Tea'd Off: Zadie Smith's Younger Brother Rages Over Bad Cup of Tea
Battle-rapper-turned-stand-up-comic Ben "Doc Brown" Smith spits fire about the only thing that truly gets him angry: An improperly prepared cuppa.
Happy Birthday
Conservative mouthpiece Matt Drudge turns 43 today. Writer Fran Lebowitz is 59. John Cleese is turning 70. Kelly Osbourne is turning 25. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver is turning 42. Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon is 51. Financier J. Christopher Flowers is 52. Director Ivan Reitman is turning 63.…
Happy Birthday
Writer and humorist Fran Lebowitz turns 58 today. Internet muckraker Matt Drudge is 42. Financier J. Christopher Flowers turns 51. Musician Scott Weiland is 41. Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon is 50. Kelly Osbourne is 24. Director Ivan Reitman in 62. Actor John Cleese is celebrating his 69th. British author Zadie Smith is…
Nobody Good Enough for Zadie Smith's Stupid Award or Whatever
Award-winning author Zadie Smith frankly scolded the contestants who entered her short-story contest. The problem? Well, none of them were good enough to win, in her overlong and rather wordy explanation. "So, let's try again, yes?" OK, teacher! It's one of those sad moments in life when you really do the best work…
On Zadie Smith, or a Complete Lack Thereof
Oh, those poor, pretty girls over at Vogue. We want to help them, really, because they need it. In the latest issue, they used the photo at right to accompany a review of Zadie Smith's On Beauty — sadly, the woman in the picture is not Zadie Smith.
