Obama to cancel offshore drilling projects. [ABC]
Larry King: CNN’s best, troubled asset. [NYT]
No more “Countess Louise J. Esterhazy” at Stefano Tonchi’s W.[NYP]
“Shamed Dutchess of York Sarah Ferguson steps out post-scandal to hawk her new books in New York” [NYDN]
James Bond closes Read More
Country singer Kellie Pickler is a bit of a skirt chaser.
“I think it’s sexy,” the platinum blond 22-year-old former American Idol contestant told the Daily Transom. “I think it’s great. Real men wear kilts!”
Ladies, not so much! Ms. Pickler wore a non-plaid Gwen Russell-designed red gown to the Read More
It was quite a crowd at last night’s midnight screening of Quantum of Solace at the Ziegfeld Theater. Perhaps the most intriguing moviegoers were the block of young, floppy-haired men who arrived wearing natty tuxedos and British-looking umbrellas–midtown caterers fresh off their shift or James Bond enthusiasts? Either way, we suspect the booze they were Read More
Way back in the Fall of 2006, Casino Royale reinvigorated decades-old James Bond by going real. At the time, it was compared to the Bourne movies, and with good reason. While the James Bond films never were able to draw a talented director like Paul Greengrass or Doug Liman, Martin Campbell was at least able Read More
Who says John McCain’s web operation isn’t hip?
After the McCain campaign’s “Dr. No” hit on Barack Obama for what they depict as his naysayer approach to energy solutions got a modicum of traction in the press, the campaign has produced a short web video called Dr. No.
The spot includes a Read More
The other day, I asked City Council member Simcha Felder of Brooklyn what’s happening with a modest bill he has proposed that would ban unwanted flyers from being delivered to people’s homes.
Here’s his explanation of how it has fallen victim to the James Bond-like atmosphere in Albany, which (I think) is a reference to Read More
Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, from a screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on the novel by Ian Fleming, happens to be the 21st James Bond movie, as well as the very first that I would seriously consider placing on my own yearly 10-best list. Furthermore, I consider Daniel Craig to be Read More
Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale, from a screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on the novel by Ian Fleming, happens to be the 21st James Bond movie, as well as the very first that I would seriously consider placing on my own yearly 10-best list. Furthermore, I consider Daniel Craig to be Read More
Despite some attempts to set the record straight, the story persists that Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, starring Kirsten Dunst as the Austrian girl who becomes the Queen of France, was generally despised at this past spring’s Cannes Film Festival, and that the French particularly hated it. The movie did draw some scattered boos at the Read More
“Using every threat, contract, and influence I could muster”: That’s John Huston in his 1980 autobiography, An Open Book, on how he fought Warner Bros. to release his 1967 adaptation of Carson McCullers’ novella, Reflections in a Golden Eye, in a diffuse amber wash that would give the film a golden tint. Warner agreed to Read More
