On Identity Theft
I previously reported that Nick Nolte has a blog.
According to L.A. Observed and E! Online News, he doesn't.
Per his camp, Nick Nolte has nothing to do with Nick Nolte's Diary (www.nicknoltediary.com), much less its chronicling of Malibu-style banality and all the fresh-squeezed juice runs it entails....
So, if Nick Nolte's not writing Nick Nolte's Diary, just who is?
Christian Newton and Casey McAdams.
The aspiring screenwriters, both Nolte fans, concocted the site as an antidote to the actor's official, but perpetually "under construction" URL at www.nicknolte.com)....
In the universe of Nick Nolte's Diary, Leon (no last name given) is the technical whiz who helps the Hulk star get started "with this Website business."
Other characters to populate the entries are Manolo, the manservant named after President Nixon's valet Manolo Sanchez; Constance, the companion on a wine-country tour; and Neil Young, yes, that Neil Young.
The veteran rocker is a supposed Nolte crony who hangs with the 63-year-old actor. Playwright Sam Shepard is another.
The Nolte diary is full of references to both men, as well as Nolte's The Thin Red Line director Terrence Malick and actress Rosanna Arquette, with whom he supposedly fender-bendered. ("I made a joke about celebrities never having license plates," the Oct. 8 entry reads. "Then I saw she indeed did have them. I felt embarrassed but I think the scene would have worked in a film.")...
Up until last week, McAdams said, the site was maintained for his and Newton's own entertainment. Then, last Wednesday, McAdams said, "We got curious."
To whit: Would anyone else be entertained by Nolte's faux thoughts?
Turns out more than a few anyone elses were. The site got blurbed in numerous blogs and had some wondering if Nolte's home really was stockpiled with blenders.
"We always thought it was absurd enough and strange enough that it would be apparent to anyone who read it [that it was parody]," Newton said. "We always hoped it was in good fun."...
On Tuesday, Newton said he and McAdams received a cease-and-desist letter from Nolte's lawyer....
Well, I admit that the site fooled me....
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