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Friday TAN
Post-Hype: An Interview with Christian Lander, Creator of Stuff White People Like
An interview series premised on a simple idea: it's much better to talk to people after the hype cycle has buzzed on. More »
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By T.A.N.Comment by jimstoic: Am I stating the obvious if I say that, once you've read two or three of the entries, you can... 3 Responses | Other threads
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interview requests
Gawker Says 'Hi' to Fox News Stalker; He Drives Away Like a Coward
We finally met Bill O'Reilly's stalker-producer Jesse Watters on Saturday. It was a fleeting and civil encounter—jovial, even—but ultimately unsatisfying. We asked him some questions about his stalking, and then he drove away, because he's a coward. More »
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By John CookComment by biggygreg: This is the definition of a "complete letdown". 10 Responses | Other threads
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2012
The Sean Hannity-Sarah Palin Interview: Just the Questions
Alaska Dictator Sarah Palin may or may not attend a congressional fundraising dinner in DC tonight (she is upset that she won't be allowed to speak), but she will def be seen chatting with Hannity on Fox this evening. More »
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By PareeneComment by heywhat: What is the point of interviewing someone who you completely agree with and even give the answers to the questions... 6 Responses | Other threads
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interviews
The Sasha Grey Interview Experience
So, you know what opened this week? Pornactress-cum-actress Sasha Grey's movie, The Girlfriend Experience (it's her movie now, Steven!). Perhaps you've heard about it? She's doing a ton of publicity. Including Gawker! More »
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By T.A.N.Comment by Derek Balling: She, uhhhh, kinda seems like a complete bitch, actually. 13 Responses | Other threads
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the roots
The Re-Education of ?uestlove & The Roots
NY Mag spent 55 minutes with ?uestlove and deemed him a "a soft, Pooh-like pile of a person." Aww. That's a compliment, right? We, too, have 55 minutes of The Roots, but actual video. More »
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By T.A.N.Comment by Stream Of Consciousness: God I LOVE The Roots. They are incredible with an absolutely solid catalog...in fact a superb catalog. Black Thought is... 3 Responses | Other threads
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The Assimilator
The Hipster Grifter Considered
So a regular feature with TAN on the weekend will be "The Assimilator". This week we have Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, Grifter story-breaker Doree Shafrir, and a book editor talking about: Guess Who? More »
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By T.A.N.Comment by BookishLookish: Man, the PD is really dropping the ball; it would be so easy to nab this grifty little female. Her... 6 Responses | Other threads
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interviews
Larry Wilmore: The Audacity of a Black Paris Hilton
Did you know Larry Wilmore, senior news negro at The Daily Show, has a book out? Wait, can I use the n-word here? News? Anyone, news? More »
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By T.A.N.Comment by Guy Whitey Corngood: So is it a funny book or what? Wilmore is definitely funnier than Wyatt Cenac, so he's got that going... 4 Responses | Other threads
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breaking
Rachel Maddow Bought a TV
Rachel Maddow, who basically everyone wants to hang out with, lost one of her "mentioned by every damn interviewer" quirks recently, when she got drunk and bought a TV. More »
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By PareeneComment by Almostbanned: I don't trust anyone who doesn't own a television. 5 Responses | Other threads
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interviews
Poster Boy Has No Recollection of Being Poster Boy
Henry Matyjewicz was arrested for being the infamous Poster Boy. But is he really? He's still discussing it vaguely, at great length! Interesting interview, but no mas till after your trial, dude. Cops read. [NYPress]
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Comment by StonedAndDethroned: How did poster boy go from hot, muscle-armed black boy to insufferable Connecticut hipster who compares himself to Basquiat? Is... 4 Responses | Other threads
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television
Diane Sawyer Flabbergasted By Holocaust Love Liar
This morning's Good Morning America interview of Herman Rosenblat, the big liar author of fabricated Holocaust love story and 'memoir' Angels at the Fence, is even more entertaining than the earlier leaked footage. More »
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Comment by RufusV2: My entire life happens in my imagination and it's just as real to me as your so-called "real" experiences are... 7 Responses | Other threads
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hillbillies of wasilla
The Deep, Meaningful Origins of Bristol Palin's Name
Sarah Palin says she hates bloggers. Then why does she keep giving us so much good material? In an interview released today she reveals the origins of Bristol's name. Hint: It involves a motel.
