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Weekend Butler: Jimmy Stewart, in “Rear Window”— in 2023, that’s me. In 1703, The Pope did what??? What does Keith Richards do before he goes onstage? A must-see weekend movie. Gorgeous song/video. And more… - JIMMY STEWART 2023, C'EST MOI In “Rear Window,” Jimmy Stewart plays a photographer who broke his leg and is condemned to heal in a wheelchair at home. Hitchcock made the movie
Weekend Butler: Joan Didion. New Scrabble words. How often should you brush your cat’s teeth? 6 minutes of joy. Stories of kindness. An exploding whale. A recipe for cold nights. And more. - A TALE OF TWO AUCTIONS: PAUL ALLEN AND JOAN DIDION Two auctions in the last week. One was the biggest sale in the history of art auctions. One, of objects
Weekend Butler: Jon Stewart. Walmart expansion. Tracy Chapman & Annie Lennox. Mary Oliver. Foo Fighters. Pasta Alla Vodka. And more… - PEARL KORNBLUTH: "THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING MORE YOU CAN DO" My mother, Pearl Kornbluth, died in 2020, at 103. Her birthday was this week. One of the perks of being the
Weekend Butler: Josh Ritter would like to gift you 2 tickets. Now will you read the Pulitzer-winning novel? Phrase of the week: “malignant narcissism.” How rich is King Charles? A one-pot dinner. And more. - THE PULITZER “Trust” just won the Pulitzer Prize, shared — for the first time in the history of these awards —with “Demon Copperhead.” The citation: “A riveting novel set in
Weekend Butler: Just like that… fall. A Head Butler Field Trip? Movie: one of the greatest love stories. A legendary Jack Nicholson scene: maybe not. Something good with pears. And more. - AND JUST LIKE THAT… IT’S FALL I missed the summer. I always do. I don't plan for that to happen, but I have books and plays to write, and I
Weekend Butler: Kurt Vonnegut. Elephants in Mourning. The ending of “The Sopranos.” And 3 remarkably human stories. - The news of the week is rarely good, and this week is no exception. Hard to believe, but the Supreme Court will rule on a NRA argument that the Constitution
WEEKEND BUTLER: Learning to love paddling out. A short summer novel. A really funny movie. The power of one song. Carrot soup. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Since the start of 2023, Amazon seems to have gone on a quiet campaign to rid itself of small sites that, collectively, generate revenue worth noticing — and
Weekend Butler: Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen: So Long, Marianne.” Jon Stewart’s dog. The poster child for this site: Van Morrison’s “Astral Weeks.” One-Pot Chicken & Noodles. - MARIANNE AND LEONARD: "I AM SO CLOSE BEHIND YOU THAT IF YOU STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND, I THINK YOU CAN REACH MINE." This story of Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen comes
Weekend Butler: Life happens through people. - Life happens through people. And when it doesn’t? A character test begins. You grind it out. You look to the sky and ask for help. That was March for me. And
Weekend Butler: Must see: “A Strange Loop.” A good billionaire. A wedding poem. Two recipes for late spring. - My brother's elder daughter is getting married this weekend. Ours is a small family now, just my brother and me, so it's especially glorious to have a day of joy
Weekend Butler: My search for a great 18-year-old female tennis player. Five-minute squash soup. A story about Princess Margaret that’s not in Tina Brown’s book. Stephen King’s writing secret. And more. - HELP WANTED: I’m creating a character for my next novel: an 18-year-old girl from Brooklyn who’s the best young female tennis player in the East. In my novel, she gets
Weekend Butler: News you can use: The government wants to mail you 4 free COVID TESTS (really!) What to give food banks. Help a friend in a slump. The official summer soup, winterized. Bette Davis. Somerset Maugham. And more. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
Weekend Butler: No glass ceiling for these women! My fearless, surely doomed Oscar choices. Wisdom from RuPaul and Emmylou Harris. A 4-star weekend movie. Skillet-tossed (yes!) gnocchi. - THE IMAGE IN THE PHOTO: Nature, showing off. JUST ONE DAY? INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY was celebrated on WQXR, New York's classical music station, with all-female programming ("We're here," a recorded announcement told
Weekend Butler: No, your emotional flatness isn’t “seasonal, it’s real. Multiple murders, multiple times, in the weekend book. An ideal soup for cold weather. A knowing song about a daughter. And we can’t leave Bill Nighy out! - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
Weekend Butler: Novak Djokovic, Bob Saget, 4-star Weekend Movie, Want to work at JP Morgan? and more - SHOPPING ON AMAZON: As an Amazon Associate, I earn a modest commission from qualifying purchases. How does that work? You start on Butler, buy something on Amazon --- or Whole
WEEKEND BUTLER: O.J. Simpson: a story never told before. Francis Coppola’s “best film” (not “The Godfather”). Best Russian film. Romantic song: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. Sesame Chicken with Cashews and Dates. - AN O.J. SIMPSON STORY THAT’S NEVER BEEN TOLD by Nicole Minet: I've been waiting 29 years to tell this story about OJ and his days at USC. Now that he's dead (may
Weekend Butler: One musician’s rights are more valuable than Taylor Swift’s — who is he? Must-see TV (It’s not Capote and the “swans.”) An Ohio dentist…and Maureen Dowd. A Seamus Heaney poem. Black Pepper and Onion Spaghetti. - I'M SO BORED. AREN'T YOU? Every movie release, every new book from a best-selling author, every music CD that’s taken a decade to be completed --- the hype is relentless, especially
Weekend Butler: Paul Simon builds a bridge, Hemingway wears a dress, hazelnut cocoa crème decadence, and the woman who beat the Klan - Ernest Hemingway thought it was bad luck to talk about writing: It takes off "whatever butterflies have on their wings and the arrangement of hawk’s feathers if you show it
Weekend Butler: Personal histories: E. Jean Carroll and Josh Ritter. The surprisingly political Taylor Swift. Music you’ve never heard. A new way to cook salmon. And more…. - PERSONAL HISTORY: IN DEFENSE OF E.J. CARROLL Trump’s lawyer has claimed there’s no way Trump could have raped E. Jean Carroll [photo, above] in a Bergdorf’s dressing room --- the store
Weekend Butler: Points for behaving decently. Jon Stewart punks Mitch McConnell. Seinfeld and his Corvette at the White House. Big discounts on CBD cream. A much-needed corn recipe. Margaret Mead identifies the start of civilization. Beautiful music you’ve never heard. And more. - PHOTO: Who gets the last laugh? Jon Stewart goofs as Mitch McConnell waddles off to do the serious work of pretending he didn't really mean to deny medical care to
