Liz Smith

Roger Ailes, Barry Diller & The Squawk Box Super Heroes - Posted October 26, 2011
Hail! Hail! The Wednesday gang is all here. The lunch scene at Michael's was firing on all cylinders today as moguls (Barry Diller! Roger Ailes!), high-profile edito... [FishbowlNY]

Ed Rollins' Wife on His Departure from Bachmann's Campaign - Posted September 7, 2011
Put away those summer whites -- but keep that rain gear handy! Now that Labor Day is history, the town car set has returned from their summer sojourns and is gearing up for the power lunch season. The Wednesday crowd at Michael's isn't back to full tilt just yet, but... [FishbowlNY]

Joan Collins, Dennis Basso And The Media Mob - Posted May 4, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE The biblical rain didn't keep the crowds away from Michael's today. The media mavens were networking at warp speed (Bonnie Fuller, we mean you) while the social swans and style set enjoyed their us... [FishbowlLA]

David Zinczenko, Keith Kelly and The Media Mavens - Posted February 23, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE Sorry, but you can't expect dish about an Oscar winner every week. (We're still reeling from our brush with Cate Blanchett in the dining room last Wednesday!) We're chalking it up to school vacati... [FishbowlLA]

Richard Belzer, Deborah Norville & the Real Ari Gold! - Posted July 21, 2010
— DIANE CLEHANE The dog days have arrived. Just ask Richard Belzer, who showed up in the Michael's dining room today with his pooch tucked under his arm. (No word on what Fido ordered.) The rest of the crowd barely noticed as the usual... [FishbowlNY]

Carl Bernstein Working on Book about Congress - Posted February 10, 2010
One of the most famous investigative reporters in the world had troubles shopping his most recent book. Despite having co-written All the President's Men and breaking the Watergate scandal, ... [GalleyCat]

Liz Smith Remembers The Good Old Days Of Gossip Columns - Posted December 24, 2009
This week, NPR's "Morning Edition" is featuring conversations with press agents and gossip columnists. Today features an interview with the "Grand Dame of Dish," Liz Smith. In thi... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowlNY's 2009 Lists: The Year's Biggest Moves In Media - Posted December 21, 2009
This year -- full of flux and uncertainty about where the media is heading -- has resulted in a vast number of job changes and departures across all matter of media companies and publications. In almost every field of journalism, big names have either been fired, promoted, retired, or simply moved... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Christiane Amanpour Draws an A-List Crowd - Posted September 16, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE On the menu at Michael's today: a tasty stew of media mavens and moguls with a heaping helping of famous faces on the side. We could barely keep up with the goings-on in the dining room, since every other minute there was some boldface name heading to the Garden... [FishbowlNY]

Covering Today's Cronkite Memorial - Posted September 9, 2009
Right now, the public memorial for Walter Cronkite is just getting started at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. TVNewser editors Chris and Kevin are on the scene and Tweetin... [FishbowlNY]

Wow! Lesley Stahl's Online Surprise?: 'That We're a Success' - Posted September 1, 2009
When will "60 Minutes" get another full-time female correspondent, Lesley Stahl? "Good question," says Stahl, who joined "60" in 1991. "I have no idea. They [my bosses] know I think we should have more women. I think it would be wonderful. It would be great for the audience." Ove... [TVNewser]

Two Thumbs Down: Roger Ebert Rips O'Reilly - Posted April 8, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert turned away from the screen to focus on TV's Bill O'Reilly... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.07.09 - Posted April 7, 2009
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O'Reilly: "Nobody Could Have Possibly Predicted Success At This Level" - Posted April 6, 2009
The Bill O'Reilly "100 months at #1" media tour continues, with an interview with WowOWow.com's ... [TVNewser]

60 Minutes Creator Don Hewitt Hospitalized - Posted March 18, 2009
Don Hewitt has been hospitalized with pancreatic cancer, reports Liz Smith on... [TVNewser]

Lunch: Liz Smith, Frank Langella & A Bevy of Social Swans - Posted March 11, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE The streets may be eerily empty these days (at least you can always get a cab), but you can pretty much count on a full house on Wednesdays at Michael's. Today the dining room was buzzing as media mavens and a fair share of fashionistas made the scene. Before... [FishbowlNY]

Sunday Show Preview - Posted February 27, 2009
NBC's Meet the Press: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and a roundtable with former Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN), GOP strategist Mike Murphy, Vanity Fair's Dee Dee Myers and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ABC's This Week: OMB Director Peter Orszag, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) and a roundtable with Democratic pollster St... [FishbowlDC]

Liz Smith's Long Goodbye: 'I Will Go Bravely On!' - Posted February 26, 2009
Today is Liz Smith's last column at the New York Post. Even if you... [FishbowlNY]

Morning Reading List 02.25.09 - Posted February 25, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. ... [FishbowlDC]

'Economic Gales' Sweep Liz Smith Out of the NYPost - Posted February 24, 2009
You know times are extremely, badly, very tough when even Liz Smith is falling victim to the Recession! The Times City Room blog reports that Thu... [FishbowlNY]

American Lion: Jon Meacham's Book Party and a Whole Lot of Presidential Trivia - Posted November 13, 2008
Last night's book party celebrating the publication of Newsweek head Jon Meacham's new book about Andrew Jackson, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, certainly attra... [FishbowlNY]

