I’d be damn remiss if I didn’t point out that Terry has a Balanchine excerpt up. (Thanks, Laila, for reminding me.)
Author / DrMabuse
Bill Gates Tries Frightened Defense Against EU Antitrust Charges
Always Look on the Bright Side of Mel
The Passion of the Christ? Screw that. The real theatrical gem is The Life of Brian, coming again to a theater near you.
Raines Speaks His Mind
Shocking allegations from Howell Raines will soon appear in the Atlantic — part of a planned memoir called I Was Master of the House, But Jayson Kept Playing With the Zippo. Among some of the highlights:
1. Raines secretly coveted the drugs and alcohol, and kept Jayson Blair on the payroll so that he could “relive his twenties again.”
2. Not once did Raines call Jayson Blair “boy.”
3. Raines once asked Blair to sit on his lap. Blair declined. Raines claims there was nothing sexual involved. The lap-sitting incident was all part of a great Raines family tradition dating back to 1872.
4. When fishing with John McPhee on the Delaware River, Raines promised McPhee that he would only name-drop upon publication of a memoir. McPhee gave Raines his blessing, but only after delivering a six-hour lecture on geography.
5. The one thing Raines would have done differently: casual Fridays.
(via Maud)
Who’s the Real Bitch?
Rake points to this Birkets column and the potential conflict of interest. Birkets, as we all know, was the last man pummeled by Dale Peck.
No one’s entirely sure how the fight went. Because frankly the house wasn’t full.
But given Birkets’ new offering, we hereby revise our initial assessment of Birkets and demote him.
