Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'davidcaruso'
February 9, 2007
February 10th and 17th, class is in session at the UCB Theater. Welcome to the Al Pacino School of Acting , where you learn from the master, portrayed by Cesar Gracia. Audience members will have the opportunity to pick up some of the tricks of the trade as Pacino calls them onstage and brings out the true auteur in them. Miami got David Caruso; NYC got William Peterson. Who's better off? I'm from Miami so......
Continue Reading "Cesar Gracia, Actor and Comedian"
January 10, 2007
Calling all Idiotarod enthusiasts and people who work in Midtown who might want a lunchtime spectacle. The Carts of Brooklyn Racing Association, aka COBRA, will be holding a press conference at 1PM today outside CBS's headquarters. The group, which is organizing this year's Idiotarod, will be protesting tonight's episode of CSI:NY and its "depiction of shopping cart racing," as the CSI spin-off has been using the Idiotarod name in marketing materials (in the show,......
Continue Reading "COBRA to Protest CBS's Idiotic Use of Idiotarod"February 4, 2006
First off, two sad pieces of news: - Betty Friedan, the founder and first president of the National Organization for Women whose manifesto "The Feminine Mystique" helped lay the groundwork for the modern feminist movement, passed away today, her birthday. She was 85. It is impossible to think about the role of women in the U.S. now without taking Friedan's words and ideas into account. She began a discourse that continues to shape American......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"March 1, 2005
Tonight is the last episode of NYPD Blue. Once upon a time, NYPD Blue was known as the "other cop show" against fellow newbie (it had been one season) Law & Order, but quickly, NYPD Blue emerged as a sadder, more complicated, and even more intimate companion to creator Steven Bochco's Hill Street Blues. Gothamist had watched NYPD Blue in the early days, from David Caruso's naked butt to Jimmy Smits (always Victor Sifuentes in......
Continue Reading "NYPD Blue Closes Its Case Book"May 11, 2004
If you were watching CSI: Miami last night, you would have noticed that next week's episode takes place in New York, with David Caruso running to get a bad guy or his post NYPD Blue career back. Oh, wait, it was to get viewers excited for CSI: New York. Gothamist is still bitter that the show isn't filming in New York, citing expense. Which makes Gothamist wonder how much Gary Sinise (who will be playing......
Continue Reading "Oh, Silly CSI"