VERBAL ALCHEMY

This is one reason why I want to work for Vanity Fair once I get old and bitchier and learn a lot about socialites: October 2009 issue, page 231, the dek and byline read:
“The sudden death in February 2008 of Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgia’s richest man, rocked the ruthless world of the Russian oligarchy, pitting his widow, Inna, against his partner, exiled billionaire Boris Berezovsky, in one of the biggest estate battles ever, and landing an American lawyer in a Belarusian penal colony. Talking to key players in New York and London, Suzanna Andrews reports on suspected forgery, secret marriage, and an alleged private-jet kidnapping.”
DUDE! Writing for them is the real-life equivalent to Danielle Steele novels! GRAYDON CARTER IF YOU NEED ARTICLES ON THE SALACIOUS INNER WORKINGS OF RAP MOGULS, YOU KNOW MY NUMBER! Actually you don’t, but you are the journalism illuminati so you can easily retreive it! I’m super good at florid language!
Also, RIP Dominick Dunne, one of my favorite writers ever, he of the dark dry wit, inventor of Gumshoe Fabulous, inspirer of Thom Browne billiard room chic, deliverer of seen-it-all nasal New England monologues. His column presaged Carter’s current direction for the magazine.
When “TruTV” (nee Court) releases “Power Privilege and Justice” on DVD, I will purchase it, and I will watch every episode in succession. If you have never seen it, you have a problem.