Morning Links, 12-18-06

• "If someone looks like he hasn't either bathed or been outdoors in weeks, he's probably a blogger. Yes, even humble bloggers are invited to leave their attics and basements during Shmooze Season." As if we needed it, Peter Bart provides more incontrovertable evidence that he is even more of an asshole in his obsolescence. [Via The Carpetbagger]
• Arin and Susan have won another prize.
• I've been happy to see Michael Mann's Miami Vice pop up on a couple of year end wrap-ups; yes, the script is mostly inane, and yes, both Gong Li and Colin Farrell would have been better off having their voices dubbed; but just for the fact that it takes itself seriously as a treatise on loyalty and identity, I think it's pretty amazing, and on an almost-purely visual level, it stands up against Mann's best films. Rob at The Projection Booth compares the theatrical version to that which recently came out on DVD. [Via The House Next Door]
• Times is tough all around: Vincent Gallo has allegedly raised his fee for sex, although I can't find the page on his website where he's made the announcement.