Cheating

So the near-total radio silence on this blog is a result of my daily duties on another blog, New York Magazine's new arts and culture blog, Vulture. Since I've never been a particularly steady or consistent contributor even to my own blog, it seems ludicrous that an actual, legitimate magazine has hired me to write in the first-person plural for them, but there you go. Given that I'm responsible for five to six posts a day on Vulture, I've been cannibalizing even my most stupid ideas for that outlet, leaving very few stupid ideas for this one.

We'e done pretty well in our first four weeks; we already got our first threatening-yet-vague letter from a celebrity's lawyer, and famed Hollywood media hothead Nikki Finke got mad at us on our first day. We've had a couple of good scoops that nearly no one has paid any attention to. Overall, a good launch.

So anyways, instead of coming up with anything new for this blog, here's a guide to some of my notable posts from the first four weeks of Vulture.

‘Special Topics in Calamity Physics,’ Decaf Edition

‘Harry Potter’ Land, the Only Theme Park We'd Actually Want to Visit

Wagner Startled By Porn-Star Fan Base

New York ‘Times’ Commenters Still Confused About Snoop Dogg

Great Moments in Addiction Subplots

Peter Jackson's ‘The Lovely Bones’ to Cost Someone $65 Million?

So How Is Peter Jackson's Script for ‘The Lovely Bones‘?

Joe Eszterhas: Plagiarist?

Mike White Calls Out Judd Apatow

Agent Turns Down $1 Million Offer for First Novel

Turning Down a Cool Mil Works Out Great for ‘The Gargoyle’

Emmy Contenders Show Their Best (and Worst) Sides

Video: American Girls Dream Big

Author Has Sex for 100 Straight Days, Book Editors Get to Read About It


I've been especially proud of our Comics Page, which offers daily excerpts from new comics, manga and graphic novels:
Flight 4
King City
The Salon
Stuck in the Middle


Finally, every morning I do a post called The Industry, which is a roundup of arts and entertainment deals from the trades and news sites. In its brutal rhythm of headline-news item-punchline, it makes me feel a little like Joel Stein, which as you can imagine can be rough. Nevertheless, I've thought a couple of them have been both funny and informative without totally fucking sucking.