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...months at Time - he had all the anonymity he needed, at least relative to front-line reviewers on the newspapers and newsweeklies. Manny's pieces had no impact on a film's box office take; I don't recall ever seeing his name on a movie ad or a DVD box. Eh, so what? His reviews gave the impression that, although it'd be nice to be heeded, he didn't care if he was liked. This wasn't the case with Manny; but he certainly wouldn't play the game of critical ingratiation. Writing sentences suitable for blurbing, charming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manny Farber: Termite of Genius | 8/26/2008 | See Source »

...McCain campaign was quick to launch a commercial recycling Biden's criticisms of Obama while campaigning against him in the primaries. "I think he can be ready but right now, I don't believe he is," Biden is quoted as saying in the ad. "The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training." Biden dropped out after the caucuses after garnering less than 10,000 votes. In Springfield, Biden made it clear he changed his mind after following Obama's path to the nomination. "Over the past 18 months, I've watched Barack meet those challenges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama-Biden Springfield Debut | 8/23/2008 | See Source »

...million to plug its beleaguered operating system, the story was referred to more than 650 times, from one end of the media spectrum to the other. You can't buy publicity like that, which, of course, wasn't lost on Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the all-kinds-of-awesome ad agency behind the $300-million Microsoft campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seinfeld: The Right Man for Microsoft | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

Either people still love Jerry, or they're slowing down to rubberneck at a terrible mishap, I guess. Either way, the first ad, which debuts Sept. 4, is already working. Seinfeld, reportedly, will appear along side Microsoft founder Bill Gates in ads that will try to counteract the ultra-cool Apple ads (featuring Justin Long and John Hodgman). Gates can be hi-larious in videos, and I guess, if you can't line up Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder, Seinfeld is the next best thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seinfeld: The Right Man for Microsoft | 8/22/2008 | See Source »

...litist I am." To say what a pervert Franken is, Coleman alluded to a smutty humor piece about virtual sex that Franken wrote for Playboy eight years ago. Of course, Franken has said much worse, especially if you repeat a joke in the stentorian voice of a political ad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not So Funny | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

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