Archive for January, 2008

Funny Lady or Ms. Stanley, I presume

One of the wittiest reviewers out there is the NY Times’ Alessandra Stanley on Television. Here’s how she began her review of HBO’s “In Treatment”:

Some things sound simply awful: a family reunion holiday cruise, an
all-you-can-eat haggis buffet, a television series set entirely in a
psychotherapist’s office.

Stanley goes on to praise the show — but her quips [...]

The Stack

At The Sunday New York Times –  seems like late January is NEW NOVELIST MONTH at the NYT, (and at publishing houses for that matter) what with the recent feature on Jim Collins’ “Beginner’s Greek”, and this Sunday’s Book review of  Tod Wodlicka’s “All Shall Be Well,” and the Charles McGrath article in the Sunday [...]

Anti-Semitism in Poland after WWII: Polish officials shocked, shocked shocked!

This week’s  sign and sight newsletter features an article about the controversy in Poland over the Polish publication of Princeton historian Jan Tomas Grosz’s book “Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz.” As Polish professor Jakub Kloc-Konkolowicz explains, Grosz book makes the point that:

The Holocaust victims were confronted with more or less open hostility
on the part [...]

Interview with Glenn O’Brien; Ingrid Sischy out

The 1980s are officially back.Peter Brant has bought out ex-wife Sandy’s interest in Brant Publications including Interview Magazine (Brant is now married to 1980s supermodel Stephanie Seymour). Interview was for the last two decades under the operational control of Sandy Brant and Ingrid Sischy was the editor. Following Sandy’s departure, Sischy has resigned. Peter Brant [...]

Interview with Glenn O’Brien; Ingrid Sischy out

The 1980s are officially back.Peter Brant has bought out ex-wife Sandy’s interest in Brant Publications including Interview Magazine (Brant is now married to 1980s supermodel Stephanie Seymour). Interview was for the last two decades under the operational control of Sandy Brant and Ingrid Sischy was the editor. Following Sandy’s departure, Sischy has resigned. Peter Brant [...]

Interview with Glenn O’Brien; Ingrid Sischy out

The 1980s are officially back.

Peter Brant has bought out ex-wife Sandy’s interest in Brant Publications including Interview Magazine (Brant is now married to 1980s supermodel Stephanie Seymour). Interview was for the last two decades under the operational control of Sandy Brant and Ingrid Sischy was the editor. Following Sandy’s departure, Sischy has resigned. Peter Brant [...]

Interview with Glenn O’Brien; Ingrid Sischy out

The 1980s are officially back.Peter Brant has bought out ex-wife Sandy’s interest in Brant Publications including Interview Magazine (Brant is now married to 1980s supermodel Stephanie Seymour). Interview was for the last two decades under the operational control of Sandy Brant and Ingrid Sischy was the editor. Following Sandy’s departure, Sischy has resigned. Peter Brant [...]

The Justice tells a Joke

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is one of the stars of “The Jewish Americans,” the six hour documentary that is currently airing on PBS. On the first show she tells a joke apropos herself and her heritage as a Jewish American, that is both wise and true, the very definition of a Jewish [...]

It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”
    Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled [...]

It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”
    Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled [...]