Was Valerie Solanas The Genius Behind the Internet?

Today’s Los Angeles Times features an op-ed by A.S. Hamrah about the 40th anniversary of Valerie Solanas’ assassination attempt on Andy Warhol. (We stumbled upon this via The New York Times‘ Opinionator blog.)

Ms. Solanas, a playwright who formed a group called S.C.U.M. ("Society for Cutting Up Men") and wrote its Read More

The Peach Parade: Vibe, Joe Francis, Adultery in Manhattan, The Agent of Brooklyn, Rosario Dawson, and Phil Collins’ Heart

“That’s what I’m the most psyched about,” shirtless new Vibe president Ari Horowitz told The Transom on Shelter Island on Saturday. “The people there are really, really solid. They’ve been incredibly receptive….” Within the next three days, Mr. Horowitz’s new Vibe team would raise their lay-off total to nearly 25 staffers.

Where do Manhattan’s Read More

February 7 – February 14

Wednesday 7th

He’s Alda’t! The only thing we wanted in that wretched Mel Gibson Helen Hunt vehicle What Women Want was Alan Alda, who played their boss. We fear that Mr. Alda’s male archetype (1970′s, sensitive yet masculine, earnest yet funny) may be lost forever, replaced by men who favor shiny messenger bags, shiny Read More