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SPRING 2004Congratulations to Alec Baldwin for his best supporting actor nomination for "The Cooler". Congratulations to Nathaniel Kahn, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, for writing and directing "My Architect", Congratulations to
Marcia Gay Harden for being nominated once again for best supporting actress, for her role in "Mystic River". SUMMER 2003
Belated congratulatons fo Jane Howell
, winner of an Emmy last year for Outstanding Indivdual Achievement in Animation. WINTER 2002-2003 Congratulations to Eugene Gearty
for his Academy Award nomination for Sound Editing, in Martin Scorceses' "Gangs of New York" . Look for jazz radio personality
Sheila Anderson's new book, "The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac", due out in March.Diane Paulus, director of "The Donkey Show", as well as several other well-received theatre
pieces, has just opened "The Karaoke Show" every Thursday at Club El Flamingo.
Check out new book, "The Anatomy of a Dish" by noted chef Diane Forley of Verbena. Jimmy Siegel, of BBDO has a new bestseller out, "Derailed". Novel number 3! WWE ring announcer
Lillian Garcia has a new single out "Shout".Congratulations to Toland Grinnell for his well-received mixed media exhibition at
Mary Boone Gallery. www.maryboone.com SUMMER 2002Mathew Blumberg
has one of the few thriving internet businesses based in nyc. "Return Path" functions as an email address update function for web-based business applications. It is a free service for consumers. www.returnpath.net. SPRING 2002Look for David Licata's
award-winning comedy short film. This hilarious look into finding gainful employment, and the interviews involved, is called "8 ½ by 11". More information at www.bloodorangefilms.com. Viewable on www.Ifilm.com. Carol Guber's
"Type 2 Diabetes Life Plan" is a comprehensive new book on Diabetes lifestyle management for the busy New Yorker. As a diabetic, who is also a well-qualified nutritionist, Carol has seen what works for her and has translated the information into a 'take-charge' plan.
Good luck to Steven Strauss
in his quest to become the New York State Assemblyman from the Upper West Side. Having known Steven for 20 years, I can honestly endorse his enthusiasm , commitment, and integrity. He is looking for campaign help and funding, and can be reached at 212-864-VOTE, or by email at
NYwithStrauss@aol.com. Randy Weiner writes and directs with wife Diane Paulus, "Swimming With Watermelons", a funning and harming piece at the Vineyard theatre. The Bond Street
guys have expanded by opening Thom and Theo. Excellent cuisine, and look for buzz surrounding June opening of Thom's private rooftop garden, well run by Andrew Lumsden. Congratulations to David Letterman's bass player Will Lee for "Birdhouse", jazz recording of Charley Parker music, accompanied by his dad, available on www.cdbaby.com. Also
check out his well-known "Fab Faux", the serious late-Beatles, "Beatles Band"! Freelance writer Ruta Fox
has become a jewelry entrepreneur. "The AH Ring", as featured in Oprah's Magazine, is her pinky ring designed for women who are "alone and happy". Look for director Josh Pais' "7th Street" on the Metro Channel at the end of March.Kate Burton
stars in "The Elephant Man" on Broadway. Multiple Tony nominations? Blake Lawrence directs "Shopping and Fucking" at Chelsea Theatre 22, a revival with good word of mouth.
WINTER 2001Congratulations to Caroline Murphy as she begins her tenure as the Estee Lauder model. Not a bad October Vogue cover either.
Ron Gallen's
"The Money Trap" is a well-received new book on the psychology of dealing with money. It's a wonderful book that covers all the implications of having, not having, wanting, and dealing with 'the green stuff'.
