barry-diller
The Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, the Scarecrow, and the Tin Man
Max Read · 09/13/10 02:59AMThe 40 Billionaires Giving Away Half of Their Wealth
Max Read · 08/04/10 11:48PMTech's Obscenely Paid Sugar Daddies
Ryan Tate · 07/27/10 11:21AMBarry Diller's Internet Date
Ryan Tate · 06/28/10 11:58AMBarry Diller's Company-Paid Vacations Must Be Awesome
Adrian Chen · 05/31/10 10:17AMThe Costume Institute Gala Benefit: A Virtual Party Report
Brian Moylan · 05/04/10 03:50PMThe Vanity Fair Tribeca Film Festival Gala: A Virtual Party Report
Brian Moylan · 04/21/10 03:13PM10 People Who Need to Finally Come Out of the Closet
Brian Moylan · 03/29/10 06:21PMFrom the Belly of the Daily Beast: The Onerous Apparatus of Tina Brown's Website
Ryan Tate · 02/11/10 09:00AMJimmy Kimmel Never Called Sarah Silverman Pretty, and Now He Will Pay
Maureen O'Connor · 02/09/10 06:39AMZooey Deschanel to Play Promiscuous Rock and Roll Lady
Adrian Chen · 02/03/10 01:28AMHappy Birthday
cityfile · 02/02/10 06:38AMBarry Diller turns 68 today. Christie Brinkley is turning 56 (not that she looks it). Former New York Post gossip columnist (and current wowowow.com contributor) Liz Smith is celebrating her 87th birthday. Colombia's most famous cultural export, Shakira, is turning 33 today. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas is 58. Broadway vet Elaine Stritch is turning 85. Food Network host Ina Garten is 62. Marissa Jaret Winokur (of Hairspray fame) turns 37. And Duane Chapman, who you probably know as "Dog the Bounty Hunter," turns 57 today.
Presumed Nigerian Terrorist Joins Ill-Timed Bathroom Break Hall of Fame
Maureen O'Connor · 12/28/09 03:13AMThe Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
Foster Kamer · 12/19/09 01:15PMIt Takes Two Chefs to Keep Barry Diller Well-Fed
cityfile · 12/15/09 02:18PMMany thanks to the faithful reader in Australia who directed us to this article in The Cairns Post which has some totally vital info on the whereabouts of media mogul Barry Diller's $200 million sailboat, EOS. It's located in lovely Cairns right now—as you probably could have guessed—along with Diller's crew of "two chefs, three engineers, nine deck crew and captains and stewardesses." But it won't be docked there for long! The paper reports that Diller will be climbing aboard the 304-foot beast in January when it sets sail for the Solomon Islands. [The Cairns Post]
cityfile · 12/02/09 03:35PM
• Rupert Murdoch is hoping to give the Times a run for its money. The mogul plans to put $15 million into the NYC edition of the Wall Street Journal. [NYO]
• ABC still hasn't said who's replacing Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, which has led to some "puzzlement and frustration" among staffers. [LAT]
• Why is Comcast planning to keep Jeff Zucker on as NBC Universal's CEO after it takes control of the company? There are no easy explanations, alas. [NYT]
• The Times may "prune" its collection of 70 blogs to cut expenses. [NYO]
• Sam Zell has stepped down as CEO of Tribune; he'll remain chairman. [NYT]
• The lineup for Sundance 2010 was announced today. [Vulture, NYT]
• Tiger Woods' spicy extracurricular activities would have come out two years ago if the National Enquirer hadn't cut a deal with the golfer. Allegedly. [NYP]
Is Ricky Van Veen Spending Too Much Time with Ben Silverman?
Ryan Tate · 11/18/09 12:34PMBen Silverman's New College Buddy
Ryan Tate · 11/05/09 12:08PMcityfile · 10/28/09 04:08PM
• Tom McGeveran took over as editor of the Observer after Peter Kaplan made his exit this spring, but now he's headed out the door as well. [NYO]
• Layoffs: The cuts at Condé Nast continue though they should end soon; the layoffs at Forbes this week were deep ones: 1 in 4 editorial staffers were let go.
• Newsday's website erected a pay wall today. Good luck with that. [E&P]
• The Michael Jackson movie This Is It sold $2.2 million in tickets on its opening night, which is pretty good considering it was a Tuesday. [LAT, NYT]