Near the end of Haywire , Brooke Hayward’s 1977 memoir of her charmed and troubled life as the daughter of theatrical agent Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, the author confesses: “I had begun to have the disquieting concept of myself as a spectator, not a participant, in my own life. I saw myself as Read More
Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon shifted impatiently in her seat at the front of a crowded Columbia University screening room. It was a little after 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1. The class of graduate film students had just seen an advance screening of Far from Heaven, the much-talked-about film that Todd ( Poison ) Read More
On a recent Saturday night, a cocky 21-year-old college sophomore named Zaki was making time with Rory, a doe-eyed high-school senior. “I’m a fan of Eggers,” said Rory, referring to novelist Dave Eggers. He was the reason she had paid $25 to Ticketmaster and piled into a smoky nightclub in downtown Philadelphia with 500 other Read More
When he finishes his run in the Off Broadway revival of Burn This in November, Edward Norton will report to the Los Angeles set of F. Gary Gray’s heist movie The Italian Job , which will co-star Mark Wahlberg and Charlize Theron. Mr. Norton may show up on time, but he won’t be happy about Read More
When the novel The Nanny Diaries became a surprise hit last spring, its authors, former nannies Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, were catapulted from haute servitude on the Upper East Side to the best-seller lists, the talk-show circuit and a Miramax movie deal. But has their triumph only opened up the doors of discontent for Read More
On Saturday, August 10, the selection committee for the 2002 New York Film Festival-composed of Film Society of Lincoln Center program director Richard Peña, associate program director Kent Jones, New York Times film columnist and City Search critic Dave Kehr, Newsday film critic John Anderson and Los Angeles Times film critic Manohla Dargis-finished deliberating over Read More
After just two weekends of filming, HBO has pulled the plug on a planned documentary about five gay men sharing a summer house in Fire Island’s Pines community. According to the subjects of the film, HBO executive vice president of original programming Sheila Nevins halted production on the project-which was being helmed by the Emmy-winning Read More
If Hollywood is high school with money, Tribeca’s film industry is Dalton downtown: sophisticated, selective and a little spoiled. For over a decade, Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of Tribeca Productions, has been the head Heather of that extremely ambitious clique. She’s class president, student-council chief and head cheerleader of New York’s downtown movie business. But her Read More
Rob Dodd, a 25-year-old aspiring actor, moved to Los Angeles on Feb. 1 after four years in the East Village. On Feb. 5, he and a friend went hiking in Tamescal Canyon. After two hours, he took a break and sat on a rock.
“I didn’t see the snake. It bit me on the Read More
When Texas company Maritz, Wolff & Co. bought the 72-year-old
Carlyle Hotel for $130 million in January 2001, the new management assured New
Yorkers that it would make few changes to the swank, fraying hotel where John
Kennedy once kept a pad, Brooke Astor celebrated her 95th birthday, and where
everyone from Harry Truman to Read More
