James Ellroy has some advice. This is it: “Observe the civil contract. Don’t drink, smoke or do drugs. Address everyone as Mr. and Mrs. I’ll pay you to have your tattoos removed. Don’t say dumb shit like ‘like, it’s like, whatever.’ Don’t read movie reviews. Go see the movie and decide for yourself. Be respectful. The quickest way to sound like a dipshit is to call a respected filmmaker you don’t personally know Marty.” This was just one of the marvelously frank and dead-on pieces of wisdom imparted by the self-identified “demon dog of American literature” at a reading and interview held last night at the New York Public Library and hosted by the Young Lions.

Today, in wackadoo press releases: this Saturday at the Armani Exchange in New York from 2—4PM, 'Vanessa' (Jessica Szohr) from Gossip Girl and 'Victory Ford' (Lindsay Price) from Lipstick Jungle are going to be giving away kisses. Yes: your favorite New York Observer-reading, Communitea-employed, de-facto Humphrey family member (and once-lover of Nate Archibald...not that I watch or anything) will be (supposedly) giving out kisses for cash in a "Kissing Booth" of sorts.