Nancy Franklin may be taking a sabbatical from her post as television critic for The New Yorker, but it looks like she’s got one more small-screen magic trick up her sleeve before she goes.
In a surprise addition to the magazine’s annual festival, Ms. Franklin will moderate a panel with the entire cast Read More
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer yesterday delivered his official thoughts on the planned Riverside Center housing development on the Upper West Side, recommending against the proposed 2,500-apartment project (with conditions).
The development is the last piece of Riverside South, the giant string of apartment towers along the West Side Highway that were started by Donald Read More
While the will they or won’t they status of the Arrested Development movie seems to change every month (current status: they will!), creator Mitch Hurwitz is doing his best to recreate the cult series on his new Fox sitcom, Running Wilde. There’s the premise — Will Arnett plays a spoiled and obstuse developmentally arrested oil Read More
Amid the recent news of CNN’s rough first quarter, there’s been much speculation about what CNN U.S. chief Jon Klein should do to revitalize the cable news network’s line up. On Wednesday, (soon to be former) Politico reporter Michael Calderone polled everyone from Phil Donahue to Aaron Brown to Read More
With the Arrested Development movie firmly ensconced as the Sasquatch of film projects, forever-taunting fans with glimpses and false positives—get excited: apparently the script is being worked on right this second!—thank goodness for small favors like Whip It. Drew Barrymore’s sunny grrlpower romp, which easily qualifies as one of the best movies we’ve seen Read More
It might only be the middle of September, but we still feel confident in calling Joel McHale the breakout star of the fall television season. The snarky host of The Soup is so perfectly on-point in Community—premiering tonight at 9:30 on NBC, before moving to 8:30 when 30 Rock returns on October 15—so Read More
It certainly didn’t take long for ABC entertainment president Stephen McPherson to fill the void left by Ben Silverman in the “what is he thinking?” department. Case in point: The news earlier this week that ABC is teaming with Friends creator Marta Kauffman for an adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife. Read More
It’s been a busy week for Michael Cera, but then again, when you’re America’s favorite hoodie-wearing, sensitive guitar player, every week is a busy one. Seriously. This guy gets more press than Vice President Joe Biden. Just to catch you up on his comings and goings: forty-seven actors were cast alongside Mr. Cera in the Read More
Monday: Beautiful Girls
While it’s easy to dismiss the late Ted Demme’s 1996 ensemble dramedy without a second thought, Beautiful Girls is a pretty charming and affable movie… as long as you can get past the "Sweet Caroline" sing-a-long. Matt Dillon, who will never be accused of being a great actor despite his ridiculous Read More
Last week, Vanity Fair‘s Matt Pressman interviewed Lee Eisenberg, a writer for NBC’s The Office for the magazine’s Culture and Celebrity blog.
Here’s a snippet:
How did you [and writing partner Gene Stupinsky] end up writing for The Office?Lee Eisenberg: Gene and I sold a pilot called Lonnie and Gordo, and [The Read More
