Mad Men

Mad Men: Five Academic Theories Explaining Life at SCDP

MAD WORLD

Chat with Don Draper and co.

Jon Hamm: Stop Talking About My Privates!

"They're called privates for a reason," the Mad Men star tells Rolling Stone, perturbed at the wave of gossip reports about the way his giant Hamm often seems to show through his pants. "When people feel the freedom to create Tumblr accounts about my cock, I feel like that wasn't part of the deal," ... More >>

Matthew Weiner Explains Betty Draper, Mad Men's "Melancholy Dame"

Betty Has a Big Season Ahead of Her

Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z. Burn on Side Effects, Their Latest Collaboration

Taylor Swift Is Playing Joni Mitchell

There's a movie in development based on Sheila Weller's book Girls Like Us, about various female singer/songwriters who helped shape the modern sound. Taylor Swift has been cast as Joni Mitchell, and the hissing of the summer lawns will have to drown out anyone's reservations about that. And here' ... More >>

Everything Went Wrong At The Emmys

That's the thesis of The Wrap's Tim Molloy, who questioned some of the choices made in the envelopes--and in the telecast itself--last night. For example, Molloy thinks it was weird to pick Two And a Half Men's Jon Cryer as Best Actor in a Comedy over candidates like Don Cheadle, Alec Baldwin, and ... More >>

Three Good Things: Mad Men Edition

1 Abbie Fentress Swanson of WNYC has created a map of all the NY reference points in Mad Men, including food and drink spots like The Slipper Room, Keens Steakhouse, and Benihana. [WNYC] 2 The Unoffical Mad Men Cookbook has 70 well-researched recipes along with fun cultural commentary that referenc ... More >>

5 Funniest TV Food Commercials of Stan Freberg

Starring character actor Jesse White, this commercial, circa 1960, treats Esskay franks as if you could smoke them. Born 1926, Stan Freberg was an American satirist, active in the 1950s through the 1980s. Something of a Renaissance Man, he was a radio personality, comedian, wrote books, voiced ani ... More >>

Draper's Friends

What to do when Mad Men isn't on

TV Sucks! 43 Reasons Why I Can't Watch Anymore!

43 reasons to hide the remote

The Five Most Unrealistic Apartments On TV Or In Movies

One way to get a really nice apartment is to be a fictional character. They seem to live way better than we do, even when they don't make any more money than we do. Publicist Ronn Torossian has noticed this amusing disparity, so he writes: Watching the season five premier of Mad Men, I felt compe ... More >>

Sandra Bernhard Outs Whitney

On Rosie O'Donnell's show on OWN, Sandra Bernhard appeared. Must have been lesbian comic night. And Sandra said something to the effect that Whitney Houston's demise stemmed from an inability to accept her sexuality and the weirdness that resulted from that.

New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Model Turned Away at Monika Chiang, Susan Sarandon at Costello Tagliapietra, High Drama at Tadashi Shoji

Fashion Week has quickly gone from exhilarating momentum to a slow-motion punch in the gut--and it's just started. Each season we look forward to this one week of pure fashion craziness, in which we always manage to RSVP to too many fashion shows (usually overlapping), continuously loading up our M ... More >>

Kutsher's Tribeca: Pseudo Summer in the City

A new spot evokes the Jewish resort hotels of the past

NYC's 10 Weirdest Restaurants

​Hmmmm, will flying to Mars for dinner make me seasick? There has always been an element of zaniness in the New York dining scene, ever since pretty girls started selling hot ears of buttered corn down on Delancey Street in the 19th Century - or maybe even before that, because a restaurant b ... More >>

'Cheyenne Jackson's Cocktail Hour'

President Obama Makes White House Beer; Mad Men Has Helped Boost Whiskey Sales

​Making the case for beer at breakfast: forget mimosas; start your day with a coffee beer or even a maple brew. [Wall Street Journal] A case of 1990 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Burgundy sold for $297,400 in Hong Kong, setting a world record for that vintage. [Bloomberg] President Obama is ... More >>

Invite-Only Mad Men Club Keeps Die-Hard New York Fans Satiated Until Next Season

​We're all anxiously awaiting the return of Mad Men in (gasp) 2012 and dealing with the show's long hiatus in our own ways. We, for instance, drink a martini every Sunday night in honor of Jon Hamm's stunning jaw line, while repeatedly rewatching last season's deliciously shocking finale (has ... More >>

Back to the Future: World on a Wire Is Just in Time

Backstreet Boy Makes Movie Debut

​My favorite Backstreet Boy, Kevin Richardson, got good reviews for stepping into Chicago on Broadway a few years ago, and now he's taken another career advance by going Indie-wood. He costars in the Steve Balderson-directed The Casserole Club, a Mad Men-era glimpse into the dark side of Cali ... More >>

Winklevii Row Out of Court Losers; Zuckerberg Wins Again

​It's a sad day for millionaire identical twin Olympians everywhere: Forbes reports a federal appeals court has ordered Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss to accept their $65 million settlement with Facebook. That means no more suing Mark Zuckerberg. This is the part of the post where we are legally ... More >>

Dough's Big, Fat, and Beautiful Dulce de Leche Doughnut

Rebecca Marx​ We'd been meaning for weeks to get over to Clinton Hill to try the doughnuts that Fany Gerson has been making at Dough, the little shop that the Choice Market folks opened late last year. And after watching Gerson hypnotically dunk doughnut after doughnut into a reservoir of su ... More >>

Top Chef Masters Airs Tonight, New York Chefs Poised to Dominate (Hopefully)

theage.com.auPretty yes, but he's no Padma​Because there can't be more than two weeks without a Top Chef show on the air, Season Three of Top Chef Masters premieres tonight on Bravo at 11 p.m. Nevertheless, this season is shaping up to look exciting.

