On a rainy Wednesday night – some stuff…
Say it ain’t so: Ebert and Roeper are moving on; the new hosts for “At the Movies” will be two guys named Lyons and Mankiewicz. I saw Lyons and thought: Jeffrey Lyons? But, no, it’s his son, Ben, being paired up with Ben Mankiewicz. Wait a second: two guys named Ben? Hmm. Well, I never quite got used to Roeper, but still miss Ebert on tv.
NY Times’ Mark “The Minimalist” Bittman on a no-bake blueberry cheesecake bars. The accompanying on-line video got a bit funny when Bittman did a Hulk thing to pound the graham crackers into a pie crust. Guess he hasn’t seen “The Dark Knight” yet. 😉 (hmm, so say the Hulk likes cheesecake; what would the Batman like? Hmm.).
Charlie Rose did a fascinating interview with Chef David Chang. Now, I really should try Momofuku, although I may never get to eat at Ko considering the difficulty of getting reservations! But, really, that was a great interview. (see the previous triscribe posts on David Chang, here and here, where you’ll find links to other articles…)
Slate has an article by Huan Hsu, who raises some mixed feeling observations on tennis player Michael Chang, as Chang enters the Int’l Tennis Hall of Fame. Did Chang empower Asian-Americans/Chinese-Americans in sports? Or did he perpetuate stereotype? Or maybe both?
The passing of Estelle Getty, who’s best known for playing Sophia on “Golden Girls.”