Feb 09, 2009 -
NEW YORK – It took all of seven seconds for David Letterman to cut Rod Blagojevich off at the knees during the disgraced politician's "Late Show" appearance last week.
The episode was a reminder of Letterman's least appreciated skill. The monologue is fun, the "Top Ten" list an inspired creation, but often the best work on the "Late Show" comes when Letterman interviews the people invited to sit across from him.
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Jan 09, 2009 -
O-Bummer: Dems Spoil President-Elect’s D.C. Debut.
By JONATHAN MARTIN | 1/8/09 8:13 PM EST
The conspicuous absence of Howard Dean from Thursday’s press conference announcing Tim Kaine’s appointment as Democratic National Committee chairman was no accident, according to Dean loyalists.
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Sep 27, 2008 -
WESTPORT, Conn. - Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died. He was 83.
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Feb 19, 2007 -
Editor's Note: What started as "mini reviews" has morphed into the Longest. Post. Ever.
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Nov 06, 2007 -
Vanity Fair magazine - Nov 2007: Legends
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg on the set of the movie Slogan, June 1968. By Gilles Caron/Contact Press Images.
The Secret World of Serge Gainsbourg
Sixteen years after Serge Gainsbourg's death, his small, graffiti-covered Paris house is almost exactly as he left it—crammed with mementos of his poetic, nicotine-and-alcohol-fueled, sometimes scandalous life as France's most adored singer-songwriter, lover of Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot, and friend to countless taxi drivers and policemen.
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Oct 07, 2006 -
Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is
about to lose hers, too, if Paen can’t repay a debt to a demon by
finding a relic known as the Jilin God—in five days.
Half-elf Samantha Cosse may have gotten kicked out of the Diviner’s
Order, but she’s still good at finding things—which is why she just
opened her own private investigation agency.
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Sep 25, 2007 -
Except for the occasional song of birds and the gentle breezes wafting outside, a soothing quiet and calm and the usual hot L.A. sun greeted the morning. The cool white drapes that hovered over the floor-to-ceiling windows parted, giving way to an astounding view of the Los Angeles skyline from high up in the Hollywood Hills.
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