nymag.com
02-Jul-2008
Raising Hell: That church outside New York's windows doesn't stand a chance against the might of Hellboy. Neither does James Lipton, for that matter. Dispatch From Harvey, 1996: Twelve years ago some hapless assistant recorded Harvey Weinstein glad-handing Joe Roth for ten minutes as they both complain about Michael Ovitz's legendary $100 million golden parachute. Of all the conversations you could tape-record Harvey having, this is about the 8,000th-most Harveyish. [Gawker] Note: "On the other hand, Harvey optioned Wolf Boy, so he's okay in our book!" Wack or Dope?: The Observer's J. Gabriel Boylan writes thoughtfully about white kids and rap, circa 1994, and asks why The Wackness didn't explore its own cultural appropriation a little more. Illin'. ("Verb, variant of ill. Doing things that can get you in trouble, i.e....
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