Dan Peres

Just when we weren’t looking, Details got all straight-acting on us. Surely editor-in-chief Dan Peres hasn’t exhausted Hollywood’s bottomless supply of fresh-faced actors. Or maybe he has.

On the cover of the book’s latest issue, which touts a “Power and Influence” theme, Britney Spears’ ex, Kevin Federline, isn’t photographed count-the-pores close or even slightly naked (perhaps in spite of the fact that he was shot by Steven Klein.) In fact, with K-Fed’s crossed, tattooed forearms and his what-up-dude glance, he looks nothing at all like his twinkishly-styled predecessors. (Ashton…Rhys Meyers…Beckham…Radcliffe…Anyone?) What’s more, the cagey lad-mag has gone and ranked him No. 7 on their list of 50 “power players.” Huh. The 29-year-old father of Ms. Spears’ two sons, Sean and Jayden, doesn’t give any good goss about the pop singer he once loved, but he doesn’t exactly leave readers crying ‘Gimme more,’ either. Mr. Federline does admit, however, that he can’t decide which animated character he likes more—SpongeBob SquarePants or Nemo (as in the fish one looks for).

Talking to US, Mr. Peres says, “Here is the person who people think of as this universal joke, who has oddly emerged as father of the year…The kids would go running to him and were very warm and very well behaved.”

Details editor in chief Dan Peres was caught in a journalistic quandary on Tuesday afternoon, left wondering about misquotes—whether one was made by himself, or by one of his freelancers, Bart Blasengame.  read more »

Who actually misspoke?

Dan Peres, the editor-in-chief of Details magazine, wrote in an editor's note in the letters section in the December issue: "Our November issue's cover interview with Ben Affleck quoted him as saying, 'I've gone out and directed a movie and made it really fucking good,' about his movie Gone Baby Gone. Affleck never made such a statement."

But according to a spokeswoman for Details, the quote in the story—written by freelancer Bart Blasengame—was actually accurate. "The comments were taken out of context," said Lisa Dallos, a spokeswoman for Details. "There was absolutely nothing that was fabricated."

In that case, it would be Mr. Peres who was inaccurate.

An assistant for Mr. Peres said he was in meetings all day Tuesday. Ms. Dallos said he was not available for comment. The New York Post reported the news first on Tuesday and quoted a spokesman for Details saying that Mr. Peres and Mr. Affleck are "good friends."

When asked if Details would run a correction of their correction, the spokesperson wouldn't comment. Mr. Blasengame did not yet return a message seeking comment.