With Zooey Deschanel’s Janis Joplin biopic The Gospel According to Janis in limbo, it’s good to know another 60’s musical icon is getting their silver-screen dues. According to The Hollywood Reporter (via Stereogum), Eric Eisner, Albert Berger, and Ron Yerxa (the latter two responsible for Election and Little Miss Sunshine) have signed Read More
Tucked into a booth at La Goulue on a recent, balmy afternoon, enjoying delicate bites of salmon, Thayer Iaccaci, age 66, looked the very picture of a Grand Dame of Madison Avenue. She wore a colorful yet conservative Miu Miu dress, black patent-leather Jimmy Choo’s and gold hanging earrings. Her hair was in a tasteful Read More
Remembrances and Celebrations: A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs , edited by Jill Werman Harris. Pantheon, 308 pages, $25.
When my mother passed away last month, quite suddenly, of a massive cardiac at age 81, I found it well-nigh intolerable to answer commiserating phone calls, asking me prying questions about how I was Read More
