Welcome, Krysti
Monday, January 31st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I have a new column in Vanity Fair: I'll be writing the campaign diaries of one Krysti McCandless, a supposed superstar of the Tea Party. Here is the first one. Lock 'n load, people!
Oscars Ho
Monday, January 31st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Here I am talking to the Hollywood Reporter about Oscars campaigning. (The writer included my favorite Oscars fun fact: that when Miramax Films held screenings for Academy members to promote "My Left Foot" in 1989, Miramax's marketing department handed out chocolate feet.)
This Week in Old
Saturday, January 15th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »- God *does* play favorites: Pope John Paul II put on the fast-track to sainthood. (Los Angeles Times) - Rudy Giuliani is gearing up for another run at the presidency. (New York Post) - And now meet Herman Cain, the first official ...
Elderism #102
Saturday, January 1st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"In a dream you are never eighty." -Anne Sexton, poet.
Elderism #101
Saturday, January 1st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »"Calmly considered, I have no quarrel with intelligent people making use of the blog constructively." -John Simon, world's meanest theater critic. This summer, the 85 year-old Simon, who has has written for newspapers and magazines for 50 years, called bloggers "the ...