Aaron Gell is the editor in chief of Hemispheres, the in-flight magazine of United Airlines. Formerly, he served as the executive editor of the much lamented Radar magazine, the brutal demise of which inspired him to create ASSME, the American Society for Shitcanned Media Elites, for which he serves as president. Formerly, he was the senior features editor and chief arts critic of W, and prior to that, he helped launch Time Out New York and served as that magazine’s film editor. He has written for numerous publications, including Vanity Fair, GQ, Elle, Details, The New York Times, New York, the New York Observer, Travel & Leisure, Salon and O, the Oprah Magazine.