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.
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 11/18/08 in Daily Intel
Election Hangover
Drumroll Still Building for Palin Book-Payout Letdown
A London paper says the Alaska governor is thisclose to signing a book deal for $7 million.
Posted 10/21/08 in Daily Intel
21 Questions
Ted Allen Gives Directions With Gusto
The Food Network host and writer answers our usual 21 questions.
Posted 10/02/08 in Daily Intel
Party Lines
In Which Tom Arnold and David Carr Teach Us How to Eat, Be Manly
At a party for ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People,’ the comedian and the media writer share with us how to do exactly that.
Posted 10/02/08 in Daily Intel
Children
Christopher Buckley’s Mistress Suing for More Child Support
Is that why this cute little kid is so mad?
Posted 09/17/08 in Daily Intel
Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw Goes to High School
So many questions! When did she lose her V-card? Did she wear stonewashed jeans with pleats? And who taught her how to WRITE?
Posted 09/16/08 in Daily Intel
21 Questions
Social-Lit Author Tatiana Boncompagni Thinks $1,000 Is a Little Much to Spend on a Haircut
The author of the new chick-lit novel ‘Gilding Lily,’ which is about socialites in Manhattan, answers our 21 Questions.
Posted 09/03/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Our Simon Rich Envy Is Unending
Turns out the wunderkind just sold his first novel, and we have no idea how to react.
Posted 08/29/08 in Daily Intel
The Sports Section
Nastia Liukin to Get Book Deal
No word on whether Shawn Johnson will do a more endearing, but slightly less polished, follow-up.
Posted 08/28/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
Upper East Side Housewife Craves Nanny, Book Deal
Rebecca Land Soodak’s Craigslist post got her a nanny — will it bring her more?
Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Allow Bret Easton Ellis to Introduce You to Alison Poole, A.K.A. Rielle Hunter
Rielle Hunter finally makes her way into the pages of a national newspaper. But we can't help but reminisce about when she was in the pages of Bret Easton Ellis's novels.
Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel
Intel
Jane Friedman: ‘I’m Not Done by a Long Shot!’
At an unofficial gathering last night to celebrate the former HarperCollins CEO, everyone donned fun Jane masks and did their best not to acknowledge that her exit was totally awkward and abrupt.
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