Ugh, completely unsurprising that it was Ted Casablanca who asked that question. I was in the press room with him when Jessica Lange won an Emmy for "Grey Gardens" and his question for her, for JESSICA LANGE, was "What do you think about women being cougars?" Lange was just like "Um... I don't know what that is" and when he explained she just gave him the brush-off. He is the worst. Luckily she is not.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't feel constrained there at all. I'm just trying a new, slightly more "accessible" style. The Gawker tone is great fun to write in, but it's not exactly a road to career longevity, I'm afraid.
That said! I have just confirmed with the brass that I will be doing American Idol recaps this season, which can get as weird as I want, which will hopefully be fun.
I seem to remember there being a big 50 states post series, the first of which would be placed right above nerdy white rapper had it been included on the list.
My favorite Ann Coulter moment was that time that she was talking about some old something and then she started shrieking and waving her arms and all of a sudden gave birth to a dead black vulture baby and then she ate the dead vulture baby and then she coughed a little and vomited out twenty snakes and then the snakes ate everyone in the studio's eyes and then Ann started laughing and laughing and turned into a dragon and blew hot blue gas flames everywhere and then flew away.
THANK YOU, PEASANTS. Come read my glorious ramblings on "The Atlantic Wire," a trade publication about the Massachusetts Bay Company, starting next week. And, of course, keep reading these fine fellows here on "Gawkered."