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By Owen ThomasComment by leonleonleon: I wanted to pursue my dreams. But they were too far away. Therefore, I had a baby. This is exactly the... 14 Responses | Other threads
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never forget
Blago's Personal Pearl Harbor
Viva Rod Blagojevich! We hope he stays in office forever! Did you know that his little corruption deal was basically his own personal 9/11? Or Pearl Harbor? More »
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By PareeneComment by bmoreDLJ: Blogs like this may comprise the court of Public Opinion, but in the eyes of the law, he is still... 9 Responses | Other threads
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interviews
Sarah Palin: Media, Its Subjects, and Viewers Are All Jerks
It appears that Sarah Palin's post-campaign career activities will consist exclusively of bitching about the media. In a new interview she takes on Katie Couric, Tina Fey, Caroline Kennedy, and all you jerks watching at home: More »
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Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I am steadily falling in love with her again. 21 Responses | Other threads
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daily show
Historic Footage Of Blago Missing The Joke
Did you know that newsworthy corrupt politician ROD BLAGOJEVICH once appeared on the humorous Daily Show, in 2006, and was not sure if they were joking, or what? Clip below, because it's Saturday: More »
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Comment by Iceland Spar: At the risk of being in the next round of exectuions... This order is actually being challenged by a number of... 29 Responses | Other threads
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Brad Pitt: "I Get Enraged When People Start Telling Other People How To Live Their Lives"
Brad Pitt and his mustache (it's for that Tarantino flick he's filming, Inglourious Basterds) are on the cover of the new Rolling Stone. To conduct the interview, writer Mark Binelli visited the Jolie-Pitt compound in Germany (he writes that it "is surrounded by a wall and has three large houses, its own helicopter-landing pad and, when I visit, at least six guards"). One thing Binelli mentions about Pitt is something you may have noticed in televised interviews: Brad Pitt is restless. [Jezebel] -
Ad Agency Sex Tape
The Cameraman Speaks: He's Fired, But the Sex Tape Couple Keep Their Jobs
The ad agency employee who filmed two of his coworkers screwing in the office is obviously not shy (notwithstanding the end of his infamous video clip, where he runs away). He's keeping his name anonymous, but other than that he seems happy to talk. If you believe the claims of people using pseudonyms, the intrepid cameraman was chattering away in the comments section at Agency Spy; heemailed us yesterday,(Correction: the person who emailed us was a distributor of the clip, not the cameraman), saying "It's been a very fun 48 hours"; and he gave an interview to Asylum about how his cinematic work got him (unjustly?) fired: More »
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Comment by Kid Twist: He deserves to be fired for using phrases like "keep on trucking." 15 Responses | Other threads
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ashley dupre
Diane Sawyer Tries Not to Scoff at Everything Ashley Dupre Says
So the, uh, long-awaited interview with Eliot Spitzer's call girl has finally arrived! If this had come out six months ago, you all would have been hanging on her every word; now it's more of a novelty, like meeting Tonya Harding. But there are highlights, and we've collected them in this handy clip! Click to see some ill-advised hooker empathy, the real difference between an "escort" and a "prostitute," and lots of Diane Sawyer's famous "Bitch, what?" face. -
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Meet John Ziegler
So yesterday we showed you "Why Obama Won", the website about how Obama voters are all imbeciles. There was a poll and stuff. 538's Nate Silver had a friendly interview with that site's mastermind, former radio talk show host John Ziegler. By "friendly" we mean it ends with "go fuck yourself" and a click. Related: back in 2005, the late David Foster Wallace wrote a really great profile of a nutty right-wing talk radio host for The Atlantic. Hey, you can read the whole thing online. Who was this host? Why, John Ziegler! Let's peek into his tortured mind! More »
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By PareeneComment by Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: What did OJ do? To him, that is. 12 Responses | Other threads
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bill ayers
Bill Ayers Starts Obamacentric Book Tour
Bill Ayers, the former Weather Underground radical kid in the 60s whose relationship with Barack Obama was the single most important issue facing America during the presidential campaign, has finally spoken to the intrepid journalists at Good Morning America (Click to watch a highlight). He kept his mouth shut like a good boy throughout the entire campaign, and now it's time to sell a few books! So Ayers has smartly added a new afterword to his 2001 memoir and reissued it, with this stunning addition: he may have been a "family friend" to Obama, rather than just "a guy in the neighborhood." Grab your guns, patriotic Americans! More »
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Comment by llamalash★: I can't get the clip to play past the introduction. Keeping that in mind (that I don't know what he... 5 Responses | Other threads
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greta van susteren
Greta Van Susteren Exposes Palin Family Kitchen Activities!
