After we reported it on Wednesday, the rumor that film critic Elvis Mitchell is leaving the NY Times is already on its way to confirmation. Today, Variety steps up the rumor-mongering, confirming along the way that A. O. Scott will be named chief movie critic. Variety claims that Mitchell has "irked" people at the paper, with his gallivanting about society with film directors and spending the last semester up at Harvard.
[UPDATE: We hear Elvis actually has been asked to leave the building — we hear his cubbyhole is all packed up and cleaned out.]
Elvis to leave building [Variety]

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