• Maggie Gyllenhaaaaaal and Peter Sarsgaaaaard buy a $1.75 million townhouse in Park Slope, crushing the dreams of one silly civilian who'd been dying for a shot at the property. Alas, famous people always win. [NYO]
• Blogging for Rolling Stone requires biting one's tongue, even if it's on the matter of Fergie's…
In case you missed the Rake's interview with SPY co-founder and Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen, I'll summarize:
The Rake: Spy, Spy, Spy.
Andersen: Yes, Spy.
The Rake; Spy, Spy...Spy?
Andersen: Well, Spy. Spy Spy, and then Spy. But Spy.
The Rake: Really? So, Spy Spy Spyyyyyy, Spy?
Andersen: "Spy," he said ironically.
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Radar isn't SPY, but there's definitely a faint resemblance:
· In an article titled, "The Iron Chef's Ultimate Challenge," Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto is forced to use the following "eeeeengredients": Velveeta, SPAM, Jif peanut butter, and Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna.
· "Ask America" polls the populace on "the…
A reader writes: I was at the Harvard Club for a New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) meeting, co-sponsored by the Canadian Consulate General in New York The name of the CEO of NYSSA is Tom Phillips. (Yes, THAT Tom Phillips, you SPY-stalker girl, youco-founder of the magazine.)
A profile of Gawker, and Elizabeth Spiers, in The Observer. "I like Gawker because it's funny and smart, and because it gets out a lot more than I do, so I can live vicariously through it" — Kurt Anderson of Spy, New York Magazine, and Inside.com.
On the verge [Observer Magazine]
I have a minor obsession with Spy magazine circa 1988. I don't remember the exact details of my conversation with Kurt Andersen (Spy co-founder with Graydon Carter and Studio 360 host) but I think it may have gone something like this:
Me: "Spy, Spy, Spy! Spy, I love Spy, Spy, Spy, Spyyyyyyyyyy, Spy. Romenesko. Did I…
Ex-HBO honcho Michael Fuchs has agreed to back Maer Roshan's new mag, Radar, after American Media, which owns The Sun and the National Enquirer, backed out. We're guessing this means Radar will be "Spy meets Vanity Fair meets Harper's with a pinch of the Enquirer thrown in for good taste."
Radar catches Fuchs [Keith…
An oldie, but a goodieSpy explains the effects of atmospheric re-entry: "Three hundred and fifty-three thousand tons of reindeer and presents are going to create an enormous amount of air resistance especially at 650 miles per second. This air resistance will heat the reindeer in the same way that spaceships are…
