Not only is Dennis Quaid gearing up to play General Hawk in Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe movie—the 53-year-old actor has confirmed that he’s signed on for three such action-adventure flicks, also confirming speculation that Paramount is aiming to build a franchise out of the films, the online entertainment news site Collider.com reports. Read More
As the architect Mies van der Rohe once famously observed, “God is in the details.” But thanks to a recent decision by the Motion Picture Association of America, it now appears that God is widening his focus and getting involved with movie ratings.
No, this isn’t a case of the Almighty asking for script rewrites. Read More
As the architect Mies van der Rohe once famously observed, “God is in the details.” But thanks to a recent decision by the Motion Picture Association of America, it now appears that God is widening his focus and getting involved with movie ratings.
No, this isn’t a case of the Almighty asking for script Read More
I just got the page proofs of my latest book, my eighth. Will it also be my last? Who will write the very last book in America?
Writing is an unkillable impulse. It is like second sight or a blood disease, a gift or a state beyond our control. Writing is older than writing, as Read More
No two people see the world exactly the same. But without a doubt, those whose perspectives differ the most violently tend to be folks who file what are known as “cross-complaints” against each other with the police. They include two men who challenged each other’s driving skills on Oct. 11.
About the only thing Read More
No two people see the world exactly the same. But without a doubt, those whose perspectives differ the most violently tend to be folks who file what are known as “cross-complaints” against each other with the police. They include two men who challenged each other’s driving skills on Oct. 11.
About the only thing Read More
On a sweaty afternoon in mid-September, three days into the new school year, 16-year-old Oliver Ignatius and 15-year-old Josh Barocas were holding court in the St. Ann’s School’s well-worn student center, surrounded by a gaggle of friends with adventurous-sounding names like Zeke and Milo. They were sprawled about in languid, teenagery lumps, their worn jeans Read More
On a sweaty afternoon in mid-September, three days into the new school year, 16-year-old Oliver Ignatius and 15-year-old Josh Barocas were holding court in the St. Ann’s School’s well-worn student center, surrounded by a gaggle of friends with adventurous-sounding names like Zeke and Milo. They were sprawled about in languid, teenagery lumps, their worn jeans Read More
Out of town? Confined to bedrest? Just plain unwilling to subject yourself to the unholy trinity of Paris Hilton, The Donald, and Kelly Fucking Osbourne? Then let The Transom take you on a visual tour of Bryant Park and today’s Fashion Week onslaught.
Today, our own intrepid photographer ventured here and there between the “Virgin Read More
Veteran WCBS-TV sportscaster Warner Wolf recently sold his duplex penthouse at 27 N. Moore Street for $4.45 million. It’s a full $2 million more than Mr. Wolf paid for the 3,642-square-foot apartment in 1999, but it wasn’t exactly a stress-free appreciation period. Shortly after the building’s conversion in 1999, residents including Mr. Wolf, Billy Crystal Read More
