Jamie Malanowski

Month: October 2008

HEY JOE–WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE

Since the summer, I’ve pretty regularly been watching Joe Scarborough and his crew on Morning Joe on MSNBC. He’s pretty good–a middle-of-the-road, non-doctrinaire conservative–although he does have a tendency to overtalk his guests and especially his co-host, the long-suffering Mika Brzensinski. Joe has been pretty hard to take the last couple of weeks, as though …

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PROFILED IN PIF

“No editor or publisher ever wakes up in the morning, looks out his window, and scans the landscape for a brilliant writer who’s just too shy to put himself or herself forward. It’s a put yourself forward business, at every level.” Hey–that’s me talking, in an interview with Derek Alger in pif magazine, a very …

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WATCH ON THE RYAN

Lunch yesterday was provided by my pal Ryan D’Agostino, one of the stalwarts at Esquire. We ate in the Hearst employees’ cafeteria, which is located in the very cool atrium of the newish Hearst Building on Eighth Avenue. An excellent amenity. Ryan is excited about his new book, Rich Like Them, which will be published …

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COMPLEX CRUDUP

At the very charming Cafe Cafe on Broome Street yesterday, I had the pleasure of interviewing the very smart and cooperative actor Billy Crudup for a cover story in an upcoming issue of Best Life. Crudup talked a lot of about acting and the actor’s life. “I like complexity,” he says. My kind of guy.

AMERICAN FERVOUR

At the Burns Center Monday night, Ginny and I were part of an audience that premiered American Fervour, one of a four-part BBC series by Professor Simon Schama called American History: The Future that will debut in January. Monday’s episode was about the intersection of religion and politics in America, and would probably be a …

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A TALE OF TWO PRESIDENTS

Around noon on a brilliantly sunny Monday (the 27th) in Union Square Park, a robust and multidimentional, if all-black image of the first president overlooks a flat, multicolored image of the first black, 44th overall president.

BLUE RIBBON GIRL

In the early hours of Sunday morning (the 26th), in the murky riding shed at Chickory Meadow Farm, Cara won her first blue ribbon, finishing first in equitation among her classmates. She also competed in jumping events. Good job, Cara–congratulations!

A FAN’S NOTE

If you’ve never received a note that begins “You have never stopped being brilliant,” let me tell you, I recommend it. The other day, the writer Lynn Phillips sent me note saying “You have never stopped being brilliant, but I’m still haunted by your June 91 Spy piece, `When Disney Ran America,’ and keep wanting …

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