Thursday, January 10, 2008

Media-Whore D'Oevres



"A spokeswoman for Interview is denying that longtime editor Ingrid Sischy quit the magazine, which Gawker reported this afternoon. 'The Gawker item is absolutely not true,' said Rachna Shah, a spokeswoman. 'She is on her annual holiday in South Africa with Elton John. She has been working on the magazine while on holiday and is due back on Monday.'" (Observer)


"Somewhat lost amid the Kerry endorsement today, Rep. George Miller (Calif.) has also endorsed Obama. As First Read notes, 'This is perhaps the closest thing to getting a Nancy Pelosi endorsement as you can come without actually getting it. Miller is incredibly close with her politically. He wouldn't be doing this without her consent of sorts.'" (Time-Blog)

"One studio in Hollywood, at least, may not think that this strike situation is really all that bad. A Defamer operative tells us there's a rumor floating around that since it struck its side-deal with the Writers Guild earlier this week, Tom Cruise's United Artists has been deluged with '2,500' scripts ..." (Defamer)

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