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Penguin Classics is re-launching its entire backlist in January 2003 and “Dorothy Parker Complete Stories” is among the first 21 books getting a new look. “Complete Stories” – first released in 1995 – will come out with a new cover. The art is the famous Al Hirschfeld cartoon of Mrs. Parker peeking from behind a…
The Algonquin Hotel turned 100 years old on Friday. What does eating Algonquin birthday cake do for you? Does eating a slice make you witty? Able to crack better wisecracks? Not really. But it tasted good. We were on hand with about 50 press and VIPs for the party at lunchtime on Nov. 22. The…
By ERIN McCLAM, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) – The Algonquin Hotel threw itself a 100th birthday party Friday, recalling the glory days when literary legends gathered in its oak-paneled lobby to trade witticisms and tip back drinks. In the room where Dorothy Parker and her sharp-tongued writer friends held court for years, the…
Janet or Jennifer, who’s the best Esther Blodgett/Vicki Lester? Jennifer Lopez could succeed Janet Gaynor (and Judy Garland & Barbra Streisand). Hollywood insiders say that a remake of A Star Is Born is in the works. Dorothy Parker was nominatated for an Academy Award for her screenplay for the 1937 original, which she wrote with…
Longtime visitors of this site know about the Dorothy Parker copyright case, which we’ve been following for almost two years. Today it went to court, or I should say, in front of the judge. I went to U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan, the Southern District Court, at the Moynihan United States Courthouse. This was Silverstein…
NEW YORK — If you’re judging the success of the fourth annual Parkerfest, maybe try this as the qualifier: None of the attendees from the Friday evening Speakeasy Night at Flute were able to drag themselves up to attend the 1 p.m. luncheon at the Algonquin Roundtable the next afternoon. There was a familiar pattern:…