The week that was, by the numbers…
Number of brown faces in Flags of Our Fathers: 0.
Number of other movies in the news this summer with brownface: 4.
Number of times Werner Herzog claims he's seen an Abel Ferrara movie: 0.
Number of times Vulture's been hung up on by Lou Reed: 1.
Number of fans devastated by David Archuleta's being forced to cancel his Utah concert: Untold millions.
Number of times Eddie Murphy says "fuck" in Beverly Hills Cop 4, we bet: 0.
Number of crazy-ass things to happen at the trial of possible evil pornographer R. Kelly: 1,000,000.
Weekend box office of Sex and the City: $55 million.
Amount of that box office likely coming from Anthony Lane: $0.
Dave Eggers's whistling ability, on a scale of 1 to 10: 7.5.
Number of drinks McLovin had at the Playboy Mansion: At least 1.
Number of drinks we had while writing the post about Kingsley Amis and the Hold Steady: Not enough.
How cute are puppies? REALLY FUCKING CUTE OMG.
