When Tommy Mottola walked into the Today show Tuesday morning, he was not just tolerant of the paparazzi waiting outside Rockefeller Plaza—he was plainly delighted that someone wanted to take his picture. Mr. Mottola’s new book, Hitmaker, has the music mogul doing the press circuit, recalling the stunning innovations he brought to the music industry, Read More
Former Reebok C.E.O. Carl Yankowski’s two-bedroom co-op at 470 Park Avenue enjoyed a brief workout on the market since being listed in October, but nothing too grueling.
Now Alice Jackson Goldet has picked up the $2.5 million pied-a-terre at ask, according to city records.
Mr. Yankowski, who knows his way around a corporate boardroom (he’s held positions at the top of the pecking order at Polaroid, Pepsi, GE, Sony) appears to be nearly as adept at moving real estate. Read More
Socialite Alexandra Lebenthal’s book The Recessionistas has been optioned by Sony for potential production: Ms. Lebenthal tells Page Six that she hopes Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, Brooke Shields, and Bradley Cooper will star.
The Observer reported in 2009 that Ms. Lebenthal began writing on the urging of New York Social Diary Read More
Surrounded by a mob at South Street Seaport of at least 300 sweating, blue faces – including as many adults as there were children – The Observer was a bit scared.
“There are so many blue people,” said a passerby. We nodded.
And that was just New York – 4,891 people last Saturday in 11 Read More
Maybe Moneyball won’t be so bad after all? It was just a year ago when the adaptation of Michael Lewis’ seemingly unadaptable baseball tome was all abuzz. That version — with Brad Pitt lined up to play the book’s central figure, Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane — was to be helmed by Steven Read More
