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Hug It Out, Al!

by Bruce Feirstein
Feb. 18th, 2007, 8:00 pm
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Memo to: Al Gore From: Ari Gold Subject: Your Oscar Speech   Dear Al:    read more »

People, Please! Limit Terms Such As—Well, ‘Term Limits’

by Bruce Feirstein
Jan. 14th, 2007, 8:00 pm
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Every year, the media tends to beat certain words, phrases and concepts to death.  Remember the  read more »

Are You Rich- Or Super-Rich? Baby, Take My Quiz!

by Bruce Feirstein
Dec. 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As close readers of The New York Times will attest, the paper of record has recently thrown itself h  read more »

Are You Rich— Or Super-Rich? Baby, Take My Quiz!

by Bruce Feirstein
Dec. 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As close readers of The New York Times will attest, the paper of record has recently thrown itself h  read more »

Bargaining in Beijing: Zing Went My Strings-Boy, China Is Big!

by Bruce Feirstein
Nov. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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BEIJING—I’m standing on the third floor of a multi-story shopping center not far from Tiananmen  read more »

Bargaining in Beijing: Zing Went My Strings—Boy, China Is Big!

by Bruce Feirstein
Nov. 12th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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BEIJING—I’m standing on the third floor of a multi-story shopping center not far from Ti  read more »

I.M., I Said! The Medium Is The Instant Message

by Bruce Feirstein
Oct. 15th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As anyone under the age of 52 can attest, the era of e-mail is over.  read more »

Mosque Remember This: Bin Laden Burning Man At Culver City Shrine

by Bruce Feirstein
Sep. 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The largest mosque in Southern California is located in Culver City, just south of Beverly Hills, no  read more »

Mosque Remember This: Bin Laden Burning Man At Culver City Shrine

by Bruce Feirstein
Sep. 17th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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The largest mosque in Southern California is located in Culver City, just south of Beverly Hills, no  read more »

An Angeleno’s Angst: Red-Hot Temps, Pink Slips

by Bruce Feirstein
Aug. 6th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As I sit down to write this diary, it’s been 103 degrees in Los Angeles for six days running.&  read more »

An Angeleno's Angst: Red-Hot Temps, Pink Slips

by Bruce Feirstein
Aug. 6th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As I sit down to write this diary, it’s been 103 degrees in Los Angeles for six days running.  read more »

Never Mind PG, MPAA Goes P.C.! My New Rating System

by Bruce Feirstein
Jun. 18th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As the architect Mies van der Rohe once famously observed, “God is in the details.” But  read more »

Never Mind PG, MPAA Goes P.C.! My New Rating System

by Bruce Feirstein
Jun. 18th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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As the architect Mies van der Rohe once famously observed, “God is in the details.” But thanks t  read more »

Message From Mahmoud! Dear President Bush: We've Got Lots In Common

by Bruce Feirstein
May. 14th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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F rom the A.P., May 8, 2006: “Iran’s leader has written to President Bush, in the first letter  read more »

Message From Mahmoud! Dear President Bush: We’ve Got Lots In Common

by Bruce Feirstein
May. 14th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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From the A.P., May 8, 2006:  “Iran’s leader has written to President Bush, in the f  read more »

Page Six This! L.A. Preoccupied By Private Eye Pellicano

by Bruce Feirstein
Apr. 16th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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If you live long enough in New York, sooner or later you learn that no matter what you’ve got—no  read more »

Page Six This! L.A. Preoccupied By Private Eye Pellicano

by Bruce Feirstein
Apr. 16th, 2006, 8:00 pm
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If you live long enough in New York, sooner or later you learn that no matter what you’ve got&  read more »

Tales of the Wiretap! Major Media Moments: Echelon Listens In

by Bruce Feirstein
Jan. 22nd, 2006, 8:00 pm
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Let us begin this week with two recent items from the news.  read more »

Fear and Anxiety At Academy Awards: A Ritual Shilling

by Bruce Feirstein
Mar. 6th, 2005, 8:00 pm
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Several days before Oscar weekend, I was in a studio executive's office discussing a script.  read more »

Hollywood Holidays: Box-Office Blues, Paunchy Celebs

by Bruce Feirstein
Dec. 26th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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And so it's Christmas in Los Angeles, 2004.The gifts have been sent, the tips have been disbursed, a  read more »

The Final Countdown: On Nov. 2, Pundits Go Nuts

by Bruce Feirstein
Oct. 31st, 2004, 8:00 pm
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O.K., let’s be perfectly frank here: We’ve all heard, or said, virtually everything there is to  read more »

Channeling Karl Rove: 'Ride of the Valkyries' Descends on Manhattan

by Bruce Feirstein
Aug. 8th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Memofrom: Karl Rove

To: POTUS, The White House Brain Trust, the R.N.C.  read more »

cc: Sean Hannity

Crisis in Kerry Camp: How to Suck Wind From Swift Boat Sails

by Bruce Feirstein
Jul. 25th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Almost five months ago in this space, I offered some respectful advice to my candidate for President  read more »

The Last Typhoon

by Bruce Feirstein
Jul. 11th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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So I'm sitting in a film producer's office in Los Angeles, overlooking Sunset Strip, on one of the f  read more »

A Modish Proposal: Restylin' The Times–Whassup, Newsies?

by Bruce Feirstein
Jun. 13th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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EDITOR'S NOTE: After a long and painstaking review of the editorial process here at The New York Ti  read more »

Preemptive Engagement: Worked in Iraq-How About Manhattan?

by Bruce Feirstein
Apr. 25th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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Between the 9/11 hearings and the Bob Woodward book, your diarist has been thinking about the Bush d  read more »

View from the Lawn: The Stars, the Son, The Suicide Bomber

by Bruce Feirstein
Apr. 4th, 2004, 8:00 pm
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It's spring, and your diarist finds himself in a mood that is not so much bewitched as bothered, and  read more »

Winter Clearance! Jailed Celebrities,'Nam Reruns, Disney

by Bruce Feirstein
Feb. 22nd, 2004, 8:00 pm
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It's too late to complain about winter, too early to ridicule the annual deluge of Hamptons real-est  read more »

Road to Redemption: Pull on a Sweater, You're Now 'The Get'!

by Bruce Feirstein
Feb. 1st, 2004, 8:00 pm
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On the morning after the Iowa caucuses, certain parts of Los Angeles-or, to be more precise, certain  read more »

Arnold Über Alles! Taking the State By Storm

by Bruce Feirstein
Oct. 12th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Arnold, the first hundred days. Was it a dream, or a nightmare?  read more »

Recall Enters Final Act: Send in The Script Doctors, Fast!

by Bruce Feirstein
Sep. 7th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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An election update from The Observer 's West Coast bureau:With a little over a month left until vote  read more »
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