“Nothing is worse than the movie business,” said Alec Baldwin
In 1997, I spent several days with Alec Baldwin for a cover story in New York magazine on his political ambitions, then said to be running hot. Baldwin’s political opinions continued to run hot, even if his path to a career in politics went nowhere. Now, with his movie career disrupted by the shooting death […]
Radical Lovers
The New Yorker has released an alternately loving and profane documentary on the late (and unexpectedly potty-mouthed) radical lawyer Michael Kennedy and his wife and trial consultant Eleanora Kennedy. Its tight focus is their youthful radicalism. For a lot of the rest of the story (and there’s a lot), here’s my 1991 cover story on […]
Resto a Go-Go
This week’s terrific New York Magazine profile of Balathazar/Pastis/Morandi impresario Keith McNally–which includes an account of his breakup with his once-upon-a-time partner in London’s Balthazar, the former garmento Richard Caring, reminded me of my 2015 Departures (R.I.P.) story on the food fight between Caring and his beloved rival Jeremy King, the creator of many of […]
Model: Coming to Your TV
In Sunday’s Daily News, Richard Johnson reveals that Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women is in development as a TV series. Click the image to read the item.