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How to Succeed: Inner Circle’s Media Stars Poke Fun at Newsmakers for Charity
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
by Jennifer Madden on Playing Around
The 90th Annual Inner Circle Show was underway when protesters marched through the New York Hilton’s Grand Ballroom carrying signs criticizing the event’s outrageous $750
Jane Maas: A Real Mad Woman
Saturday, March 24th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Reading Around
Jane Maas’s timing has always been impeccable. During her more than four decade career on Madison Avenue, she helped to create advertising that sold millions
Farenheit 451: Keeping the Flame Alive
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
I was the consummate bookworm as a child. I ate books like the air, and so in my youth, as I plowed through the words
Summertime—Season of the Superheroes
Monday, June 20th, 2011
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
It’s that special time of year again: the days grow longer, the nights grow shorter, and Hollywood brings out its latest cinematic adaptations of graphic
The Kid’s Got Chops
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Q: Why would a twenty-one year old worth more than sixty million dollars take a break from a phenomenally successful movie career to risk the
Five Reasons Why We Love Mad Men
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The award-winning Mad Men will launch its fourth season on July 25. The AMC drama about the cutthroat world of advertising executives has become a
“Promises, Promises” Revival Is Just Empty Promises
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
Sitting through Promises, Promises is like watching an old movie full of racial stereotypes, and having to constantly remind yourself, “It has to be taken
New York Childhood in the Olden Days: Nostalgic Look Back
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
by Aimee Garn on Living Around
“The Olden Days,” a phrase that my daughters used when they were young, amalgamates wildly different times in the past. In New York City’s Olden
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