“This is Studio 360, I’m…”

Would you trust this man with your radio program? First movie greatness; then starring in TV’s smartest, funniest show; co-hosting the Academy Awards — all culminating in his performance as guest host of Studio 360. It is the role of Alec Baldwin’s lifetime. You heard it right.  Kurt Andersen will leave the keys when he goes on vacation, [...]

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Tarantino, Forever Young

This week, Quentin Tarantino stops by Studio 360 to talk about the Academy Award-nominated film “Inglourious Basterds.” Of course, he’s no stranger to the awards circuit — he was nominated for an Oscar for Directing “Pulp Fiction” (1994) and won a little gold man for writing the film’s original screenplay. But he says one of [...]

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The Power of the Pen(cil)

Last week’s show about the Lincoln Memorial reminded me of the opportunity I had a few years ago to see Lincoln’s handwritten draft of the Emancipation Proclamation at the New-York Historical Society. The document is so fragile that it can be displayed only 10 days out of every year. It seems Lincoln wrote the landmark [...]

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American Icons

Move over American Idol. Presenting: Studio 360′s American Icons. Sure, Abraham Lincoln isn’t most people’s idea of a triple threat (though his voice was said to be a reedy tenor). But his memorial in Washington, DC, has staying power. History was made there, and continues to be made there. It was the backdrop for opera [...]

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360 Staff Pick: Bright Star

Bright Star If pale young couples on the misty heath isn’t your cup of Earl Grey, “Bright Star” will change your mind about British costume dramas. Jane Campion (“The Piano“) wrote and directed this exquisite film based on the heartbreakingly short life of the poet John Keats and his intense romance with Fanny Brawne. Though [...]

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The Penny Gets a Makeover

In this week’s show, Kurt says that we can find the Lincoln Memorial on the back of any old penny. Well, that old penny is getting a new backside. Last week, the United States Mint released a new one-cent coin, in honor of the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. While it still features his head on [...]

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TV Ads That Don’t Play Fair

With the Winter Olympics in full swing, you may have noticed there’s a lot of competition for your attention as well. In between the slaloms and the triple axels, there’s also the slightly shameful attraction of (dare I say it) the advertisements. Take this awesome one from AT&T featuring silver medal-winning snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler: What [...]

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Swifter. Higher. Hipper?

Halfway into the first week of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, some athletes have already taken issue with the judging. But at these games, there is no discordant French judge at the center of the controversy. Instead, it’s the style police stirring things up. Figure skater Johnny Weir has provoked two fashion-related confrontations. The first was [...]

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And the Snail-Mail Prize Goes to…

Our Valentine Redesign Challenge elicited many great entries to our Flickr page.  And we received mailed-in submissions too.  They ranged from a set of miniature cards “inspired by a muse and faces of love” to my favorite, a three-foot tall by two-foot wide poster from Victor Stabin.  He created the “microcephalic minotaur” — a small-headed [...]

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Playing With Our Food

We got nearly 200 great entries to our redesign Valentine challenge. And on last week’s show, Elizabeth Gilbert picked the winning entry: a bouquet of rolled bacon strips that look like roses (only yummier!) by Sarah Tisdale. As Gilbert said so aptly, “Nothing can compete with a bacon bouquet.” It made me wonder why we [...]

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