Square-jawed Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is out to show that the media is not totally in the tank, by giving a fair and balanced interview to Gov. Sarah Palin right in her own back yard! And by that we mean not just "the state of Alaska," but literally "her own back yard." Greta is chronicling her trip to Wasilla on her very own blog, "GretaWire," which allows us all to take an intimate peek into this cross-continental journalistic excursion. Question: On a scale of 1-10, how much of this trip was for "journalism," and how much was for "Whoa, free snowmobile ride!"? Let Greta's own pictures guide you: More »
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Comment by misslinda: That is just godawful placement of the stove. People, never ever ever put a stove up against a wall, it... 10 Responses | Other threads
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emily brill
Emily Brill's Vote Will Cancel Yours Out
Yesterday we told you the media heiress and fervent Sarah Palin fan Emily Brill was planning an exclusive party to watch the VP debates and live blog them, for some reason. As a salve to the wounded egos of those of you unable to attend, Guest of a Guest caught up with Emily for an awkward sidewalk interview about life and politics that somehow just makes our outlook on this nation even bleaker. "You still have no idea. Trust me," writes Emily. If only we could. Watch it after the jump, while weeping: More »
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Comment by braak: Oh my god, all of the comments on her post are just scathing criticisms of the post itself, her writing,... 12 Responses | Other threads
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not funny anymore
Palin: Stop Making Fun Of Me
Honestly it's just sad now. Sarah Palin looks genuinely upset that everyone mocked her for saying she has foreign policy experience because of her state's proximity to Russia. Asked to explain what sort of foreign policy experience that proximity lends her, she says her state is very close to Russia. Katie Couric just smiles politely. The new exclusive clip from the CBS interview with America's Saddest Joke is attached below. More »
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By PareeneComment by Bitter Poor: Is it me, or is there something weird/creepy about her eyes in this? (No, not mocking -- there is something very... 21 Responses | Other threads
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John Quinlan
"A city is not a city without an Olive Garden"
Ha. The illustrious Columbia Journalism Review, stuck in the no-fucking-news months with the rest of us, tracked down John Quinlan, the Sioux City Journal reporter who wrote the most Onion-like real news story of all time, which will forever stand as our single favorite work of journalism. ("Olive Garden arrives" in Sioux City. That guy!). And he's very even-keeled about his newfound internet fame. "I wanted to have a little fun with the story," he says... More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: If Sioux City can get an Olive Garden, why can't New York get a Chick-Fil-A? I'd camp out at least... 17 Responses | Other threads
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harvey levin
TMZ's Principles
Harvey Levin, the schlocky managing editor of thieving celebrity news conglomerate TMZ, will have you know he's just a naturally honest man playing this dirty game. "We don't want to be a red carpet," he said, strangely, during a July interview at the EconCeleb conference. Harvey has drawn a very clear line for himself about what he will and won't cover; a line that goes back and forth and around in pinwheels until we really don't know if he's just messing with all of us: More »
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Comment by ThatMother-Chucker: But you have to trust him. look at that smile! Not sh*t-eating in the least, I swear... more » | Other threads
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spanx
Spanx: The Ass End Of Commerce
I do not have one single informed or worthwhile opinion about women's fashion, except this: The existence of "Spanx" is a bad thing. Shoving one's thighs, buttocks, and midsection into a tight spandex tube that crushes you like a hot dog casing does not count as "reshaping your body." It counts as "cutting off blood flow to vital organs." Spanx represent deception and instant gratification in the form of underwear, which explains their popularity and their status as a celebrity must-have. So I guess it's not surprising that the company's founder and president credits her success to "my butt": More » -
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Gillian Anderson Hands Annoying Interviewer His Ass
