The Shift Happens Gabfest May 2, 2009
John, emboldened by a mysterious public-health source who equipped him with the background facts to explain the outbreak's progression, discusses the " and how it affects pandemics. A showed that the first wave of flu during the 1918 pandemic caused relatively few deaths before a second wave hit with a much higher mortality rate. showed that for the influenza virus, it's really not the heat; it's the humidity. that improved knowledge and public-health approaches will mitigate the severity of a... (Slate)
Summer of ’69 Apr 30, 2009
They never took us seriously, my father complained to New York magazine, when in fact, we had more ideas than anyone else around. Theodore White, author of the Making of the President books, agreed, calling it one of the most serious campaigns run in the United States in the last five years. (The American Conservative)
Harshly Enhanced, Painfully Brutal Coercion Techniques Apr 28, 2009
Back on the home front, last week New York magazine chronicled the petulant "" rising from Wall Street, as the wealthy lose some of their wealth. But for those who've kept their jobs, things are turning around. (Slate)
The Media's Lost Generation Apr 20, 2009
Another example: columnist Jessica Coen, who skipped out on Gawker to a gig at New York magazine. 1. (Slate)
Don't judge a movie by its book Apr 17, 2009
When asked by New York magazine about that scene, Bazell said: "It didn't strike me as out there at the time. But when I reread the scene a couple of months later, I felt physically ill. And I wasn't unhappy about that.". Bazell is the son of Robert Bazell, NBC News' chief science and health correspondent, and he probably doesn't feel physically ill easily. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Frugality fuels recession's vicious cycle Apr 16, 2009
Rapper Ice-T, the star of hit TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, told New York magazine recently at a party to celebrate the launch of a new Louis Vuitton product: "This year we're like, let's spend a little less, not splurge.". Psychologists explain that people fall prey to what is known as social proof. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Sorry, Nextel, the World Would Not Be Better Off if Firefighters Ran Congress Apr 15, 2009
Ben Mathis-Lilley is an editor at New York magazine. What did you think of this article. (Slate)
Jennifer Mastroianni: True confessions of a Snuggie owner Apr 9, 2009
Drew Toal of Time Out New York magazine questions combining such extreme levels of booze and comfort and predicts This can t end well. I think it sounds like a blast. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
New villains rise in recession - Americans look to define bad guys in troubled times Apr 7, 2009
The cover of New York Magazine s March 2 edition features an illustration portraying financier Bernard Madoff as the Joker from the Batman comic series. New York Magazine illustration ... Just look at the March 2 cover of New York magazine, which doctored a picture of Madoff into the grinning, bloodshot-eyed Joker, the diabolical supervillain who delights in terrorizing Batman s Gotham City. (Missoulian, MT)
Developer Launches City-Wide Competition to Design Public Mural in Hell's Kitchen Apr 7, 2009
Proposals will be reviewed by a panel of judges, including the chair of Columbia Universitys Visual Arts department, Gregory Amenoff, Art Market Monitor editor and New York Magazine contributor Marion Maneker, and art dealer Deborah Davis. The winning mural will be announced in August 2009 and, once completed, will be displayed on two large exterior walls measuring 1,800 sq ft. (31 ft. by 66 ft.) and 4,700 sq ft. (59 ft. by 83 ft.), facing Tenth Avenue. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Columnist Fired Over Review of Pirated Flick Apr 6, 2009
Friedman apparently gave the unfinished movie, which is scheduled to open May 1, high marks, according to New York magazine. "I doubt anyone else has seen this film. But everyone can relax. I am, in fact, amazed about how great 'Wolverine' turned out. It exceeds expectations at every turn ..." he said, according to the magazine's Web site. (ABC News)
Obama's Auto Odd Couple Tries to Save Detroit Apr 1, 2009
In a now famous New York magazine profile, his onetime Lazard Fr;res mentor, Felix Rohatyn (Bill Clinton's ambassador to France), accused Rattner of being a social climber averse to public service and cultural pursuits. Rattner now sits on the board of a variety of charities as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Time.com)
When stars Twitter, a ghost may be lurking Mar 27, 2009
Kanye West recently told New York magazine that he has hired two people to update his blog. "It's just like how a designer would work," he said. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Damon Dash Set To Divorce Mar 25, 2009
Mogul's wife, fashion designer Rachel Roy, files papers in Manhattan Supreme Court. So, I was trying to think of something new, now that I had a deal from Columbia. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Geithner's "victory" Mar 24, 2009
Case in point: John Heileman's long, overheated look in the current New York Magazine, which stakes out new frontiers in Geithner criticism. Heileman describes Geithner's infamous speech one month ago outlining the Treasury's banking plan as follows. (Salon)
