Paul Feig is one of our favorite funny filmmakers; he wrote a bunch of episodes of Freaks and Geeks, and along with the final episode of that series directed a handful episodes for shows like Arrested Development, Weeds, and The Office. He also has a fantastic memoir called Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence that makes it obvious that Freaks and Geeks is 100 percent not made up and that he is totally Bill Haverchuck. But all of this is just our really long winded way of introducing you to his Twitter feed, which is one of our favorite daily reads. Read More »

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1. Matt Drudge only likes to post the Dow chart when it’s sad. [Via Alex Balk]
2. John Hodgman really hates the word “meh,” which we didn’t realize can be traced back to The Simpsons. D’oh. [Via Boing Boing]
3. Just when we’d gotten to used to the idea of Conan flying solo (it took nine years), Andy Richter got all boomerang baby. [Via TV Week]
4. Flannery O’Connor might have been stranger than her grotesque fictional characters. [Via Maud Newton]
5. Michel Gondry + Seth Rogen = Be Kind Green Hornet. [Via /film]
6. Neil Young to tour only tiny Canadian towns this spring. Because he can. [Via Pitchfork]
7. The Hills‘ Audrina Patridge had her house broken into by someone who was wearing a fedora. [Via NYP]
8. There was a Hollywood bidding war over the film rights to a movie that will be based on an unreleased video game inspired by Dante’s Inferno. Universal won — or lost, depending on how you look at it. [Via NY Mag]

The writers and producers of the popular VH1 show, Best Week Ever, will spend next Tuesday evening dishing gossip, telling jokes, and screening clips from their upcoming season. A panel moderated by self-proclaimed everything expert John Hodgman will tackle such serious issues as Adnan Ghalib’s “unfortunate facial hair,” with comedian Paul F. Tompkins, who was recently named the host of BWE, presiding over the event at the 92Y Tribeca. We caught up with Tompkins to chat about his new role on the show and his favorite stories ever, which involve komodo dragons and Tylenol — but not necessarily in that order.  Read the full interview after the jump.

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