When Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams premiered at The Landmark Theater back in April, fans of the beloved singer-songwriter rejoiced at getting an intimate peak into the creative process of their most beloved musical icon. And off the heels of its warmly received theatrical run, the documentary that takes us on a journey through the [...]
Rich Families Skip Disney World Lines With Handicapped Guides
You really have to hand it to the ultra-wealthy: when it comes to screwing others over, they can’t be beat. The latest scam is designed to allow their prep school brats to evade that great equalizer, the two-hour line for Space Mountain—because they’re sure not going to have to wait for anything else in life! [...]
AllSaints Starts a Film Company, Makes a Kings of Leon Documentary
Strange things are happening in the fashion world these days. Following the news that Terry Richardson’s inked arm is starring in Valentino’s latest campaign, it has just been revealed that AllSaints is launching a film production company. The UK-based fashion label apparently already has a ton of projects lined up, including a documentary on Kings [...]
Spring Menus Launch Downtown: Spring Rolls, Scallops, & Panna Cotta Await
While it does not…quite… feel like spring in NY (is there such a thing?), two restaurants are doing a very good job at playing along with Mother Nature by rolling out their new spring menus, characterized by light, cold, smooth bites and fruity, bitters-filled cocktails. Feast – East Village’s whitewashed brick, dim, and woody restaurant – [...]
Celebrating the Beauty of Sofia Coppola on Her Birthday
Celebrating the Beauty of Sofia Coppola on Her Birthday source: http://www.blackbookmag.com/movies/celebrating-the-beauty-of-sofia-coppola-on-her-birthday-1.62193
The Most Racist Reactions To The New Orleans Shooting
Not really sure why 19 people getting shot at a Mother’s Day parade in the 7th Ward of New Orleans isn’t bigger news right now, especially given the focus on terrorism lately—it doesn’t even seem to be on the front page of the New York Times website! But it’s still news, and horrible people are [...]
The Ten Most Anticipated Films of the Cannes Film Festival
Watch the First Trailer for James Franco’s ‘As I Lay Dying’ source: http://www.blackbookmag.com/movies/the-ten-most-anticipated-films-of-the-cannes-film-festival-1.62115
This Week’s L.A. Happenings: Nozawa Bar & Rooftop Pool Opens, Taylor Boudreaux Feeds Napa
NOW OPEN: Secret Sushi Nozawa Bar in Beverly Hills It feels like a speakeasy, only the highlight at the new Nozawa Bar is sushi. Weirdly, it’s a secret sushi restaurant in the back room of an existing sushi restaurant but with its own chef: Osamu Fujita. There are only two seatings at lunch and two [...]
Malmaison Oxford Hotel Gives New Meaning To The Term "Prison Films"
There’s a brilliant scene in The Simpsons episode “The Trouble with Trillions,” where a noir-ish IRS agent growls at a tax-delinquent Homer, “You won’t be seeing any prison films where you’re going: PRISON!” And visitors to Malmaison Oxford’s Cult Screens celluloid series this summer won’t be seeing any prison films either. The scholarly city’s hippest [...]
Watch the First Trailer for James Franco’s ‘As I Lay Dying’
Last week, we shared our excitement for James Franco’s next grand undertaking, the cinematic adaptation of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying. Set to premiere at Cannes in just a few days, we now have a first look at the feature with a brief but powerful trailer. Starring Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Logan Marshall-Green, Danny McBride, [...]