Joshua Levin
has written a short, independent comedy, "I never met a morphosis I didn't like". Look for it on the festival circuit.Phil Schaap, well known as a jazz academic and radio host, has 7 grammys
for his jazz mixing, producing, etc. Also read him in the NYT. Randy Weiner and Diane Paulus
are workshopping "Dirty Dancing" with Dodger Productions. Diane directed "Eli's Comin" at the Vineyard Theatre and Randy wrote and Diane directed the long-running "The Donkey Show". Ron Bochar,
sound editor, has great expectations for "The Score", a July release with Deniro, Brando, and Ed Norton. Rona Berg
has a new book which has been on the LA Times best-seller list. "Beauty: the new basics", is from the former beauty editor of the NYT Sunday Magazine. Congratulations to Kristen Johnston
for getting great reviews in "The Women". Her nightly catfight has resulted in a great number of bruises. David Aaron Baker
was excellent in Manhattan Class Company's "The Glory of Living", and will be excellent in Atlantic Theatre Company's "Hobson's Choice". Michael Ritchie, Williamstown Theatre Festival Producer,
brought Hedda Gabler to Broadway, is bringing an old Arthur Miller play to the Roundabout, and is producing "One Mo' Time" on Broadway in the Spring. Busy guy. Heather Goldenhersch
is the quirky lead in a well-received new play, "Psych" at Playwright's Horizon. Kellie Overbey is in the well-received play "QED" with Alan Alda at Lincoln Center. Bill Bogert
is excellent as the co-star of "Neil's Garden" at the Rattlestick Theatre in the Village. Rod Kaats directed. Billy Prunty is the chef at the wonderfully intimate Caffe Rosso on W. 12
th Street in the Village. Perfect for special occasions. Linda Eder
performs her on solo show at The Gerschwin Theatre for a week in December. A reprise from her Carnegie Hall Christmas performance. Congratulations to Michael Schmertzler for organizing the
investor group that raised $100 million to fund the development of Dean Kamen's people-mover, "The Segway". Congratulations to Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany
for playing a key role in the introduction of the "Euro", the new European currency which takes effect on January 1st, 2002. SuperBowl Ads: Checkout the Hungryman guys- Bryan Buckley,
and John O'Hagan who directed a total of 4 ads on the upcoming SuperBowl. We are told to look out for Bryan's 'Monkey' E-trade ad, as well as the Oxygen, Visa and Smirnoff Ice ads.
SUMMER 2001Ray Defelitta wrote and directed "Two Family House", which won the audience award at Sundance. Its now available on video. Produced by Alan
Klingenstein. Watch for "Velvet Touch", Ray's new film, in the fall.Richard Lagravenese, "The Fischer King", "Bridges of Madison County"
, etc, has completed the screenplay for "As Bees in Honey Drown". Daniel Boulud has been awarded the French Legion of Honor. His db Bistro Moderne opened in the new City Club Hotel on W .44th.
Alan Colmes is on live nightly at 9 on Fox TV's Hannity and Colmes, and then moves nightly to radio station WEVD 1050am from 11 to 2am. Bruce Alfred
was the writer, producer, and director for the A&E special, "The French Impressionists". Check out Peter Husovsky at Gotham City Improv every Friday at 8. 23rd between 6th and 7th.
Florence Dore and sister Katherine perform alternative country several nights monthly at The Lakeside Lounge. Mathew Walley performed his Carnegie Hall debut as a baritone soloist in
"Carmina Burana" in April. Willie Nile has a new album "Beautiful Wreck of the World". He wrote the "Pearl Harbor" title song. Clyde Baldo
appears in 3 independent movies - "Who Killed Julia Martin", "Neal Cassady" playing Ram Dass, "Yeti: A Horror in the Himalayas". Paige Turco has the lead in the new fall show "The Agency"
Marcia Gay Harden has the lead is a new fall series co-starring Richard Dreyfuss. Congratulations on winning Academy Award for best-supporting actress in "Pollock" Kate Burton
is coming to Broadway in the fall as the star in an acclaimed production of "Hedda Gabler" Richard Belzer was roasted by the Friar's Club this summer. To be shown on HBO. Congratulations to the
Duke Blue Devils, winners of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Dr. Yaffe's son, Ben, is a sophomore at Duke in biomedical engineering and an avid fan. WINTER/SPRING 2001 Look for Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's new movie, 'King of the Jungle', starring Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo, due out in March. Also his play at the Public Theatre starring Rosie Perez,