So, you're Gillian Anderson, and you're about to reprise your iconic role as Agent Dana Scully for the first time in ten years in The X-Files: I Want to Believe, and your hi-larious interviewer from Newsweek opens up with these "questions": "I've got to confess. I don't know anything about 'The X-Files' [...] Why is it such a big deal?" What on earth can you say? Well, there's this. More » -
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OMG Sloane Crosley Totally Loves Us
Sloane Crosley, author, popular publicist, self-effacing autobiographer, HBO series subject, gossip monster assembler, big ass chronicler, partygoer, and etiquette specialist has a new video interview out, and damned if she's not commenting on us and the rest of the "snarky urban jungle." Whoa, you write about somebody 27 times and all of a sudden it's like they can't stop talking about you. It's okay though—she thinks all this vicious online gossip is a net positive(!), a view that I tried to get across to Keith Gessen at his party, without success. Perhaps he will be persuaded by listening to his pal Sloane! Watch Crosley explain why she tolerates Gawker and its commenters, but Village Voice readers made her cry, below: More »
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Comment by The Warrior-Poet: @gladys_kravitz: Whoa, that is disconcerting. Sometimes folks do glance around as they gather their thoughts while conversing, but she looks... more » | Other threads
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raffaello follieri
"Let's talk about your boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri. What does he do?"
The question in the headline is from InStyle's interview with actress Anne Hathaway in its upcoming issue. And we have a scan of it! To recap: Hathaway broke up with Follieri last week, and yesterday he was arrested on wire fraud and money laundering charges. So it must be so weird for her to have this interview coming out in which she gushes about cooking pasta for Follieri and throwing awesome dinner parties with him (not any more though, cause of the whole house arrest thing). Such unfortunate timing. Click through for a large version of the awk-ward InStyle page: More »
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Comment by SidAndFinancy: @moff: Hey Moff? It's me, Dave Coulier. Um, I've got Alanis on the other line. Can I patch her in, so... more » | Other threads
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creative underclass
Why Does Gawker Hate You, Keith Gessen?
N+1 founder and sad young literary man Keith Gessen sat down for a Big Think interview last week. He touched on everything from "Dating as a Historical Phenomenon" to "Is political writing political activism?" But the only bit I was curious enough to watch was his response to the question, "Why does Gawker hate you?" According to Gessen, it's because Gawker types once read a lot of books, then we gave up on the value system of books, but we're wrong and we will lose! I don't know, man; I just think it's annoying how much you talk about Harvard. The full clip of this latest volley in New York's most frivolous cultural clash, below: More »
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Comment by TripMcCane: @TripMcCane: It's She Belongs To Me, Not Love Minus Zero. I guess I got confused by the whole n +... more » | Other threads
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scandals
Liberal Hillary Clinton Won't Get Tough On Miley Cyrus
At long last, the mainstream media stops its glad-handing of Hillary Clinton and pins down her position on the most important issue of our time: Vanity Fair's scandalous Miley Cyrus pictures. Clinton reveals that Cyrus is a "great kid," and vows that this should be a "teachable moment" for parents and children alike. Good work, ET! Then she gets interrogated about her position on Barbara Walters' affairs, her workout routine, and how great her last interview with ET really was. Why the deafening silence on these issues, Obama? Video of the interview is below. More »
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Comment by famousauthor: @LoveHandles: You've had that for the past seven years. What more do you want? Don't be so greedy... more » | Other threads
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tom cruise
The Most Important Interview of Our Time
Tom Cruise on family life: "I don't know, normal, how to make it. ... I just try to create life, for them." Oprah looks SCARED of him. NOW HE'S CRYING ABOUT HOW HE ALWAYS DOES THE BEST HE CAN. Update: He just kidnapped Oprah on his snowmobile. They road off into the woods, Miller's Crossing-style. "This is what happened with Katie!" she cried.
