Alec Baldwin

Theater Roundup: Alec Baldwin, Jekyll & Hyde

Orphans is the 1983 seriocomedy about two brothers (or "Dead-End kids," as they're affectionately called) who bond with the gangster one of them has kidnapped, making for an unholy but kind of darkly charming dysfunctional family. Lyle Kessler's play seems to borrow tones from Pinter, Orton, Mamet, ... More >>

Orphans: Oh, Brothers

Lyle Kessler revival has Broadway all a-Twitter

LOST BOYS

Alec Baldwin stars in Orphans

Alec Baldwin Fires At Shia, Who Fires Back!

They're having a wild old time backstage at one of the dramas on the Great White Way (but I don't envy the director). Let me explain. Shia LaBeouf was recently fired from the Broadway production of the play Orphans because of "creative differences" and was replaced by Ben Foster. Supposedly Shia ... More >>

Shia LaBeouf Tweets About His Exit From Broadway Play

Yesterday, it was announced that Shia LeBeouf was leaving the production of Orphans because of the fabled "creative differences" reason. In other words, "Please leave. It ain't working. You got creative differences with that? Sorry!" A Hollywood Reporter investigation reveals that director Daniel ... More >>

The Best Celebrity To Follow On Twitter

It's the week of our "Best of NYC" issue, for which I wrote a featured nightlife interview, plus plenty of items, including best door person, nicest drag queen, and best after-theater hangout. But let me add one: The Best Celeb To Follow On Twitter is...

House of Horrors

We dare you to say 
Beetlejuice three times

Rock of Ages: Why Is It Not Rocking The Box Office?

There are some fun things in Rock of Ages--it's hard to resist the gay twist, the boy band joke, and Alec Baldwin--but the movie's not exactly igniting the box office with the pyrotechnics of a metal concert. And I know why: The people who like '80s metal music aren't dying to see two bland young ... More >>

Alec Baldwin (Sort of) Runs for Mayor Again

Remember when Alec Baldwin considered a mayoral run, and then decided not to, giving the impression that the whole ordeal was nothing more than a bad publicity stunt? Well, looks like he's up to his old tricks again, according to Baldwin's most recent speech on Bloomberg Television (via Daily News ... More >>

Alec Baldwin Will Not Run For Mayor After All

​For a while, Alec Baldwin was doing his damnedest to sow the seeds of a possible mayoral run in New York City. Or at least to drum up enough buzz so it appeared that he was kind of serious about it, which it turns out (to few people's surprise) he's not; Baldwin said on WNYC today that he "do ... More >>

Alec Baldwin's Airplane Fiasco Gets Taiwanese Animation

​There were a few inevitable things that happened after Alec Baldwin got kicked off an American Airlines flight for playing Words with Friends. First, he angrily tweeted about it. Then came the ultimate in celebrity introspection, the deletion of his Twitter account followed by a Huffington P ... More >>

American Airlines Responds to Alec Baldwin Situation on Facebook

​Alec Baldwin -- closer, formerly prolific tweeter, and fake future mayoral candidate -- had a little incident with American Airlines yesterday because of his refusal to stop playing Words With Friends. Baldwin wouldn't shut off his phone when the flight attendant asked him to and says he was ... More >>

Alec Baldwin Kicked Off Flight for Playing Words With Friends?

​Well. In an apparent response to the rumors spiraling on the Internet -- was Alec Baldwin, New York's possibly future mayor, kicked off an American Airlines flight moments ago...for playing WORDS WITH FRIENDS!? Do we even live in America!? There is the above. Consider this...breaking.

Another Midtown Tent City Emerges, And This Time It's Full Of Radiohead Fans

Last May the season finale of Saturday Night Live was prefaced by Lady Gaga fans setting up a mini-campsite in the middle of Rockefeller Center so they could get the chance to see their heroine perform on the show. Not to be outdone by silly fans of pop music, a bunch of Radiohead fans have also sta ... More >>

Radiohead Is Playing Two Shows At Roseland Later This Month

Out standing in their field. ​ Radiohead will be in town for this weekend's Saturday Night Live season premiere (hosted by Alec Baldwin!) and the Internet-beloved Brits will apparently be making New York City their home for more than just this weekend; the band's playing two shows at Roseland ... More >>

Are Snobby Coffee Rules Made to Be Broken?

nate steiner/FlickrThird wave or reich?​It's easy to roll one's eyes at some of the serious -- a/k/a "third-wave" -- coffee bars in this town. The New York Post today rounds up some of the major no-nos certain high-end coffee shops simply will not tolerate. Like, espresso to go. Or grinding fr ... More >>

Alec Baldwin Speaks Out Against Attitude-Having Starbucks Barista

Not only is Alec Baldwin not/maybe/possibly running for mayor someday, he's also a consumer advocate, little did we all know. ​ Oh. Shit. Jay should watch out! Except Jay doesn't exist.

Alec Baldwin's Potential Mayoral Run: Pros and Cons

​Jack Donaghy Alec Baldwin is running for mayor of New York. No he's not! Just kidding. What he's actually doing is spreading rumors in the media of a possible, nebulous future mayoral run. According to this Times piece, Baldwin wants to run for mayor, but not in 2013. Just sometime in the fut ... More >>

Nearly 73 Million Sharks Are Killed Yearly For Soup; Ben & Jerry's Schweddy Balls Flavor a Possibility

​American's three favorite foods? According to a new Oxfam poll, it's pizza, steak and chicken. [TIME] Nearly 73 million sharks are killed every year for shark fin soup, which is having devastating effects on the ocean food chain. [The Atlantic]

Alec Baldwin Stokes New York City Mayor Run Rumors

​Always in character or at least smartly self-promoting, Alec Baldwin alluded today on Twitter to the morning's rumors of a run for New York City mayor, and he didn't exactly deny. "I wouldn't rule it out," his spokesman added to NBC, though he's not registered to vote in the city, but in Suf ... More >>

The 56th Annual OBIE's Nicely Elaborate Entrance

The 2011 Obie Awards Winners List

The best of the Off-Broadway season

2011 OBIES Theater Award Winners: The Complete List

This just in. . . LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD René Buch and Repertorio Español BEST NEW AMERICAN PLAY Kristoffer Diaz, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (includes $1,000 prize)

Alec Baldwin Isn't Scary Anymore!

