For a superstar with unbelievable looks, charm, versatility and range, it is positively astounding how much time and energy Hugh Jackman wastes on mediocre movies. So from the previews, I dreaded Real Steel. An action flick about boxing robots? I made plans to be out of town. Well, I guess there’s no fool like an old fool. I have seen Real Steel. Get ready. It is exciting, palpitating, surprisingly fresh, action-packed, double-barreled dynamite. Read More
A few years back, Christopher Kwiatkowski arrived at a work meeting in Manhattan and drew prolonged stares. Mr. Kwiatkowski had a broken nose and two black eyes.
“It looked as if I had been in a bar brawl and I had to address the issue right away,” recalled the 39-year-old real estate pro, who specializes in high-end condos and hotels. “I told them, ‘I am a kick boxer and I had a fight last night.’” Read More
Consummate party-goer and writer Anthony Haden-Guest stood on the deck of The Standard last night having just seen the premiere of The Shoe, Andre Saraiva’s sex-filled Parisian romp with a slight footwear fetish. He was drinking a glass of red wine. It was, The Observer noted, not his first of the night.
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Morgan Stanley boss James Gorman, already something of a Wall Street anomaly for his professed aversion to narcissism and lavish bonuses, is taking his war on high-finance culture to another level. The New York Post reports that he’ll get physical with employees who talk to the press about their bonuses:
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Last month, Paul “Magic Man” Malignaggi vacated the International Boxing Federation junior welterweight champion title, which he’s held for the past year and successfully defended three times, so that he may fight the welterweight world champ, the great pug-faced hope of Britain, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton. Nov. 22, MGM Grand, HBO. A seven-figure payday. He’s Read More