Graffiti warfare: the view from the trenches Mar 23, 2009
After a profile of him ran in New York magazine dubbing him the Matisse of subway-ad mash-ups he landed on the cops' radar, and last month they collared him at an art show in SoHo. But these days the transition from outlaw to commercial artist occurs with breakneck speed, and a couple of weeks after his arrest Poster Boy was on official assignment, remixing MoMA ads at the Atlantic Avenue subway stop, where the museum had bought out all of the available space for a station-wide installation of... (Globe and Mail)
John Wesley Harding and Eugene Mirman's plan night of anything-goes Wonders Mar 20, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Peaches Geldof trying to woo American audience with TV show Mar 14, 2009
Singer Peaches Geldof is trying to entice the American audience with a TV show about her working on a New York magazine. Geldof's career at NY-LON will be filmed by BBC America as a rival to MTV's The Hills - a "true life" series about Hollywood's IT crowd. (Multichannel News)
Madoff readies to plead guilty, face victims Mar 12, 2009
AFP/File An illustration of Bernard Madoff as the "Joker" from Batman on the cover of New York Magazine. . (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
One Victim Asks: Was it Worth it, Mr. Madoff? Mar 12, 2009
On the cover of its March 2, 2009 issue, New York Magazine featured a photo illustration of Madoff made up like "The Joker". Timothy Clary / AFP / Getty. (Time.com)
Madoff lawyer absorbs part of the rage Mar 11, 2009
He joined a small firm led by Howard Squadron, Theodore Ellenoff and Stanley Plesant and on New Year's Day 1977, before he had even moved into his desk, they called him in to help a new client, an unknown foreign publisher named Rupert Murdoch, who wanted to wage a proxy fight for control of The Village Voice and New York magazine. "I hadn't a clue about what to do, and there were these huge legal guns on the other side," he recalled. (International Herald Tribune)
TV seeks tales for our times Mar 8, 2009
Meanwhile, on "Ugly Betty," amid the financial difficulties of the hurting New York magazine world, Meade Publications has been duped out of its fortune. Even "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" is going there ever so slightly, with a recent joke about how a car trunk might be safer than a 401(k). (Boston Globe)
Iraqi Metal Band Acrassicauda Keeps on Rockin' in the... Mar 7, 2009
Vice, a New York magazine, had profiled the band earlier and helped produce a film about them called "Heavy Metal in Baghdad," which was shown at the Toronto and Berlin International Film festivals. The magazine spent about $40,000 to help support the band as the men applied for refugee status in Turkey, trying to get to America. (Fox News)
Lohan angry at Katie Holmes Mar 5, 2009
Her Marilyn Monroe shoot for New York Magazine seemed to make her relevant when she did it, she thought the same would happen this time. Only she wasnt on the cover, Katie was, and shes mad at her now. (MSNBC -- News)
Researchers fear 'stagnation' under Tories Mar 2, 2009
Named by New York Magazine as one of the scientists the city could least afford to lose, Dr. Keller said he receives more money from the U.S. National Institutes of Health than he does from Canadian sources and that Ottawa needs to see research funding as a boon to the economy: If I get more grants I will hire more people. Jos. (Globe and Mail)
Fallen Starbury Feb 27, 2009
He told New York magazine that if he didnt play the way that he did that he wouldnt have received a maximum contract. This baffled those who thought that once an athlete is all but guaranteed eight figures annually that wins and losses should factor into the priority list. (Slate)
Lindsay Lohan and ... Warren Beatty Feb 26, 2009
For a while before that, I also wrote New York magazine s Intelligencer column. If you like what you see, I can tell you that I stole the formula from Liz a long time ago. (Fox News)
New York Post Drops Gossip Maven Liz Smith Feb 26, 2009
Her leaving comes not long after another city institution, American food critic Gael Greene, was laid off from New York magazine after more than three decades at the magazine. Smith's departure is the second time in a day that the New York Post has been in the headlines. (Newsmax)
Schmuck-o-Meter Reading 462 SPs Feb 25, 2009
As the subject of two lengthy feature stories in Portfolio and New York magazine, Bernie has become quite the cover boy. features a poorly-timed allusion to the late Heath Ledger's and. (Slate)
Will 'Slumdog' have its day? Feb 21, 2009
Running this year's nominees through a sieve of Oscar history, Silver told New York magazine the favorites are Mickey Rourke ("The Wrestler"), Kate Winslet ("The Reader"), Heath Ledger ("The Dark Knight") and Taraji P. Henson ("Benjamin Button"). Ledger, who died in early 2008, could become the second performer to win an Oscar posthumously. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Forget Oscar Envelopes, Oddsmakers Pick `Slumdog,' Ledger, Rourke, Winslet Feb 21, 2009
7 percent certain Boyle will win best director, according to his forecast, published in the Feb. 15 issue of New York Magazine. Winner Already. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
WEAK LINK AT MAG GROUP DRAWS MEMBERS' IRE Feb 20, 2009
