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Mar 04 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: Edgar Bronfman, Conrad Black, more

-Love & Consequences, a critically-praised memoir of growing up amid the drug-fueled gang wars of South Central L.A., is all James Frey-level bogus. [NYT]

-Call him the James Frey of the culinary world: The Food Network is cutting ties with Robert Irvine after discovering the Dinner: Impossible host made up large portions of his resume. [AP]

-Andrew Ross Sorkin thinks Edgar Bronfman Jr. doesn't deserve his reputation as "the stupidest person in the media business." [NYT]

-That man you knew as Conrad Black? For the next six years, please refer to him as Prisoner No. 18330-424. [Nat Post]

-The Village Voice is spoofing New York magazine's nude Lindsay Lohan shoot with...nude Michael Musto. Something tells me that one's not going to crash the Voice website. [NYP]

-Who might buy Reed Business Information? Apax Partners, that's who. [WWD]. □

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