Rebecca Traister

Articles by Rebecca Traister

Pre-Pre-Oscar Party

by Rebecca Traister
Sep. 28th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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"This is like the New York Oscars, except without any of the annoying prestige," said Michael Ian Bl  read more »

Stephen Glass Opens Wide

by Rebecca Traister
Sep. 7th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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The actor Hayden Christensen, speaking by phone from the Australian set of the final Star Wars prequ  read more »

Original Uptown Girl Channels East Side 'Magic'

by Rebecca Traister
Aug. 10th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Allison Jacobs sat dreamily poking at a fat piece of chocolate cake at the Greenwich Village restaur  read more »

Go East, Young D-Girl! Studios Return to New York

by Rebecca Traister
Jul. 20th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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"Every once in a while, there is a change in Hollywood where people turn back to making movies with  read more »

Crouching Budget, Hidden Profits: James Schamus, Columbia Professor, Bets $137 Million on Ang Lee Epic

by Rebecca Traister
Jun. 22nd, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Last September, New York's film industry gathered for the IFP Gotham Awards at Chelsea Piers.  read more »

Hot Flash! Trophy Wife Models Are Passé: Rudy to Jack Welch, Remarrying Geezers Get Middle-Aged Babes With Power Dowries

by Rebecca Traister, Alexandra Wolfe and Anna Jane Grossman
Jun. 1st, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Sure, Judith Nathan started out as a lowly interloper, an East Side Camilla Parker-Bowles, making th  read more »

Superdame Gets Her Man

by Rebecca Traister, Alexandra Wolfe and Anna Jane Grossman
Jun. 1st, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Sure, Judith Nathan started out as a lowly interloper, an East Side Camilla Parker-Bowles, making th  read more »

Yes, We Cannes: De Niro's Show Grows Up Fast

by Rebecca Traister
May. 4th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Vincent Pastore, The Sopranos ' late Big Pussy Bonpensiero, is excited about the Tribeca Film Festiv  read more »

J.T.'s World

by Rebecca Traister, Ronda Kaysen and Alexandra Wolfe
Apr. 27th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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The actress Winona Ryder stood onstage at the Public Theater on April 17, wringing her hands and squ  read more »

Keeping Mama Hot

by Rebecca Traister
Feb. 9th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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As the country prepares for a mysterious war and slogs through an unending recession, who can blame  read more »

Oh! Vey! Madonna!

by Rebecca Traister and Frank DiGiacomo
Feb. 2nd, 2003, 8:00 pm
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When Madonna shilled for Pepsi in 1989, the Catholic Church threatened a boycott of the soft-drink c  read more »

Whitney Wants Its Art Back

by Alexandra Wolfe, Rebecca Traister and Ronda Kaysen
Jan. 19th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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Since the early 1980's, those who have donated at least $15,000 a year to the Whitney Museum of Amer  read more »

The Droves of Academe

by Tom McGeveran and Rebecca Traister
Jan. 5th, 2003, 8:00 pm
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"The famous line about the M.L.A.  read more »

Her Own Funeral

by Frank DiGiacomo, Rebecca Traister, Noelle Hancock, Anna Jane Grossman and Alexandra Wolfe
Dec. 15th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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Near the end of Haywire , Brooke Hayward's 1977 memoir of her charmed and troubled life as the daugh  read more »

Her Magnificent Obsession

by Rebecca Traister
Nov. 10th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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Killer Films co-founder Christine Vachon shifted impatiently in her seat at the front of a crowded C  read more »

They Might Be Authors

by Joe Hagan and Rebecca Traister
Oct. 27th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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On a recent Saturday night, a cocky 21-year-old college sophomore named Zaki was making time with Ro  read more »

Ed Norton to Lansing: Burn This!

by Rebecca Traister
Sep. 29th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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When he finishes his run in the Off Broadway revival of Burn This in November, Edward Norton will re  read more »

Nanny Diarists, Maids No More, Dismiss Agents

by Rebecca Traister
Sep. 22nd, 2002, 8:00 pm
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When the novel The Nanny Diaries became a surprise hit last spring, its authors, former nannies Emma  read more »

N.Y. Film Festival Fusty and Feisty at Crossroads

by Rebecca Traister
Aug. 18th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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On Saturday, August 10, the selection committee for the 2002 New York Film Festival-composed of Film  read more »

HBO'S Gay Series Stops Shooting After A Letter

by Rebecca Traister
Aug. 4th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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After just two weekends of filming, HBO has pulled the plug on a planned documentary about five gay  read more »

Bard of Central Park

by Rebecca Traister and George Gurley
Jul. 28th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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"What do you prefer-someone calling you stupid or someone calling you ugly?" said the actor, directo  read more »

Legendary Sex?

by Rebecca Traister and Elisabeth Franck
Jul. 21st, 2002, 8:00 pm
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"When I was 16, I went out with a 35-year-old woman," said Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein at t  read more »

Jane and Silent Bob Strike Back

by Rebecca Traister
May. 12th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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If Hollywood is high school with money, Tribeca's film industry is Dalton downtown: sophisticated, s  read more »

Go West, Young Babes

by Deborah Netburn and Rebecca Traister
Apr. 21st, 2002, 8:00 pm
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Rob Dodd, a 25-year-old aspiring actor, moved to Los Angeles on Feb.  read more »