'References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot'. Lastly, his rewrite to musical 'All That Glitters', starring Mariah Carey, due out in a few months. Look for Rosie Perez
in a new Spike Jonze movie, 'Human Nature', costarring Rosanna Arquette, out next summer. Gus Xilias, evp, operations of Netfolio.com, offers a
basket of stocks in a personalized portfolio determined according to a risk-reward ratio. An upfront fee lets you change basket and the mix within the basket. Due out in February.Richard Rosenthal,
Y&R TV producer, is sorry to have had his Sonystyle Ad Series pulled by Sony. His 'Kidnapping Santa' series is presently available on adcritic.com.Congratulations to Linda Eder
on her second Carnegie Hall solo appearance of the year! Her sold out well-received December appearance included The Broadway Gospel Chorus, and a surprise visit by Rosie O'Donnell. Howard McGillin
is presently 'the Phantom' on Broadway. The voice of Geoffrey in 'The South Park Movie', and leads in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and 'Anything Goes', are amongst Howard's
accomplishments. Mano Warikoo is starting First Rain, a wireless mobile computing company. The company can take any present website and configure it to make it compatible with a wireless
device. From small clients to large. Alec Baldwin is directing, producing and starring in 'The Devil and Daniel Webster', co-starring Anthony Hopkins. Look for
Hungry Man's John O'Hagan's 'Squirrels' commercial on the Superbowl. He is noted for the 'Herding Cats' commercial from last year. 'Scratch', premiering at Sundance, is a documentary about
the rap industry. It features Steven Stein, 'Steinski', as well as Jurassic5, and is about turntablism. Look for John Doman as chief of detectives in the new Robert Deniro movie, 'City By the Sea'
. Due out in the fall. DECEMBER 2000 Congratulations to all the Cameron Crazies, past and present, for the Duke Blue Devils
win in the NIT pre-season tournament at MSG (also Yam). Duke is presently number 2 in the country in NCAA Basketball. NOVEMBER 2000 Matt Taibbi's book "Exile: Sex, Drugs, and
Libel in the New Russia" is being produced as a movie next year. Matt is known for having started an irreverent English language newspaper in Moscow, where he continues to live. Patty Reitkopf is a director at Hospital Audiences (HAI), a program which provides access to
cultural events for New Yorkers who are isolated from the cultural mainstream. This includes people with physical and mental disabilities, the frail elderly, hearing and sight impaired people, wheelchair and
bedbound people. Individuals are brought to events, and events are brought to the institutions. This 30 year old organization has provided hope and inspiration for almost 10 million people. Check
out their site at www.hospaud.org.Paulette Cooper
has written 13 books, and is enjoying researching her new book on wedding destinations. Paulette, who has been the subject of intimidation and lawsuits by the Scientology organization, is enjoying first class freebies in anticipation of a summer 2001 publication date.
Marcy Heisler, lyricist, has "Adventures in Love" possibly coming to New York in 2001. The musical, directed by Mark Waldrop, of "Gameshow" fame, premiered in Minnesota to great
reviews. She also has an original musical in development at Second Stage, "Allison Under the Stars". Look for David Deblinger, with a big role in "Clubland",
a Showtime original due out in the Spring. The movie is about 1950's comedians in New York, and stars Alan Alda. Everardo Jefferson
and Sara Caples are involved in the architectural restoration of the Apollo Theatre. This historic Harlem venue, almost disappeared in the early 1980's, and is being brought back through the efforts of Harlem community leaders, and Time Warner.
Sally Jesse Raphael will make her onscreen singing debut in "Unconditional Love", due out in January. She appears with Rupert Everett, Vanessa Redgrave, and Barry Manilow and will
regale us with her interpretation of "I Can't Live Without You". Carol Mills and her sister Malia are making a big splash with their boutique bathing suit line from Malia Mills.
Tops and bottoms are sold separately, and are the suits are known for their fit. Celebrity clientele have boosted sales at the Soho boutique. Check out www.maliamills.com OCTOBER, 2000 The big signs you see around town are the work of Outdoor Concepts. Greg M. Smith has the fastest growing outdoor media company in the country.
