Today in "The New York Times Publishes the Children of Former New York Times Columnist Frank Rich," the New York Times reaches out to Simon Rich, the son of former New York Times columnist Frank Rich. Stay tuned for more inevitable TNYTPTCOFNYTCFR updates.
Frank Bruni Is the New Frank Rich
The New York Times has appointed former restaurant critic Frank Bruni as its new Sunday (and Thursday) op-ed columnist. It sounds like he'll be taking over the big picture spot on the Sunday page that Frank Rich is vacating:
Frank Rich Leaving NYT for New York Magazine
Huh. New York Times op-ed expounder Frank Rich, who currently possesses a huge chunk of the Sunday opinion page in the world's most influential newspaper—where he's allowed to say whatever he wants—is leaving all that behind to go write for New York magazine, where he "will be an essayist for the magazine, writing…
Morning Joe Speaks for New York City on the "Mosque" Issue
Joe Scarborough—former Republican Congressional Representative—and guests presented some surprisingly well-thought out arguments that resonate with every New York City native while simultaneously discussing Frank Rich's op-ed for the Times and arguing against both demagogues and "freaks on the far-right."
Up in the Air Is The Grapes of Wrath for the Rich and Out of Touch
In yesterday's New York Times, Frank Rich says the George Clooney flick Up in the Air will, "salve national wounds that continue to fester in the real world." Did he see the same movie we did? Because he's totally wrong.
Time's New Cover, Twitter's Value & Ernie's F-Bomb
• Glenn Beck is Time magazine's cover boy this week, sadly. [Time, HuffPo]
• Spike Lee and Robert De Niro are teaming up with Showtime "to develop a drama series about Manhattan's Alphabet City." [THR]
• Twitter is now worth $1 billion, believe it or not. [TechCrunch]
• Nikki Finke hears that Variety is planning to…
Happy Birthday
Dating Drew Barrymore isn't the only thing that Fabrizio Moretti and Justin Long have in common. They also share a birthday. Fabrizio is turning 29 today, while Justin is turning 31. Others celebrating: Times columnist Frank Rich is turning 60. American Express CEO Ken Chenault turns 58. Princeton professor Cornel West
Why Obama Blew Off the Liberals
Michael Hirsh has a question: where is Joseph Stiglitz? Well, he's in Brazil or something, but where is he in the Obama administration? The liberal Nobel-winning economist, who will be forever in our hearts for the animosity between him and Larry Summers, was right about basically everything, of course, and the Obama…
How Pixar Joined The Liberal Bandwagon
The stifling corporation that serves as government in the year 2700 is a composite of McDonalds, Wal-Mart and Halliburton; the bloated humans in their floating barcaloungers represent the evolutionary destiny of a species sedated by automation, fast-food and electronic displays; and the call to save the planet could…
Kind Of the Most Depressing Paragraph Ever
"Coverage of the war in Afghanistan has increased slightly this year, with 46 minutes of total coverage year-to-date compared with 83 minutes for all of 2007. NBC has spent 25 minutes covering Afghanistan, partly because the anchor Brian Williams visited the country earlier in the month. Through Wednesday, when an…
Happy Birthday
The Strokes' Fabrizio Moretti is 28 today. Scandal-plagued district attorney-turned-TV talking head Jeanine Pirro is 57, as is American Express CEO Ken Chenault. Afro-lovin' Princeton professor Cornel West is 55. And New York Times columnist (and now HBO consultant) Frank Rich is 59.
Frank Rich Gives Journos False Sense of Hope
So. Times columnist and former theater critic Frank Rich has a sweet creative consulting deal with HBO. They give him a paycheck, and he will sometimes call them up if he has a great idea (and Frank Rich has thousands of great ideas every day). He will maybe read some scripts and give notes. Did we mention he gets a…
Bye, Jim!
Frank Rich Gets Vague Title at HBO
Avuncular Times columnist and former theater critic Frank Rich just signed a deal making him HBO's "creative consultant." Which means, according to Nikki Finke, "a consulting fee combined with payments for projects that get made." What it also means is that now he can get all his kids jobs on television too. (Zing!) […
Nathaniel Rich On Growing Up As A Rich Kid
Because I didn't grow up with rich, famous New York media figures for parents, who could use their connections to insert me into a choice job in the media world, I've always been in favor of banning people who do have such parents from holding those good jobs. It would make the competition for them more…
Frank Rich
The formerliberal pundit-in-residence for the Times' "Week in Review" section, Rich preaches to the choir about American politics and its' current "editor-at-large" at New York Magazine.
Prestigious Paper Is Kind To Rich Family
The Times' City section today gives its cover over to a long, knowing meditation by a lifelong New Yorker about all the changes the city has gone through since its darker, more edgy days. "I have vivid memories of 1980s Times Square (my parents worked in offices there), but I never got to experience the distinct…
Simon Rich 'Physically Incapable' Of Growing Solidarity Strike Beard
Three guesses as to the identity of the anonymous S.N.L. staffer describing himself this week in the New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" as being "physically incapable of growing a strike beard, or any beard." You really only need one guess—ours is that it's 22-year-old boy wonder Simon Rich, son of Times heavyset…
Times op-ed downer Frank Rich will spend this evening with presidential candidate Stephen Colbert at the 92nd Street Y. A slew of tickets have just been released. The website promises, "Following the program, there will be a book signing and opportunity to meet someone Time magazine has named 'one of the 100 most…
