Kristen Johnson | The New York Observer

Seven-Inch Heels at Christian Siriano; Press Tramples Gunn, Suvari

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:10:41 -0400

Misshapes DJ Leigh Lezark and Victoria’s Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio probably don’t run into this problem often, but at Saturday’s Christian Siriano show they wore the same thing: burgundy platform pumps from the designer’s Payless collection.

In fact, many of the show’s front-row guests sported Siriano footwear. Actress Tori Spelling was overheard insisting to a second-row companion that her seven-inch heels were comfortable.

But the afternoon’s biggest star was Project...

Men's Health Columnist Saved by Bimmer; Kristen Johnson Gets Crafty

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:24:01 -0400

In one year, Mark Millhone’s younger son almost died from birth complications; his father was diagnosed with prostate cancer; his mother died from a heart attack; his dog bit his older son's face, leaving a scar; and his marriage to his wife, Rose, was slowly falling apart.

He bought a 1994 BMW on eBay: an attempt to escape from the life he was living.

Mr. Milhone—a filmmaker, screenwriting professor at NYU and columnist for Men’s Health—just...

Working-Class Heroes

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:17:19 -0400

“It’s like a messy play, nothing feels concrete,” said Jesse Eisenberg, the mop-haired star of 2005’s The Squid and the Whale, now appearing in Scarcity, off Broadway, on the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater stage. “The characters are driven by various things, and you’re drawn to choose one over the other on a given night, based on what you’re feeling personally or what’s being given to you by other actors. It seems like...