faithmouse (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I have a hard time leaving anything alone, including this painting from a week ago of Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter playing a pancake fiddle. The original painting is still viewable as the original thumbnail on the Ebay auction page. The main revision here, other than reworking various detail, was to make an allusion between Carter's hair and smoke. The look of indifference is the transition between...
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
For decades, the back page of Vanity Fair has been devoted to the "Proust Quiz," the same series of questions answered by celebrities and politicians. Graydon Carter , editor of Vanity Fair discusses the highlights, which have been compiled in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire: 101 Luminaries Ponder Love, Death, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life , out now.
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Turner Classic Movies will be holding a film festival in Hollywood on April 22-25, 2010. Screening more than 50 films, with introductions by experts, such as TCM's Robert Osborne, and stars involved, it sounds to be quite interesting. Here is the press release. Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the authority in classic film, will stage the network’s first film festival April 22-25, 2010, in the heart...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
How....magnanimous? Apparently, Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter has reportedly offered gigs at his see-and-be-seen Monkey Bar restaurant to staffers who lost their jobs at the magazine last week while he was jetting to Bermuda . Read the rest of this story » See Also: Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair Layoff Survival Strategy: Fly To Bermuda On Private Jet
faithmouse (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A painting of Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter playing a pancake fiddle. Graydon Carter Vanity Fair Pancake Fiddle Portrait - Ebay Art Auction
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Graydon Carter—the George Washington of Vanity Fair—was (allegedly) on a jet to Bermuda when layoffs hit the magazine last week. That's okay! Graydon (allegedly) has a very generous way...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Bee Shaffer may be the daughter of Anna Wintour, ruler of the world, but that doesn't mean she's not afraid to roll up her sleeves with the rest of us. We hear that the young socialite will begin working her cute little buns off as a lowly assistant. Graydon Carter need a new PYT to accompany him around monkey bar? Maybe Michael Scorsese wanted help with a new film? Bee's lucky new boss may surprise...
Fashion Week Daily - Chic Report (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
© Patrick McMullan Gwyneth Paltrow is toasting the DVD debut of Valentino: The Last Emperor at VBH tonight. Last night, the maestro himself dined at Monkey Bar along with Giancarlo Giammetti and Carlos Souza. Also in the room? Ron Perelman, Poppy Delevigne, Graydon Carter, and Robbie Myers. Clearly, we need to go back…
Luxist (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Sometimes I find it challenging to get through an issue of Vanity Fair , with its overuse of the word "legendary" and its snobbiness. But I enjoy the back-page Proust Questionnaire, and VF is guessing the rest of the world does too. It just released a compilation of the monthly magazine's department -- which has been in VF since 1993 -- in a hardcover book , Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire:...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant Blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
“What surprises me is that the people uptown are much more concerned with the trappings of the food chain and where they will sit, than the people downtown. They don't drink as much, they're not as interested in having a good time, they're more health-conscious …” — Graydon Carter on the differences between the crowds at Monkey Bar and Waverly Inn [ Guardian UK ] Read more posts...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
As another wave of job cuts hit Condé Nast yesterday -- this time at the Fairchild division -- Vanity Fair Editor-in-Chief Graydon Carter was being blasted by his colleagues for jetting off to Bermuda as members of his staff were given pink slips. ...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
GalleyCat: Arianna Huffington was among the women honored by the Feminist Press at its 39th Annual Women Write the World Gala last night. BayNewser: Mother Jones is gathering a group of publications to work collectively to report on climate change. The group may eventually include Slate , Grist , The Atlantic , Wired , ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting. Gawker/The Awl: Where was...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Sister blog FishbowlNY has details on the latest layoffs at Condé Nast: Yesterday, the axe fell hard at Vanity Fair , which had already cut a handful of business-side staff last week as part of the Condé Nast bloodletting. Hey, if Anna Wintour has to do it, so does Graydon Carter . Except, according to Keith Kelly , Graydon didn't even stick around for the bloodbath, instead enjoying...
Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
From Gawker: Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumors were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker , Vogue , and Vanity Fair . Well; the part about Vanity Fair , at least, was wrong. Keith Kelly reports that VF got slammed with layoffs yesterday—layoffs that were made worse by what may have been the company's protection of the...
Media Blog (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Vanity Fair is chopping staff, but the boss, Graydon Carter, remains aloof. The Post reports: Although Carter was said to have been at his restaurant, The Monkey Bar last night, he was a no-show at the office during the day. Vanity Fair's layoffs were said to be in the double-digit range, and hit as high as senior editors and as low as fact checkers, and were deep, in part, because Carter largely...
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