Jeremy Piven, the short, formerly balding -- but charismatic -- star of HBO's Entourage series earned some unexpected food-related headlines recently. He left the new Broadway revival of David Mamet's black comedy, Speed-The-Plow due to, his doctor insists, mercury poisoning from eating too much sushi.
Naturally, the fishing industry lobby -- and lots of New York sushi restaurants -- went nuts, claiming Piven's illness was nothing but a fishy story concocted to let Piven break his contract and
Scott Tobias, film editor for the satirical newspaper The Onion, is in town next week to talk about his A.V. Club essay series "The New Cult Canon." He'll speak at the Central Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, which is gearing up for its summer Off-the-Wall film series. The connection: This summer, the library's outdoor screenings focus on titles with the Tobias seal of new-cult approval. To go to the talk (at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6), RSVP here. Meanwhile, here's The Pitch's e-mail i
"Meth lab" is no longer an acceptable punchline for a joke. So this federal grand jury has indicted 22 area residents for alleged involvement with the theft of $22 million of allergy medicine, an important chemical constituent for meth labs, the moonshine stills of the 21st century. The Roscoe P. Coltraines who made the arrests, probably by cutting off Coy and Vance Duke before they could reach the county line in their racist muscle car, were probably just trying to help Boss Hogg get the deed
Author and minor television personality John Hodgman might best be known to your mom and dad as the charming portrayer of PC in Apple's funny, iconic Mac/PC advertisements, but you probably know him as The Daily Show's "Resident Expert" and the author of two totally unresearched, totally untrue almanacs of fake trivia: The Areas of My Expertise and its direct continuation (as proven by the page numbering), More Information Than You Require.
Hodgman also contributes to McSweeney's and edits
