Graydon Carter

Three One-Woman Shows In A Row Are Coming!

I generally loathe one-person shows because they often fail to be all that dramatic, usually consisting of a long-winded famous person pretending to be another long-winded famous person, taking an occasional breath only when the phone rings. But the three one-woman shows that are coming sound like ... More >>

On Guy Fieri and "Quiet Classism" in Restaurant Reviews

If you've been following the social media world today, you've most certainly caught some chatter about the Times' Pete Wells's review of Guy Fieri's new Times Square restaurant, Guy's American Kitchen and Bar. And if not, let's catch up. See More: Searching for Guy Fieri At Guy's American Kitchen a ... More >>

Scientology Chooses an Odd Time to Open a "National Affairs" Office in DC

Today at 6 pm, Scientology will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a building in Washington DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood. For the last couple of years, Scientology has opened "Ideal Orgs" -- fancy, superfluous new churches in cities around the world in an expensive ploy to make it look like the ... More >>

Voice Readers Raise Thousands For Couple That Refused to Spy for Scientology

We've always been suckers for the final scene of It's a Wonderful Life. No matter how many times we see it, we tear up at the sight of George Bailey's friends coming to his aid in his time of need, proving to him that he really is the richest man in town. Over the last couple of days, we watched so ... More >>

The Mother of All Chinese Food Safety Scandals: 'Gutter Oil'; Can Ken Friedman Save Monkey Bar?

​Of all the Chinese food safety scandals, brace yourself for the grossest: "gutter oil." Criminals sell cooking oil to restaurants that has been bought from other restaurants or -- gag -- scooped from sewers. [Time] Graydon Carter and Jeff Klein have hired Ken Friedman, of the Breslin and Sp ... More >>

Drifter Sibling Paul Rudd Saves the Day in Our Idiot Brother

Long-haired dreamer has predictably profound effect on his family

James Risen, New York Times Reporter, 'Commanded' to Out Source in CIA Case

Another CIA leak, but prettier​New York Times reporter James Risen could be forced to testify in court about his CIA sources if the government has their way, thereby disregarding everything he's supposed to be protected from as a journalist. Attorney General Eric Holder approved a subpoena ser ... More >>

Huffington Post Hit With $105 Million Lawsuit By 9,000 Angry Unpaid Bloggers

​In its intermittent battles with unpaid writers, The Huffington Post and its (often reluctant) defenders have trotted out a number of arguments, including most commonly the assertion that the bloggers write without compensation for attention, and most like it just fine that way. Others have a ... More >>

Donald Trump Reads Vanity Fair's Blog (About Himself); Google, New York Times Team Up

​"From the office of Donald J. Trump" reads the accompanying card clipped to a printed-out blog post from VanityFair.com, mailed to that magazine's editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. A veteran of covering (and mocking) the rich and famous, some his friends and some less so, Carter and Trump go wa ... More >>

Fran Lebowitz Remembers Everything in Public Speaking

Lara Logan Covers New York Post Again; Spy Magazine Now Online For Free

Day 2​If the (little) reporting and (excessive) analysis surrounding Lara Logan's assault in Egypt have taught us anything, it's that most people are somewhat insensitive or otherwise unprepared and unable to talk about rape without offending, and the Internet can be an awful place. Also, expl ... More >>

Razor Clams Stage a Comeback; Beware the Publicly Hungry Actress

​The group of Finnish artists and activists that kidnapped a Ronald McDonald statue and promised to behead it in a grisly terrorist-style video, did so when their so-called demands weren't met. [AOL] Graydon Carter and Ken Aretsky were apparently interested in taking over Elaine's, says manag ... More >>

Graydon Carter Is Maybe Sort of Sniffing Around Elaine's

Dan LaceyGraydon Carter, with pancake and fiddle.​Today in time-killing speculation: Graydon Carter is or was possibly, maybe interested in taking over Elaine's.

Want to Dine like the Stars? Eat at these Restaurants

zimbio.comFamous people get hungry too​ Because no trip to New York City is complete without a celebrity spotting, ABC News has compiled a list of places where the stars like to hang out and dine. You can be just like famous people! Except they won't have to endure long waits and reservatio ... More >>

The Daily Kill Dossier: A Hit List of News Corp's Freshest Poaches

​As it's been noted, News Corp's daily newspaper built just for the iPad -- The Daily -- is on the way. It is Rupert Murdoch's newest child, the Draco Malfoy to his Voldemort. As such, they're hiring or trying to hire every editorial staffer this side of the Bangkok Bugle Tribune, which I just inv ... More >>

Press Clips: RELEASE THE IACRACKEN! (or: Newsweek/Daily Beast Merger Rumored, Again)

​ARISE, DAILY NEWS BEAST OF THE WEEK! Press Clips, Day 20, I'm Somehow Writing About The Observer Again edition, right here:

AskMen.Com Deems Steven Slater, JetBlue Escapee, 48th Most Influential Man

Just one of the 49 faces of influence.​All we're saying is, Russell Brand (#49) has got to be pissed. Steven Slater of the blond aerodynamic locks (good for emergency evacuations down airplane slides) and infamous on-board freak-out has been declared 48th of the 49 most influential men from A ... More >>

