Bruce Kovner

The supporters of The New Globe Theater--the proposed Castle Williams arts center on Governors Island--already have lots of famous friends. (Moby! Pacino! Amy Sacco! Philip Seymour Hoffman! Moby!!).

But nothing helps like bedding secretive right-wing billionaire Bruce Kovner. The Lincoln Center vice-chairman has joined the board, where he'll rub elbows with the aforementioned celebs while ogling Lord Norman Foster's pretty plans.

And there's more: Lord Ralph Voldemort Fiennes has not only "shared his enthusiasm and insights into theater design over coffee" with the New Globe folks, but has added his name to their list of supporters.  read more »

- Max Abelson

Let's talk about the neoconservative network, and make a few connections, then a theoretical leap. Start at the top. Lately Vanity Fair has reported that Vice President Dick Cheney travels everywhere with a biological and chemical suit. No more specifics than that. It's not like Cheney invited VF into his closet. (He's more closeted than his daughter.)

The bio-suit is consistent with the belief that Cheney is "paranoid," the assessment of Col. Larry Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff, a month back, at the Middle East Institute. Wilkerson said that after 9/11, Cheney changed profoundly. It was like he went into his room and threw away the key.  read more »

The bio-suit also brings us to—

With gray skies, rain and temperatures hovering in the 50's, you'd be excused for thinking it was No  read more »

First, society milled about in it. Then bird-watchers did. Then shutterbugs.  read more »