Kingsley seems to be aware of the skewering in the press because of his insistence for his moniker. When Christopher Moltisanti and Little Carmine try to line up a star for "Cleaver", they crash Kingsley's swag fair after an abortive meeting with Mr. Ben. When Imperioli calls him Ben, Kingsley corrects him in a calm, yet slightly imperious tone with "Sir Ben, please".

Wasn't it in Hollywoodland's column that reported that Paramount found Myers to be such a pain to work with that they deliberately scheduled 'LG' to open opposite "Get Smart", something they knew would clean his clock and wipeout his movie like a urine-soaked mop? Talk about cutting your nose off in spite of your face- he must have cheesed-off Redstone's wife something awful for this to happen.

I dunno -- there's also been a lot of talk that Get Smart was a stinker. I don't think it'll tank tho, and doesn't seem as bad as Love G sounds (I have seen Get Smart -- it's pretty funny, tho nothing like the fantastic TV series) -- I will not see Love G -- trailers looks desperately unfunny!)

Plus, trust me -- no studio wants to lose that much dough just to teach a difficult 'auteur' a lesson!