Arthur: Russell Brand Is an Oafish Good-for-Nothing

Here's a trailer for the remake of the Dudley Moore comedy Arthur, starring the wonderful Helen Mirren and the irksome comedian Russell Brand. Mirren plays the weary caretaker of the childish, dopey heir, played by Brand, who gets cut off from the family pot and has to strike out on his own.
Life on planet Koyen
NY Press editor Jeff Koyen appears to have permanently turned his weekly editorial into a sort of personal journal. His "What I Did This Week" essay contains the usual "been hanging in Brooklyn bars" bit, more analysis of local 'zines, and another bizarre swipe at The Onion. (Yes, The Onion.) "New issues of two…
