The New York Times' David Carr takes a look inside the mind of Daniel Battsek, the man whom the Weinstein brothers left behind at Miramax to carry on their tradition of making risky, quality films.
Mr. Battsek, 49, a soft-spoken Briton whose first significant industry job came in the international division of Miramax, makes Read More
The brothers agreed to temporarily retain some Read More
Near midnight, Pacific time, on March 23, actor Ryan O’Neal pulled Dr. Ruth Westheimer close to him at the Vanity Fair Oscar party and began to dance. Disheveled in an earth-toned suit, Mr. O’Neal hunched over the petite sex therapist as he swept around a small dance floor of his own making that was bordered Read More
When Sundance Film Festival programming director Geoff Gilmore stood before a sold-out crowd at the 1,300-seat Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 20 and introduced Tom DiCillo as “one of the best living American independent directors,” Mr. DiCillo did what might not be expected of a New York filmmaker, especially one who had Read More
I’ve cringed a lot for Martin Scorsese over the last few weeks, but his March 3 appearance on The Tonight Show was particularly tough. Mr. Scorsese looked weary as he attempted to explain his epic movie to the eerily quiet California crowd. And Jay Leno’s vapid and patronizing interview only made things worse. “You feel Read More
I’ve cringed a lot for Martin Scorsese over the last few weeks, but his March 3 appearance on The Tonight Show was particularly tough. Mr. Scorsese looked weary as he attempted to explain his epic movie to the eerily quiet California crowd. And Jay Leno’s vapid and patronizing interview only made things worse. “You feel Read More
I Spy. The other day, someone who will remain nameless accidentally left The Transom alone in an office. In that office was a copy of the Spy book, which comes out in a few months and will supposedly retail for 40 bucks or so. The nice publicist from Miramax Books recently declined to send over Read More
The Miramax movie Once In a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos opens tomorrow. I found it enthralling and farcical. It deals with a great failed effort, to get soccer going in the United States, back in the 70s, when Warner boss Steve Ross brought Beckenbauer, Chinaglia and—yes—Pele to New York. Read More
When Tina Brown turned down a five-year deal to stay on as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, she was reportedly living in a $4 million East 57th Street maisonette with four bedrooms, a library, six baths, three maids’ rooms and a large garden—all bought with help from her employer, Condé Nast, which put Read More
When Tina Brown turned down a five-year deal to stay on as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, she was reportedly living in a $4 million East 57th Street maisonette with four bedrooms, a library, six baths, three maids’ rooms and a large garden—all bought with help from her employer, Condé Nast, which put Read More
Jan. 24, 2006 1:30 p.m. 6 pounds, 10 ounces Mount Sinai Hospital Little Ella Joy Hiltzik, 2, is totally in love with her new baby sister. “Sometimes we have to be careful about how she expresses her love, because she loves hugging and squeezing,” said the girls’ father, Matthew Hiltzik, 33, the C.E.O. of Freud Read More
Jan. 24, 2006
1:30 p.m. 6 pounds, 10 ounces Mount Sinai Hospital Little Ella Joy Hiltzik, 2, is totally in love with her new baby sister. “Sometimes we have to be careful about how she expresses her love, because she loves hugging and squeezing,” said the girls’ father, Matthew Hiltzik, 33, the C.E.O. of Freud Communications, Read MoreEven with a new company starting up, Harvey Weinstein has found time for real estate endeavors to ease the transition. Recently, the Weinstein Company purchased the The Times discovers that “strangely organic yet somewhat self-consciously cutting-edge neighborhood” sprouting around the High Line. Ritzy restauranteurs, starchitects, and gallerists all get in on the action. Not Read More
When the Weinstein brothers broke ties with Disney last April, there were a few matters that needed to be addressed, including real estate. As part of their settlement agreement, The Weinstein Company recently purchased a 3rd floor office at 375 Greenwich Street for $2.2 million, according to public records. Conveniently, the 6,930-square-foot office had been Read More
Only on the Upper East Side would the coming deluge of Bloomberg robo-calls kick off with one from Harvey Weinstein, as one reader who lives up there reports it has.
"Could their database KNOW I like Miramax films?" she asks in jest. Mostly in jest.
