I Hate Your Work

Adam Goldberg came thiiis close to making the ultimate hipster vehicle last year when he wrote and directed the oh-so-trendy indie, I Love Your Work. Everything was in place from an ironic storyline (about an actor dealing with fame, of course) to an ensemble of too-cool-for-school actors. I mean, this thing had Giovanni Ribisi, Joshua Jackson, Christina Ricci, even Vince Vaughn. Oh, and it didn’t end there. Adam found room for perennial music hipster Elvis Costello, up-and-coming hipster Nicky Katt, well established hipster Jason Lee, and so-washed-up-it’s-funny-and-therefore-hipster Glenn Campbell. You could already see the velvet ropes going up and the Modest Mouse mp3s loading in the iPods.

But something very tragic happened to dear Adam’s pet plan. No, not critical dismissal – that was intended (cult is so in). Adam let two young starlets on his set in a move that completely nullified any and all hipster value. First was the unfortunate casting of Haylie Duff, the equally annoying but lesser known sister of Hilary. Adam might be able to write that one off with a quick “Yeah, but her performance was brave” comment, but no booth in the 101 Coffee Shop will be deep enough for him to hide away from his biggest casting transgression:

Holly King from Big Brother 5

Feel free to verify this on the IMDB.com.