Who’ll Play the Lead in the Movie? The most memorable excerpt from Tara Westover’s harrowing memoir of growing up, off-the-grid, in rural Idaho isn’t from the book. It appears in The New York Times’ book review: “Educated” is, among other things, a catalog of job-site horrors: fingers lost, legs gashed, bodies horribly burned. No pointy-headed bureaucrat could...Read More
That Hangdog Look His height (6’8″) may be a disqualifier, but it’s hard to think of an actor who bears more of an resemblance to former Donald Trump lawyer — and now convicted felon — Michael Cohen than Brad Garrett, of “Everyone Loves Raymond” fame. Uncanny, huh?!? Trump Bio-Pic Garrett’s height may actually be a...Read More
Born For a Role: Aubrey Plaza as Pip Tyler Scarcely a dozen pages in to Jonathan Franzen’s terrific new novel, “Purity” (I’m now halfway through), it’s obvious that it’s only a matter of time before the book is turned into a movie. Who’ll be cast as the book’s main characters? My candidate to play the...Read More