Good luck to Sonya Estes, competing in the national sprint adventure racing championships. This is an 8 hour team competition
which takes place in Jupiter, Fla. in November and includes kayaking, running, and mountain biking. She competes on Team Near.Billy Baldwin has 3 new movies
coming out in the next year."Relative Values", a Noel Coward adaptation with Julie Andrews, "Double Bang", an indie cop drama, and "One-eyed King", co-starring Chazz Palmintieri. Congratulations to
Shari Franco who was first in her age group for the NYC biathlon twice last year, and three times in 1998. Brad Simpson, of Killer Films, alerts us to a new Todd Solondz film
, as yet untitled, starring John Goodman, due out in Spring. Much like "Happiness". Watch for Kamaal Fareed, jumping from music to film to play Jimi Hendrix, in a new film
co-starring Harvey Keitel, due out next fall. Kyle Cashin, fitness trainer in NYC, has participated in 10 ironman
events. He won the long distance national triathlon in the 30-34 year old half ironman. The ironman is 2.4 miles swimming, 112 miles biking, and 26.2 mioles running. He is the top USA ironman amateur, and 15
th overall in the USA. SEPTEMBER, 2000 Best theatre lobby in New York is at City Cinemas E. 86th St, between 2nd and 3rd according to Time Out Magazine. Congratulations to
theatre architect John Averitt of Averitt Associates for the design.Congratulations to Brian Buckley of Hungry Man, for winning Best Commercial Director of the Year Award. His work
included the much remembered E-trade ads, including the "Out the Wazoo" ad on the Super Bowl. Ron Ruden, M.D., appears every Monday night on eyada.com, with a weekly streaming audio/video show on issues involving the forefront of medicine
. These are archived and available even when Dr. Ruden isn't live, which for Dr. Yaffe's sake, hopefully, is most of the time.Congratulations to Bjork, Icelandic pop artist, starring in
Dancer in the Dark, opening the New York Film Festival on September 22. The movie won the Palme d'Or, best movie, at the Cannes Film Festival in May and she won the Best Actor
award at Cannes. Bjork stars and wrote the score for the movie. She also won at the MTV Video Awards in the breakthrough video category with her music video, "All is Full of Love". AUGUST, 2000 Gayle Scott is a very funny lady. Check her out in "Chicks With Schticks" at Carolines, the last Wednesday of every month. This original sketch comedy was
recently featured on CBS News. Judith Hawking
plays Mrs. Julius Caesar in the Central Park Production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" through Labor Day. (Judith is one of my favorite actresses) DrBYPhilip Sherman, mohel with a sense
of humor, and mohel 'to the stars", has a new website emoil.com. High-end dog catalog Harry Barker, has been opened by 'ex-Penn and Teller'
fire-eater Carol Perkins. Very good stuff available at harrybarker.com.Nathaniel Kahn is preparing a documentary of famous American architect Louis Kahn, who gained fame in the
1950's and 1960's for projects including the Salk Institute and The Kimbell Art Museum. His father died in 1974.Morebenefits.com is a B2B site established by
Stephen Zeiger which allows companies to bid for employee benefit programs online. This is from the same innovator who first allowed companies to insure stock options and deferred compensations.
Joyce Newman of the Newman Group specializes in high level speaker and media training. She works with CEO's, writers on tour, etc., and is better than taking beta-blockers. Newmangroup.com Gore Vidal's "The Best Man",
has a fortieth anniversary revival opening soon at the Virginia Theatre. Congratulations to 27 year old Ethan Mcsweeney
for being one of the youngest directors on Broadway.Frank Whaley, noted actor and Sundance -winning director, will be in the big Paramount comedy,'Pursuit of Happiness', in the fall. Allen Cohen
, CEO of drivethere.com, is working with Lucent to develop voice recognition phonebrowsers. His technology allows drivers to get computer generated information by cell telephone voice command
.Congratulations to Peter Sherwood, agent at Sames and Rollnick, for putting new superstar Deborah Yates into "Contact" on Broadway. Chip Jackson is the double bass player for the famed
Billy Taylor Trio. They will be performing several times in the next few months at the Metropolitan Museum.
JUNE, 2000 Congratulations to Barry Markowitz, cinematographer.
"All the Pretty Horses", due in movie theaters in the fall, is raising quite a buzz, and may get him an Academy Award nomination for best cinematography. Congratulations to Dennis Giauque and Bing Yang for their restaurant in Rhinebeck, NY, The Cripple Creek Inn, being
named "best of the Hudson Valley, 1999" by the Culinary Institue of America. This is especially impressive in that it was in its first year of operation. I've eaten here several times, and its worth the
trip!!!(BY)David Duffield appears in the movie "Unbreakable", in late fall. He plays the young Bruce Willis in this movie, by the writer of "The Sixth Sense". Diane Forley, owner and chef of Verbena,
an excellent restaurant on Irving Place, is opening a wine bar, Bar Demi, on 17th, between Third and Irving. This promises to be a classy and romantic spot. Frank Wildhorn's play "Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde"
has entered its fourth year on Broadway. At one point Frank had three plays on Broadway at one time, including "The Scarlet Pimpernell", and "Civil Wars". Look for new play starring Linda Eder, "Havana".
