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Apr 14 2008 12:00am EDT

Idle Chatter: 'Project' Runaway?...'WSJ' Parody...

-Elle fashion director Nina Garcia -- far better known as a star of Project Runway -- has left the magazine, and it's unclear whether she'll continue with the show, which is having some issues of its own. [WWD]

-The New York Press has published a parody of The Wall Street Journal, and an actual Journal employee in Los Angeles allegedly tried to buy up all the copies he could find. [NYT]

-NBC's definition of "family hour" apparently includes bleeped-out and implied obscenities. (Hey, in my family they weren't even bleeped out.) [NYT]

-A producer for The Dr. Phil Show posted bail for a Florida teenager arrested and charged with taking part in a vicious beating. [Fox News]. □

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