Morning Memo: Denver To Be So Hot

Attendees expected to attend the Democratic Convention in Denver include Kanye West, Wyclef Jean, N.E.R.D., Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Ed Norton Jr. [WashingtonPost]

Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are fighting to keep St. Vincent’s hospital from expanding onto West 12th Street, three blocks from their Read More

Cough! Ptooey! Frantic Speed Racer Spews Toxic Fumes

SPEED RACER
Running Time 129 minutes
Written and
directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski
Starring Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, John Goodman

Even for summer trash, this abomination by the creatively challenged Wachowski brothers is a train wreck so bad that words literally fail me, but I will say it Read More

Tribeca Film Festival Ends With Speed Racer

The Tribeca Film Festival went as it had come: with another glitzy premiere.

Merely two weeks after the festival encroached on our city with the much-hyped premiere of Baby Mama, the Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer closed the festivities to an equally if not more star-treaded red carpet and winding line of Read More

At Big Benefit, Tina Brown Eschews ‘The Cave’

After spending the better part of last year penning The Diana Chronicles in relative isolation at her beach house, erstwhile New Yorker editor Tina Brown is, at least for the time being, happy to soak up the odd wingding.

"I didn't want to go back into my cave right away, if you know what Read More

The Anti-Bonnie Raitt Vote

Freshman Representative John Hall got a boost during his campaign from his days as a bare-chested rock and roller with the group Orleans. But now, a few months into his first term, a Republican has stepped up to challenge him, criticizing not only his position on Iraq, but his ties to the music industry.

Kieran Read More

Dems Must Resist Voices of Outrage

Courage. Conviction. Constancy.

These are among the most prized of political virtues. They are also qualities that opponents of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton routinely excoriate her for lacking.

In recent times, criticism has been flung the Senator’s way from the left as much as the right. Almost all of it is rooted in the notion Read More

Dems Must Resist Voices of Outrage

Courage. Conviction. Constancy.

These are among the most prized of political virtues. They are also qualities that opponents of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton routinely excoriate her for lacking.

In recent times, criticism has been flung the Senator’s way from the left as much as the right. Almost all of it is rooted in Read More