Pajiba (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
If you're over the age of 30 and literate, you no doubt know the name Bret Easton Ellis. He, Douglas Coupland, and Jay Mcinerney were the voices of Gen X, back when people actually gave a shit about Generation X....
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
When Agua Dulce chef Ulrich Sterling (shown here partying with Jay McInerney ) snapped back at a Time Out reviewer , we wondered whether the chef’s objection to what he called “the blatant non-truths published by this junior-varsity publication” would end up hurting or helping him. With the rare exception ( Joe Dobias comes to mind ), chefs usually find it best to bite their tongues...
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
"Buddy can you spare a dime", "Dancing in the dark", "Life is just a bowl of cherries", all phrases that were coined during the Great Depression and have remained in the American lexicon. As fixed as the haunting images of migrant families captured by Dorothea Lange's unparalleled photographs. The Great Depression shaped modern America, literally in the great skyscrapers,...
Popvine (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Startling the guards at California’s Hearst Castle last weekend, Jim Belushi impulsively jumped fully clothed into the indoor Roman Pool. He was visiting San Simeon to raise money for the castle’s Preservation Foundation. Other guests hosted by William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter, Anne, and hus band Jay McInerney included Belushi’s wife, Jenny, Brooke Shields, Dan Aykroyd...
Sunday Tribune (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
Young hopefuls wanting to make the big time (wanting to live forever, in fact) in NYC, leg warmers and Debbie Allen – yes, it's the remake of the classic '80s film Fame for a new generation, which opened in cinemas this weekend. As per the Alan Parker original, this is the story of a talented group of dancers, singers, actors and artists from all walks of life who try and live out their dreams...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
You're still reading Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City 25 years later, says Dana Vachon, because you're just as self-absorbed as the culture it predicted. Often this summer in social situations, while acting like myself, I've thought to amuse...
The Gray Market Report (Free subscription) | 13/09/2009
The sake media, both of us, were probably the only people who didn't love this year's downsized Joy of Sake in San Francisco, which even had a name befitting its smaller ambitions: Yoshi's Sake Soiree. For the average person, who Jay McInerney calls "civilians," $60 for this event was a great deal: all the sake you could drink, and all award winners, as well as all the food from Yoshi's kitchen...
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
Earlier this summer, famous reclusive and former author J.D. Salinger sued to stop publication of 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, an authorized “sequel” to his classic The Catcher in the Rye. And who can blame him? His aging protagonist, Holden Caulfield now is “dazed and confused, and has a weak bladder." But what might have happened to Caulfield if Salinger hadn't abandoned...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
'Tis the season to be swanning about the Hamptons! But just in case you're not, here's our weekly wrap-up of what you missed this weekend. Robert Downey Jr. perused East Hampton's Blue & Cream, and Rudy Giuliani wandered in thinking it was an ice-cream shop. Governor Paterson spoke at Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney's Best Buddies benefit in Water Mill, recalling the time Mario Cuomo let him play...
a from l (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009
This post may seem a little thin, but I hope to add to it and develop it into a section for Kim's book. Above: Diary of a Yuppie by Louis Auchincloss. Much of the literature of the period was written by American authors who were less inhibited than their British counterparts at recording changes in society in the 1980s. Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney, Slaves of New York by Tama Janovitz and...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
'Tis the season to be swanning about the Hamptons! But just in case you're not, here's our weekly wrap-up of what you missed this weekend. Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore 's private plane made an emergency landing in Vegas en route to New York from Los Angeles, but an unperturbed Kutcher and Moore made it to Lily Pond and the Hamptons magazine party, respectively. Authors Candace Bushnell, Nelson DeMille,...
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
Barron Hilton, friend of PC Peterson. Hamptons power-shoppers like Barbara Walters, Kelly Ripa, Lorraine Bracco, and Gossip Girl 's Kelly Rutherford bought up designer goods at Super Saturday 12, a fund-raising event for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Rudy Giuliani was dragged to the event by his wife, Judith, noting that he'd rather be watching the Yankees play the White Sox, while Bethenny Frankel...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
If it's a summer weekend in New York, odds are you can find some of Manhattan's media elite out east taking in the Hamptons social scene. Below, check out what people like Barbara Walters, Kelly Ripa, Gayle King, Jay McInerney, and Chuck Scarborough were up to this weekend: All photos courtesy Patrick McMullan
MBV (Free subscription) | 13/07/2009
The Observer interviews author Jay McInerney. At The Poetry Foundation, author Ed Park examines Silver Jews frontman Dave Berman's comics and doodles. Publishers Weekly examines the phenomenon of zombie fiction. At Amazon MP3: Explosions in the Sky's 7-track 2000 album,...
Keris Stainton (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009
I still haven't ordered any WindowSox (but I will) {Bloom} Check out Ktjean's gorgeous custom wedding dress {Bridal Express} Win a copy of the second book in the Wags' World series {Chicklish} Has anyone read Jay McInerney's The Good Life? {Five Minutes Peace} Swoon over Laura Ashley's lace memo board {Hygge Nook} Watch author Jenny Colgan chat about her working day (with baby!) {Novelicious} Celebrate...
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