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more about #graydoncarter more comments → BookishLookish: I don't care if he was an ass in school. He good and fucked up the Monkey Bar, which was my go-to quiet, fancy bar to get my drink on at 3:00 p.m. Pom... more » LeeroySpitzer: Greezy F Baby (the F is for Fair) #graydoncarter more » Xylo: His father was a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot in the 50s and 60s? He may have lived in a huge house on the hill somewhere near Eastbourne Ave, but a... more » DevilsAvocadoRedux: He looks more and more like Dame Edna Everage every day. Don't know how to post images, but here's a link. The resemblance is striking. [farm1.stati... more » icedog: He was asked by a Canadian journalist once why he had renounced his Canadian citizenship upon becoming an American (many people just keep both passpor... more » TheBusinessGuy: Judging from the pic of Carter, faces at Waverly and Monkey are cooked rare. #graydoncarter more » GlasgowRose: Speaking of a "little Canadian punk" ... [www.vanityfair.com] #graydoncarter more » GlasgowRose: Yes, the "Canadian rag" was indeed The Canadian Review. I'll always have a place in my heart for Carter for coining "short-fingered vulgarian" as Dona... more » nicepony: If you looked like that...why wouldnt you lose weight...c'mon. #graydoncarter more » MrInBetween: Graydon is no dummy. The self-deprecation persuades the gods that exploding his gargantuan head, though seemingly easy, would make a horrific mess. #g... more » Airvault: "Graydon always had a smile - no, a sneer - no, a smirk - no, a self-satisfied look on his face." The phrase he is looking for is "queef face." #que... more » Matt Cherette: I have dreams of running into Graydon Carter on the streets of Manhattan, magically levitating over him, and petting his hair. I'm not even joking. #g... more » raincoaster: You've managed, btw, to hit on the ONE person who lives in Vancouver whom I do not know. Maybe Hez can help? But at this point, she won't help for fre... more » raincoaster: Come on: apparent humility, underpinned by vast egotism is, in fact, the Canadian Way. We aren't Ned Flanders. We are much more Conrad Black in a Ned... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: The name "Jymn Parrett" Dickensifies this post. #graydoncarter more » -
#beforetheywerestars
Childhood Friend: Graydon Carter Was Once Just a Little Canadian Punk
Before Graydon Carter was the editor of Vanity Fair who jets to Bermuda while his magazine's staff is laid off, he was just a young Canadian with a penchant for ice-skating and an out-sized ego. So says a childhood friend!
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#gossiproundup
Paris Hilton Gets Halloween Scare from Violent Boyfriend
Like the Tim Curry song says, anything can happen on Halloween. Paris Hilton can get choked, Real Housewives can bury the hatchet, Tinsley Mortimer can tape a reality show, Elton John can get sick. It's Monday morning's leftover gossip candy. More » -
#rumormonger
Laid-Off Vanity Fair Staffers Can Clean Graydon Carter's Stockroom
Graydon Carter—the George Washington of Vanity Fair—was (allegedly) on a jet to Bermuda when layoffs hit the magazine last week. That's okay! Graydon (allegedly) has a very generous way of making it up to the layoff victims. More » -
#condenast
Graydon Carter Jets to Bermuda While Layoffs Hit Vanity Fair?
Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumors were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Well; the part about Vanity Fair, at least, was wrong.
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#brightideas
That's What She Said
Vanity Fair contributing editor and Graydon Carter pal Fran Lebowitz has some words of advice for a certain similarly named colleague. Annie Leibovitz, your ears are burning. More » -
#wasillaalaska
Why Sarah Palin Needs Levi Johnston
The PR push for Johnston's article in Vanity Fair started yesterday and people are already hating America's babydaddy and rooting for Sarah Palin. But her reality-television-turned-politics spectacle was getting stale and nothing reinvigorates an aging soap like a good rivalry.
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#mediacrack
Hobo New York Times Cafeteria: Almost as Good as Popeye's
In your buttermilk-battered Wednesday media column: the NYT cafeteria gets a sterling review, Jack Shafer is a night-wandering insomniac, Graydon Carter blackballs restaurateurs, and citizen journalism pays off (for somebody), and Hearst rents a fresh bachelor pad. More » -
#powerplayers
Breaking Down The New Establishment, 2009
Vanity Fair's annual "New Establishment" list is out—the highly subjective guide to the 100 most important people in Graydon Carter's world. We bring you the highlights, below. More » -
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#nightlife
LA and NYC Find More Common Ground: Hatred Of Insipid Nightlife
Is two a trend? Today, in the NY Times: Greenwich Village residents who hated Paul Sevigny's uber-hip nightlife destination/coke den, The Beatrice Inn. And in the LA Times: residents speculatively hating the forthcoming Sunset Strip outpost of SoHo House. Viva! More » -
#downturns
This Is the Way Condé Nast Ends, Not with a Bang But with Tap Water
While the dreaded McKinsey recommendations are still weeks away, Conde Nast is in full cost-cutting mode. Examples: Graydon Carter is now lunching in the cafeteria with commoners and the free Fiji water will soon be replaced by tap water. Yeah.
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#mediaelite
Graydon Carter's Monthly Mortgage Payment Is Probably Less Than Your Rent
Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has an interest-free $5.3 million mortgage on his four-story greek revival townhouse in Greenwich Village, courtesy of his sweetheart deal with Condé Nast. What's he pay? Oh, $2,083 a month.
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#debt
NYT Styles Profiles Annie Leibovitz's Financial Problems And Enablers
You know the Times' Styles section was eventually going to pitch in on the fiscal trials and tribulations of Annie Leibovitz. They delivered, filing a quote-happy roundup on the matter, starring Tina Brown and Graydon Carter, defending their friend.
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#socialism
Vanity Fair Lukewarm on Graydon Carter's Joints
"Socialitopoly," from Vanity Fair. Its unbiased rankings: Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar has above-average prestige, but the disgustingly easy-to-enter Waverly Inn is nowhere to be found. Take heed, board game-playing social climbers. Click to enlarge. [VF] -
#revolutionarystudies
Is Levi Johnston The Missing Link Between Graydon Carter and Mere Monkey (Bar)?
Monkey Bar is Graydon Carter's Exclusive Lair of the Famous and Awesome. It's so exclusive, even NY Times dining critic Frank Bruni had a tough time getting in. You know who didn't? Levi Johnston. And two of his bodyguards. More » -
#birthdayditties
'A Few of My Graydonish Things'
Vanity Fair overlord Graydon Carter just turned 60, and his staff rewarded him with a positively Vanity Fair-ish birthday party! The highlight was sung to the tune of 'A Few of My Favorite Things'... More » -
#therich
Graydon Carter Wields a Pink Pencil When Filling Out His Seating Chart
Caricature-coiffed Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter co-owns two restaurants where Manhattan's most insufferable douchebags go to get their "look at me" on. Each day these establishments field "thousands" of table requests and Graydon alone decides where the arses will park. More » -
#summer
Vanity Fair Can Offer You Nothing
Ha, Vanity Fair just put out their NYC summer guide, but hey—don't ask them for a reservation at Monkey Bar! Owned by Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter! Because they can't get you one! Eh? Their guide also features errors: More » -
#printisdead
Graydon Carter's Fool-Proof Plan to Save Newspapers
Newspapers have been having problems, and whatnot. Why have they not asked Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's advice sooner? Despite this error, Carter has deigned to stop having amazing sex for a few minutes to tell you how to save newspapers: More »
