Buscemi is the Godfather of the Boardwalk
Looking through the list of Steve Buscemi’s film and television credits as an actor, not many of the titles stand out– except for “The Sopranos,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Fargo.” Buscemi, who’s also a director, is the sort of frequently working character actor that people have seen in a multitude of roles, most of them smarmy and fast talking, if not downright psychopathic. He’s the guy with the...
Partying, Emmy Style
ET had Cyndi Lauper at Vibiana. Fox had the Glee cast and creator/director/writer Ryan Murphy, eating and loving things at Cicada. Comedy Central had Colbert at The Colony. AMC had Mad Men, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul at Soho House. And HBO had designer Billy Butchkavitz, who continues to set the bar on sumptuous design by transforming the Pacific Design Center’s plaza into the winningest network’s pulsating afterparty. This time he...
Killer Mini-Series
Already sucked in to “Generation Kill,” HBO’s seven-part miniseries set during the first days of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Piece is done partly through the eyes of a veteran journalist on assignment for Rolling Stone embedded with an elite Marine squadron, based on author of the book by the same name, Evan Wright. As a viewer, you’re drawn–actually thrown–into their world from the inside of a...