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.
Should Nepotism Always Annoy Us?
Today we heard that Simon Rich, wealthy son of New York Times writer Frank Rich and product of Dalton and Harvard, has a new movie in the works, in addition to a gig writing for SNL. Is that unfair?
Harvard Writing Scion Somehow Makes Good
Somehow Simon Rich does the impossible. Truly remarkable. Also today: a new role for Cynthia Nixon, a new theater role for Hugh Jackman, Daniel Radcliffe is a German, Apes finds its Fay Wray, and the Oscars might be changing forever.
'SNL' Wants You To Want Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
When we mused last week that this 2004 cover of Life was the closest we'd ever get to our dream of seeing Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin, we thought we were speaking practically. After all, Saturday Night Live already has at least two performers capable of the role (the Palin-resembling Casey Wilson and the …
Alumni Report: Dalton Edition
Dalton was in the news last week when it was revealed that not a single graduating senior had landed a spot at Harvard. According to Page Six magazine, at Dalton's graduation ceremony last month, "one mom was heard muttering, 'I won't send my grandchildren here, that's for sure.'" Fret not, Dalton parents! A long…
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…
Harvard reject David Remnick clearly has no beef with that university, because this week's New Yorker is chock-full of Harvard kids! Of course there's '07 Simon "son of Frank" Rich's Shouts 'n' Murmurs. There's also Louisa Thomas (Harvard 04!), who's the daughter of Newsweek's Evan Thomas (he's Harvard…
Keith Gessen And David Blum Hate America
Harvard alums Simon Rich, Bridie Clark and Keith Gessen sat down with the Crimson recently to talk about their lives as literary figures making a living in the harsh marketplace that is life after Harvard. As the interviewer puts it: "You all write in very different styles. Simon, you chose humor, Bridie, chick lit,…
Frank Rich Defends Free Speech, Family Biz
"My 22-year-old son, a humor writer who finds Imus an anachronistic and unfunny throwback to the racial-insult humor of the Frank Sinatra-Sammy Davis Jr. Rat Pack ilk, raises a complementary issue. He argues that when Sacha Baron Cohen makes fun of Jews and gays, he can do so because he's not doing it as himself but…
