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    Image of garbanzo314 garbanzo314
    11/05/09

    In reply to Frank Bruni Is Bringing His Moveable Feast to Television
    I attended the Y talk and Frank came across pretty centered. He did allude to his current dude obliquely by mentioning that he's been frequenting Vinegar Hill House because there's an apartment nearby at which he's been spending a lot of time recently (and isn't near his well-known UWS pad). #frankbruni
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Frank Bruni Is Bringing His Moveable Feast to Television
    Ugh, really? Born Round was a major disappointment.

    The writing was good, and the stuff about his family was poignant, but in terms of the book's focus — his weight struggles — it was kind of a bore. Frank never really suffered any consequences from his bulimia, or using amphetamines, or fad dieting.

    It's not like he was hospitalized or diagnosed with some life-threatening disease, or as if there was any climactic turning point in his weight struggles at all. He basically just hired a personal trainer because some guy he flirted with at a party never called him back.

    I have no idea how this can sustain a TV series. But yeah, sure, whatever. Maybe it'll be a sitcom about a food critic's wacky secret ops hijinks! Alias meets Kitchen Confidential! (Which, as far as the book goes, was, uh, a single chapter?)

    And I really hate to say all of this, because I generally like Bruni. Despite some of the unflattering personal traits I've heard about from some of his colleagues. Meh.
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    Edited by Sergio Hernandez at 11/05/09 4:12 PM Sergio Hernandez was starred Sergio Hernandez was unstarred
    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    11/05/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: "He basically just hired a personal trainer because some guy he flirted with at a party never called him back."

    Ha. That doesn't sound like Emmy material. Might have been a S&TC episode, though. #frankbruni
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    11/05/09

    @Steverino Begins: I'm being a little reductive, of course. Bruni had long struggled with self-image and weight issues, and I think he was at a point in his life where he was really feeling those repercussions in his social and personal lives.

    So while on the one hand, it's great for him that he was able to recognize his bad habits and curb them (helped, in part, by taking a job that forced him intro controlling food portions because it required him to eat so much), it's not a very relatable story, let alone a TV premise.

    I mean, it barely even made a great book! I walked away thinking, "Well, great, so if I had lifelong weight issues, I'd just need to convince a major metropolitan newspaper to hire me as its chief dining critic so I can manage what I eat and afford a trainer!"
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    Edited by Sergio Hernandez at 11/05/09 5:15 PM Sergio Hernandez was starred Sergio Hernandez was unstarred
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    11/05/09

    @Sergio Hernandez: Yeah, I don't see the Being Frank Bruni diet selling very well.

    So did that guy at the party ever call him back? I'm trying to decide if I should buy the book. #frankbruni
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    11/05/09

    @Steverino Begins: I don't think he mentions him again. Basically, he was living in D.C. at the time and told "his friend Maureen" (Dowd, I assume) about the experience, so she writes him a check to buy a couple of sessions with her personal trainer.

    Eventually he goes to report for the Times in Rome, where he learns more about portion control and shacks up with some dude while visiting Athens (which I think is the last serious relationship he talks about in the book, besides a passing mention of his current boyfriend towards the end).

    It's an engaging read, and, like I said, the stuff about his family and his personal struggles are poignant, but only if you're really interested in Frank Bruni.

    I'm sure people with weight or eating issues will relate to his the struggles he describes, but I don't think there's a lot in terms of pay-off or resolution (which, granted, I don't think is what Bruni was setting out to do when he wrote this).

    And if you're interested in learning about his career as a food critic, the book — sadly — doesn't really reveal anything you can't find through some creative Google-fu.
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    Edited by Sergio Hernandez at 11/05/09 6:27 PM Sergio Hernandez was starred Sergio Hernandez was unstarred
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Motoko Kusanagi promoted this comment romulus was starred romulus was unstarred
    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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    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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    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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    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 Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    10/02/09

    In reply to Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker's Demise
    SJP probably looked tired because she'd been up for three days straight on a binge. "Coke Mom," anyone?
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    10/02/09

    In reply to Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker's Demise
    Katy's boobies are already all over the internet. She didn't need to send that guy pics - could've just sent him the hyperlinks.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    10/02/09

    @MisterHippity: Oh wait ... I was thinking of Lily Allen.

    But Katy could send him hyperlinks to Lily Allen's boobies. That would probably be even better.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    10/02/09

    In reply to Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker's Demise
    I refuse to believe that SJP was ever, EVAH with JFK, Jr. It's just not possible.

    On another note, OOOOOHHHH that Oliver Hudson!
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    Image of TableNein TableNein
    10/02/09

    In reply to Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker's Demise
    SJP may have one foot in the grave, but the other three seem pretty stable.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    10/02/09

    @TableNein: As long as she's alive and working, that's the mane thing.
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    Image of dado dado
    10/02/09

    @TableNein: It must be the saddlebags under her eyes.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/02/09

    @TableNein: If she's trying to curry favor, odds are it won't work furlong.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    10/02/09

    @TableNein: Dunno, she seems pretty stable to me, but with SATC continually dangling that carrot out there, it's no wonder she looks a little run-down.
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    10/02/09

    @TableNein: She doesn't look that bad! SJP is still hot to trot.
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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    10/02/09

    @Looker: The rumors of her health problems are greatly exaggerated. She looks perfectly stable to me.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    10/02/09

    @Dr. Nick: As long as she's still hoofing it I think she's still in the running.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/02/09

    @TableNein: Let's be realistic, she may be tiring down the back stretch, but she is not yet ready for the glue factory.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/02/09

    @misslinda: It's high-stakes, with all she has riding on this.
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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    10/02/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: All these neigh-sayers are a bunch of appaloosas! SJP still spurs a funny feeling in my jockeys. An unbridled feeling of passion, if you will.
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/02/09

    @Dr. Nick: Whoa fella! Not to be a nag, but it sounds like you're champing at the bit.
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    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    10/02/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: I hope before his ILY turns into a TRO that he can rein in that passion .
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/02/09

    @dado: She's not just tired, she's asleep on her feet. Because, you know, she can do that.
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    Image of TableNein TableNein
    10/02/09

    @resipsaloquacious: If she's that tired she should have her secretariat cancel some of her events. She needs to spend more time at home, being a mudder to her kids.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    10/02/09

    @NigelAstydameia:

    She once was a perky fillie, but now anyone who thinks so has blinders on.
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    Image of BaconCat BaconCat
    10/02/09

    @depardoo: She shouldn't stop with two SATC films. She should go for the trifecta!
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    10/02/09

    @TableNein: She needs time to chill down, maybe get in touch with her spiritual side. "Hey, Sarah! Go to church-chill down!"
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/02/09

    In reply to Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker's Demise
    Get your rest, SJP! We can't have you going tits up on us.
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    Image of TheUptightMidwesterner TheUptightMidwesterner
    10/02/09

    @son of spam: From the look of that picture her tits just want to go opposite directions. Ouch.
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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    10/02/09

    In reply to Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker's Demise
    The snarky side of me wants to curse Suri Cruise... but then I remember that she'll probably end up like Lindsay Lohan, and I feel much better.
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