Archive for October 30th, 2008
Hooray for Bill Stadiem
By Tom Teicholz at 30 October, 2008, 10:51 am
Today’s New York Times features a very positive review of George Hamilton’s autobiography by Janet Maslin, who goes out of her way to praise Hamilton’s co-author Bill Stadiem. Billy — an old friend, who I wrote up in a column written connection with the publication of :”Mr. S” a memoir by George jacobs, Sinatra’s valet, [...]
Read More >>Orgasmic Obituaries
By Tom Teicholz at 30 October, 2008, 10:44 am
There is some irony, intential on unitentional in that today’s Variety featured obituaries for both Gerard Damiano and Estelle Reiner. Damiano is most famous for “Deep Throat.” Reiner, for her line “I’ll have what she’s having” in her son Rob’s movie “When Harry Met Sally”.
Read More >>Turns out Jimmy Smits is Obama
By Tom Teicholz at 30 October, 2008, 10:42 am
Interesting article in this morning’s New York Times that reveals that writer Eli Attie interviewed David Axelrod, Obama;s chief stategist when he was coming up with Jimmy Smit’s character for the West Wing — and that Lawrence O’Donnell was thinking of the McCain of 2000 when coming up with Arnie Vinick the Republican contender.
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