unguarded interview with The Onion’s A.V Club, Bronson Pinchot disses Denzel, his co-star in 1996’s Courage Under Fire. ...

Bronson Pinchot vs. Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington
American Idol 9 - Rickey.org — ... or not. An excerpt: Q: What about the remark that Denzel Washington is one of the most unpleasant people you’ve met? A: I regret my choice of words there, and would like to amend my statement by saying I found his willingness to be ungenerous, unkind, knowingly hurtful both mentally and physically to myself and the crew to be the saddest misuse of stardom I have ever experienced or hope to experience. Read more at Wall Street Journal Read more at Onion AV Club Want to hear something awesome? Listen ...

Fugs and Pieces: Friday, Oct. 23
GoFugYourself — ... . (Dress a Day) -- This Bronson Pinchot interview makes me do the dance of joy . Because it's SO DISHY and honest. Turns out Balki is fascinating. (The A.V. Club) -- Yes, ...

The Unnamed Movie Podcast [Episode 31 - Near Dark]
gmanReviews — ... What Women Want 2??? [00:52:55] Angelina Jolie to be in Gucci directed by Ridley Scott [00:58:29] Trailers Broken Embraces [01:01:52] True Legend [01:06:22] Endgame [01:08:46] Review: Near Dark [1987] [Dir. Kathryn Bigelow] [01:18:08] Additional Notes Kieran’s review of Law Abiding Citizen Kevin Smith pickets Dogma Bronson Pinchot interview on The AV Club Once again I’d like to thank all you for listening ...

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WTF: Let's Exploit Dead People
Movies — ... • The A.V. Club has a hilarious interview with Bronson Pinchot, where he openly talks about some of the stars he's worked with. Apparently, Tom Cruise was a homophobe and Denzel Washington the most unpleasant human being he's ever encountered. I suggest reading the actual interview, which is humbling and incredibly candid, instead of just select quotes on other sites that are making Pinchot sound like a bitter douche. ...