Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'forrestgump'
January 28, 2008
We know that Giants co-owner and movie producer Steve Tisch has been trying to ramp up the star power for the Giants sidelines. After Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore and Cameron Diaz were seen at a game last fall, Tisch told the NY Times, he brings "the spices, the taste, the flavor" to the Giants (if the Giants experience were a soup; the other co-owners, the Maras, would bring the meat and potatoes). This past......
Continue Reading "Giants' Celebrity Fans Get Ready for the Super Bowl"November 2, 2007
Good pork, whether it's bacon or whole roast pig, always whets our appetite. So when we heard of Hakata Tonton, a new Japanese spot specializing in pork, we couldn't wait to head to the West Village. What sets Hakata Tonton apart from the city's ever-growing roster of porcine temples is a cultlike devotion to feet. Save for dessert and a few other dishes, the menu's all about pig feet, or tonsoku. It’s as if chef/owner......
Continue Reading "Dipping a Toe Into Hakata Tonton"March 9, 2004
Gothamist loves Johnny Depp. And we love John Turturro, too. But after seeing trailers for their new movie, Secret Window, it seemed to us that the plot of Depp as a writer, working on his novel in a deserted cabin in the woods (of course), and Turturro as the crazy writer who appears at the door, claiming to have written Depp's story first, and wanting Depp to change the ending of his story, is more......
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