Director of Tyson, Black and White and (haha) The Pick-Up Artist, James Toback has gained a reputation as a creep for hitting on young, random women. A few years ago, Gawker posted a string of stories detailing his antics. Here's a recent one from a 24-year-old Bushwick resident who spent over two hours with the…
James Toback is the creepy 65 year-old film director who recently approached a 24 year-old lady and promised to "make her a star", twice. Apparently, his cruising is not limited to the over-18 set. Here are a couple stories!
James Toback (Two Girls and a Guy, Tyson) was on the prowl yesterday. For romance. The 65-year-old writer/director hit on a 24-year-old lady, who he'd unwittingly cruised once before. He promised to make her a Star. Her harrowing tale below.
Elle creative director (and regular on The City) Joe Zee turns 41 today. Senator Chuck Schumer is turning 59. Miley Cyrus is 17. Good Morning America's Robin Roberts is turning 49. Director and screenwriter James Toback is 65, as is Basic Instinct and Showgirls writer Joe Eszterhas. Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana…
Mike Tyson shows his sensitive, cheery side at last night's L.A. premiere of documentary Tyson, which director James Toback has said is about the "regeneration, reconstruction and rehabilitation of a great spirit." Pic via Getty.
• Richard Fuld's daughter Christine and her husband Aaron Packles, a managing director at Merrill Lynch, have dropped the price of their co-op at 79 East 79th Street by more than $3 million. The five-bedroom, full-floor apartment is now listed for $9.8 million, which is just $50,000 more than they paid for the home…
Mike Tyson isn't your typical Sundance star, and neither is the toast he gave at this dinner in honor of Tyson, the James Toback-directed documentary he stars in.
With his appearance Saturday night in Park City, documentary subject Mike Tyson became the first ear-biting, convicted-rapist ex-heavyweight champion to receive a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival.
♦ After briefly listing his fifth-floor "Astor Suite" apartment at the Plaza for $55 million for one day in September and then taking it off the market, Esprit's Jurgen Friedrich has put the 5,000-square-foot spread back on the market for $38 million. [NYP]
♦ David Smilow, the co-founder of TeleBank, which was…
We're not intimately familiar with the work of writer-director James Toback, but the New York native's film credits are somewhat impressive. He directed Two Girls And A Guy, wrote Bugsy and is working his magic on a Mike Tyson documentary due out this fall. But he seems to have convinced at least one Brooklyn resident…
Where are the big spenders this year at Cannes? After a 2007 buying spree that topped out with Universal snagging We Own the Night for a whopping $11.5 million, only one distributor has made any considerable investment in the current crop of selections — IFC Films, which made news Wednesday by acquiring the…
