We’ll Always Have Oscar….Maybe

Last night the Golden Globe Awards were handed out, with the sleeper Slumdog Millionaire sweeping every category in which it was nominated. Ron Howard’s acclaimed Frost/Nixon was completely shut out. Not even Frank Langella got the award for Best Actor –...

Washington Post Reviews “Family Of Secrets”

The book section of today’s Washington Post includes a review of Russ Baker’s book Family Of Secrets by Jamie Malanowski (once a mainstay of Spy magazine in its 1980s heyday, later managing editor of Playboy) which includes this observation: In a...

1600 Penn Ave’s Fantastic Five

Yesterday, four men lunched at the White House at the invitation of President Bush. But not just any four. They were President-elect Obama and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. This was the very first time all present and former...

Sir David Reminisces, And A Correction

“Someone has to be pretty fascinating, pretty enigmatic, pretty Nixonian to keep one fascinated for 28 3/4 hours.” So says Sir David Frost about President Nixon in this CNN article (with accompanying video clip). Frost also discusses his visit to San...