Gene Gearty, sound editor for C5, is working on the new Ang Lee movie, "Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Good word of mouth.Jay Biederman has opened the only private aviation school in the city, The Manhattan Aviation School. The Jewish Cultural Center
, opening in mid-June on 16th St, between Fifth and Sixth, has an excellent reading room, according to docent Paul Katz. The Center combines The Yeshiva University Museum, Yivo, The Baeck Institute,
and The Jewish Historical Society. Jim Wexler, CEO of Brandgames.com, customizes games with brand messages. These are especially useful in medical situations, where both kids and adults can learn to use medical
products through game playing. Check out the site. Julie Kravitz Sheppard alerts us to the opening this month of AZ Restaurant at 21 W. 17th. The chef is a three star chef from San
Francisco. A ridiculously good thing has happened to Kenneth Kaplan, age 44. He won the national Taekwondo Forms championship in his age group in front of 3000 people in Denver in May. Later
that day he won the national championship in the 17-33 year old division. Not bad for an old guy!! "NothingBut Money", by Sandra Albert, is going to be produced in NY by Scott Perrin, who did
"32 Secrets Every Traveler Should Know". Very funny. Perhaps starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Rod Kaats, artistic director of the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack, is attracting top
talent and getting excellent reviews. Look for "Mame" this summer. Good reason to spend a summer day in Nyack. Scott Decker is performing at Groove
on Saturday and Sunday nights to packed houses every weekend. Funk, R&B. Hopefully, "Moving On", witten and starring Scott, will be produced in NYC this fall. Tom Mcinerney does a law and ethics column, as well as appearing on NPR's The Law Show.
Trevor Hutchins
has done very well with Medizine, a complementary magazine given away at pharmacies. He is raising funds to go national withcornerdrugstore.com, already operational as a
means of getting the neighborhood drugstores online. The only opportunity for immediate delivery from internet pharmacies. Lou Lafford is the tech director for upocblue.com, a new wireless community. MAY, 2000 Levain Bakery of W. 74th St.
has been named "home of the best chocolate chip cookie on the westside" -- NYTimes. Congrats to Pam Weekes and Connie McDonald. TheFlyontheWall.com
offers hot news from the street in real time. Not for every investor, this site is the serious professional investor.Gizmoz.com
is a new site that offers interactive animated web objects that deliver sports, music, etc. Check out infoloc.com
as the breakthrough security device for software security in digital music, video,etc.
Clickthings.com is a web site developer that is an e-commerce solution. If you have something to sell, this site offers turnkey solutions.
Brainscans.com
is a site where you can get a brain MRI from a New York Radiologist for $169 out-of-pocket, without the need for any insurance or medical approval. Other body scans will eventually be added.. Good screening if there is no way to get an MRI covered by insurance. Safe.
Rick Newman of CatchARisingStar fame is revamping comedynet.com Bill Russell, lyricist and collaborator on Side Show, has a budding hit in Palo Alto that will
eventually head to New York next year. Look for "Everything's Ducky."The National Museum of American Illustration
has opened in a lovely mansion in Newport, R.I. Laurence Cutler, Judy Cutler are curators and have established a magnificent new illustration center. Featured in Dec., 1999 Architectural Digest.
Americanillustration.org Dr. Bruce Yaffe has been placed on the board of ediets.com. The site offers individualized
nutrition consultation, based on preferences, medical needs, etc. The site e-mails daily recipes, and features chat boards, buddy lists, live chat sessions with dieticians and psychologists. It is
inexpensive, by monthly subscription, and rapidly gaining popularity and credibility. It doesn't sell its own product, and features full exercise and lifestyle information.
Webcasting is gaining in stature with the spread of broadband. Jumpcut.com, a NY based webcasting service is available for all size projects. |
