Richard Price Nearly Drops Pants at New, Classier Happy Ending Venue
Price threatened to reveal a tattoo that read 'My Heart Belongs to Satan's Slaves.'
Posted 01/06/09 in Daily Intel
Bookworms
The Top Ten Most Abusively Blurbed Authors
The press on Sloane Crosley's new book deal made us realize there are some names that are just tossed around too frequently in publishing.
Posted 01/06/09 in Daily Intel
Books
Laura Bush’s Memoir? Didn’t We Already Read That?
The First Lady receives a relatively small advance for her memoir — probably because her thunder's already been stolen.
Posted 01/05/09 in Daily Intel
Media Deathwatch
The Media Climate Gets Hotter and Hauter
More bad signs of the times, and more publications that are pretending times are better than they really are.
With Apologies to Oprah: Holocaust Memoirist Confesses to Fabrication
The publication of Herman Rosenblat's Oprah-endorsed 'Angel Through the Fence' has been canceled, for obvious reasons.
Posted 12/23/08 in Vulture
Made-Up Holocaust Memoirs
Did Oprah Endorse a Made-Up Holocaust Memoir?
Pretty much everybody thinks Herman Rosenblat's 'Angel at the Fence' is a total fabrication.
Is Will Smith Really an Outlier?
Smith is among the growing number of film-industry rainmakers using an argument from Malcolm Gladwell's new best seller 'Outliers' to explain their massive success
Posted 12/17/08 in Vulture
The Comics Page
Giraffes, Human Shadows, and Severed Heads: Exclusive Comics Excerpt From David B.’s Nocturnal Conspiracies
Seven pages from the new graphic novel by the author of the acclaimed 'Epileptic.'
Tom Wolfe Discusses Kool-Aid, Brian Wilson, and How to Fake an Acid Trip
'We're in the middle of a happiness explosion!'
Posted 12/08/08 in Vulture
The Many Uses of Tempura Oil
Read an Excerpt From New York’s Top Comic of the Year, Disappearance Diary
You may read 'Disappearance Diary' as a cautionary tale, but at least you'll learn how to make a meal out of a radish and tempura oil.
Posted 12/05/08 in Vulture
The Comics Page
Exclusive Preview From the Only Comic Book Worth $125, Kramers Ergot 7
Our four-page excerpt is, sadly, a little smaller than the nearly two-foot-tall originals.
Posted 12/02/08 in Daily Intel
Geniuses
‘Pretty Girls Are Like Cars That Need a Lot of Oil’
The 9-year-old author of 'How to Talk to Girls' offers timeless advice.
Posted 11/25/08 in Daily Intel
Media Deathwatch
Working Journalists Give Thanks, Aspiring Writers Get Nervous
Well, it seemed that nobody was fired today. But that didn't mean there was good news.
Posted 11/25/08 in Daily Intel
Election Hangover
Sarah Palin to Save the South for Republicans
She's going to fight for Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss in the Georgia Senate runoff.
Posted 11/25/08 in Vulture
The Comics Page
Blood, Guts and Vikings: Exclusive Excerpt From Brian Wood’s Comic ‘Northlanders’
As addictive as HBO's 'Rome,' if a good deal more chilly.
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