Awards season begins in earnest tonight, as Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon and director David O. Russell will be among those getting a new tchotchke at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. Those very famous people receive honorary awards tonight, while still-emerging talents are nominated for the balance of the prizes. Among them: This American Life stalwart Read More
Forget Homeland or The Good Wife: the can’t-miss TV broadcast this Sunday night is Lindsay Lohan’s comeback performance (2012 edition) as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz and Dick. The onetime teen queen plays Richard Burton’s own mean girl, in a story that spans the venerable movie star’s life (Ms. Lohan is only 26, but let’s just Read More
It’s the post-holiday lull, and we still have relatives in town—now that they’re done with their Black Friday shopping, we’re catching up on the newly reopened Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall at the American Museum of Natural History. It encompasses two stories of the museum, including the entrance and a memorial hall. The memorial will Read More
We’re skipping Black Friday—it’s worth paying the not-marked-down price on just about every gift we’re buying, just to avoid getting physically pushed to the ground in the checkout line at the Astor Place Kmart—but we can’t help getting caught up in the Christmas spirit. Off we go to Radio City Music Hall (what is it Read More
The era of the department store may be nearing its end, thanks to the rise of online commerce, but let’s focus on what they can fly overhead one day a year, not their high overhead on the other 364. Macy’s, per Thanksgiving tradition, celebrates the holiday with balloons of Hello Kitty, SpongeBob SquarePants and Spider-Man, Read More
We’re not finished with Oscar season just yet! The Museum of Modern Art’s “Contenders” series, which defines every one of the year’s major films as modern art, from ParaNorman (Best Animated Film?) to The Dark Knight Rises (Best Supporting Performance by a Villain’s Mask?) will be running throughout the season. We’re dropping in this Thanksgiving Read More
The children of Christopher and Dana Reeve have become stars in their own right, complete with dashing looks, a Town & Country spread, and, most importantly, a charitable cause. Matthew Reeve and Alexandra Reeve Givens are among the guests of honor at tonight’s Reeve Foundation event to benefit research into treatments and cures for paralyzing Read More
The relationship between the U.S. and Israel was a hot topic throughout the presidential campaign—and now, with cooler heads prevailing, those who seek to celebrate the long-standing alliance between the two nations should attend the America-Israel Friendship League’s Partners for Democracy Awards Dinner. It’s chaired by Daily News macher Mortimer B. Zuckerman and honors folks Read More
It’s a slow week, as far as socializing goes—after all, everyone will be spending the holiday, whether in town or a stressful Delta flight away, chowing down on turkey and then in a three-day tryptophan-induced coma. To assuage our loneliness, we’re seeing a new flick (a head start on the manic pre-Oscar-ceremony sprint). Today, Ang Read More
We got goodies for some of those on our gift list at the Pier Antiques Show this past weekend, but those who deserve something a little more, well, contemporary have yet to be crossed off. That’s why we’re dropping in on the Independent Curators International benefit auction, where works by the likes of Olaf Breuning Read More
