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Tuesday 18 September 2007

The New York Times editor knows how to craft an arch apology.

An article on Page 46 of The Times Magazine today about Rachel Zoe, a stylist who works with many film and TV stars, misstated the location of the premiere of the Nicole Kidman film Fur, for which Ms. Kidman requested a travel budget of more than $100,000 for her stylist and other assistants. It was the Rome Film Festival, not the Venice Film Festival.

BTW: big congrats to the NYT for going free online today: welcome to the 21st Century. WSJ and FT — please take note. UPDATE: apparently the Rupert Murdoch has …

Posted by Anne-Fay | Tags: apology, bitch slap, celebrity, funny, Nicole Kidman, press, zeitgeist
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