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Sydney Pollack and the late Philip Johnson.
Last night, roughly 100 people attended the unofficial Tribeca Film Festival screening of Sketches of Frank Gehry, director Sydney Pollack's documentary on the famous architect (who also happens to be his friend, too).

Every seat was taken in the DOLBY screening room (formerly the MGM room). But a handful of invited guests snagged director's chairs that were placed along the sides of the small theater.

Regis Philbin, Ken Burns, and Morley Safer were amongst the notable names in the crowd--which was comprised mostly of film industry types.

Mr. Pollack addressed the audience prior to the start of the 82-minute film by saying, "one thing I've never learned is how to introduce a film."  read more »

Nevertheless, Mr. Pollack began by discussing his first visit to Guggenheim Bilbao several years ago. Unfortunately, it occurred under less than ideal circumstances. ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34673#comments Real Estate Madrid Morley Safer Philip Johnson Regis Philbin Wed, 03 May 2006 09:48:32 -0400 Observer Staff 34673 at http://www.observer.com Stephen Colbert Is Against the War http://www.observer.com/node/33119 The Colbert Report may be the best show on television, but when 60 Minutes flacked the show last night it abandoned its responsibility and didn't quiz Colbert about his politics. Morley Safer just chuckled along with Colbert from start to finish, making him out to be some take-on-all-sides entertainer.

That's a dodge. I love Colbert partly because I'm sure he shares my politics. What's my evidence? It's obvious. The left loves him and it should; his ironies are chiefly directed at the right in the same way that Trey Parker's (vicious, sourmaking) comedy is aimed at the left. Also at Saturday night's Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, Colbert's speech, featuring Helen Thomas as the crazily heroic main character, had as its central theme, What are we doing in Iraq? Good question. And it was aimed at the guy three seats away, the President.

Which is to say, Colbert has real power. I don't expect him to want to talk about it, but 60 Minutes let its own fuzzy liberal orientation show when it failed to ask Colbert one genuine question about his politics, and failed to try to talk to his friends and family about his politics.]]> http://www.observer.com/node/33119#comments Helen Thomas Morley Safer Stephen Colbert Trey Parker Mon, 01 May 2006 12:13:15 -0400 Observer Staff 33119 at http://www.observer.com Can Hewitt Stop Clock? http://www.observer.com/node/48281 That stopwatch stops for no man.Don Hewitt, the 80-year-old executive producer, inventor, backbone a  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48281#comments CBS Corporation Chris Wallace Don Hewitt Morley Safer Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Joe Hagan 48281 at http://www.observer.com Can Hewitt Stop Clock? http://www.observer.com/node/48282 That stopwatch stops for no man.Don Hewitt, the 80-year-old executive producer, inventor, backbone a  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48282#comments Media CBS Corporation Chris Wallace Don Hewitt Morley Safer Sun, 02 Nov 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Joe Hagan 48282 at http://www.observer.com