By Sheelah Kolhatkar 2/28/05 12:00am

Times Hollywood Guy Replacing Weinraub Is David Halbfinger

While many New York Times readers’ eyes were still bulging over Bernard Weinraub’s Jan. 30, too-much-information essay about the personal agonies of working in Hollywood, a new reporter was quietly settling into the film beat’s piranha pool.

On Feb. 22, David Halbfinger was busy writing his first story as The New York Times’ newest reporter Read More

By Joe Hagan 2/02/04 12:00am

8:33; Kerry; Aww…

“No word from Dean, huh?” asked Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 27. He was off the air, between commercial breaks, sitting in the makeshift set at a ski lodge in Manchester, N.H.

“They were going to come out early,” he said, flicking his tongue, crestfallen, looking a Read More