Ellen Barkin Mad. Gets TV Revenge.

Get it? Ellen Barkin was barkin' mad, now she has revenge? Hmm? Too clever, got it. Anyway, forever young Ellen Barkin was once married to a bloke named Ron Perelman (not so long ago, really). You may know Ron Perelman as the honcho of cosmetics Goliath Revlon and not as the actor who played Hellboy (that's Ron Perlman).

The divorce, as many seem to be, was bitter. Feels were hurt and vast sums of money changed hands and someone, somewhere thought it sounded like a heck of an idea for a television show. Anecdotes like Ellen Barkin tossing a beverage in Ron Perelman's grill and informing his date that, "I feel sorry for you that you have to f*ck him tonight," could be the basis of a whole act of one episode. The New York Post's Page Six reports that that HBO agrees that her life and divorce would make for compelling television and are working up a pilot about a woman in her 50s making a go of it in New York City with oodles of dough (it's different from The First Wives Club because Ellen Barkin is more likely to dot some fool's eye than Bette Midler).

We're not really clear what happened during their 2006 divorce but suffice it to say that Ellen Barkin was tossed out of their house and ended up with like $80 million in exchange for whatever humiliation she suffered at his hand (pretty good for 6 or 7 years of marriage, Heather Mills has to feel like a real chump for only getting a little less than $50 million). At any rate, we would be incredibly nervous to ever cross Ellen Barkin. She looks like she would have no qualms with punching out a girl scout who has crossed her. We'd be more than a little afraid to look her in the eye in case she's thinking of something that displeased her at the same time. So, maybe it's good that she can flex her muscles a bit on this TV program. A woman with a crazy streak is one thing, a smart woman with a crazy streak is another and a smart woman with a crazy streak and a massive pile of cash (f*ck you money) is something else entirely. We'll see if her barkin' is worse than her bitin'... good times.

Thoughts? Who should play her ex-husband (we're pretty sure that Evan Handler is still doing Californication but The Commish Michael Chiklis may be available)?

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