Alain de Botton Is Sorry, Sort Of (Vulture)
In an interview with Ed Champion, Alain de Botton — the author who inadvisably left angry comments on the personal blog of the New York Times Book Review critic who slammed his book last Sunday — says that if he could go back in time, he'd tell himself, "Put this message in an...

A hearty congratulations goes out this afternoon to Vulture commenter ktfania , whose well-composed Britney Spears haiku managed to win over your friendly Vulture editors as the best entry in our recent contest . Ktfania will receive two VIP tickets to see the one and only Britney Jean Spears...
Set the bar low enough, and it can only be exceeded. That's how I feel about the upcoming big-screen version of The A-Team , a 80s television series entirely beholden to the staid formula of the day and ripe for reinvention. I didn't hate the series so much as I found it routinely mediocre. My...
The folks behind the last three “Saw” films have another thriller in store for you, and it’s coming down the pike July 31. “The Collector” follows a handyman and ex-con who aims to dig up some scratch for his ex-wife by robbing his employer’s country home. Naturally, things don’t go...
In a blow to snake-handlers everywhere, Jelly NYC has posted this entertaining graphic of prohibited material for this year's slate of free Sunday-afternoon shows in Williamsburg . Banned items include grenades, machine guns, syringes, throwing stars, bald eagles, and--showing that the series is...
CNN just aired leaked video from Michael Jackson's last-ever rehearsal for his "This Is It" tour. The footage, shot at the Staples Center on June 24, two days before his death, shows a skinny-looking MJ doing "They Don't Care About Us," which was not one of his...
There was only one pesky thing getting in the way of the proposed partnership between Michael Bay and James Frey . And no, it wasn't a piece of legislation outlawing two of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse from working on a project together (although we hear there is growing support for just...
Naturally, Robert Rodriguez’s “Predator” relaunch has been the focus of speculation ever since it was announced this past spring. With the “Grindhouse” director keeping purely to a producing role, speculation has been rampant as to who would take the director’s chair. Neil Marshall...
Things are a little quieter on the MJ front this afternoon, but here's everything important: • Anderson Cooper has heroically managed to track down Bubbles, Michael Jackson's monkey who once nearly ate poor Rashida Jones . The chimpanzee is now 26 years old and living in an animal sanctuary in...
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