Go to a quiet white-collar bar with any animator, TV writer, or cultural critic. Or, failing that, go to a quiet white-collar bar with anybody who can name more than one Simpsons writer. Make sure you both consume a polite if marginally excessive quantity of alcohol. The magic number is three beers that sound fancy…


Most Ridiculous Celebrity Lawsuit of the Week: Seth MacFarlane Sued Over Talking Bottle Opener
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane may have found box-office nirvana with a foul-mouthed talking bear, but now a talking bottle opener is threatening to take him down. MacFarlane co-wrote and directed the 2012 comedy Ted—and even provided the titular character’s voice. The flick, which starred Mark Wahlberg, was a mega-hit and raked in the dough—upward…