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Day 1 was film; Day 2, nightlife and music. For hump day, we’re taking a little detour from the arts and lifestyle folks and taking you into city politics. Please meet Jessica Lappin, today’s Gothamist Interview. Jessica is the 29-year-old District Chief of Staff to City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, and when term limits forceContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DAY 3 – JESSICA LAPPIN”

Lindsay may have put the Ritalin Reading Series on hiatus for the summer, but tomorrow night at Joe’s Pub is another edition of Heeb Storytelling, brought to you by the fine folks at Heeb Magazine. The stories are longer than Lindsay’s but still for the ADD afflicted as they are supposed to stick to (IContinue reading “A STORY BY ANY OTHER NAME …”

Today’s Gothamist interview is up. Hopefully you all enjoyed yesterday’s with Diana Williams. Lily and I wanted to present people from across the spectrum of NYC living, so today we switch away from the film world and over to music and nightlife. Today’s interview is with Rob Sacher, the co-owner of Luna Lounge on LudlowContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DAY 2 – ROB SACHER”

Just a little continuing reminder about TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars” programming for this week: today is all about Henry Fonda, tomorrow shines the spotlight on Jean Harlow, Thursday features Laurence Oliview and the week wraps up with Doris Day. If I had to pick just one film to watch over the next four days,Continue reading “TCM WATCH: THE WEEK “UNDER THE STARS””

Actress Fay Wray passed away yesterday at the age of 96. Although Wray appeared in over 90 films throughout her career, she will always be remembered first and foremost for being dragged up the Empire State Building by a really big gorilla in the original 1933 classic King Kong. She really became the all-time iconContinue reading “R.I.P. FAY”

As I mentioned on Friday, my good friend Lily and I have taken over the Gothamist Interview this week. I think we’ve got a great lineup filled with a varied group of interesting people. So be sure to check it out daily, and let us (and Gothamist) know what you think. And besides, Lily’s involvementContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DAY 1 – DIANA WILLIAMS”

I just wanted to give a Happy 30th Birthday wish to Uncle Grambo. As an old(er) soul, I can honestly say that I’m sure your 30s will be fantastic. Isn’t that what everyone who has entered his or her 4th decade of living says? I’m glad that most people are much more calm, cool andContinue reading “HAPPY BIRTHDAYS ALL AROUND”

A couple things that absolutely required my attention before we part ways for the weekend: I figured I might as well go forth with some box office predictions. The big question this week is if Collateral will make enough to take over #1 from The Village. The latter film is in more theaters, but IContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: THE HERE-COMES-THE-WEEKEND EDITION”

This has been a weird week. As I mentioned on Monday, last weekend I was Mr. Movie. Between theaters and home from Thursday through Sunday, I watched nine films, four in a little marathon at the AMC on 42nd. (Time of the Wolf, Exodus, Man Bites Dog, Underworld, Wonderland, Napoleon Dynamite, The Notebook, Zatoichi andContinue reading “SO MUCH NOTHING, I COULDN’T EVEN THINK OF A HEADLINE”

Seriously, shutting me up and shortening my rants is far easier than it seems. Really. Hey, stop laughing. But it’s true. I don’t think anything more needs to be said about what needs to be done with the James Bond series because the Tagline boys, with the help of their friend Pete, have worked itContinue reading “BOND REDUX: SAYING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS SO I DON’T HAVE TO”