by | Nov 12, 2010 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from The Wall Street Journal James Frey’s Next Act Book series, movie deals, disgruntled writers By KATHERINE ROSMAN And LAUREN A. E. SCHUKER For James Frey, success and controversy are a package deal. His 2003 debut book, “A Million Little Pieces,”...
by | Nov 12, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from Salon.com How Hollywood killed the movie stunt Computers and editing tricks have obliterated one of cinema’s great pleasures: Seeing real people in real danger BY MATT ZOLLER SEITZ On Nov. 12, 1910, a hundred years ago today, a man jumped out of a...
by | Nov 11, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from LINDSAY POLLOCK’s Art Market Views Bloomberg – Warhol Tops New York Art Sales for Second Day With $35 Million Coke Bottle Tobias Meyer with Warhol Coke bottle at Sotheby’s press preview. © Photo: Lindsay Pollock Bloomberg story here. Andy Warhol’s...
by | Nov 10, 2010 | Culture Music Art
from ARTFORUM Red Planet NEW YORK Left: Artist John Currin with Uma Thurman. Right: The Red Party. (All photos: Linda Yablonsky) WHENEVER THE CONTEMPORARY AUCTIONS draw nigh, New York galleries greet the influx of collectors as if it were the Second Coming....
by | Nov 9, 2010 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from the New York Observer Why Conspiracy Theorists Think ‘The Simpsons’ May Have Predicted 9/11 By Aaron Gell Yes, it’s true. (Or might be.) For years, fringe types have pointed to amazingly sketchy but entertaining evidence that the attacks of 9/11...