The Magazine Publishers of America has lost as members Elle publisher Hachette Filipacchi Media; Star and National Enquirer publisher American Media; and most recently New York magazine. "At the time we were asked to rejoin MPA for 2009, we knew the industry was going to have a difficult year and that we would have to allocate our resources carefully," said a New York spokeswoman, who added the mag hopes to return to the MPA in the future. (New York Post -- Business)
Why Conan Will Be an Amazing Tonight Show Host Feb 20, 2009
Don't worry about Conan O'Brienhe's going to be great as the Tonight Show host. - By Ben Mathis-Lilley - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
Kate Moss says shes not pregnant, just busty Feb 20, 2009
In an interview with New York magazine to promote her upcoming collection at Topshop, the British supermodel said that she has, however, developed a more robust bust line. Ive got a clear idea of what I want for lingerie. (MSNBC -- News)
Soprano family values Feb 19, 2009
The supermodel bares her bod, and her feels for TomKat, for New York magazine. Fifth-grader Justin Jones, son of a black NYPD detective, joined cops from across the city to protest the "disturbing" cartoon outside the newspaper's offices. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Kate Moss: I've Just Started Wearing Bras Feb 18, 2009
Kate Moss on the cover of the 2009 Spring fashion issue of New York magazine. Kate Moss on the cover of the 2009 Spring fashion issue of New York magazine ... I ve just grown breasts, Moss told New York magazine. (Fox News)
Time magazine's next cover boy Feb 18, 2009
The show launched in the United States last week on Comedy Central and was preceded by, among other things, a long article in New York Magazine that included the astonishing assertion that young Mr. Martin is the comedy equivalent of President Barack Obama. I'm not making this up: So if the last election signalled a free-floating desire among young people to embrace a shift toward the smart, the different, and the new, then Demetri Martin is a man arriving at the exact right moment. (Globe and Mail)
Scoop:Oscars secret weapon? M.I.A. Feb 18, 2009
Youll see collections from extremely talented people, but you wont be able to place the designer with the collection, Tim Gunn told New York magazine. Gunn also has some unsolicited advice for Meryl Streep. (MSNBC -- Gossip)
Vintage Photos With a Secret Histor... Feb 15, 2009
The iconic, semi-nude shots recently replicated by New York Magazine and Lindsay Lohan in 2007 caught the attention of then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, brother of then-president John F. Kennedy, who was rumored to have had an affair with Monroe. Discomfort ensued, but seemingly not enough to persuade Ginzburg to cease publishing Eros. (Suite101.com)
Eliot Gal's Clothes 'Hook' Feb 14, 2009
"This comes down to a guest in the front row whom the Yigal team was clearly upset about despite our explanations," she said in a statement to New York Magazine. Dupre, a k a "Kristen," told The Post she will appear in a major rock group's video and is writing a book - not a tell-all but a cautionary tale. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Slouching Toward Madison Avenue Feb 14, 2009
Marion Maneker has written about business and the media for New York magazine, The Big Picture, and other outlets. Search. (Slate)
Alexander Hamilton, J.P. Morgan... and Tim Geithner? Feb 14, 2009
In a new column in New York Magazine, the hopped-up CNBC stock picker declares that Geithner's much mocked financial stabilization plan, which debuted to a deafening round of boos on Tuesday, is the right answer for Wall Street's woes. In the. (Salon)
Talking Points Feb 13, 2009
The New York magazine blog, under the supervision of Adam Moss, said I cruelly urged President Obama to throw water on Helen Thomas ... Way to go, New York magazine, a real fair and balanced publication. (Fox News)
Fashion : The height of men's fashion Feb 12, 2009
"Although I've always wanted to be taller, which is the real reason I wore them, I also thought I can show that I, too, will suffer for fashion," he told New York Magazine. In recent months, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise and Marc Anthony in shiny patent leather Mary Janes have all walked the red carpet in man heels. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
News Briefs (1) Feb 10, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 Edition. " Though it is leaving Cross Creek, Escobar said the restaurant's relocation options are being explored. Properties in Malibu, West Los Angeles and Westlake Village are being considered.Casa Escobar opened five years ago in the Cross Creek shopping center. The April 2005 fire, which Escobar said originated from electrical problems in Bay Cities Beauty Supply store, forced it to close for rebuilding for a year and a half, after which it was open for two... (Malibu Times, CA)
Micro Economics Feb 9, 2009
Gabriel Sherman is a contributing editor at New York magazine and a special correspondent to the New Republic. Search. (Slate)
Parade columnist James Brady dies at 80 Feb 7, 2009
During that time, he also succeeded Clay Felker as editor of New York magazine when Murdoch acquired it in 1977. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
