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The fan-baiting conference delivered not only all kinds of provocative tidbits, but a solid dose of comedic entertainment.

She told me George Plimpton had once tried to pick her mother up in a bar on President’s Day. She had turned him down, of course.

Time to get a little wild.

Everyone's in a tizzy about the just-released trailer for the erotica blockbuster. Will it be as deliriously awful as the book?

Poor Lively has been mercilessly mocked for her new site, Preserve. Envy is a bitch.

The Man Booker longlist is out and the list of ladies and people of color is short. Is the publishing system to blame?

Please. Did you really think it was all about Rachel?

Abramson requests to be referred to as the "fired" New York Times executive editor rather than "former," saying she thinks the latter is "icky."