New York is a paradise for book lovers. You’ve got the rich literary history stemming back to the founding of our country, big-time magazines named after our city like The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, over a hundred really important writers living here, and tons of literary journals and blogs popping up from Crown Heights to Harlem. … Read More
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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we watched 135 space shuttles launch at the same moment. We wanted to eat this full-length evening gown homage to Alexander McQueen fashioned out of 50,000 gummy bears. We wished we could be best friends with Rachel Dratch, even after witnessing her try to French kiss… Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. José Angel Santana, a 58-year-old former professor at NYU, says that he lost his job after giving James Franco a D in “Directing the Actor II,” and is now suing the university. Apparently the bad grade was attendance related; Franco only showed up for two of the fourteen classes. [via Vulture] … Read More
What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we were amazed by the wealth of Perfect Strangers fan art to be found on the Internet. We discovered that Charleston has more hot people than any other American city, at least according to Travel + Leisure. We were surprised that Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
The Morning's Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. Tony Award-winning playwright and director Arthur Laurents (who wrote the books for West Side Story and Gypsy) passed away earlier today due to complications of pneumonia. He was believed to be 93. [via LAT]
2. After nearly a decade of false starts, production on Live to Tell, the screenplay that Tupac Shakur… Read More
The Women of SNL: Their Top 10 Characters
Tonight’s two-hour retrospective, The Women of SNL, looks back at some of the show’s funniest female cast members, and from what we hear Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Nora Dunn, Ana Gasteyer, Rachel Dratch, Cheri Oteri, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Laraine Newman, Amy Poehler, and Kristen Wiig will all be in attendance. But who would be invited if this was a reunion of their funniest characters? We’ll countdown our 10 favorites after the jump. … Read More
Sundance Channel Sits Down With the Cast of Spring Breakdown
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