Los Angeles-based New York Times Hollywood writer Sharon Waxman will be going on leave this summer to write her next book, Stealing From the Pharaohs. We understand she won't be going back to her old job when she's done with the book. Word is that Waxman has been interested in a position on the Metro desk, but Metro editor Joe Sexton has not committed to hiring her. 'Times' culture editor Sam Sifton would not comment on personnel matters; Waxman did not respond to a telephone call.

One Times writer calls another's work "riddled with errors and misperceptions, to the point where it is actively misleading." [Dave Kehr]