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Conservative Scion Determined To Keep Late Parents Spinning
- Christopher Buckley is writing a tell-all book about his parents William F. and Pat Buckley. "This book is going to land hard in some quarters," he said. Not unlike endorsing Barack Obama. [P6]
- Alex Rodriguez and Madonna aren't even pretending it's just a coincidence they were in Mexico City at the same time. [AP]
- The Brits are very disillusioned the Britney Spears sullied the good name of televised music competition by lip-syncing on X Factor. [Daily Mail]
- Sean Penn doesn't want to be cast in gay kissing scenes when he could be cast in full-on gay sex scenes. [P6]
- No record labels signed up to buy Paris Hilton's second album, but that didn't stop her from recording it. [Scoop]
- Peaches Geldof's husband: "I'm bored of all this." [Sun]
- Amy Winehouse's husband feels bad about turning her into a junkie. [National Enquirer]
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By Ryan TateComment by SaraRueful: Am I the only one who really, really doesn't get the A-Rod/Madonna thing? I mean, he's young and while I... 8 Responses | Other threads
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christopher buckley
Chris Buckley's Annus Horribilis
Boy, Christopher Buckley's life sucks, he revealed in the Sunday Times to Sheryl Gay Stolberg. His dad and mom died. And oh, also, all the blogs and the New York Post reported on the son he had out of wedlock with his former book publicist and how Wm F. Buckley excluded this child from his will. And then Buckley endorsed Barack Obama and the National Review fired him! All this happened after his dad, who was kind of a famous asshole, died, and maybe now Chris Buckley is trying to be less of an asshole? As he says: More »
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By PareeneComment by HK_Guy: boy was that interview a softball! She obviously didn't have the cujones to pursue the bastard son he's basically abandoned... 5 Responses | Other threads
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family matters
William F. Buckley, Asshole Even In Death
Conservative thinkin' guy William F. Buckley left his huge fortune almost entirely to his son, novelist Christopher Buckley. The rest went to Chris Buckley's two children with his wife. None of it went to Chris Buckley's third child, who he fathered with his former publicist. That child, 7-year-old Johnathan, suffers from ADHD. Buckley pays $3k a month to the mother, Irina Woelfle. Woelfle would maybe like that amount raised a bit, because now Chris Buckley has like tens of millions of dollars! But rascally old William F. Buckley made sure, on his death bed, to deny this illegitimate grandchild a dime of his fortune. He called him out by name in the will! More »
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By PareeneComment by bittergreen: The poor child has been diagnosed with ADHD??? ADHD which requires a grueling regimine of a $20 monthly perscription to... 4 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
William F. Buckley's Porn Trade
Slightly late to the game of fond remembrances of the late William F. Buckley, Jr. is Fox News correspondent James Rosen's essay on how the founding editor of National Review was a frequent contributor to Playboy. Many of the details Rosen digs up about this sideline beat, so to speak, are fun, but the association isn't quite as counterintuitive or shocking as he'd like to think it is. "Yes, in a union difficult to imagine involving any of today's leading conservatives...the bard of East 73rd Street wrote for Hugh Hefner's oft-vilified Playboy, on and off, for almost four decades, on topics ranging from 'the Negro male' and Nikita Khrushchev to Oprah Winfrey, the Internet, and Y2K." That's a poor use of the word "bard," and also an impaired judgment. P.J. O'Rourke and Christopher Buckley have both written for Playboy and they're "leading conservatives," if not shrieking TV banshees like Ann Coulter. But even back in 1963, when Buckley the Elder made his debut in a transcribed debate he'd had with Norman Mailer, the byline and the magazine were actually rather suited to each other in a strange aesthetic way. More »
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Comment by Perhaps Not: Folksy Sex Troll: @Michael Weiss: "It is a taste I'm inclined to pardon, though less so in those who comically taken it as... more » | Other threads
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literary feuds
Gore Vidal Does Happy Little Jig Upon William F. Buckley's Grave
Author and professional personality Gore Vidal is a man who holds grudges. He holds them dearly, tenderly, and he'll hold them all to the grave, should he ever actually reach it. His sparring partners nearly all reside there these days—Truman Capote some time ago, Mailer (who he never actually hated that much, fistfights aside) more recently, and conservative intellectual William F. Buckley just last February. Buckley and Vidal's history goes back to the early 1960s, when they appeared on television together quite often to argue with each other, which was always thrilling, as the animosity between them was real. Which is easily seen in Vidal's non-obituary of Buckley, which is also a take-down of Newsweek's Buckley obituary. And of Newsweek itself, and the entire United States press, and even Buckley's "creepy" son Chris. It is, we're reasonably sure, the first thing Vidal's written on the subject of his enemy since Buckley's death, and quite possibly since well before that. As you might expect, it's a great (if sadly brief) read.