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By PareeneComment by MadamButterfloozy: Tom's fate was sealed when he replaced his publicist of 14 years Pat Kingsley in 2004 with his stupid-ass, know-nothing... more » | Other threads
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interviews
Defamer Interviews Harmony Korine: Bringing Michael Jackson and Skydiving Nuns Together at Last
It was a rough spring at the movies for compulsive watch-checkers like us, but we took consolation in knowing that a honest-to-God hero would be arriving come early May. What? No, not that wuss Iron Man, but rather Harmony Korine, whose new Mister Lonely marks the filmmaker's first writing-directing effort in nearly 10 years. And what a decade: Adrift in Paris, anchored in Nashville, survivor of two house fires, briefly reteaming with his Kids director Larry Clark on the teenagers-fucking milestone Ken Park, and ultimately conjuring Mister Lonely from a vision of nuns plunging from airplanes and the garish subculture of celebrity impersonators. More » -
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Greg Gutfeld: Ready To Take Your 3 a.m. Calls
Fox News's 3 a.m. time-slot filler Greg Gutfeld has an interview with TVNewser coming up that is sure to be chock-full of quotable lines. Like Gutfeld calling his show Red Eye "the most subversive, surreal piece of programming ever to be on TV." You, sir, have apparently never caught Unbeatable Banzuke. Greg will also take on HuffPo, Gawker, the magazine industry, and "politically correct media." We're sure he has very SHOCKING and CONTROVERSIAL opinions on all of those things. Cutest part of the interview excerpt posted so far is when Greg says Fox pushed him from the semi-reasonable 2 a.m. slot to the desolate 3 a.m. slot because the network needed "more political coverage." We're all big fans of Fox News's award-winning 2 a.m. election updates! [TVNewser] -
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O'Reilly, Clinton Nearly Bond Over Shared Hatred of NBC
Hillary Clinton sat down with Bill O'Reilly yesterday because she apparently feels no compunction about encouraging him. The result was a reasonably reasonable interview, especially for Bill—which is not entirely surprising, as he usually saves his bullying for people who are easily bullied. He called her a socialist, yes, and then he called Teddy Roosevelt a socialist as well. At the end of the interview (which continues today) O'Reilly tried to goad Hillary into trashing NBC news. It might've worked! Bill hates MSNBC because their Keith Olbermann subjects him to the sort of personal abuse that Bill specializes in. Hillary hates MSNBC because their Chris Matthews compulsively says terrible sexist things about her. Sadly, Clinton backed down from the fight. Later today, they're gonna talk waterboarding!
