Here's a trailer for Tower Heist, the star-studded Brett Ratner (shudder) comedy about a bunch of apartment building employees who decide to rob the place's swindling, Bernie Madoff-esque richest tenant. Timely!
On Saturday night, SNL jumped on the Back to the Future bandwagon, bringing us a look at some discarded screentests from the new DVD release. SNL posits Eddie Murphy as Marty McFly and Robin Williams as Doc Brown, among others.
Last night's episode of Running Wilde featured its two main characters acting like completely self-absorbed and oblivious cock-teases. Who were the recipients of these theoretical blue balls? A junior high school student and Andy Richter. Warning: shirtless Will Arnett ahead!
Diane Keaton, Laura Linney, Dustin Hoffman, and now another one. Also today: Superman finds a new director, some actors were cast in some movies, and Fox keeps making quality television with great titles.
The man calling the shots at the new New York Times, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, is celebrating his birthday today: He's 70. (Let's hope Arthur Sulzberger Jr. didn't forget to send a gift.) French president Nicolas Sarkozy is turning 55. Elijah Wood turns 29 today. Sarah McLachlan is 42. Alan Alda is turning 74.…
The Savannah College of Art and Design held its Style Etoile Awards at the James Cohan Gallery on Monday night. The evening's honorees included Russell Simmons, Amanda Burden, Cornelia Guest, Robin Givhan, and William Ivey Long (left), and attendees at the event included Cynthia Rowley, Agnes Gund, Michael Fink,…
• Former Wall Street big-wig Marshall S. Cogan is re-listing his apartment at 810 Fifth Avenue. Cogan put the sixth-floor spread on the market for $40 million two months ago, but pulled the listing soon after. It's now up for sale again, although the price is now just $25.5 million. [P6, BHS]
• James Craige, a…
Bon anniversaire, monsieur le président! France's Nicolas Sarkozy turns 54 today. The most popular man at the New York Times, Mexican billionaire—and NYT investor—Carlos Slim Helú, is 69. Elijah Wood is 28. Actor Alan Alda is 73. Comedian Mo Rocca is turning 40. Nick Carter is turning 29. Sarah McLachlan is 41. Joey…
• Natasha Lyonne has sold her penthouse studio in the Gramercy Towers on East 16th Street for $440,000. The once-troubled actress is now renting in the East Village. [NYP]
• The owners of two 15 CPW condos who listed their ninth-floor apartments as part of a package deal for $21.5 million back in August, have…
Microsoft's new Seinfeld ad campaign proves you can't predict success. Here are five goofy ads that worked — plus the clip that probably sold Microsoft on Seinfeld. Above: A parody of Jacques Cousteau's undersea documentaries for Sun Microsystems.
A gangly wise guy with a surprising liberal core, Alda is a joker with a heart of gold best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H.
