Anyone who doesn't love Pixar movies is either blind or irrevocably bitter. The stories, the humor, the emotion, the animation... I have been thoroughly charmed by every Pixar film I've ever seen (though I thought Cars was an anomalous misfire)…
First Run Features [singlepic id=157 w=120 h=150 float=left]Charles and Ray Eames are probably my favorite designers of the mid-century movement. I am the proud owner of two Eames Plastic Armchairs, an Eames Round Table, an Eames Aluminum Management Chair and…
I stumbled across this black and white photo illustrating terrific detail of the exquisite production design of Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece. Notice the Bell System "Picturephone" and Howard Johnson's Earthlight Room. At another angle on this same space station set in…
Comic, actress, singer, writer and pop culture reality siren Sandra Bernhard talks to Studio 360 about how the legendary Carol Channing influenced her from a very young age. According to Bernhard, Channing's performance style and brio gave her permission to…
Back in 2004, Steve Jobs asked writer Walter Isaacson to write a biography on him. Isaacson was given unprecedented access to Jobs, who encouraged the author to talk to both friends and foes, and to cover both the good and…
Alec Baldwin's new podcast via WNYC starts today. With new episodes released every two weeks, the show lets us listen in on an intimate conversation between Mr. Baldwin and other performers, artists, movers and shakers. From WNYC: Alec sidesteps the…
Stephen Colbert rocks out with Radiohead in his first-ever supersized episode. Radiohead performs tracks from their recent release "King of Limbs."
It’s always fun watching the ill-mannered privileged get their chair kicked out from under them, particularly when they have it coming. “Revenge,” which premiered on ABC on Wednesday September 21st, delivers said comeuppance with good mean fun.
As a critical fan of the horror genre, including the zombie sub-genre spawned by George Romero with Night of The Living Dead in 1968, I was thrilled with the first season of "The Walking Dead" on AMC. Great story, great…
David Byrne blows up the world (under the High Line) (@NYMag) My favorite New York eclecticist, David Byrne, has created a temporary installation under the High Line at 25th Street: a blown-up globe, like a giant beach ball version of…