By Drew Grant 1/18/12 2:38pm

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Andy Cohen, newly-minted author (Getty Images)

Lunching with Pop Culture’s Most Talkative Author Andy Cohen

Over the course of an intimate, two hour lunch with Andy Cohen at the Palm West  End Steakhouse, the Bravo celebrity and producer (not to mention celebrity producer) added a new notch in his grey, dapper Hugo Boss suit. Mr. Cohen, whose talk show Watch What Happens Live just moved into its five night a week spot–”You should come tomorrow, we’re having a Ralph Fiennes Pajama Party…with Ralph Fiennes!” he had gushed over a meal of Atlantic salmon and Southwest steak salad–was now officially an author, giving us his first reading of his upcoming memoir Most Talkative: Stories from the Front Lines of Pop Culture. Read More

By Emily Witt 8/24/11 6:35pm

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Gillian Blake Promoted to Editor-in-Chief at Henry Holt, Jill Lamar Out After Six Months

Gillian Blake has been named editor-in-chief at Henry Holt, replacing Jill Lamar, who held the position for only six months. Ms. Lamar left her job heading Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Program to work at Holt, but since arriving made only one acquisition (according to Publisher’s Marketplace). In a statement, Stephen Rubin, publisher at Henry Holt, wrote that “after much thought and consideration, Jill and I mutually agreed that her fit as editor-in-chief here was not as natural as we had hoped.” Read More