Gossip-Friending

When friends and gossip rub shoulders, strange things happen.

For the worker bees at Us Weekly, when news broke recently that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were splitting, they knew their weekends were ruined. And indeed, the breaking up of Hollywood’s golden couple translated into a grueling 48 hours slapping together an issue with 20-plus Read More

How About Never?

When a troupe of Norwegian actors visited Clay Shirky, they wanted him to show them the New York City that movies fail to portray. Mr. Shirky knew immediately which aspects of New York are essential and unique to living here: “Friends you don’t like, and parties you have to go to.”

It’s been proven, anecdotally Read More