Lambert shares style, savvy 'For Your Entertainment' Nov 18, 2009
Best booksMichael Chabon's The Mysteriesof Pittsburgh and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay; Bret Easton Ellis' Glamorama. TV addictionsWeeds, Californication, Dexter, True Blood. (USA Today)
* Hardcover: UK: Nick Caves Bunny Munro: all mouth and trousers Sep 20, 2009
Recently, he has been reading Bellow and Updike as well as, intriguingly, Bret Easton Ellis, another writer who, like Cave, has often been castigated for his supposed misogyny. It shows. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
A novel take on Katrina’s aftermath Sep 8, 2009
Graphic novels are quickly garnering a reputation as this generation s response to the work of 1980s brat-pack writers like Bret Easton Ellis. Artists including Josh Neufeld, the illustrator behind such works as American Splendor, are among a new wave of literary pioneers who are doing their part to help readers rethink comics. (Boston Globe)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Aug. 23) Aug 23, 2009
Bret Easton Ellis helps adapt his story collection about beautiful Angelenos living vacant lives in the Wang Chung era. Ultimately even less than zero, despite a cast that includes Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, and Mickey Rourke. (Boston Globe)
Splash around: Great kids products for water play Aug 18, 2009
Atlas talks to John Irving, Paul Auster and Bret Easton Ellis, and audible. com listeners will have a chance to hear Azar Nafisi discussing Saul Bellow; Russell Banks on William Kennedy; Gay Talese on Kurt Vonnegut; Larry. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
OBSESSION: AN EROTIC TALE Jun 22, 2009
"Obsession" is best described as "The Story of O" by way of Bret Easton Ellis -- it's hard to tell what's most important at any given time, sex or status. Orgies take place at homes that have been photographed for "Architectural Digest.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
Phony Documentary Doesn't Do The Trick May 22, 2009
As the boyfriend and clients in her life chatter about the financial crisis and the presidential debates, the call girl shops, has lunch, and maintains a look of such utter blankness as to suggest she has just stepped out of a Bret Easton Ellis novel. Dramatic highlights include the question of whether her boyfriend will take a trip to Vegas with his buddies, and whether a blogger (played, in an amusingly sleazy cameo, by the New York film critic Glenn Kenny) will give her a good review. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Edwards' book is a mystery May 7, 2009
She inspired the character of Alison Poole, "an ostensibly jaded, sexually voracious" New York City party girl who had the lead in Jay McInerney's novel "Story of My Life" and in a short story in his new book, "How It Ended," as well as a couple of walk-ons in Bret Easton Ellis novels. What unimaginable stress, to learn that you were trying to make your husband president at the same time his mistress was making a baby that could well be his. (Albany Times Union)
Billy Bob Thornton likes staying put Apr 28, 2009
The saga of the rich, beautiful and nasty people in Los Angeles is based on Bret Easton Ellis short stories of the same title. Thornton is a fan of the author as well as a friend of his, and that's one reason he agreed to do what is essentially a cameo, although he rarely accepts them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Amazon restores rankings for gay-themed books Apr 16, 2009
Still ranked were such bloody novels as Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club and Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho. Also intact were two novels banned for decades because of their language and erotic content: D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. (USA Today -- Tech)
Who Moved My Rank? Sales Rank Purged From Amazon Apr 14, 2009
Still ranked were such bloody novels as Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club" and Bret Easton Ellis' "American Psycho." Also intact were two novels banned for decades because of their language and erotic content: D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" and Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer.". News of the glitch emerged around the same time that the American Library Association announced the death of Judith Krug, the head of the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom and founder of Banned Books Week,... (Click2Houston, TX)
From New Orleans to Antarctica, via the twin towers Feb 18, 2009
After Obama, it was back to the '80s at Sundance, from the hideous Bret Easton Ellis nightmare "The Informers" to Greg Mottola's delightful rom-com "Adventureland.". Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009 22:28 EST. (Salon)
Peaches Geldof: a life in tattoos Feb 17, 2009
In Geldof's case, the name of her estranged husband appears on her wrist; the noose is apparently a nod to an ex-boyfriend, as are the words "Ex-Valentine" on her arm; while "Disappear Here" - both a reference to Bret Easton Ellis and the title of her magazine - is inked on her forearm. In the last few years, the number of having tattoos has risen markedly, and they now constitute around half the tattoo market. (guardian.co.uk)
Oscar shows us his shorts Feb 7, 2009
I rushed straight from watching the inauguration to a screening of "The Informers," an architecturally impressive but thoroughly loathsome exercise in prepackaged 1980s nihilism, loosely adapted from Bret Easton Ellis' short-story collection of the same name. Some movies, as the saying goes, leave you feeling like you need to take a shower. (Salon)
