NY Observer > Michael Douglas http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/35776/feed Articles from Observer.com en After Che, Soderbergh To Do Liberace http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/after-che-soderbergh-do-liberace

Fresh off the news that Steven Soderbergh's Che has been picked up by IFC Films, now there's word that the director's developing a film based on the last years of singer Liberace. Michael Douglas will star as the flamboyant singer, while Matt Damon is in talks for the role of Liberace's supposed companion of five years. Of course, being so prolific, Mr. Soderbergh still has a few films lined up before he can even get to this, so expect to see Liberace sparkling into theaters sometime in 2010.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/after-che-soderbergh-do-liberace#comments Arts & Culture Movies Liberace Michael Douglas Steven Soderbergh Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:20:45 -0400 Christopher Rosen 75078 at http://www.observer.com The Hollywood Pen: Paean to Trumbo, Labor of Love, Misses Cold War Web http://www.observer.com/2008/hollywood-pen-paean-trumbo-labor-love-misses-cold-war-web

Trumbo
Running time 96 minutes
Written by Christopher Trumbo
Directed by Peter Askin
Starring Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas and others

Peter Askin’s Trumbo is based on the play, Trumbo, by Christopher Trumbo, and is clearly a labor of love and ideological affinity for all the Hollywood celebrities who participated in the production. The Hollywood blacklist ensnared the playwright’s father, Dalton Trumbo, and many other talented people in the period of the cold war, the House Un-American Activities Committee, Senator Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover and other cruel relics of a bygone era. Trumbo’s withering take on these instruments of his torture could be used as a club against the Bush-Cheney administration for its perceived assault on the Bill of Rights in the name of national security.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/hollywood-pen-paean-trumbo-labor-love-misses-cold-war-web#comments Arts & Culture Movies Brian Dennehy Joan Allen Michael Douglas Peter Askin Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:09:17 -0400 Andrew Sarris 71139 at http://www.observer.com Michael Douglas' Ex (Not Maureen Dowd!) Buys Big East Side Townhouse http://www.observer.com/2007/michael-douglas-ex-not-maureen-dowd-buys-big-townhouse

Being the ex-wife of Romancing the Stone’s romantic lead has its perks. Diandra Douglas (who used to be married to Michael Douglas, of course) and her new husband, guitar-maker (really) Michael Klein, have paid $15.25 million for an 1899 townhouse at 114 East 65th Street.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/michael-douglas-ex-not-maureen-dowd-buys-big-townhouse#comments Real Estate Diandra Douglas Michael Douglas Upper East Side Wed, 30 May 2007 17:25:21 -0400 Max Abelson 54720 at http://www.observer.com Inside Rudy and Judi's New $3.2 M. Hamptons Estate! Plus–Naughty Renters Tear Up East End; Diandra's Ex Pulls House Off Market http://www.observer.com/2005/inside-rudy-and-judis-new-3-2-m-hamptons-estate-plus-naughty-renters-tear-east-end-diandras-ex- Something to think about while you trundle around the city looking like Nanook of the North: The Giu  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2005/inside-rudy-and-judis-new-3-2-m-hamptons-estate-plus-naughty-renters-tear-east-end-diandras-ex-#comments Real Estate Citigroup Inc. Igor Malashenko Michael Douglas Sally Seims Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:00:00 -0500 Gabriel Sherman and Michael Calderone 50357 at http://www.observer.com Separate Rooms http://www.observer.com/node/49878 The neo-Georgian townhouse belonging to Moore Capital Management executive Zack Hampton Bacon III ha  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/49878#comments Media Edward Berwind Michael Douglas Norman Lears The New York Times Company Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:00:00 -0400 Gabriel Sherman 49878 at http://www.observer.com Crime Blotter http://www.observer.com/node/47922 With Helpers Like These,Who Needs Hinderers?  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47922#comments Media American Express Company Michael Douglas Oslo Ralph Gardner Sun, 10 Aug 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Ralph Gardner Jr. 47922 at http://www.observer.com Documentaries Carry the Day http://www.observer.com/node/47607 Regardless of how cool the weather gets outside, the dismal junk that's showing up every Friday on t  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47607#comments Arts & Culture Albert Brooks Arnold Friedman Aviva Slesin Michael Douglas Sun, 01 Jun 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 47607 at http://www.observer.com The Man Upstairs http://www.observer.com/node/45008 The damage control in Hollywood may or may not live up to its promise of less violence and more film  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/45008#comments Arts & Culture Anthony Hopkins Anton Yelchin Michael Douglas Rolodex Office Products Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:00:00 -0400 Rex Reed 45008 at http://www.observer.com Mammy, How We Love You http://www.observer.com/node/44072 There I was onemorning, in between freelance copywriting assignments.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/44072#comments Cybill Shepherd Michael Douglas Oprah Winfrey Star Jones Reynolds Sun, 04 Mar 2001 19:00:00 -0500 Yvonne Durant 44072 at http://www.observer.com Little, Brown Gets Littler http://www.observer.com/node/43909 George Editor Caught in Traffic The new year saw the end of George, the late John Kennedy Jr.'s poli  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/43909#comments Media George Editor Jeffrey Podolsky Michael Douglas Steven Soderbergh Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:00:00 -0500 NYO Staff 43909 at http://www.observer.com