Real Estate
Johnny Drama’s place is up for lease and it includes much of the same furnishings and decor that are in the HBO show, including an entertainment system.
Feb. 11, 2009
Movies
It was hard to watch the NFL draft on ESPN on Thursday night — Berman, Kiper and the rest — without thinking of similar scenes in Ivan Reitman’s “Draft Day” last month, in which many ESPN and NFL personalities also appeared, albeit fictionally.
May 9, 2014
Actors play themselves. A son casts himself as his father. Subjects weigh in on screen about who’s portraying them and how. Is this for real?
May 30, 2004
Entertainment & Arts
The state Supreme Court rules that, if the portrayals are creative, celebrities can’t receive compensation.
June 3, 2003
June 18, 2016
Film and football fans who turn out to see Kevin Costner’s NFL drama “Draft Day” when it opens this weekend will watch many real-life teams in fictional action, including the Cleveland Browns that Costner’s general manager character runs and the Seattle Seahawks with whom he wheels and deals.
April 10, 2014
Jets pulled out of ‘Draft Day’ due to Sanchez controversy
Books
THE SWEETEST DREAM: A Novel, by Doris Lessing.
Feb. 17, 2002
In a recent Associated Press story (picked up in this newspaper) on the threat to American cities from Asian organized crime, one federal prosecutor said: “It’s the worst of both worlds.
Nov. 6, 1994
Television
“I’m Dying Up Here,” Showtime’s amiably dark new drama about comedy, takes its name and material, though not exactly its characters, from William Knoedelseder’s book of the same name.
June 2, 2017