Carlyle Kerfuffle

by Frank DiGiacomo and Rebecca Traister
Apr. 14th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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When Texas company Maritz, Wolff & Co.  read more »

Miramax Regroups

by Frank DiGiacomo and Rebecca Traister
Mar. 24th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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The public face of Miramax Films is and always will be HarveyWeinstein. Mr.  read more »

The Transom

by Rebecca Traister
Mar. 17th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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A funny thing happened on the way to the Manhattan Theater Club.Larry Gelbart, the author of Tootsie  read more »

Cherry Vs. Larry: Dual Lysistrata s Prick Stage War

by Rebecca Traister
Mar. 10th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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A funny thing happened on the way to the Manhattan Theater Club.Larry Gelbart, the author of Tootsie  read more »

The New Book Club: Ladies Penning Bodice-Rippers

by Rebecca Traister
Feb. 24th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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On the morning before the Super Bowl, I sat in a Brooklynapartment, eating artichoke dip and drinkin  read more »

A Penny and Her Thoughts

by Rebecca Traister, Beth Broome and George Gurley
Feb. 24th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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"Oh my God, now I've gotten distracted by my own breasts," PennyArcade said.  read more »

Chef Matt Kenney On the Hot Plate With the I.R.S.

by Frank DiGiacomo, Elisabeth Franck, Rebecca Traister and Ian Blecher
Feb. 17th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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It was nearing 7 p.m. on the evening of Feb. 6 when stately,  read more »

Engagements

by Rebecca Traister and Deborah Netburn......
Feb. 17th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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The Couple She: Jessica Tredeau, 28, psychologist at the Manhattan  read more »

Can Taliban Kid Get a Book Deal? Agents Reach for 11-Foot Poles

by Rebecca Traister and Ian Blecher
Jan. 13th, 2002, 8:00 pm
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When 20-year-old San Anselmo, Calif., native John Walker headedto Afghanistan to fight with the Tali  read more »

Gen X Embraces the Recession By Going to Plan B: Layoff Lust

by Rebecca Traister and Elisabeth Franck
Dec. 9th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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For months, John McCarron dreamed about losing his job.  read more »

If Leo Bloom Sold $480 Tickets, What Would He Do With Profits?

by Rebecca Traister
Dec. 2nd, 2001, 8:00 pm
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The day after Mel Brooks' musical adaptation of The Producers opened to rave reviews inlate April, i  read more »

Upstart Director's Duck Soup Makes Rufus T. Firefly a Girl

by Rebecca Traister
Oct. 14th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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It was a gala day in the spare rehearsal room on West 43rdStreet, just a block from a muted Times Sq  read more »

Oliver Stone and Christopher Hitchens Spar Over Hollywood's Efforts to be Relevant

by Rebecca Traister, Elisabeth Franck and Ian Blecher
Oct. 14th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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On the morning of Saturday, Oct.6,  a group of filmmakers, Hollywood  read more »

The Last Days of an Adorable Indy: Self-Immolation of the Shooting Gallery

by Rebecca Traister
Aug. 26th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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On June 27, New York independent film staple The Shooting Gallery unceremoniously closed its doors a  read more »

Disney Animators Cite Cheapness as Big Cause of Sinking Atlantis

by Rebecca Traister
Jul. 1st, 2001, 8:00 pm
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If you haven't witnessed it yourself, someone has surely told you about the scene in DreamWorks SKG'  read more »

World Record for Short-Term Gigs Held By Guinness Scoper Gideonse

by Rebecca Traister
Jun. 24th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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Ted Gideonse stood above a gigantic plastic swimming pool in downtown Brooklyn and peered at the 2,0  read more »

Cosmetics Case: Bare-Faced in a Sephora Society

by Rebecca Traister
Mar. 18th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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I don't wear makeup.Not in that sexy, Julianne-Moore-profiled-in- Jane kind of way, where she arrive  read more »

Tower of Ambition

by Andrew Rice and Rebecca Traister
Feb. 4th, 2001, 8:00 pm
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The security guard's tone was polite but firm, with the slightest hint of menace.  read more »

The Story of O , Weinstein Style: High-School Othello Is Held Up

by Rebecca Traister
Nov. 12th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Tim Blake Nelson was in Australia acting in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line in the summer of 199  read more »

Is Hollywood Sinking in Hudson? 12 Movie Companies Close Doors

by Rebecca Traister
Oct. 22nd, 2000, 8:00 pm
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When Lisa Fragner arrived in New York one year ago to take the reins as director of East Coast produ  read more »

Desperately Seeking Darryl

by Rebecca Traister
Oct. 22nd, 2000, 8:00 pm
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I grew up in Philadelphia, where everyone loved the Phillies. I did not love the Phillies.  read more »

Androgynous Actress Kate Moennig Is 'Alt.Gwyn,' Paltrow's Cousin

by Rebecca Traister
Oct. 8th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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Twenty-two-year-old Kate Moennig was extolling the talents of her aunt and fellow thespian, Blythe D  read more »

They'd Rather Be In Philadelphia!

by Andrew Goldman and Rebecca Traister
Aug. 6th, 2000, 8:00 pm
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It was 10:15 on a soupy Philadelphia night and Arianna Huffington was already running behind in gett  read more »
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