New York Magazine

Posted 06/29/09 in Grub Street

Celebrity Settings

Desirée Rogers Sucked Into Monkey Bar; Shakira Hits Michael’s Yet Again

Plus, more celebrity sightings from the past week.

Filed Under: amber tamblyn, ann coulter, anthony bourdain, ashanti, bee shaffer, blake lively, bob schieffer, bradley cooper, brian williams, bruce willis, busta rhymes, celebrity settings, charlie rose, chris daughtry, chris matthews, cynthia rowley, david blaine, denzel washington, emeril lagasse, harrison ford, harvey weinstein, hilary rhoda, isabel toledo, jennifer aniston, joanna coles, justin timberlake, morley safer, nina garcia, peyton manning, rachel mcadams luke wilson, richard branson, ronaldinho, samuel l. jackson, sean avery, shakira, tatum o'neal, tiki barber, tony blair

Posted 06/24/09 in Daily Intel

Gossipmonger

Madonna Wants to Raise Chickens on the Upper East Side

This, for some reason, does not sound crazy to us.

Filed Under: darryl hannah, denzel washington, gossipmonger, gq, james franco, justin timberlake, lapham's quarterly, lindsay lohan, luke wilson, madonna, megan fox, neal boulton, nick lachey, richard branson, sacha baron coen, samuel l. jackson, vanessa minnillo

Posted 04/24/09 in Vulture

The Industry

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Picks Up James Franco’s Scraps

Plus: Stephen Dorff is so back.

Filed Under: adam sandler, born to be a star, christopher nolan, denzel washington, inception, joseph gordon-levitt, machete, michaela watkins, movies, nick swarsdon, pedro almodovar, predators, robert rodriguez, stephen dorff, the back up plan, the industry, tony scott, unstoppable, women on the edge of a nervous breakdown

Posted 04/20/09 in Vulture

Waistlines

The Beer Guts and Double Chins of Male Movie Stars Come Under Attack From the New York Times

Was that the 'NYT' or 'Us Weekly' we read this weekend?

Filed Under: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Russell Crowe, Vince Vaughn, Waistlines

Posted 02/13/09 in Vulture

Trailer Mix

The Taking of Pelham 123 Trailer Could Use a Little Oomph

We have some reservations.

Filed Under: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, The Taking of Pelham 123, Tony Scott, Trailer Mix

Posted 02/12/09 in Vulture

The Industry

David Cronenberg Set to Do Creepy Things to Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington

Plus: Freddy's back.

Filed Under: 20000 Leagues under the sea: captain nemo, abc, bumblebee girl, cedric the entertainer, cougar town, courteney cox, david cronenberg, denzel washington, john malkovich, jonah hex, josh brolin, justin marks, kelsey grammer, mcg, movies, nightmare on elm street, robert ludlum, samuel bayer, television, ten little indians, the industry, the matarese circle, tom cruise

Posted 01/21/09 in Daily Intel

Inaugur-nation!

What You Didn’t See on TV: Inauguration Celebrity Watch

You watched the ceremony, you analyzed the speech, you likely teared up. But what did you miss? Jada Yuan, embedded in the crowd, reports.

Filed Under: beyonce, billy baldwin, bruce springsteen, chris dodd, chris tucker, christopher hitchens, chuck schumer, denzel washington, diddy, ellen burstyn, gayle king, glenn close, halle berry, inaugur-nation!, inauguration, jay-z, john cusack, john kerry, oprah, rahm emanuel, roland burris, tyra banks, usher

Posted 12/02/08 in Vulture

The Industry

Shia LaBeouf, Attorney-at-law

Plus: Guillermo del Toro finally does some work.

Filed Under: abc, alfonso cuaron, battlestar galactica, brett ratner, charles wessler, courtney b. vance, denzel washington, eric stoltz, esai morales, flash forward, guillermo del toro, jack davenport, john grisham, lost, mike judge, movies, overture films, peter farrelly, ray stevenson, roald dahl, sci-fi channel, shia labeouf, the associate, the book of eli, the industry, the witches, todd philips

Posted 11/21/08 in Vulture

The Industry

‘Arrested Development’ Movie Inches Toward Actual Existence

Plus: Timothy Olyphant joins 'The Crazies.'

