After a critic panned his movie, and cruelly joked about his looks, Justin Long derided her on national television. But when the critic wrote back, Long left her what must be the kindest, humblest comment in an Internet fight, ever.

• After Tom Brady's game on Monday night, maybe-cheating Gisele Bündchen called shotgun for the ride home while he was relegated to the back seat. (They have a driver.) Clearly we can infer that she is a castrating Brazilian super-harpy. [People]

So, how exactly did Annie Leibovitz, one of the most iconic photographers of our times, end up going broke? And why does this feel especially tragic and infuriating?

When Annie Leibovitz essentially pawned her life's work in exchange for $15.5 million from Art Capital Group, the Times noted of such deals, "This little-known corner of the art business is lightly regulated and highly litigious." Now she's being sued.

Recently, the New York Times and other sources reported that photographer Annie Leibovitz had been borrowing money. The truth is, she's been saddled with what Salon's Nancy Goldstein calls "the gay tax."

Wondering how to become a brilliant public intellectual? Anne K. Yoder at The Millions has some tips, culled from the journals of Susan Sontag.

Italian Vogue had two outstanding issues this year. First, in July, came the amazing all-black issue.

Do you have a diary, a place you write things you don't or can't tell other people? And after you die, would you want that diary published?

So we don't know who made the decision to style Johnny Depp's hair for the movie version of Sweeny Todd but we do know that his 'do is channeling the late Susan Sontag. It's her iconic streak! Maybe Depp is trying do pay tribute to the New York intellectual? Click the picture to see the cover shot. [EW]