Amy Sohn Does NOT, in fact, Have a Bugaboo: The FIPS Q & A

Hodgman doesn't return our tweets, and though we briefly considered that we *might* have been having an exchange with the REALSTEVEBUSCEMI, as it turned out, it was the FAKESTEVEBUSCEMI. Anyway, it ain't no thang, cause we've moved on and nailed ourselves an interview with our new fave BR-ALLER, Amy Sohn!

As you may recall, I loved the shit out of Sohn's latest novel about four Park Slope SAHM's, Prospect Park West. And so I was psyched to dive in deep and get to the bottom of things with some of our most burning questions.

So, yeah...Sohn indulged us and answered some of our Q's. We laughed, we cried, we ate fritatas.

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The *Only* Thing That Didn't Totally Suck About The Emmys Was John Hodgman

I missed the Emmy's because they're boring, and also I was drinking beer and eating Mexican food.

Anyway, word on the street is that the show *did* in fact totally suck a dick, save for a few shining moments (and January Jones's dress--I think I'd go gay for her). Not surprisingly, those few shining moments were allegedly due to the hilariousness of our fave celeb-u-resident Park Slope know-it-all (in a good way): John Hodgman.

Hodgman delivered some killer fake commentary on the winners as they made their way to the stage. Shit like: (After a win for the Hugh Jackman-hosted Oscar telecast): “This was the first time a musical number was written for a wolverine.”

HAAAAA!

Yeah, so Check out his Top 5 Emmy Winner riffs (and also follow him on Twitter).

(via Vulture)

Who Gives A Shit: Do You Hate Lady Gaga?

(photo: MTV Buzzworthy)

Lady Gaga makes me want to kick a puppy.

Quite simply: I hate her.

And after all the Kanye bullshit from this year's VMA's, Ga didn't get nearly as much attention as I'm sure she was counting on.

And yet I still can't get her out of my fucking head: I hate her faux, Madonna wannabe English accent. I hate her "I'm a slave to fashion" routine--bitch makes Bjork look like Oscar de la fucking Renta. And most of all I hate how every goddamned aspect of her persona seems to be the result of some carefully crafted experiment, conducted in a motherfucking laboratory in Gaga land.

But what REALLY gets me is this: shit is obviously working! Cause look: I'm talking about her ass right. fucking. now.

So, we've got another simple question: Do you hate the shit out of Lady Gaga too? Or is it just me?

That's it.

Again, answer in the comments (and feel free to go stealth anon if you want some priv-ass-y).

Amy Sohn Controversh, Part Deux: 'Don't Hate the Player, Smartmom, Hate The Game'

Just to recap: Park Slope rez and former sex columnist Amy Sohn wrote a book called Prospect Park West that satirizes the stroller mafia, SAHM lifestyle that's so prevalent in our neighborhood. The whole book takes place in Park Slope, and all of the typical Park Slope stereotypes (helicopter moms, sexless marriages, crazies at the Coop, etc) are served up on a silver platter like a warm plate of homemade chocolate chip cookies. And yes people, it really is that delicious. I loved the shit out of this book, but others (like Smartmom, Louise Crawford) seem to hate the living crap out of it.

In fact, Smartmom hates the book so much, she recently wrote a scathing review published in the Brooklyn Paper: "Another Slope Swipe From Amy Sohn." Mind you, this was after she published a lengthy takedown of the novel on her own blog, written in a bizarre Q&A style that made it seem like she was being interviewed for the post...only she was interviewing herself. I guess she forgot that one usually tends to get interviewed after WRITING a book...not simply reading one.

Anyway.

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Park Slope is Spooky?

Apparently so, according to Jennifer Connelly. That's why she moved from her sprawling, to-die-for, PPW mansion back into Manhattan:

"It was a little big... like a haunted mansion, a creepy house. It had that kind of feel to it and it was just wrong for us in a lot of ways."

Shit, I'd tolerate being roommates with the Dark Underlord himself to live in that fucking house.

Whatever.

(Daily Express via Brokleyn)