Filed Under: arrested development, bill hopalong cassidy, breck eisner, denzel washington, george romero, jason bourne, liam mcbain: international tennis star and proper english geezer, mark canton, matt damon, michael ewing, mila kunis, mitch hurwitz, movies, paul greengrass, peter segal, pterodactyl productions, robert ludlum, ron howard, the book of eli, the crazies, the industry, timothy olyphant, tv, william boyd

Posted 10/30/08 in Vulture

The Industry

Samuel L. Jackson to Play Baddest Mofo Lowdown Around This Town

Also: Are you ready for 'Cougar Town'?

Filed Under: bill lawrence, cougar town, courtney cox, denzel washington, gary oldman, ice cube, kevin bigel, kevin smith, moves, nbc, preacher, rza, sam mendes, samuel l. jackson, the industry, the last dragon, tv

Posted 10/08/08 in Vulture

The Industry

Forest Whitaker Sees Trees of Green, Red Roses Too

Plus: Cronenberg does Ludlum!

Filed Under: alfred molina, battle royale, david cronenberg, denzel washington, dijmon hounsou, dominic monaghan, forest whitaker, fortuna, freddy rodriguez, geoffrey rush, helen mirren, jeremy irons, julie taymor, kevin lima, louis armstrong, movies, red wagon, robert ludlum, russell brand, the industry, the matarese circle, the tempest, tom thumb, vance degeneres, warner bros., warren buffet

Posted 09/25/08 in Vulture

The List

Ten Liberal Movies So Lame They Make Even Democrats Want to Vote Republican

From Tim Robbins to Michael Moore to Steven Seagal, the movies that would make Karl Marx vote McCain.

Filed Under: american beauty, bob roberts, bulworth, chris cooper, crash, denzel washington, gary oldman, john q, kevin spacey, michael moore, movies, on deadly ground, slacker uprising, slideshow, steven seagal, thandie newton, the contender, the last supper, the life of david gale, the list, the lucky ones, tim robbins, warren beatty

Posted 09/05/08 in Vulture

The Industry

Robert De Niro Walks Off the ‘Edge’

Plus: Denzel Washington signs up for a "post-apocalyptic drama"!

Filed Under: albert hughes, allen hughes, book of eli, breaking the girl, brittany snow, denzel washington, edge of darkness, guy ritchie, jamie babbit, mark pellington, mark strong, martin campbell, martin landau, mel gibson, movies, new line, raul sanchez inglis, robert de niro, robert downey jr., ron livingston, sherlock holmes, solace, steve zahn, the company men

Posted 06/13/08 in Daily Intel

Cultural Capital

Starbucks Shoves Brooklyn Down Your Throat

And charges 40 cents extra for it.

Filed Under: brooklyn, cultural capital, denzel washington, john travolta, starbucks, when will they serve long island iced tea

Posted 05/29/08 in Daily Intel

Gossipmonger

The ‘Sex and the City’ Finger-pointing Begins

Plus gossip about Leonardo DiCaprio, Kirsten Dunst, and Blake Lively, in our daily roundup.

Filed Under: anna wintour, bar refaeli, bernard kerik, blake lively, cindy adams, denzel washington, george clooney, george soros, gossipmonger, howard lorber, hunter s. thompson, joe tacopina, kirsten dunst, leonardo dicaprio, liz smith, mischa barton, new line, penn badgley, prudential douglas elliman, sex and the city movie, sex and the city premiere, shelby bryan, siberia bar, sydney pollack

Posted 05/29/08 in Grub Street

Mediavore

Denzel’s Bubbly Problem; Café Gray’s Farewell Menu

Plus the Pillsbury Doughboy hands out cake on Park Avenue, eating for free at bars around the city, and more, in our morning roundup of news and gossip.

Filed Under: 151, cafe gray, cake, coffee, denzel washington, fast food, mediavore, pillsbury doughboy, siberia

Posted 04/07/08 in Vulture

In the Magazine

Spike Lee on Why He'll Win an Oscar in 2025

Spike on how the Academy gives out awards "like the makeup call in basketball."

Filed Under: al pacino, denzel washington, do the right thing, in the magazine, m malcolm x, martin scorsese, movies, spike lee, the departed

Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel

Gossipmonger

Somebody Get Jerry Seinfeld's Cars Off the Road

Jerry has more car trouble, Cindy Adams takes the stand, and Shelley Ross gets the last cackle in today's roundup of all the dish from New York's gossip columns.