Stories from April 2008
Tina Fey’s husband is bit player in 30 Rock, major player in her life
By Carol Eisenberg | April 28, 2008 at 12:32pm | 1
When Tina Fey appeared at the premiere of Baby Mama last week, the man at her side was a half-head shorter, considerably older and unknown to the paparazzi.
Robert Thomson is heir apparent at the Wall Street Journal
By Carol Eisenberg | April 28, 2008 at 7:32am | 0
Of course, Rupert Murdoch already has two sons. But after the ouster of Wall Street Journal editor Marcus W. Brauchli, the man said to be most likely to become the paper’s top editor – Robert J. Thomson - is said to be almost an honorary third son.
The Bill Gates portfolio - beyond Microsoft
By Laurie Bennett | April 27, 2008 at 8:30am | 0
Business manager Michael Larson has a portfolio of billions of dollars and a client list of one.
Wesley Snipes gets 3 years for tax evasion
By A. James Memmott | April 25, 2008 at 2:30pm | 0
Action-hero Wesley Snipes’ last-minute attempt to settle his tax debt doesn’t seem to have worked.
Creator of the infamous Willie Horton ad sets his sights on Obama
By Laurie Bennett | April 25, 2008 at 11:57am | 0
The man behind the infamous Willie Horton ad is at it again. Floyd G. Brown, who has built a political career on lobbing grenades at Democratic candidates, has produced an anti-Obama ad echoing the spot that did so much damage to the Michael Dukakis presidential run in 1988.
Fisker CEO says Tesla Motors’ “lawsuit is nonsense”
By John Decker | April 24, 2008 at 8:55pm | 1
The legal battle over high end green car technology continued on Thursday as Fisker Motors’ CEO called a lawsuit filed by Tesla Motors “nonsense.”
Larry Craig racks up legal bills
By Carol Eisenberg | April 24, 2008 at 3:25pm | 0
What exactly has Sen. Larry Craig’s legal team done to deserve almost a half million dollars?
Nabokov’s son to publish final manuscript
By Carol Eisenberg | April 24, 2008 at 11:46am | 0
His dying father, Vladimir Nabokov, had commanded him to destroy his still unfinished final novel.
Muckety this! Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to Louis B. Mayer
By Laurie Bennett | April 24, 2008 at 11:40am | 0
The publisher of The New York Times is extremely well connected, but who knew he had ties to old-time Hollywood?
Mimi Gardner Gates: The quiet, scholarly member of the family
By Laurie Bennett | April 24, 2008 at 11:32am | 0
Gates men are suckers for smart women.
