This profile of PR man Matthew Hiltzik today-and Hiltzik’s relationship with his client Glenn Beck-is a fascinating thing. Hiltzik leapfrogged from Miramax to the New York office of Freud Communications to a time when he went missing in Florida for a while to his…

Limoland (as in Limousine + Land) is “streetwear deluxe for prosperous people” and despite the promise of douche that lies in the description, their clothes are neatly beyond reproach. They’ve just created some fantastic outerwear in their fall ‘09/winter 10 collaborations with…

Jenny Diski’s latest Diary column for the London Review of Books is something you should probably read.

It has been brought to our attention that John Adams-yes, the composer-is also a blogger. Well bowl me over. Here is a new post from him about watching Fox News on someone else’s screen whilst on Jet Blue…

So here is the greatest story you will read all week. Read it slowly. Just maybe a paragraph, then some coffee, then another, then take a little walk. Anything I could tell you about this latest bit of genius from Ellen Barry, over in Russia, would be to spoil it…

I couldn’t sleep all night! I was tossing and turning, my mind afire, as I wondered: how are there 14 editors at the New York Times Book Review? This is not simple spite! I like the Book Review. Or at least I like it abstractly…

Interim New York Observer editor Tom McGeveran announced at today’s regular Wednesday staff meeting that he will be leaving the paper at the end of the year. (Which is far too much notice if you ask me, but then, no one did!) The publisher…

To the frontiers of justice: “A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat.” The unfortunately-or perhaps fortuitously, if you’re his defense attorney-named Edward Ates…

“This dance itself was a successful event.”
 -West Contra Costa Unified School District spokesman Marin Trujillo looks on the bright side after the brutal gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside of her high school’s homecoming dance.