They say that in politics if you want a loyal friend get a dog. The same is true in show biz. Look at the acclaimed screenwriter and director James Toback. Among his early successes was his autobiographical screenplay for The Gambler, an acclaimed 1974 film starring James Caan as a self-destructive man who can't stop his obsessions with betting and high stakes sexual promiscuity. Cut to this week when Toback was informed that the Deadline Hollywood Daily site was reporting that Martin Scorsese plans to remake the film with Leonardo DiCaprio and the movie's original producer Irwin Winkler. Trouble is, no one even bothered to inform Toback and his rebuttal to being dissed on the Deadline Hollywood web site is considered a "must read" in the industry. Click here for more