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    11/10/09

    In reply to Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism
    Saw it at NYC screening with Jason, his dad and the two actresses... really great movie and yes, if you are a road warrior (or like to fire people), you are going to love it.

    (Someone asked his dad about Ghostbusters3, but that was about it. He was very much the proud papa.)

    Clooney has never been more likeable. #jasonreitman
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    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    11/10/09

    In reply to Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism
    I love Jason Reitman, but this is kind of stupid. Journalists are generally allotted about 15 minutes of time with someone of his fame. I can't imagine asking the George Clooney question, but in that short period of time, you do try to get something topical and newsy out of your subject, so of course there might be versions of the same question in many interviews.

    At least no one asked him what kind of tree he would be, although I do wonder what he'd LIKE to be asked that he's never been asked. #jasonreitman
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    11/10/09

    @Trixie from Toronto: I would have asked him what sort of subtle artistic satisfaction he derived from directing commercials for Wal-Mart. He sounds like he was bored enough to appreciate some in-your-grille questions.. #jasonreitman
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/10/09

    In reply to Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism
    Up In The Air is a thoroughly enjoyable movie. Reitman really took a risk with the subject matter and it plays well. If you've ever worked in the travel industry or you despise corporate culture, you are gonna LOVE IT. #jasonreitman
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    Image of bess marvin, girl detective bess marvin, girl detective
    11/10/09

    In reply to Jason Reitman Diagrams the Modern State of Junket Journalism
    this is why i hate it when people say "oh that's what comes with being a director?" why do press junkets have to be so stupid? up in the air by all accounts isn't a stupid movie, so why are they asking dumb questions?

    directors/actors making horrible art like transformers and g.i. joe deserve the asinine questions because they insist on shitting on the intelligence of millions.

    there should just be one press conference where thirty questions are chosen from all the media for the stars to answer. and then that is broadcast everywhere. #jasonreitman
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/10/09

    @bess marvin, girl detective: Film junkets are usually staged so the director/stars can face the Z-tier bloggers and student papers. The whole dynamic is brutal. Imagine 30 people shouting over each other to get in a question edge-wise.. Whoever shouts louder and asks the most absurd question, prevails. (It's also not uncommon to witness some junketeers whip out their autograph books at the end..)

    Respectable outlets usually get one-on-one time with the sources, which is in theory more conducive to actual dialogue. Although if the PR hawks are in attendance, it's probably still an absurd dance.
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    Image of DavidWatts DavidWatts
    11/10/09

    @snugbug: i believe you have a "junket" confused with a "press conference." A junket usually entails the star/director and his handlers holing up in a room at a Hilton somewhere, while every outlet known to man comes in, one at a time, for their 5 - 15 minutes with the famous.

    It's definitely still an absurd dance, though. Points on that, for sure. #jasonreitman
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    11/10/09

    @DavidWatts: I think you're right. I should have made the following distinction: There are dual levels of junketeering. The "important" journos get one-on-one time during the "press day" at the Four Seasons, etc., but then there's a fuck-for-all hollering cattle call for the lowlier outlets.

    I just distinctly remember participating in some of these cattle-call junkets for my school paper, and it was.. traumatic.

    Then! There are the so-called hybrid-junkets, where the studio or whatever hosts a cocktail party at the Bel Air Hotel, and a select number of media outlets are invited and gorge on Chardonnay and hob-nob cordially, ie, in a non-structured environment, with the principals. Those ones are not as brutal because everyone gets a bit tipsy.. #jasonreitman
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Biden was the most inscrutable choice, ever, for VP. Instead of "change" Obama brought out an old hack, who had trouble with both truth telling, even during the campaign, and with inserting his foot into his mouth. Oh, to know what kind of negotiation that was, to get him on the ticket---except, perhaps to allay terrified old white guys who feared a woman and a (half)black man on the ticket would bring on the apocalypse. #joebiden
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    Image of Thistledew Thistledew
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    apparently I am in the minority, but I love Joe Biden! I think he's like the lovable Steve Urkel of the White House. He comes in, says stupid stuff, knocks shit over, and is like "Did I do that?" Oh Joe. #joebiden
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    Image of ModestProposal ModestProposal
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Joe Biden is everything thats wrong and fucked up with congress. This dope won his seat in the Senate when he was 29 and has never had another job until being VP. He has learned about as much about how the country works from his perch in DC as Palin learned about Russia from staring at it. He is walking proof we need term limits.

    And he doesn't drink. I don't trust people who don't drink, unless they've already been alcoholics. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Why is it that I feel compelled to defend Gawker's subject matter against the editors/writers at least once a day lately?

    Either this new crop of staff writers is utterly fucked, or the editorial direction has taken a nosedive, or both.

    Is there some negative correlation between the quality of stories and the quality of AJAX/CSS? #joebiden
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    Image of romulus romulus
    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: From where I'm standing, it would appear to be a positive correlation. It's a good day when I get tripped up by fewer than five unresponsive scripts, infinite waits for comments to load or what have you. #joebiden
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    Image of Motoko Kusanagi Motoko Kusanagi
    10/30/09

    @romulus: The site gets prettier, and the content gets lamer. Just callin it as I see it. #joebiden
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    10/30/09

    @Motoko Kusanagi: Oh yeah, I didn't mean to quibble. I agree that the site gets fancier all the time, but features seem to break often. I should have added before that it could well be my OS and browser causing headaches most readers don't experience. And in all fairness, I haven't been reading long enough to judge contemporary content against the past. #joebiden
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    Image of meerkat meerkat
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Not sure what point you're trying to make, Amrita... that you think Cheney's worldview makes some sense? That Cheney was initially popular, before everything he did brought his popularity rating to a low of 28%? I love it that Biden is willing to call a moron a moron. This is a ridiculous post. #joebiden
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    Oh, and if you're trying to poke fun at Vice Prez Biden for weeping during the debate when he spoke about his first wife and baby daughter who died, well then, that's just messed up. #joebiden
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    10/31/09

    @Conchie Birdie: One might argue that it was the worst kind of political hackdom for him to bring them up expressly to show his "empathy" side and try to squeeze a tear out of his plastic-surgeryized eye slots. #joebiden
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/30/09

    In reply to Nobody Loves Weepy VP Joe
    I'm absolutely NOT a supporter of ANYTHING Dick says... but, Good Lawwd, Biden, Bin Laden will always BE a part of the issue. I'm sorry, I guess if you had the prez saying this I could understand... but, uh, Joe? Nope.

    That being said, why are we posting crap from Fox News anyway - I thought we weren't supposed to take this stuff seriously?
    #joebiden
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    10/15/09

    In reply to Oprah Ruins KISS' Final Shot at Glory
    What? REO and Styx didn't factor in this atrocity somehow?

    What year is it in anyone's head where a band as musically irrelevant as KISS is still on your radar screen?

    Now where's my copy of Molly Hatchett's latest piece of vintage vinyl?
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oprah Ruins KISS' Final Shot at Glory
    Yeah, well, in the world of actually important music, Children of Bodom sucks shrivelled Finnish old-man balls. Well actually they get drunk, then break the hearts of their young fans, then say "fuck" a lot" at their appearance in Pomona, CA, and then die, in the ideal version.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oprah Ruins KISS' Final Shot at Glory
    KISS, Michael Buble, Adam Lambert.

    Jesus. Adam Lambert is the least gay thing about this story.
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    Image of Tattertotter Tattertotter
    10/14/09

    In reply to Oprah Ruins KISS' Final Shot at Glory
    "only at Walmart" [close parens]
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