History was made at the Golden Globes. On Monday night, we television viewers gasped as the unthinkable unfurled before our eyes: Hollywood, it would appear, has abandoned its lefty point of view and gone totally, shockingly and utterly Republican! Never in the history of the red carpet have we ever witnessed such a turgid parade—sleek Read More
Memos from Tina
To: Si
From: Tina
Got your lovely message, but I’m afraid I’ve already edited TNY once, and once was enough.
I do, however, have something else in mind.
O.K., here it is. New magazine. Keep reading.
What’s the hottest thing going right now? No, not Angelina’s baby or Miers’ mire. Disasters, of Read More
In the year 2004, there is no more vital issue facing this country than homeland security. It is terrible that this is so, but there’s no denying it. The fight against terrorists intent on murder and mayhem requires a high level of competence, wisdom and plain common sense. What a shame that the man in Read More
Did Liza really beat the crap out of her maquillaged Svengali? Does Mr. Liza seriously think he can successfully characterize himself as a victim and the emotionally fragile Ms. Minnelli as a dangerous tormentor? Craving insights into this hideous standoff, I went right to the source and called Liza’s gravelly voiced, larger-than-life, über -glamorous furrier, Read More
For a politician who promised to unite rather than divide the nation, George W. Bush seems peculiarly contented to watch his cause advanced by some of the ugliest rhetoric since the impeachment crisis. His lawyers freely dispense dubious accusations of criminality, mostly anonymous, against the citizens counting ballots in southern Florida. His surrogates, such as Read More
Any C-Span viewer of recent Potomac cavortings has the evidence of his or
her eyes to know how rankly foul our school systems, public and private,
must be. Seldom has there been a more discouraging parade of illiterate,
unlearned, ill-prepared, poorly spoken ignoramuses than the men and women
members of the Congress depositing their soot Read More
Robert Redford’s The Horse Whisperer , based on the popular novel by Nicholas Evans, is the best girl-meets-horse movie since National Velvet . Kristin Scott Thomas plays Annie MacLean, a chic, affluent, London-born New York magazine editor tailored a bit obviously after both Anna Wintour and Liz Tilberis (with a nod to Tina Brown) whose Read More
