March 8, 2010 Issue
Cover Story
The Raging Septuagenarian
How is Rupert Murdoch, almost 80 years old, dealing
with mortality? By trying to take down the world’s most influential newspaper, starting a war with the world’s most
powerful tech company, and battling back his own family’s efforts
to take control before he’s ready to surrender it.
On the Cover: Photograph by
Nigel Parry/CPI Syndication.
Features
The Restaurant Auteur
Keith McNally—of the Odeon, Cafe Luxembourg, Lucky Strike, Pravda, Balthazar, Pastis, Schiller’s, and Minetta Tavern fame—is opening a new restaurant. As usual, he thinks it’s going to be a failure.
When the Water Rises
Five architects’ plans for managing a globally warmed future.
Intelligencer
The “I Saw My Own Obituary” Society
There's a surprisingly large club of living celebrities who have read about their own deaths.
Following Paterson
Andrew Cuomo has just become the governor-in-waiting. Now his real troubles begin.
Jumping Off the Summit
Obamacare vertigo.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
J.D. Coyote
The thrall of the wild, in Central Park.
61 Minutes With Dakis Joannou
The Greek tycoon hits town for the unveiling of his controversial New Museum show curated by Jeff Koons (who also spruced up his yacht).
Reggie Miller, Knicks Antagonist, Still Sucks
When Reggie Miller walks through the city this week, he’ll be booed and cursed. And he’ll love it.
Strategist
Best Bets
Wendy Mink's vintage baubles, deep discounts at the Conran Shop, and more.
The Look Book
The green-wearing literary agent Janis Donnaud.
The Great Room
In artist-collector Hunt Slonem’s world, clutter is comfort.
The Restaurant Review
Tom Colicchio helped pioneer the local-and-seasonal craze, but his latest venture feels behind the curve.
In Season Recipe
If you were going to go and have a fruit named after you, you could do a lot worse than the Meyer lemon.
Restaurant Openings
Week of March 8, 2010: The Brindle Room and the Tangled Vine Wine Bar & Kitchen.
Squid Row
Once gritty, now gourmet, the Bowery has become the latest restaurant row.
Eight Happy Stories From the Recession
The past year’s price dip allowed these longtime renters to become owners.
Culture
Space Cowboy
The loopy oeuvre of Sam Rockwell, America’s sweetest badass.
A Wonderland of Alice
Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland novels have inspired more than a century of literature, fashion, art—even crime!
The Movie Review
Tim Burton’s Alice isn’t quite Lewis Carroll’s, but it has its own delightfully garish soul.
Stranded on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
As Lost lumbers toward its end, fans find themselves … hopeful? Fearful? Confused?
Making a Sinatra Song Dance
Twyla Tharp choreographs seduction.
The Art Review
The Whitney Biennial is thoughtful, humanly scaled, and blessedly low on hype.
Out of a Circle of Friends
Doveman steps gingerly into the spotlight.
The Loser Chronicles
With his new novel, The Ask, Sam Lipsyte finds the funny in failure.
Agenda
Big Night
After warming up with a daytime menu of sublime subs and antipasti, Torrisi Italian Specialties launches dinner on March 9.
Departments
Comments: Week of March 8, 2010
Readers sound off on Christina Hendricks, Gilt Groupe, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of March 8, 2010
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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