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Greg Kinnear, Lea Thompson, Billy Crudup at 'Thin Ice' party (Patrick McMullan)

Billy Crudup Has a Lot to Say About the Weather in Minneapolis

“Have you ever been to Minneapolis?” Billy Crudup asked the New York Observer last night at the Soho Grand Hotel’s Club Room, where the Cinema Society & Grey Goose were hosting an after-party for their screening of the bleakly dark comedy, Thin Ice.

We actually hadn’t been, but Mr. Crudup had, as that was where the movie had been shot.

“It’s very, very cold,” he told us.

“Oh, we can’t imagine. So in the movie…”

“No, no no noooo,” he interrupted us, chuckling. “It’s very, very cold.”

Billy Crudup then stared at the New York Observer for a beat, decided something, and leaned in to tell us a secret. Read More

The Road to Bali: McCourt Swims with Fishes

On occasion, as he goes about his business as a diving instructor in Bali, Indonesia, Malachy McCourt finds himself answering that question of questions: “Are you, er, Angela’s husband?”

This anecdote would seem to prove at least three theories: 1) Nearly everyone in the world, even neophyte scuba divers in Bali, has read Frank McCourt’s Read More