Top of the Stack
Family Business
The family that started Rite Aid made one of the most successful generational handoffs in recent Wall Street history; Since founder Alex Grass tossed the keys to his son, Martin, business is booming. So why are they all so unhappy with each other?
The Front Page
Unanswered Prayers
Truman Capote’s long, slow, and much-publicized demise.
The Brilliance of Carl Fischer
Magazine and commercial art photography from one of the greats.
Radio City: A Crasher’s Bore
And ode to the joys of of New York’s grand old movie palaces.
Roger Maltbie Makes the Cut
Sometimes the god of golf smiles on a guy just for the hell of it.
Don Ohlmeyer’s Prime Time
Out of Roone Arledge’s shadow, NBC’s Golden Child Don Ohlmeyer could write his own ticket—except to the Olympics.
Warren Beatty Has Been Wronged!
How Helen Lawrenson got Warren Beatty, the most reluctant of interview subjects, to talk … a little.
Salute to One of the Greats
Remembering the wonderful Bill Zehme.
Bill Zehme and The Late Night Talk Show Gods
Bill Zehme takes us behind the scenes with David Letterman, Jay Leno and the King, Johnny Carson.
Three Cheers for the Literary Anthology
“The pieces in these books and the ones that surround them were written for newspapers and magazines, which is a polite way of saying they were meant to be read and discarded. But gathering them in book form provides the chance for the prolonged life they so richly deserve.”
David Milch, Spin Doctor
In the midst of lunch, during the heyday of “NYPD Blue,” David Milch holds forth on Chekov, heroin, horse racing and gambling—a few of his favorite things.
The Adventures of an Autograph Hunter
Ray Robinson’s wondrous autograph collection.
Bad Vibes in Tune Town
Mo Ostin was one of the most influential music executives ever. Here’s how things went sideways for Warner Bros. Music in the mid-’90s.