Word: jt
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Fantastic stories often stray into fantasy—who knew? As if faux-memoir writer James Frey weren’t enough, hip literary circles have been rocked by the revelation that the author JT LeRoy is just a phantom of two washed-up rockers’ imaginations. LeRoy, HIV-positive queer writer of “autobiographical” childhood truck-stop prostitute tales, does not exist, and his rags-to-riches memoirs are a hoax. Oh, the critics bemoan, what happened to the importance of being honest? Where lies the lost virtue of authenticity? A better question might...
...writer, a scandal: this too sounds like something we have read somewhere before. The new element, following the James Frey and JT LeRoy scandals, is the role a little-known pop-culture tastemaker played in how Viswanathan got signed, got famous and got a comeuppance...
...about his “tone.” An undeniable, simple beat by the Neptunes and in fact, in fact, I think it might be every bit as good as “One Thing.” One of the best parts about it is that the JT cameo implies that there’s a new album on the way. And it also suggests that Snoop Dogg’s done trying to resist his place in the 2k5 landscape, embracing the clown shoes and teaming up with the greatest pop singer alive for a cheesy celebration...
...Longyan Cigarette Factory will make Marlboros widely available in China. But Big Tobacco's China dreams have gone up in smoke before. In 1986 R.J. Reynolds formed a $31 million joint venture to make Camels; 13 years later, the American partner bailed out by selling to Japan Tobacco. JT itself gave up on the venture when its contract expired this month, selling its stake to Chinese partners for a measly $18 million. The Marlboro Man will have to be faster on his feet if he wants to grab this bull by the horns. --By Neil Gough/Beijing...
They played for what seemed like forever. I figured they'd had enough when they both chose the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played against each other. But Stein's Bucs humiliated JT's. So they rematched. And then again. When Stein suggested "it would be really cool to invite some other guys over and have, like, a sleepover and play all night," I threw them out. I had work to do. Nintendo's GameCube had showed up, and it also needed reviewing...