Last week, both The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times rushed to newsstands with damning exposes about Vanity Fair's editor, Graydon Carter. (The Wall Street Journal is reportedly on the case as well.) These articles detailed various examples of Carter allegedly using his editorial clout for personal and financial gain.

One such malfeasance: Carter received a $100,000 consultant's fee from Imagine Entertainment for having suggested that A Beautiful Mind would make a good movie. As it turned out, Carter was wrong. Yet still, the fee was paid.

Not only that, but as The New York Times reported, several Imagine projects later received "attentive coverage" in Vanity Fair. (As opposed, presumably, to inattentive coverage -- you know, those articles that start out talking about a movie but then trail off halfway through, then just stop.)

Need more evidence? Carter recently signed a $1 million deal with Miramax's book division for a collection of old material from Spy magazine, which Carter co-founded.

Wait a second! Old material? A million dollars? Is that the pungent scent of poisson?

And guess what -- several Miramax stars have appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair over the years, photographed with suspicious attentiveness. Coincidence?

Some jaded media watchers were underwhelmed by these accusations. In fact, many suspect that more damning stories are yet to come from The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.

Well, suspect no more. Sorry, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, but this time it's Fametracker that's got the goods.

Our crack investigative team has uncovered dozens of additional examples of abuses of power by the current Vanity Fair editor. Well, an even dozen, anyway.

Here, in a Fametracker super-world-exclusive, we present 12 More Ways In Which Graydon Carter Abused His Power:

Forced one-time VF cover subject Cate Blanchett to give up a seat next to Tilda Swinton at 2002 Vanity Fair Oscar party

Coaxed Matt Damon into giving him shoulder rub while in line for men's room at 2002 Golden Globes

At Hollywood events, often has Benjamin Bratt (VF cover: August 2002) valet park his car

Featured Kirsten Dunst on back-to-back covers in early 2002; later that summer, she completed work on new deck for Carter's summer house

During meeting to discuss upcoming photo shoot, asked Reese Witherspoon to swap her half-caf macchiato for his skinny decaf latte, which assistant mistakenly sprinkled with nutmeg; Witherspoon acquiesced

During L.A. visit, convinced Brad Pitt to drive him to LAX for 6:30 AM flight. Pitt later appeared bare-chested on VF's cover

After being profiled in VF, Ben Affleck recorded Gigli-themed outgoing message for Carter's home answering machine

Called Mark Wahlberg "Hollywood's New Leading Man" in exchange for glimpse of actor's third nipple

Borrowed lighter from Revolution head Joe Roth; lighter never returned

Redirected Gwyneth Paltrow mini-golf putt away from tiny hole in giant mushroom and toward water trap with foot; Paltrow took the stroke penalty

Featured Madonna on VF cover in October 2002; nature of kickbacks unknown

Propositioned Dame Judi Dench in 1998 after running into her at L.A. Hamburger Hamlet; was refused. Dench has never appeared on Vanity Fair's cover