Filed under: FishbowlDC, Ana Marie Cox, Jessica Cutler, David Lat, Reliable Source, BHR, Kelly Ann Collins, Gossip, David Shuster, Karen Feld, Patrick Gavin, Examiner, Yeas & Nays, Jeff Dufour, Washington City Paper, Erik Wemple, Fat, Elizabeth Spiers
Some big, big blogger/gossip news has hit the fan in recent days, and you’ve asked us lots of questions. (What do we look like, a damned Magic 8 Ball?) Actually, we’re flattered, so here are a few of our best guesses:
Q: What’s your take on David Lat’s sudden exit from Wonkette?
BHR says: The departure was so quick it was like one of Ana Marie Cox’s job tenures. Actually, we’ve heard that Lat was really homesick for NYC, so it wasn’t hard for him to be snatched away by that savvy Elizabeth Spiers of dealbreaker.com to write a new legal blog for her growing empire. Can she really afford to be paying more than Gawker, which publishes Wonkette? We think not. But we wouldn’t be at all surprised if Lat was actually able to be a lawyer and blog as part of the deal of this new adventure. He just really wants to talk about what judges are wearing all day long anyways.
Q: Will Patrick Gavin and Jeff Dufour make a dynamic duo?
BHR says: When we recently learned that the amazingly talented Dufour, of The Hill’s Under the Dome column, would be forming a male gossip team with our arch nemesis, Patrick Gavin, the editorial page editor of the DC Examiner, we thought it was a prank. While Dufour definitely has the chops to fill the shoes left by Ms. Karen Feld, we think that PG will only weigh the endeavor down. He’s just too pretty (right, Alex Pareene?), and he wants to be gossiped about. Our prediction: Dufour will edge PG out of the job quicker than David Lat left the District.
Q: Is the Washington Post investigating gossip queen Karen Feld?
BHR says: Yes.
Q: How did Kelly Ann Collins get the early scoop on Star Jones’s hasty farewell to The View before most major pubs?
BHR says: KAC bought her a donut. (And has friends at People.)
Q: Did MSNBC’s David Shuster diss Big Head Rob?
BHR says: Yes, long ago he promised us an exclusive interview and then gave a blah, blah one to stinky Fishbowl DC. Jessica Cutler noted that the questions were “softballs.” And who knows more about soft balls than her?
Q: Who will become the new editor of The Village Voice now that Washington City Paper’s Erik Wemple bowed out?
BHR says: Someone, probably. OK, maybe.
Kisses, kids, we missed ya.