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By PareeneComment by Dusty in the Wind: @hypocriteoath: That was all Hillary speaking. Dusty just pawn in game of life. more » | Other threads
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Exclusive: 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Director Gives Us The Most Penis-tastic Interview Ever
Nicholas Stoller is having a very good year. After being taken under the mighty wing of Judd Apatow, his hilarious-yet-touching directorial debut, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, opens today. Not only that, he and star Jason Segel are currently making the new Muppet movie. Clearly, it's time to learn a little more about this guy before he becomes too much of a big shot. Since they're old friends, we asked our frequent guest-blogger Nick Malis (who contractually required us to plug Malis in Wonderland and Cute Things Falling Asleep) to interview Stoller. What follows is a fascinating portrait of a young artist at the dawn of his career. Also, he talks about penises a lot. Stick around after the jump to hear Stoller opine on the homoerotic world of Judd Apatow's office, seeing Kristen Bell naked, and what Richard Roeper is like in bed. More » -
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Just Answer The Fucking Question, Jonathan Franzen
Here's a video clip in which the interviewer had two very simple and specific question for Corrections author Jonathan Franzen, who famously got himself disinvited from the Oprah Book Club for being too ungrateful: Do you regret your run-in with Oprah? And would you be part of the book club if you could do it over again? To these simple questions, Franzen stares at the floor and says things like "What does regret mean?" and then remarks on the magnitude of dividing the world's opinion in two. Maybe this is the nuance necessary to be a literary titan; check out this quote of his at the time of the dispute: "To find myself being in the position of giving offense to someone who's a hero — not a hero of mine per se, but a hero in general — I feel bad in a public-spirited way." No, that's just mealy-mouthed. Yes or no question, Jonathan Franzen. The full clip, after the jump. More »
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Comment by famousauthor: He must have ghostwritten Bill Clinton's comment on what the meaning of "is" is. Brilliant line. more » | Other threads
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interviews
Despite Valiant Effort, George Gurley Doesn't Creep Out Christina Ricci
Over-sharey reporter George Gurley interviewed Christina Ricci for the upcoming issue of Black Book. They've got the SEXY PHOTOS of disconcertingly tiny Ms. Ricci up at their site, but you might be more interested in the Observer columnist embarrassing himself a bit, as would be his wont if he was capable of embarrassment. After the jump, Ricci, who is trying to promote some sort of movie about a speedy racer, makes the mistake of looking at Gurley's notepad. More »
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By PareeneComment by raincoaster: @Pope John Peeps II: Is a third some kind of code, like "a fifth?" Are we talking a forty? A... more » | Other threads
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moby
Moby: Lothario, Alcoholic, Special White Man
Moby, the beep-boop musician who unfortunately can't stop talking about himself, speaks to Salon today in that very particularly grating way that only Moby can. His formula, I'm figuring out, is to vigorously agree with every insult you throw his way, then go off on tangents about how, hey, he's not like all the other yuppies who act exactly how he acts, because of his revolutionary sympathies against our white male-dominated society. Then, speak much too openly about his own sexuality and personal problems. He follows this pattern today, reminiscing that "When I was DJing in the late '80s, more often than not I'd be the only white person in the club, and I found that strangely comforting." You'll surely have that gay minority child one day, Moby! So, please tell us more than we want to know about your sex life now! More »
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Comment by LeeroySpitzer: Now I know why the roofies never work when I put them in Moby's drinks. Silly Xanax Tolerance. I'll get you... more » | Other threads
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politics
Karl Rove Portends a Roger Clemens Pardon
GQ interviews beloved and chatty former Bush adviser Karl Rove. Q: "Wait, quickly: Do you believe Roger Clemens?" A: "Um, yes, I do." Ok! Rove also repeatedly asks to go off the record whenever he wants to deliver a POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL opinion, because he, as a true friend of The Free Press, loves nothing more than disseminating his manipulative bullshit via anonymous quotes and suggestions in millions of news stories. On the record, he's just a bit of a testy dork. Off the record he'll tell you what an anonymous Republican operative really thinks of Barack Obama! [GQ]
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By PareeneComment by Mediahohoho: @FitnessMadeSimple: Big shock. Having no shame is this douchebag's trademark. more » | Other threads
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pair of aces
Julia Allison Meets Joel Stein
Self-referential LA Times humor person Joel Stein finally says "fuck everything" today, and writes a column about Julia Allison [LAT]. Yes. He calls her "a genius," but perhaps this was just a bit of flattery to draw some good quotes out of her. Here she is explaining the thinking behind her fake role as "editor at large" for Star, in an interview she gives via cell phone while shopping for clothes: "The people who do corporate strategy are understanding the power of three or four minutes on a cable network or a morning show. It's the best publicity you can get. Oh, that is the cutest dress I've ever seen. Oh my! Oh my God! I can't handle it. Anyway, with the advent of 24-hour news networks, you have an incredible amount of air time to fill." Shopping and building her brand at the same time! In case you're still stuck in the old, outdated journalism world, Julia breaks down how she is really just as smart as—or smarter than—any other REPORTER or whatever: More »
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