Let the games begin!” said Natalie Morales. “O.K., maybe not just yet.”
It was the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 9, three and a half days before the kickoff of the Winter Olympics, and on NBC’s Today the “Countdown to Vancouver” was in full swing. From the slopes of Cypress Mountain, Ms. Morales, in a red Read More
No matter what the outcome of the tests now being conducted on the Roger Clemens-Brian McNamee syringes and no matter what the outcome of the anti-defamation suits Clemens and McNamee have filed against each other and no matter whether the government finds grounds to indict Clemens on perjury, there’s one issue that no one is Read More
The Huffington Post’s Media page alerts us to a note from Bob Costas on NBC’s ‘The Daily Nightly’ blog. In it, Mr. Costas apologizes to his colleague Brian Williams and Olympics superstar Michael Phelps for passing along an erroneous report that Bruce Springsteen had dedicated "Born in the U.S.A." to Mr. Phelps:
I Read More
The Time Warner Center often rightfully gets credit for sparking Columbus Circle’s renaissance and laying the groundwork for at least eight new condo developments in a five-block radius since it opened in 2003. So you can’t help but wonder if developer Related Companies ever gets peeved when the buildings it paved the way for Read More
Last night, Vanity Fair contributing editor Buzz Bissinger appeared opposite—well, to the side of—Deadspin.com’s Will Leitch on Bob Costas’ Bob Castas Now in a special "Live Town Hall Edition." The show was billed as "Taking stock of the sports media landscape, including the rise of internet bloggers and sports talk radio."
It Read More
Sports announcer Bob Costas has closed on his purchase of a condo at the Zeckendorf brothers’ Fifteen Central Park West. Mr. Costas paid over $11 million for Unit 8C, according to a city deed filed on Wednesday.
He and wife Jill Sutton are the latest celebrity buyers to officially close on one of the Read More
Sandy and Joan Weill have spent $42.4 million on a penthouse in Fifteen Central Park West, according to a city deed filed on Sept. 12. That is only the third apartment sale in the new development to officially close, and the second to close for over $10 million.
The Plaza Hotel, on the Read More
[Illustration by Gary Hovland.]
I think it was Diana Vreeland who first equated elegance with restraint. So when it emerged in fall 2005 that the razor-tongued hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb had set a new Manhattan real-estate record by dropping $45 million for a 10,700-square-foot penthouse condominium with wraparound views, eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, Read More
March 16 was a good day for tributes to CNN’s Larry King. But not on CNN.
Over on Fox News, personalities were lining up to praise Mr. King. Greta Van Susteren was applauding him on the air and on her blog, adding that Fox News Channel chairman Roger Ailes was also a fan. Sean Hannity Read More
Wednesday, April 30
By now every television critic, pop-culture theorist, political hack, sociology scholar, professional weight lifter, cabaret singer, shameless gasbag and even Ashleigh Banfield has released an opinion about television news’ coverage of the Iraq war. But we wanted to take the subject to the street-you know, actual, un-focus-grouped TV viewers-so we traipsed on Read More
