Feed

Nicole Dweck

Oh, Monsieur!

Although he swore otherwise, Richard Temtchine was trying to seduce me. “Seduction, it’s definitely an art form,” he explained, as a small plume of steam rose from his espresso. “You’ve heard of Cyrano de Bergerac?”

I nod my head unconvincingly and try to Google it in my head. How do you spell de Bergerac? Read More

CNN Taps Stars to Honor Ordinary People

A snarky report in on Page Six of Wednesday's New York Post claimed that CNN publicists were scrambling this week to convince B-list guests to attend the network's first ever "Hero's Tribute," which took place last night at the Museum of Natural History, after first choices like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt did not Read More

The Heart of Deafness: Africa With a Hearing Aid

THE UNHEARD: A MEMOIR OF DEAFNESS AND AFRICA By Josh Swiller Holt, 265 pages, $14

Some people go to Africa to try to save the world. Others, like Josh Swiller, go to Africa to save themselves.

Josh Swiller lived what a stranger might consider a charmed life. From the cushiony comforts of Manhattan’s Read More

CNN’s Amanpour Awarded CBE

Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, who has become a fixture reporting from war zones around the world, was awarded a CBE, or Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to journalism, the news channel announced. Wearing a large brown hat, a chic cream colored skirt suit, and a Read More

CNN Throws Big Bash For Trendy ‘Planet in Peril’ Doc

Last night, several hundred of New York’s most fashionably eco-aware gathered at the Museum of Natural History for a screening of CNN’s “Planet In Peril,” a two-part documentary reported by Anderson Cooper , Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Jeff Corwin, set to air on October 23rd and October 24th.

The guest list read like the seating Read More

Rushdie, Pamuk Kiss and Make Up After Tiny Tiff

On Friday night, Salman Rushdie was talking about Dorothy—that is, the Dorothy portrayed by Judy Garland in the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz.

Her mantra—“There’s noplace like home!”—is apparently not shared by the literary superstar whose 1988 novel, The Satanic Verses, was banned in his native India and resulted in a fatwa against Read More