New York’s New Gehry: Splendor in the Glass

The IAC Headquarters/Frank Gehry — All Photos: Albert Vecerka/ESTO I got a tour earlier this week of Manhattan’s first Frank Gehry building, the IAC headquarters, a 10-story undulating mesa — actually, it’s an office building — on the lower west side of Manhattan. I first got a glimpse of this project, which was commissioned by the [...]

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Lord, Beer Me Strength

NBC Photo: Chris Haston I meant to work an Office review into my Alec Baldwin rant, but that went on and on and on, and after the umpteenth paragraph I thought I’d better play myself off. Decent, midlevel episode. Great concept (I laughed like a donkey when I saw the obscene watermark; then again, I’m [...]

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Alec Baldwin's a Bad Dad, and I Don't Care

NBC Photo: Virginia Sherwood I may be the last entertainment/TV blogger in the world not to comment on the Alec Baldwin incident. Technical difficulties are to blame: my technical inability to give a crap. Was Baldwin’s irate voicemail to his daughter inappropriate? Yeah. I dunno. I guess. Families are weird. Divorced celebrity families with tween [...]