Truman Capote, is hot, hot, hot. ‘What with Philip Seymour Hoffman’s wonderful portrayal of Tru in the just-released film “Capote.” Still another biographical film, “Have You Heard” — with Toby Jones as Capote and a cast that includes Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow as Peggy Lee, Sigourney Weaver as Babe Paley, Isabella Rossellini as Gloria Guinness and Hope Davis as Slim Keith — is filming in Texas and New York at the moment.’ wwd
Random House has announced that Truman’s first novel, “Summer Crossing,” long lost will be published later this month.
Andrea Levy’s novel, Small Island, has been declared the best ever winner of Britain’s Orange Prize for Fiction. The Best of the Best contest pitted the 10 winners of the women-only award against one another.
Check out the site of architect John Pawson http://www.johnpawson.com
This is very cool: An art installation of a Prada store in the dessert http://www.eartharchitecture.org/
Richard Avedon’s groundbreaking portrait exhibit, “In the American West,” was both vilified and praised when it opened 20 years ago at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort worth, Texax. A critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram derided the black-and-white photos of small-town working people and drifters as “perverse,” and visitors complained that the photo subjects appeared to be “low class” and “ugly.” Now, a year after Avedon’s death, the museum again has mounted the landmark exhibit, displaying 78 of the 124 images. wwd.
In Paris after the fashion shows head over to a Dior retrospective chez Didier Ludot, the vintage guru store in Palais Royale. Then check out Book publisher Assouline’s new plush flagship just opened with a ‘stock of all their fabulous 500-plus titles along with oodles of luxury accoutrements, from library-scented candles to $11,500 Goyard trunks custom-made for tomes. Next door to Christian Dior at 35 Rue Bonaparte, it has leather walls, natural lighting and a lounge area where customers can sit and have an espresso or a glass of champagne’. wwd http://www.assouline.com/
Then check the exhibitions on in Paris: “Vienna 1900″ is at the Grand Palais — sponsored by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton — and draws on works from Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. The Musée d’Orsay has a revealing exhibit of late 19th-century Russian art. And the Centre Pompidou is reassessing the Dadaists — sponsored by Yves Saint Laurent — with a major show. Or check out photography from Karl Lagerfeld, Jeff Koons and Allen Ginsberg at the “La Photographie En Parallèle” exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie.
‘The crew that turned Le Baron into Paris’ grooviest bar, attracting the likes of Sofia Coppola and Jarvis Cocker, has a new hot spot — Paris Paris, a former basement cabaret club. (No, it’s not named after Paris Hilton and her ex.) Paul Sevigny (Chlöe’s brother) and his band, ARE Weapon, will perform all fashion week long Paris Paris, 5 Avenue de l’Opera, 750. Cool
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