Vanity Fair has named Julie Miller, formerly a Movieline contributor, as its new Hollywood Blogger, at VanityFair.com. At the site Miller will cover film festivals, events and award shows. Chris Rovzar, Vanity Fair’s Digital Editor, said Miller is joining the team at just the right moment.

“Julie is smart, fresh, and very funny, and we are thrilled she is on our team just in time for the Oscars,” said Rovzar.

Miller starts at VanityFair.com on January 3.

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Rovzar will be reporting to Jamie Pallot, Vanity Fair’s Executive Director of Multimedia Projects.

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First, Arianna Huffington is accused of using a courtesan’s techniques. Then Elizabeth Spiers‘s appointment as editor of the Observer is compared to a bad marriage. And this week … Tina Brown.

To that we might also add, though she’s not an editor, New York’s Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne, who has had a couple of Adweek pieces calling her top position surprising considering a lack of substantive accomplishments.

In comments under Rovzar’s question, someone (from Adweek?) pointed to a nice piece they had on Jane Pratt and one on Pilar Guzman, but Rovzar rightly pointed out that those were Q&As, not analyses.

Of course, we don’t know if Michael Wolff, Adweek‘s editor, has a problem with the ladies. Maybe Rovzar’s theory is a stretch. But we’re hard-pressed to find any explanation why it came out with yet another story on how Tina Brown is tough to work for.

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Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times lead the charge against selecting Oprah, insisting that we all simply know too much about her for the interview to be entertaining. Stanley explained, “Ms. Winfrey was an obvious choice as a first guest, but not a shrewd one. American audiences have seen an awful lot of Ms. Winfrey on television lately.”

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Chris Rovzar of New York‘s Daily Intel column is reporting that after making the move to People in June, cultural reporter Ramin Setoodeh is heading back to his old gig at Newsweek.  Setoodeh caused a stir in May when he published an essay in Newsweek titled “Straight Jacket” that discussed how society finds it hard for to accept an openly gay actor playing a straight character.

Setoodeh received criticism from celebrities and even caught some flak at the Tony Awards for his views, but now he’s back to take another swing with Newsweek and is eager for another opportunity with the magazine:

“There’s a lot of opportunity here, especially on the Web. I’m excited for the future and I can’t tell you how happy I am to be back,” Setoodeh told New York an e-mail this morning from the Newsweek offices. “Look, People is the most-read magazine in the country, but it wasn’t the right fit. I’m grateful to [editor] Larry Hackett for being supportive and letting me try something new. But Newsweek still has some of the best reporters, and young reporters, in the business. Don’t count us out.”

Setoodeh joined many other reporters and editors when he originally left Newsweek, a decision prompted by the Washington Post Company’s May announcement that they were exploring options to sell the publication.

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