Comedians: Stop with All the Dirty Talk and The Swears
Many comedians could really be such a nice young man if they'd only cut it out with the dirty talk and the swears.
What Should Jack Bauer Do Now that '24' Has Been Canceled?
Between the hours of 5 and 6PM on the eighth day of his anti-terror torture spree, pretend CIA Agent Jack Bauer will be ordered to stand down from your TV set. What should he do next?
How LiLo Overplayed Her Hand with a Bungled European Escort Gig
Billionaire Richard Lugner—Austria's prince of nouveau riche—pays an estimated $150K each year for a celebrity escort to the Vienna Opera Ball. Lindsay Lohan landed this year's gig—but apparently bungled the details so badly, Lugner said das fuggedaboudit.
Malcolm Gladwell Made Me Cry Today
Malcolm Gladwell's next big New Yorker piece is on news reporting. Notes the Outliers author: "You can't start blogging at 23 and call yourself a journalist." Nah, you do that when you're 40 and creepy. [E & P Pub]
Career Case Studies: Alex Ross
New Yorker classical music critic Alex Ross as career case study for the youngsters: "Ross started writing freelance reviews for Fanfare, a classical music magazine, which paid him $2 for each review.... Eventually, Mr. Ross says, he got a piece in The New Republic.... [TNR literary editor Leon] Wieseltier helped Ross…
