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Will Leitch
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Sorry I made the initial mistake of typing "Vienna" when I meant "Paris." It's fixed. That was stupid. Read more

It is worth remembering that a large number of these criticisms — he: doesn't prepare, mispronounces, reads off fact sheets rather than understanding the game, gets basic details about the teams and the games wrong — are applicable for his coverage of basketball as well. But he DOES yell loud. Read more

I think this is really bumming me out. There's something tragic about this story. This guy did this for 33 years and seems to have finally realized that his whole life has been a sham. It's sort of killing me. Read more

OK, REALLY worse than JJ Abrams directing Star Wars? Read more

I honestly couldn't make it through more than 60 seconds. Read more

OK MR. MATH. (I dunno, some in those pictures look like they have eight? I'm flailing here.) Read more

Also, I feel obliged to point out that a ton of very smart people work for Buzzfeed, from Michael Hastings to Ben Smith to Doree Shafrir to Ben Mathis-Lilley. But they work for the smart people side. Read more

Also, honestly, writing this column just once increased my CAPS LOCK usage, like, thirtyfold over the last year. You're in my head, Magary. Read more

They trained all of us that way, Drew. I assume you also write your cursive Qs like the number two and believe the Civil War was primarily over "states rights" as well. Read more

Well, it's a 2011 film, so irrelevant to the discussion here. Read more

I like your Toyota Camry metaphor, though (obviously) I think it's misplaced here. I feel like it works particularly well for action movies; lots of action movies aren't special, but they do what they're supposed to and do them well. The last "Die Hard" sequel was like that. This year, maybe "Chronicle" would go in Read more

Lowbrow comedy is awesome. But not lazy lowbrow comedy. No matter: I think it pollutes the list for you because you like "Ted." It should pollute the list for people who like "Ted," just like people who like "Red Dawn" should hate this list too. (For what it's worth, "Red Dawn" is a lot worse than "Ted." "Ted" at Read more

I can't speak for Grierson — I don't remember him giving one — but I also gave one to The Avengers. Read more

Obama 290, Romney 248.

>>>Kevin also notes that Gregg calls The Atlantic the "world's most important magazine" this week. Guess who writes for said publication? Why, Gregg Easterbrook! What a coincidence. Read more

I'll bring it up with Grierson. I'm entranced by this idea. Read more