Alex Blagg is a comedy writer and producer in New York City, and the managing editor of Vh1's Best Week Ever blog. His favorite condiment is mustard.

Blog Entries by Alex Blagg

5 Possible Futures For Michael Phelps

Posted August 22, 2008 | 06:27 PM (EST)


Now that he's out of the pool, with no more races to win or records to break, Michael Phelps has a bit of a problem. Perched mightily atop the apex of modern athletic achievement, with the white hot light of International Superstardom now pointed directly at him, Phelps is in...

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My Exclusive First Look At The New Radiohead Album

Posted October 10, 2007 | 05:12 PM (EST)


inrainbows_1.JPGAs any self-respecting indie rock fan worth the price of their designer jeans already knows, the latest musical masterpiece from Radiohead has been released, through a visionary self-distribution experiment in which you're able to download the record directly,...

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My Review Of The OC Creator's New Show Gossip Girl, Which I Did Not Watch

Posted September 20, 2007 | 07:38 PM (EST)


GossipGirl_cast.jpgAs someone who was a big fan of making a point to never watch a single episode The OC (especially when everyone I know was still pathologically obsessed with its each and every reheated 90210 plotline), I am...

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Other Ways To Describe the Role of the President

Posted May 3, 2007 | 01:49 PM (EST)


Now that George W. Bush has officially changed his self-administered title from "The Decider" to "The Commander Guy", I thought I might take this as an opportunity to suggest a few other euphemisms the president might use to describe his duties with a little bit more panache.

Big...

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American Idol, Sanjaya Malakar, and the Postmodern Condition

Posted April 4, 2007 | 03:22 PM (EST)


All kidding aside, I happen to believe that Sanjaya Malakar will go down in TV history as the single most important personality ever to emerge from the American Idol phenomenon. Not because he's funny, not because he's cute, and not because he can't sing. Sanjaya will be remembered not for...

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