Kurt Andersen's essay in New York has more cliches than a dog has fleas. Adam Moss, thank your lucky stars he's smart as a whip or you'd be red in the face! [NY Press]
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This Dog Won't Hunt [Kurt Andersen]
Posted: October 1st, 2008, 4:31pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
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Poignant Metaphors [Quote Of The Day]
Posted: April 17th, 2008, 9:21am CDT by Nick Denton
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Kurt Andersen, co-founder of Spy and former editor of New York, sees a future for print magazines. At last night's WNYC event, he said: "They will be beautiful luxuries, like sailboats in the 19th and 20th centuries."
Cele|bitchy
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Kurt Cobain buys a house, Courtney Love loses $72 million
Posted: March 10th, 2008, 4:57am CDT by Helen
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Kurt Cobain is alive and well, according to the United States social security system.It seems that someone has stolen the long dead musician’s social security number five years ago, and taken out 188 credit cards, purchased a house and several cars using his identity. And not just a little bit of money was taken, it was around $72 million, according to Courtney Love. Why didn’t Courtney realize that the money had been taken?
This week Courtney, 43, met cops in Van Nuys, LA, to give them details of a probe by forensic accountants Kroll which discovered £36 million missing. Cheques had been stolen and cars bought by villains.
She told The Sun: “I knew it had been going on since when I went cuckoo — bananas — in 2003.
“It was fraud after fraud. But nobody believed me until now. I did a check on my deceased husband’s social security number and he has a house in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He bought it last year.”
Courtney has now gone to the police to try and get some of the money back, most of which was going into trust for the couple’s daughter Frances Bean. The Nirvana estate makes around £21 million a year, according to The Sun. I’m absolutely horrified that his social security number could be used like this, considering the high profile nature of his death and widow. I’m unfamiliar with the legal system in the United States, but I’m guessing Courtney will at least be able to claim the property from the ‘owners’.
And what if Kurt Cobain did indeed fake his death and has purchased a new home as some Nirvana fans would love to believe? Courtney says “He should probably get his ass back home.”
Pictures via D-Listed.
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Kurt Andersen To Be Embalmed In L.A. [Media]
Posted: February 21st, 2008, 10:31am CST by Pareene
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Spy magazine co-founder who didn't make quite as good as the other one Kurt Andersen has been named the Los Angeles Art Center College of Design's "visionary in residence" for the spring semester of 2009. Kurt, admitting that he "should be flattered," admits to actually feeling "embarrassed." Which he should! Because the position is a handy acknowledgment that Andersen has a history of not delivering on his grandiose ideas and has officially wasted his vast potential. That is more or less what "visionary" means, as we understand it.Getting an academic post as a "visionary" ("in residence" no less!) is just a few steps from a lifetime achievement award, a string of honorary degrees, and the dreaded title of "legend" (used when you're done in this metaphorical media town). A "visionary" is one who can articulate brilliant ideas but can't get rich from them. Tesla was a visionary. We still send checks for our electric bill to the man who stole all his ideas.
Related: Gawker acting managing editor Nick Denton had "had it with being called a visionary" back in 2001. Thankfully he eventually shed that title and became a cold, emotionless tyrant internet publisher, burning through "visionaries" like they came free with a pack of Marlboro Lights at an Amoco.
Have fun in L.A., Kurt!
Kurt Anderson Now Officially a Visionary [Portfolio]
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Kate Hudson’s Super Bowl Family Fun
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 5:51am CST
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Taking a break from promoting her new movie “Fool’s Gold”, Kate Hudson was in high spirits as she paid a visit to the sidelines of Super Bowl XLII on Sunday (February 3).
Accompanied by Kurt Russell, Hudson checked out the field with the Kraft family, who just so happen to own the New England Patriots.
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Kate Hudson’s Colorado Christmas
Posted: December 27th, 2007, 1:31pm CST
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There’s nothing like the snow-capped mountains and a cup of hot cocoa to really usher in the holiday spirit. And Kate Hudson and Kurt Russell seemed to be enjoying their surroundings as they stocked up on snow gear at Aspen Sports during their stay in Colorado.
Though she’s only been divorced since October of this year, the “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” actress seems to have her act together when it comes to running the house as a single mom.
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Success Stories: Laurel Touby: Desperate, Lonely Freelancer Is Also Face-Blind
Posted: August 15th, 2007, 8:20am CDT
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The Voice has a great profile of Mediabistro millionairess Laurel Touby today; it includes two of our favorite Laurel anecdotes ever. What you need to know about the former desperate freelancer:
- Her trials of prosopagnosia : "Her most famous gaffe, though, came at Time editor Jim Kelly's house in October 2005, when a short, older man introduced himself around the room. Touby asked him to say his name again. He politely reintroduced himself: 'Mike Bloomberg.' Touby groans at the memory. 'I was horrified—especially since it was in front of a room full of journalists. You know that disease called prosopagnosia? I am convinced I have that.'"
- Dorky earnestness: "'She's not cool, she's not removed, she's not studied,' says her friend and former employee Greg Lindsay. 'She's not snarky, she's not bitterly ironic. Laurel is an extremely earnest person.'"
- Turning concepts into reality: "While she often works off other people's suggestions, Touby is the one who takes action. Former editor Elizabeth Spiers had suggested the "Lunch at Michael's" column, which had been suggested to her in turn by Spy magazine founder Kurt Andersen, who said he'd read the site if it simply listed the people who appeared at the media haunt daily. Months passed, until Touby herself finally went to the restaurant, pad in hand, boldly asking people who they were. Eventually, the participants began to call in their names themselves."
- How Mediabistro opens doors: "Huffington Post blogger Rachel Sklar, who started as an ex-lawyer from Toronto looking for a journalism break, found her first jobs on the site; she took the classes, went to the parties, and even briefly blogged for FishbowlNY, the site's media blog. 'I was totally sold,' says Sklar. 'Everything happened through Mediabistro--that was the source of all my journalism knowledge, awareness, and contacts. It was a full package deal.'"
- On being desperate and lonely: "Peers reacted to Touby's big payday with derision and disbelief. Even the most positive piece of press, Simon Dumenco's New York article about the sale, was littered with backhanded compliments: Touby is a "secret genius. 'She started out a "desperate freelancer.' Her early events were 'anti-loneliness cocktail parties.' Such descriptions burn her. 'I don't like it when people always put 'desperate' in front of 'freelance,' ' she says. 'The word 'lonely'-- I didn't have an office. That I didn't have people to hang out with didn't mean I was a desperate, lonely freelancer.'"
- On the boas: "She doesn't remember how it caught on--someone suggested she wear a boa so people could easily recognize her at Mediabistro parties. Now there's an assortment of them in her office: purple, orange, red, green, pink, and white. 'Men love boas,' she explains. 'It makes a woman seem more approachable--tactile, even.'"
- On generosity: "Jesse Oxfeld, a former Mediabistro employee who publicly feuded with Touby after moving on to Gawker, was one of the few who took the stock option upon exiting. ('I knew it would drive Laurel crazy to have to write me a check,' he says.) He got a low five-figure cut from the sale; he recalls that when a dividend check arrived, Touby had added a note reading: 'You're so lucky.'"
There's so much more! But here's your takeaway: Laurel Touby, despite being socially retarded, made millions of dollars off the backs of desperate freelancers like herself. Jesse Oxfeld is definitely worth mugging. And, ladies, wearing boas will hope you achieve the dream of finding lasting love.
The $23 Million Boa [VV]