These days, Bill Murray is everywhere. In Toronto, they had a Bill Murray Day in his honor. Words like “beloved,” and phrases like “national treasure” are used to describe him. There is “Oscar buzz,” as everyone says, around his performance…
And then–I’m not quite sure how–Brooke Shields’ mother was in the kitchen of the restaurant in Spanish Harlem, dancing on the stove. The music was playing loudly, the cooks and kitchen help were staring in amazement, as was I. Brooke…
Last night my wife and I watched Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail, and had a good cry. Anyone who would dare in this jaded, gross-out comedy-obsessed age to throw Roy Orbison singing Johnny Mercer’s “Dream” and Harry Nilsson’s version of…