By George Gurley and Elisabeth Franck 7/15/02 12:00am

A Pointed Attack

It was easy for fans of Cuban-born writer Oscar Hijuelos to tell whom he was picking on when he was interviewed before an audience in the auditorium of the New York Times Building on June 25: It was The Times ‘ own Book Review section.

“You have to take these mites-who are presuming they know Read More

By George Gurley 6/03/02 12:00am

Hubris Takes a Holiday

The movie Gladiator was playing on a big screen above the dance floor at Conscience Point as a blond go-go dancer, one of a dozen working the Southampton nightclub for the summer, gyrated up on the edge of a banquette.

Clad in a skimpy, shredded One Million Years B.C. bikini, she didn’t have much Read More