Liz Smith, David Carr, and Others Discuss Journalism and Privacy - Posted October 30, 2008
It's all Monica Lewinsky's fault! At least that's one of the conclusions drawn at the recent panel NYU Media Talk series about media, ethics, the right to privacy. Says Jim Kelly: It struck me as though the world [in terms of journalism and right to privacy] was differe... [FishbowlNY]

Liz Smith Lunches With FishbowlNY! - Posted October 1, 2008
Well, sort of, anyway (we can dream!). In this week's New York ... [FishbowlNY]

The Ticker: O'Reilly, Alaska, Surface... - Posted September 15, 2008
> The New York Post's Cindy Adams describes, in general terms, Bill O'Reilly's upcoming book, "... [TVNewser]

Lunch: Les Moonves, Barry Diller & Kathleen Turner - Posted September 3, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE Forget the lazy days of summer. Class is back in session as the cool kids returned to the cafeteria today in force. The scene at Michael's was a tasty stew of moguls and media mavens with a side order of the random celebrity sighting -- ... [FishbowlNY]

Tina Brown, Revisited - Posted August 7, 2008
We now have more details on the Tina Brown/Barry Diller online partnership that Radar ... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Charlie Rose, Joe Scarborough, and the Summer Die-Hards - Posted August 6, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE With the dog days of summer upon us, the usual suspects at Michael's are soldiering on over their Cobb salads until it's time to take off those last few weeks of the month to the Hamptons, Nantucket or some other sun-filled spot ... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Football, Fashionistas & Laila Ali - Posted June 11, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE It was a tasty tossed summer salad of movers, shakers — and football players at Michael's today. Now that the power set has to cram in five days of plotting into a truncated work week — Why miss out on a Friday afternoon in the Hamptons if you don't... [FishbowlNY]

People Still Can't Get Joe Jon Klein's Name Right - Posted February 26, 2008
Earlier: "Who's The President of CNN?" and "Jon Klein Will Not Be Pleased." Now, Liz Smith gets it wrong too: ... [FishbowlDC]

Sundown on Sunset: Local Color - Posted February 22, 2008
HBO has picked up Academy-Award nominated doc. A Taxi to the Dark Side, after Discovery chickened out. Barbara Walters will interview Ellen Page, Harrison Ford, Vanessa Williams, and Mylie Cyrus. Pick t... [FishbowlLA]

Liz Smith: I Happen To Sleep In the Nude - Posted February 7, 2008
Liz Smith, Ur-gossip columnist, heaves her bosoms and sighs for the Hollywood of yore. While admitting she doesn't recognize most of the Vanity Fair cover girls (don't worry, Liz, they'll be gone soon) and chastising the witless Heath Ledger de... [FishbowlLA]

Robbed At The Mirror Awards - Posted June 14, 2007
Andersen, Auletta, Kurtz also shut out The first annual Mirror Awards were presented at a Meredith Vieira-hosted luncheon today at the W hotel in Midtown, and our mediabistro.com mothership — a finalist in the media information services category — lost to ... [FishbowlNY]

Rosie On Trump @ Matrix: 'My Goal ... To Give A Bald Billionaire A Boner' - Posted April 24, 2007
The 'Boner' we wish Rosie'd been referring to at yesterday's Matrix Awards During a break in the pre-Matrix action yesterday, we poked our heads into the Waldorf Astoria ballroom where recipients of the New York Women in Communications Foundation Scholarship winners were lined up... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: All Hail Tina Brown! - Posted March 8, 2007
When a little birdie told us to switch our weekly reservation from Wednesday to Thursday so as not to miss the confab of publishing powerhouses that were expected today, we did so in a heartbeat. We're happy to report today's crowd didn't disappoint. Where else could you ... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Teddy, Liz & The Gang - Posted February 21, 2007
The dining room at Michael's was buzzing today with moguls and media mavens who did more than the usual amount of table-hopping between bites — standing-room only in the bustling lounge as the regulars and requisite movers and shakers were out in force. (Liz! Lesley! T... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch at Michael's: Valentine's Hangover - Posted February 15, 2007
It's the calm after the storm. The biggest — and only — snow storm of the season couldn't keep the movers and shakers away yesterday. On Valentine's Day the bustling dining room was host to a "low-key" birthday celebration hosted by Sherry Westin... [FishbowlNY]

Taking Out The Trash, 02.02.07 - Posted February 2, 2007
Yes, it is football in D.C., but it is a good excuse to drink on a Sunday! An NBC release announces "Meet the Press with Tim Russert" was "the nation's No. 1 Sunday morning public affairs program, winning the week ending Sunday, January 28, 2007 in all categories." The show averaged 3.97 million... [FishbowlDC]

Mag Lifetime Achievement Awards: Tom Ryder Likes To Eat, And Lewis Lapham's 'A Snob' - Posted February 1, 2007
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO No one can out-eat Tom Ryder, and Liz Smith has never slept with Lewis Lapham, though she wouldn't exactly mind. Those were just two of the themes to surface earlier ... [FishbowlNY]

Liz Smith Uses Occasion Of Lindsay Lohan's Rehab To Reference Star's Panties, 'Golden Globes' - Posted January 18, 2007
Lindsay Lohan entered rehab yesterday. New York Post columnist Liz Smith needed an angle or two for her column not covered by Page Six. Here's what she came up with: Maybe Lindsa... [FishbowlNY]