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November 12, 2006
#$&%ing Movies
"Who the fuck is Jackson Pollock?" That's what Teri Horton asked her art teacher friend after the latter suggested that Horton's newest thrift shop purchase might be a Pollock original worth far more than the $5 she paid for it. Horton's subsequent quest to find out if her friend's hunch is correct is the subject of a new documentary opening in New York on November 15, entitled "Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?"
Media
November 9, 2006
Oops! Britney's Chaotic Prerogative Proves Toxic One More Time
As the breaking news banner alerted CNN readers on Election Day, Britney Spears has indeed decided to divorce her husband of two years, Kevin Federline (or, as many publications now refer to him, Fed-Ex). It's a momentous event for the US Weekly crowd, one that deserves splashy writing and, of course, a witty headline. Many editors decided that references to Spears's songs were in order.
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October 30, 2006
Madonna's Media Spawn
When Gelf headlined its coverage of a certain celebrity's recent Malawian adoption "Madonna and Child," we thought we were being clever, if slightly unoriginal. What we didn't realize was exactly how passé our headline was. A quick check of other media reports on the adoption story shows that several hundred other editors followed the exact same impulse.
Media
October 27, 2006
Madonna and Child
In this week's edition of Zooming In, Gelf's quasi-weekly roundup of undercovered local stories from around the world: Norwegian vodka; conjugal visits for an assassin; and anal lightning. One of our favorites deals with international reaction to a certain celebrity's recent adoption.
Media
October 24, 2006
To Blog or Not to Blog
What value do New York Times arts reviewers place on web writing? It depends on which one you read. Two reviewers came to very different conclusions on the same page of last Friday's paper.
Media
October 24, 2006
The Movie's OK. But Let Me Tell You My Views on China.
Gelf, which regularly reads multiple reviews of the same movie for its semi-regular look at the racket of film ads, has noticed several critics are getting geopolitical. Perhaps tired of the confines of determining whether a movie is good or not, reviewers are weighing in on Africa's woes, China's rise, the Vatican's obfuscation, and British society in a manner beyond their job description. Here's a recent sample:
Media
October 23, 2006
Forget About It
Planning to write an article about Martin Scorsese's new film The Departed that isn't chock-full of gangster clichés? Fuggedaboudit. Or fuhgetaboutit. Or fuggetaboutit. Lots of writers want to use the famous New York-ism, but few agree on its spelling. Here are some of Gelf's favorites:
Media
October 18, 2006
Macaque Attack
In New Delhi, habituated macaques are running wild in the streets, stealing food from vendors and harassing passersby. In order to deal with the rambunctious monkeys, government workers have tried everything from sterilizing them to trapping and moving them far away. (India's religious and social mores, it seems, prevent strategic culling.) But the potential solution that has received the most ink in the press is bringing in langurs—big monkeys that seem to scare the crap out of their smaller simian counterparts—to send the macaques packing.
Media
October 16, 2006
Ingredient in Newspaper Industry's Comeback Drive: Prophecy
Spotted in Monday's Akron Beacon Journal: "Editor's note: Monday night's game between the Mets and Cardinals was not completed in time for this edition. For the result, call the Beacon Journal Scoreline at 330-996-3830 or log on to ohio.com"
Media
October 9, 2006
Drinking Too Much
Earlier this election season, consultant Dan Geary told the New York Times that the process of trying to maintain the puny servers behind Joseph Lieberman's website was "like trying to drink from a fire hose." John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, used the same watery simile to describe to the Washington Post the outsize attention his presidential candidate is getting from the press. So politicians and silly clichés go together like peas and carrots—we already knew that. What sort of other things can be compared to drinking from a fire hose? Gelf investigates.
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