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Dragon Tattoo Producers Fume Over Good Review

Matt Cantor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:43:05 CST

The New Yorker has sparked the ire of Girl With the Dragon Tattoo producer Scott Rudin—with a positive review that calls the film "mesmerizing." Trouble is, the review came out early, a big no-no in an industry where timing is key. Filmmakers want their movies—especially big-ticket ones like...

Applause as Perry Defends Death Penalty

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:00:34 CDT

One thing Rick Perry doesn't lose sleep over are the executions in his state. Asked last night if he ever worried that Texas has put an innocent man to death, he answered confidently: "No, sir. I've never struggled with that at all." He praised the state's "thoughtful, very clear process...

107 Tries Later, Ebert Wins New Yorker Caption Contest

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:42:05 CDT

Roger Ebert has entered 107 of the New Yorker 's 281 cartoon caption contests, and this week, he finally won. The film critic opined two years ago on his blog that he had "done more writing for free for the New Yorker in the last five years than for anybody...

Murdoch Nabs New Yorker Critic for iPad 'Newspaper'

Nick McMaster — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:15:16 CST

Rupert Murdoch has added New Yorker music critic Sasha Frere-Jones to the roster of his upcoming iPad "newspaper," reports David Carr in the New York Times . Frere-Jones has been hired as the culture editor of the Daily, which Murdoch's News Corp. is currently developing for the Apple tablet. It's expected...

Boehner Fist Bump Hits New Yorker Cover

Rob Quinn — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:14:31 CST

The New Yorker has reprised the "terrorist fist bump" cover that irked Obama in 2008 —this time with House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner standing in for Michelle. The cover, by artist Barry Blitt, features the president offering his hand to Boehner and being offered a fist in return, the Huffington Post...

Jason Schwartzman Strips for iPad Ad

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:06:00 CDT

Jason Schwartzman capitalizes on his quirkiness in a new YouTube advertisement for the New Yorker . Demonstrating the magazine’s new iPad app, Schwartzman scrolls across the screen by licking it and using his feet, among other things. But the most entertaining moment comes when he strips down (for the second time...

Courtney Love Is Writing New Yorker a Pretty Story

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 05:43:09 CDT

Listen up, New Yorker editors: Courtney Love is preparing a story for the mag. She's always wanted to be a writer, she tells New York Magazine . She's quite proud of the literary heft of her song lyrics and never, ever writes things like "CU later" in her lengthy text messages,...

Gawker Zings New Yorker's 'Racist' Caption

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:51:00 CDT

Gawker is slamming a New Yorker cartoon that's part of the magazine's weekly caption contest as "pretty racist." The cartoon shows an apparent executive in a cowboy-like hat talking on the phone and crouched behind his desk as he's being fired at with arrows. The winning caption? "Quick, give them...

Tumblr Raises Its Social Media Profile

Kevin Spak — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:02:00 CDT

Is Tumblr the Next Big Thing in social media? The New York Times seems to think so, giving it a feature in today’s paper—and you might see more such coverage soon, because the small blogging site is specifically trying to reach out to the media. It hired former Newsweek...