Press Clips, Day 8, Lunch Edition: New York vs. The New Yorker Cage Match Edtion

Pictured: a figurative portrait of New York Observer senior editor Christian Lorentzen. ​Press Clips has returned to the roost, and we're starting the week off with great news, great media squabbles, hypocrisy, and self-awareness. In other words, your Monday Media Proctology Exam has arrived. ... More >>

Fake Old New York City as the "New" New York City

​The New York Times Styles section today takes on the issue of, well, reinventing the Old New York. With restaurants like Keith McNally's Minetta Tavern, the Graydon Carter-owned Monkey Bar and Waverly Inn, and most interestingly, The Lion, a restaurant owned by former MSNBC anchor and Abrams ... More >>

Island Snacks Recall; Industry Bigwigs Bid Cafe des Artistes Adieu

​The latest food safety scare involves a snack mix made by Snack King Foods in Rochester called Island Snacks Natures Mix. The product, sold at Kmart, is being recalled due to the detection of undeclared sulfites during routine tests. [Forbes] BlackBook rounds up the best comfort food spots ... More >>

Vets At the Met Get Ticketed; What Is 'Normal' Eating?

​The police cracked down on the veterans operating food carts outside the Met on Wednesday, ticketing seven of the vendors. The city says only one vet can operate in front of the museum at a time. [NY Times] The mental health site PsychCentral.com asks: What does it mean to eat "normally?" Wi ... More >>

Vanity Fair Intern's Cable News Ordeal Already Going Badly

​We just checked in on Thomas Kaplan, the Vanity Fair intern forced to watch 32 straight hours of cable television news by that bastard Graydon Carter, at his video feed, and he does not appear to be doing well. His eye movement is sluggish and erratic, and he keeps scratching his face. He's o ... More >>

Brooklyn Gets Its Very Own Kurve

You've probably heard of Kurve, the futuristic Thai-fusion spot in the East Village so odd that it's prompted speculation that it's actually an art installation, not a restaurant. Well, Brooklyn has its own Kurve now, a place so strange that it's almost worth a visit just to see it. Imagine a wa ... More >>

Under Review: Sietsema Hits the Only Iraqi Restaurant in Town, La Kabbr

This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema delves into authentic Iraqi cuisine at La Kabbr. Frank Bruni has a hard time getting a table at Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar, but when he finally does, encounters "supple and sweet" lobster thermidor and "watery" linguine, earning the good-looking establishme ... More >>

Under Review--Sietsema At An Choi; DiGregorio At Aldea

This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema puts newcomer An Choi's banh mi to the test; while Sarah DiGregorio ducks it up Iberian-style at Aldea. Bruni knocks two stars off of Spice Market now that the restaurant has expanded to Atlanta, Istanbul and Doha, Qatar, which could be the reason "sloppines ... More >>

Under the Toque--Forgione At Monkey Bar, But Not For Long; Benno To Leave the Nest After All

Anthony Bourdain, Alice Waters, and Duff Goldman were on the panel for the sold out "Food for Thought" forum. Bourdain and Waters clashed on some issues, while Goldman marveled at being a celebrity chef. [Eat Me Daily] Top Chef Radhika Desai may soon be the chef de partie under Floyd Cardoz at Tabl ... More >>

The 21-Day Fast Hits The Trendies

Heavy hitters like Graydon Carter and Harvey Weinstein filled the party at Pure Yoga for health guru Kathy Freston's self-help book, The Quantum Wellness Cleanse, which is the literary equivalent of Lent. Over cucumber drinks that tasted like sludge, Freston boiled down the book's contents for me an ... More >>

National Magazine Awards Presented to Mostly Dry Crowd

They gave out the National Magazine Awards last night. We were ineligible, unfortunately, so we missed the event at Rose Hall at Lincoln Center, which the Observer called "understated" with "fewer attendees" than in years past, and lamented that "the open bar closed promptly at a few minutes before ... More >>

Under Review--Sietsema Gets His Pozole On at Xochimilco; DiGregorio Has Fun With Fish at Desnuda

This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema discovers pambazos and pozole at Sunset Park's Xochimilco, while Sarah DiGregorio has fun with the food at Desnuda. Bruni awards no stars to snootily papered West Village eatery Charles, but amuses himself by formatting his review as an email from "Frannie V ... More >>

Amy Poehler Pops

Talking with the Baby Mama star

The $23 Million Boa

Despite her huge payday, Mediabistro mastermind Laurel Touby still stands outside the press-gang elite

Boy, Girl, Boy

Sexism at The NYT Book Review?

Showing Off

Bob and David Tell You What to Think

A Tale of Two Rudys

'Times' Blind to Ex–Deputy Mayor's Conflict

The Media and the Moguls

The Times' Grudge Against Ovitz

The Fuckup

NY Mirror

PR in the Blood

'SPY' Backer Now Brings You the Learning Annex

The Liberian Avenger

Obscure Journal Takes on the Glossies

'The New Yorker' Sells Out

Writer John Seabrook Lives to Tell the Tale

Gray Hair? Pink Slip!

At Condé Nast, If You're Postmenopausal, You're Dead

NY Mirror

My spies say that Playgirl is planning to run nude beach shots of Ricky Martin, presumably revealing la pinga loca.

In Styles

Vanity Un-Fair?

Talked Up

Jill of All Trades

Hypocritical Oafs

Seined, Sealed, Delivered