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...Emmys and two Sigma Delta Chi awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, was named Broadcaster of the Year by the National Press Foundation in 2002 and inducted the same year into the Broadcasting/Cable Hall of Fame...
Paris Hilton was involuntarily swept into this year's Presidential campaign when John McCain compared Barack Obama to the heiress - unfavorably - in a campaign ad titled "Celebrity". But like any good reality-show superstar, she's taken her shot at (yet more) fame and run with it. Now, despite her conspicuous absence from the recent debates, which Hilton promised some bitches she would attend, the self-delcared fake candidate for the fake presidency is back - and this time, she's got company...
...Another October prize went to Kris Haines, 24, for his piece "The Obvious Child," in the "Brush With Fame" category. Haines wrote about his childhood obsession with the singer Paul Simon, and the star's enduring influence in his life. When Haines was a young, handicapped boy Simon took an interest in him and helped him find a career...
...that English doesn’t seem to care much about. He presents his work in a vacuum, for his patrons to contextualize how they will; the image itself is without textual footnote, be it to clarify or confuse its meaning. At the height of his fame, Simon Hantaï retreated from society, afraid that society wanted to wrest his work from him. Today, Ron English and artists like him seem to be using society itself as another instrument in their art. What ensues is nothing short of fascinating.—Columnist Ryan J. Meehan can be reached...
Megapuss is a new band, kind of. Its members are officially (and unofficially) Greg Rogove of New York based band Priestbird, Devendra Banhart of Devendra Banhart fame, Noah Georgeson, Human Giant humorist Aziz Ansari, and Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Moretti, Ansari, and Georgeson may not, however, actually be in the band. Some have called their new and first album “Surfing” a joke album, and some have termed it inspired, both of which could be wrong. Or right. To focus on issues such as these, though, would be missing the point. Megapuss isn?...