The Culture Gabfest, Damage Control Edition Oct 8, 2009
(Audiobook of the week: Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney, read by Daniel Passer. . (Slate)
Intriguing ‘Secret Girlfriend’ is a tease Oct 7, 2009
This technique in Secret Girlfriend, which premieres tonight at 10:30, reminds me of Jay McInerney s use of the second-person voice in his novel Bright Lights, Big City. By positioning the audience itself as a young, male character, both the novel and the TV show have an interactive, post-modern tone. (Boston Globe)
Hamptons Lit Aug 6, 2009
They'll include attorney Tom Twomey and state Democratic leader Judith Hope hosting Alec Baldwin; Florence Fabricant cooking for Vera and Donald Blinken, our ambassador to Hungary under Bill Clinton; former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman hosting Nelson DeMille; Miami real estate power couple Diane and Alan Lieberman hosting Candace Bushnell; and Rudy and Judith Giuliani hosting Jay McInerney. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
In Rakoff’s post-9/11 world, Generation Y grapples with aging Jun 27, 2009
Much like Jay McInerney s Bright Lights, Big City and Mary McCarthy s The Group, Joanna Smith Rakoff s novel focuses on a group of intelligent, idealistic young people newly graduated from elite colleges trying to make lives for themselves in the big city. Rakoff s debut has a decidedly autobiographical slant. (Boston Globe)
The Power of Oomph Jun 2, 2009
Jay McInerney's How It Ended ... Jay McInerneySome wines are oaky, some cough syrups mediciney; Jay McInerney's writing is zeitgeisty ... This raises the question: How to place Jay McInerney. (Slate)
Stars Sparkle In The Hamptons May 26, 2009
That same night, author Jay McInerney and his wife, Anne Hearst, hosted a dinner for 30 at their home in Water Mill. Le Bernardin chef/partner Eric Ripert and his wife, Sandra, fashion designer Nicole Miller and her husband, Kim Taipale, Rick and Kathy Hilton, Keith and Ann Barish, and Jonathan and Somers Farkas were all at the soiree, where men and women were separated into different rooms so "nobody would feel they were at the wrong table.". (New York Post -- Gossip)
Listen in to readings from the Open House May 17, 2009
com: In their own words. From Anne Michaels to David Wroblewski, a baker's dozen author readings. (Globe and Mail)
In Museum's Sites May 13, 2009
"Smile and wave," he told guests including Jay McInerney, Gay Talese and Four Seasons co-owner Julian Niccolini. "You're all on the enemy list now.". (New York Post -- Gossip)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers May 10 San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers May 10 / May 11, 2009
HOW IT ENDED: New and Collected Stories, by Jay McInerney (Knopf; 352 pages; $25. 95). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Life as a recovering literary celebrity May 9, 2009
Ah, there you are: That's the Jay McInerney you know. Jay McInerney will be reading from his work at the Globe and Mail Open House Festival today (Saturday, May 9) at 8 p.m., Hart House, University of Toronto. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Jay McInerney still has affection for the 'Big City' May 7, 2009
This is Jay McInerney territory. His latest book, "How It Ended: New and Collected Stories," covers several decades in this, his chosen neighborhood, his adopted hometown within a town. (Boston Globe)
Return to short form - McInerney remains master of short story Apr 18, 2009
Novels put Jay McInerney on the literary map. His 1985 cocaine-addled Gotham fable Bright Lights, Big City was his ticket to stardom and established him as the head of what the media termed the literary Brat Pack. (Missoulian, MT)
Dreamy event Apr 13, 2009
McInerney's 'Lights' to get a makeover Jay McInerney isn't offended that his Providence-bred producer pal Josh Schwartz wants to remake "Bright Lights, Big City." The New York novelist tells us that the 1988 adaptation of his book, which starred a young Michael J. Fox and Phoebe Cates, wasn't very good and that he'd be happy with a revision. "I didn't like the first movie . . . and I wrote the screenplay," McInerney said. (Boston Globe)
Bright Chuck, Big Gossip Apr 2, 2009
April 1, 2009 - and executive producer is set to write and direct an adaptation of the 1984 Jay McInerney novel Bright Lights, Big City for MGM.. The book was previously made into a film in 1984 and starred and. (IGN FilmForce)
Portofino Hotel & Yacht Club Uncorks the New Year with a Seaside Salute to the Grape Feb 11, 2009
Welcome amenities in each room, including a DVD of the movie Bottle Shock, California Ice Wine, an Artisan Cheese Plate and a copy of the book A Hedonist in the Cellar by Jay McInerney. A menu consultation with Chef Daniel Roberts for a five-course tasting menu, that addresses personal preferences, availability of seasonal ingredients, and the Chefs insight on wine pairings and focus on organic and local purveyors. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
