USA TODAY gets a little bookish as editor Jocelyn McClurg and reporter Carol Memmott wander the aisles at the annual BookExpo convention in Los Angeles. Read their dispatches from the show.
Hamptons home sales have plummeted since the first quarter of last year, but brokers say this summer's rentals are stronger than ever, fueled by an influx of international tourists lured by the beaches and the weak dollar. "We have had an astronomical rental year," the president of Town & Country Real Estate, Judi Desiderio, said, adding that her firm has rented some 19% of its properties this
Seventeen years have passed, I remind Gore Vidal, since he told a reporter: "This is the last interview I shall ever give. I am in the departure lounge of life." "So where are you now? Tray table in the upright position, footrest stowed, taxiing towards the runway?"
British tabloid the Sun (www.thesun.co.uk) has posted a bizarre video from 1999 that features a 23-year-old Angelina Jolie 'fessing up to some serious drug use - not to say a few creepy instances of what sound like animal battery.
The Baum Gallery of Fine Arts on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas was the site of the "Art in Architecture: Historic Homes of Conway" opening exhibit and awards ceremony which took place on May 4. Guests were greeted with music provided by Alec Brown on cello and Irish whistle and Cory Winters on violin.
JEFFREY Epstein, who made a trip to Israel last month, thought about staying there, as Roman Polanski did in France, rather than face trial and possibly jail on charges of soliciting sex from prostitutes. But the money manager came home. "Would you want to live in Israel?" he asked Vanity Fair's Vicky Ward yesterday. At the screening the night before of HBO's documentary about Polanski, the
Hold on to your butts, kids! Here comes another installment ofThe Underpants Tablecloth-Caped Avenger! Disguised as my nebbish alter ego, Johan Awesome, I patrolled an enclave of Kensington. Ol’ Black Betty, the Six-Speed Bicycle of Wonder and Truth, jolted with nerves.