Manhattan Transfers

In Deed! Yannick Noah Aces Central Park South; Chewing Gum Heir Sells; $7.6 M. Trade on Fifth

–It’s one-love for 230 Central Park South, where Yannick Noah, France’s highest-ranked tennis player turned pop star, has dropped $1.225 million. The seller is Heather Whyte. The apartment in the curvaceous co-op doesn’t appear to have been listed, but the price is moderate for the building, where a top-floor unit is asking nearly $10 million. With his flying dreadlocks and Read More

Hollywood’s Newest Spending Trend: Pre-Release Sequels!

While normal Americans spend each waking moment trying to figure out ways to tighten their belt strings in this economy from hell, Hollywood is throwing money around with a devil-may-care attitude that seems left over from 2006. In an alarming recent trend, studios are moving ahead with plans for sequels… before the original films even Read More

Do the Hustle! Starsky and Hutch Return

Todd Phillips’ Starsky and Hutch , from a screenplay by John O’Brien, Scot Armstrong and Mr. Phillips, has partially restored my faith in mainstream American movies. Just when I was convinced that a movie couldn’t be both popular and moderately intelligent in today’s teen market, along comes Starsky and Hutch to offer up 101 minutes Read More