Daniel Radcliffe Costars With Anderson Cooper

​I'm serious! I'm talking about How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the Broadway revival of the 1961 show about an ambitious young man tirelessly climbing the corporate ladder. (And no, he doesn't do it naked on top of a horse.) With Mad Men in the air, this is the third period ... More >>

SAINT JOANIE

A tribute to Miss Holloway—er, Hathaway

Matt Damon Wades Through Cosmic Slop in The Adjustment Bureau

Liam Neeson, Aging Brutishly, Can't Save Tepid Thriller Unknown

Chuck Klosterman Dissects Zombie Craze in New York Times, Big Ups n 1 Essay

Not a zombie​Pop culture point man Chuck Klosterman (Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs) pens an essay on zombies for the front page of the Arts section in the New York Times today, leading with the scintillating idea that "there are at least 2.4 million cable-ready Americans who might prefer watching ... More >>

Chet Baker Wouldn't Smoke a Pussy Cigarette Like Camel Blues

Chet knows cool​The real outrage about this new Camel cigarette promotion isn't that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. is trying to peddle cancer to would-be hipsters using images like the Williamsburg Bridge. This is directly in line with the industry's goal of creating nicotine addicts out of adoles ... More >>

TACT Reissues The Memorandum

Václav Havel's 1965 play gets a rare NYC staging

Marketers Are Totally Judging You Based on the TV Shows You Watch

​AdAge has a fascinating little piece on what TV shows you watch and how that relates to the brands you like, based on information from "psychographic" (eek) "ad targeter" Mindset Media. The data was self-reported by about 25,000 TV viewers across 70-plus shows, most of which ended up attract ... More >>

10 Halloween Costumes You Should Really Avoid Wearing if You're Single and Female

​Dear Single Ladies, Halloween is a time to show your true inner beauty, your wisdom and intelligence, your creativity and strength of character. Remember, leaving something to the imagination is always preferred to letting it all hang out. Desperation smells a lot like fake tanner and cheap ... More >>

In Honor of Sunday's Mad Men Finale, a Vintage Heinz Pickle Commercial

The fourth season of Mad Men ends this Sunday, and while the show really doesn't really have much do with food (its occasional references to canned ham and historic New York references excepted), it's certainly enhanced our appreciation and revulsion for the way food was advertised during that era ... More >>

DRAPER & CO.

It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad finale party.

The Fleeting Satisfaction of Marnie Stern

A ferocious guitar-shredder contemplates the neuroses that both drive and burden her

Bryan Batt

Retrosexual Denies Retrosexual Trend, While Wearing Boat Shoes

​Back in early April we stumbled upon a Philadelphia Inquirer trend piece all a-drool over the latest meme in man-style: the "Retrosexual." According to the piece, such a fellow, largely inspired by Don Draper, trounced about with a trilby atop his pomaded 'do, clad in a three-piece suit, ciga ... More >>

Mezcal Still the Next Big Thing; Pinot Grigio Makes a Comeback Among Snobs

​Officials are moving forward with plans to replace the dated bar cars on Metro-North Railroad's Connecticut trains with new cars that look more like a sit-down pubs on wheels. [Wall Street Journal] VinPerfect, a new type of screw cap that regulates air into the wine bottle, joins the synthet ... More >>

Fashion's Night Out Preview: Where to Go to Score Free Goodies (and Free Drinks)

This lady knows how to party (really).​Dear Anna Wintour, Thank you so very much for creating the best party of the year! Last year's awesome debut of Fashion's Night Out -- Wintour's response to the dour economic and retail state -- concluded that the only way to make people shop again is to ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Über-Cheap Birthday Pizza; a Very Mad Men Menu

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Food for Life Whole Foods Bowery Tuesday, August 10, 7 p.m. The Cancer Project is hosting this free demonstration and tasting, featuring plant-based dishes that cou ... More >>

MEMO TO FREELANCERS: SORRY, THEM'S THE BREAKS.

Incidentally, this guy is owed money by BlackBook, too. Probably.​It's been an interesting week or two for freelance writers! Our editor-in-chief, Tony Ortega, dished some excellent advice on how not to pitch him! Meanwhile, writer Richard Morgan wrote for The Awl about what it's been like to ... More >>

Where in Manhattan Does Mad Men's Don Draper Live, Exactly?

​If you don't watch Mad Men, well, here are your excuses. And if you do watch Mad Men, then you know that lead character Don Draper's living in Manhattan full-time these days. But where?

Tales from Tales of the Cocktail: Death & Co. Is America's Best Bar

A toast to all the winners.​Tales of the Cocktail, the annual convention for what has come to be known as mixology, culminated in the Spirited Awards ceremony held at The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans on Saturday night. The theme was Mad Men, which meant that bartenders and spirits industry f ... More >>

Emmy Nominations Announced; HBO Maintains Primetime Stranglehold

We will never own one of these. ​Whee, the 62nd Annual (Primetime!) Emmys have been announced. There aren't that many surprises: As usual, HBO rocks, as does Mad Men, True Blood, 30 Rock, Glee, Neil Patrick Harris, and Tina Fey. Losties may get another chance to see the objects of their affect ... More >>

Questions That May Never Be Answered: Where Did Sexy Banker Debrahlee Lorenzana Get Her Pushup Bra?

Lorenzana shows one of her many pairs of Uggs on her Facebook page.​If you've watched a TV or seen a paper or glanced at a computer this week, there's no way you haven't heard about the hot-hot-hot lady banker who may have been too hot to bank. The whirlwind of responses to Elizabeth Dwoskin's ... More >>

The Sub-Televisually Incompetent Stolen

ANALYZE THAT

The Rubin Museum's gone mad

STAGE MIGHT

Theatermakers battle for glory