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new york times
William F. Buckley's Clothes Help Jared Paul Stern Look Respectable
William F. Buckley, the dead conservative hero and crypto-fascist, had an "authentic WASPy style" of "frayed Oxfords" and "unpressed Brooks Brothers suits" that helped him look especially aristocratic, like he could afford to abuse his expensive clothes, according to Times blog the Moment. The post is a fun compression of weightier fashion writing, but is at least as interesting for who wrote it as for what it says. The post marks the return to the Times of Jared Paul Stern, the former Page Six writer accused of trying to extort money from a subject of his writing, billionaire Ron Burkle. Prior to the extortion allegation, Stern had contributed to the Times as well as to the Wall Street Journal and other publications. After the fracas, Stern said he had been trying to get Burkle to invest in his fashion business. Stern then parted ways with Page Six, signed a book deal that was later canceled and lately has been trying to break back into the news media with lifestyle writing, including recently on Style.com. Landing on the Times website with a piece about a highfalutin' intellectual will no doubt help Stern distance himself from the seedier image of his Page Six days. Try to imagine the following on Page Six: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by famousauthor: Is there some suspicion that Jared Paul Stern might have tried to extort used clothes from William F. Buckley? more » | Other threads
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obits
Noted
"William F. Buckley Jr. and didgeridoo master Alan Dargin died." –Paul Ford, summarizing the news in Harper's "Weekly Review" [Harper's]
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By PareeneComment by rosaluxembourgeoise: Didgeridoodledom mourns a legend. more » | Other threads
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Rich Lowry Wins Office Pool
"Buckley was a master debater who took on (and usually beat) all comers...." -National Review EIC Rich Lowry, on magazine founder William F. Buckley, master debater. [National Review]
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By PareeneComment by ragepotato: @CodePink: You're too kind. It was just something I quickly tossed off. more » | Other threads
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gawker explainer
Also, He Was Searching For the Man-Cub
Slate's "Explainer" answers the question no one asked: "Why did William F. Buckley talk like that?" Oddly, "because he was an asshole" is not their response. [Slate]
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By PareeneComment by famousauthor: Because all the good accents were already taken. Besides, he liked to do that snake thing with his tongue... more » | Other threads
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journalismism
Journos Excited by Long Words
There is a charming story that Malcolm Gladwell has told over and over again about how he used to try to sneak funny phrases into the newspaper he worked for, back when he was a journalist and not yet a personality. Turns out everyone's done it! Michael Scherer, currently with Time, explains that when he was working at an unnamed newspaper bureau in Easthampton, Mass, he and his "colleague" would try to sneak "obscure 10-dollar word[s]" into their copy. The best he ever did was "dun." But the dude who wrote noted Scrabble champion William F. Buckley's obit for the Times got his Roget's on and used "Sesquipedalian" in an A1 headline. Jesus, journalists need hobbies. What happened to drinking and fucking again? [Swampland] -
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William F. Buckley, Crypto-Fascist, Is Correcting Usage In Heaven
Conservative author, essayist, columnist, pundit, smug asshole, gadabout, secret spook, and blue-blooded creep William F. Buckley is dead. Buckley, 82, suffered from diabetes and emphysema, though his cause of death is not yet known. And with him died respectable, intelligent, genteel-but-cut-throat New York Conservatism.
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By PareeneComment by MiniMencken: Gosh! We exchanged letters in around 1980 or so and Buckley advised me, a suck-egg dog, do-good, nigger-lovin' liberal, that... more » | Other threads
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