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or Powell's or me• • •
"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
October 21, 2008
As If We Didn't Already Have Enough Reasons To Love Tina Brown And Colin Powell
From a recent profile of Seymour Hersh:
It was Tina Brown, formerly of Tatler and Vanity Fair, who brought [Hersh] to the New Yorker. 'What's-her-name... yeah, Tina. She gave me a lot of money, and she said: "Just go do it!" But she used to worry. She'd call me up and say, "I sat next to Colin Powell at dinner last night and he was railing about how awful you are." So I would say, "Well, that's good." And she'd say, "Is it?" And I'd tell her, "Yes, it is."'
—Jonathan Schwarz
Posted at October 21, 2008 03:31 PMComments
Your expectations should be low of someone who edits a magazine called "Vanity Fair", especially when you consider its origins in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress". Of course, that Hersh and Wolcott write for these magazines is their (the magazines') undeserved luck.
Posted by: En Ming Hee at October 21, 2008 08:07 PMShe appears to be quite dumb. I have read,or to be precise, inspected, some of her writings and interviews. I was not impressed. She probably got all those high profile jobs because of her connections. What one can say about a woman who showered her praise on Ronald and Nancy Reagan?....
Posted by: Ajit at October 22, 2008 12:24 PM
