One way of communicating to everyone that you’re “in the know” is to refer to people not by their bylines, but by their IRL nicknames. Everyone will know you’re a poser if you don’t call A.O. Scott (pictured) “Tony.” Here are some other ones, which you can feel free to pepper your conversation with at the next Lapham’s Quarterly party.
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A Cheat Sheet to the Secret Nicknames of the Literary Elite
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Tagged 5wpr, bennyhollywood, flackery, hoaxes, jersey-shore, Pictures, posts-tagged, yorker
Would two posts in one day about the comically atrocious PR work of 5WPR be too many?
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The Most Desperate Fake Celebrity Quotes Ever
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Tagged 5wpr, bennyhollywood, celebrity science, character, flackery, hoaxes, Hollywood, Huffington Post, jersey-shore, nyc, Pictures, snooki, time, tuesday
Luis Carlos Montalván returned from the Iraq war and launched a media career — he’s attending Columbia’s J-School — based on a battle tale that made him a poster boy for PTSD. Now an AP reporter thinks he’s a fraud
Excerpt from:
An Iraq Vet, His Dog and an Unraveling War Story
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Tagged bennyhollywood, Cnn, hoaxes, Hollywood, Huffington Post, luis carlos montalvan, montalv, time, tuesday
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has blown the lid off the mystery of prolific letter-to-the-editor writer “Ellie Light” : She’s Barbara Brooks, a California nurse.
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Is This Hippie the Real ‘Ellie Light’?
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Tagged dealer, ellie light, hoaxes, Hollywood, Plain Dealer, politico, politics, usa, winston steward
Richard Heene has spoken out after Sheriff Jim Aldernan’s press conference. He’s currently “seeking counsel” and got teary as he told the AP that “this thing has become so convoluted.” He’s pretty on point in that regard
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Deflated: Balloon Boy’s the Story of Our Ugly, Sorry Era
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Tagged falcon-heene, Family, hoaxes, image, Music, publishing, social, thing, Victim
At a press conference in Colorado, Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden has come to a conclusion on the case of Richard Heene ‘s Balloon Boy : “It has been determined this was a hoax, a publicity stunt to market a reality show.” Felony charges will be brought up against the Heene family, it seems. Warrants will be brought up against them.
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Colorado Sheriff Says We Were Right: Balloon Hoax Was Publicity Stunt For TV Show
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Tagged balloon-boy, bizarre, breaking, delinquency, falcon-heene, heene, hoaxes, Hollywood, House, public-official, richard heene, richardheene, robert thomas
The local sheriff in Ft. Collins, Colo., is defending the Heene family, saying at a press conference that he doesn’t think Richard and Mayumi Heene were faking their emotions during yesterday’s ordeal. Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden just gave a press conference discussing his department’s ongoing investigation into the circumstances under which the Balloon Boy story took flight yesterday, and he clearly forecasted his conclusion that he didn’t think it was a hoax.
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Colorado Cops Say Balloon Boy Fiasco Wasn’t a Hoax
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Tagged balloon, balloon-boy, conclusion, crime, department, falcon, heene, hoaxes, larimer-county, mayumi heene, mayumiheene, news-helicopter, richard heene
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