Success has mellowed him—and he's actually funny

Alec Baldwin Isn't Scary Anymore

​CLICK HERE for my report on a gala Alec Baldwin tribute, where no one brought up his old bad press, all caught up in the glow of his current success. And I was one of them! Sorry, but the man can act! I also take you behind the scenes of the Sister Act musical with co-producer Whoopi Goldbe ... More >>

Oscars 2011: Live Blogging the Awards Show

Courtesy ABC​And now for the awards portion of the evening! Full disclosure: the three of us have seen only five of the Best Picture nominees. Not that it matters. So:

Alec Baldwin Is Not Replacing Keith Olbermann

​Jack Donaghy is a fictional NBC executive on the show 30 Rock; Alec Baldwin is the actor who plays him. Neither is going to replace Keith Olbermann as the host of Countdown or any other show in the 8 p.m. slot on MSNBC because that would be ridiculous, despite a report from Popeater's Rob Shu ... More >>

FAME—THE JOURNAL

‘Lapham’s Quarterly’ explores celebrity

David Burke to Open New Resto in the James; Brad Farmerie Gives Turkey Tips

​The Senate has voted to consider a bill that would give greater power to the FDA to deal with food safety issues. [NY Times] Alec Baldwin is shilling for Wegmans in a couple new ads. Apparently, his mother really is a fan of the supermarket chain. [Democrat & Chronicle] David Burke has con ... More >>

Your Favorite Stars Shill for Foodstuffs: Alec Baldwin & Robert Downey Jr.'s Newest TV Spots

Robert Downey Jr. is giving Mr. Peanut a voice for the first time in the brand mascot's 90-year history. But the Iron Man isn't the only big celeb shilling for food products. Click through to see Alec Baldwin's commercial for Wegmans supermarket chain. The 30 Rock star once told David Letterman t ... More >>

Alec Baldwin Won't Run For Congress...Yet

​Here is a dash of sad news for those of us who dream of holding up "Jack Donaghey 2012!" posters and getting to someday shake hands with campaign manager Kenneth and/or a cardboard cutout of Tracy Morgan. Alec Baldwin's spokesman Matthew Hiltzik has said that, despite rumors that the omnipote ... More >>

Press Clips: Mediaite Loses Foot Soldier Glynnis MacNicol to Business Insider

​Dan Abrams' news operation Mediaite loses a founding staff member. New York Magazine snubs New York Magazine. Alec Baldwin is New York's hot new media critic -- Guest of a Guest? Not so much. -- and Emily Smith at Page Six is having some growing pains sans-Richard Johnson, it'd appear. Press ... More >>

Jerry Lee Lewis

Alec Baldwin, The NYU Interview: On Political Run Potential and Mamoun's Falafel

​Seminal New York 30 Rock actor Alec Baldwin's apparently speaking at NYU's graduation. Hopefully it'll be like that time he screamed on the cell phone to his daughter, because I mean doesn't it feel like that kind of mildly terrifying Mamet-esque outrage could benefit the outgoing NYU class o ... More >>

George Clooney Next Year's Oscar Host?

​Even a lot of people who found this year's Oscars telecast as slow and boring as some of those foreign film nominees thought hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were wickedly delightful, especially when they slyly roasted various big names in the live audience. But one of those stars, Georg ... More >>

Why Was Alec Baldwin Rushed To The Hospital?

​When Alec Baldwin's 14-year-old daughter Ireland couldn't rouse him late last night, she called 911 and the Emmy winner ended up at the hospital. There was talk of a possible OD, but apparently Alec had simpy taken some sleeping pills. He was released not that long afterward. But questions ... More >>

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as Oscar Hosts!

​Remember the comedy team of Martin and Lewis? Hello? Well, brace yourselves for Martin and Baldwin! Yep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will cohost the Oscars next year, and they should do pretty well, especially if no one tells them that Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. unceremoniously turn ... More >>

Mickey D's Gets a New Burger; Dunkin' Donuts Halts Dunkaccino Sales

McDonald's has a new burger on the menu, the first new permanent item since 2001. The Angus Third Pounder--which comes in Deluxe with American cheese, lettuce, and tomato; Bacon & Cheese; and Mushroom & Swiss varieties--seems to be competing with Burger King's Steakhouse Burger and other beefier bur ... More >>

Family Catharsis in the Courtroom in My Sister's Keeper

Wikipedia: Baldwin a "Potential" Candidate for Mayor

This is a new one on us: Wikipedia currently lists Alec Baldwin as one of the Democratic contenders for Mayor of New York in 2010, albeit a "potential" one. Their cite is a Bitten and Bound story from May of last year, which said the 30 Rock actor "has political aspirations." That seems rather thin ... More >>

Derick Martini's Lymelife is Long Island's Ice Storm

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Funniest of '08?

Perhaps, if you don't mind monkeying around

STORY TIME

Alec Baldwin reads you great fiction

'Mini's First Time'

Film

Democratic Convention, Celebrity Heaven

Big stars and immigrant delivery people in Kerry's paradise

Day for Naught

Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the grass

NY Mirror