Why angry Alec Baldwin refused to play angry Alec Baldwin
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
The prima donna movie star in What Just Happened is based on the Oscar-winner - but played by Bruce Willis
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
The prima donna movie star in What Just Happened is based on the Oscar-winner - but played by Bruce Willis
This is London (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
What Just Happened? is a memoir about the escapades of a Hollywood producer that even Robert De Niro fails to ignite.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
After Sunset Boulevard and The Player, it takes a lot to make an impressive satire about Hollywood. Billy Wilder and Robert Altman didn’t leave much meat on the bone; no wonder Barry Levinson’s picture seems like slim pickings in comparison.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
An Indian-British novelist, Booker Prize recipient, and Knight took the stage of the Capitale on the Bowery to tell a story. The year was...
Isak (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Salman Rushdie wins a curiously-designed award at the Moth Ball, the annual benefit for New York's vibrant storytelling organization, The Moth (to which I've recently become a loyal podcast listener). Nathan Englander, A.J. Jacobs and Adam Gopnick are among those...
TONY Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
At last night’s Moth Ball, I approached esteemed actor John Turturro for a quick question regarding storytelling and got a lot more than I asked for. Below his diatribe against TONY and eventual change of heart. Hi, I’m Jane Borden from Time Out New York. Time Out New York is vicious. Oh no! What did we do? Why are [...]
TONY Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Salman Rushdie, alive and well Downtown storytelling program The Moth proved how big its potatoes have grown at last night’s star-studded, second annual Moth Ball, cohosted by John Turturro and Garrison Keillor. Among the night’s entertainment were a characteristically self-deprecating and vibrant tale from Keillor, a scholarship awarded to tenth-grader Tavar McKenzie by Lili Taylor, and a [...]
The Daily Transom (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
At the Moth Ball on Tuesday, Nov. 18, Salman Rushdie was awarded the 2008 Moth Award for his storytelling abilities and everyone wore silly hats in the tradition of the whimsical literary organization. But the cocktail chatter centered around the question of: Was she or wasn't she? "Well, has she been yet?" Mr. Rushdie asked when the Daily Transom inquired what he thought about Barack Obama offering...
Jossip (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
If you are not doing anything tomorrow night and feel like dressing up like your favorite character from 8 1/2, head over to the Capitale on Bowery for the annual Moth Ball, one of the biggest NYC literary events of the year. Fatwah-inducing Salman Rushdie will be there to receive the Honoring the Art of [...]
James Wolcott's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
In a master stroke of counter-programming for the holiday season, Philoctetes gets the jump on the Thanksgiving feast this Saturday at 1pm by examining the famine bones and buzzard stare of Samuel Beckett in an afternoon seance devoted to his...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
THIS Moth Ball has noth ing to do with your closet full of winter sweaters. Instead, it's a glam event that pays tribute to the literary world, and a nonprofit organization known simply as The Moth. Founded in 1997 by poet and novelist George Dawes...
RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Blu-ray.com has an interesting new update that says Paramount is set up to release the first six Star Trek films on Blu-ray, timed to hit shelves around the May 8 release of the new Star Trek as well as plans to release an extended version of the original Transformers film around the June 26 release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen . I didn't know it could get any longer considering the first...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The brother of actor JOHN TURTURRO is warring with his New York neighbours, who are campaigning for his eviction. According to the New York Post, 10 residents of ...
Amy's Robot (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
This is a tough one, so I'll just tell you who it is. If you subtract the beard, hair, and about 65 pounds from this guy, but kept the expressive eyebrows and sort of wild expression, you might be...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Terrified tenants of a Hell's Kitchen walkup claim that actor John Turturro's troubled older brother has them living in fear - threatening to kill them and his caretakers, screaming at all hours of the night, and leering at female residents. Ten...