The Empire Strikes Back

Bret Easton Ellis, 'Newsweek' essayist.

The New 'Newsweek,' Week Two: Famous Author Praises TV Star Using Made-Up Lingo

By Daniel D'Addario | March 14, 2011 | 10:14 am

Tina Brown has made good, in her way, on her promise to decode "crackling, confusing digital dots": Newsweek this week synthesizes Charlie Sheen's every manic Ustream with Bret Easton Ellis's theory, long promulgated over Twitter, of "Empire" and "post-Empire" entertainments. Mr.... MORE >