By the 1990s Joe Eszterhas had evolved from a radical journalist to a successful screenwriter. His scripts for taut, sexual dramas such as Basic Instinct and Sliver earned him $3 million per picture. His writing was in such demand that Eszterhas became...

For an organization that says it is nonpartisan and stands for open dialogue, the Gotham-based Creative Coalition, founded by a group of actors in 1989, is starting to seem suspiciously closed-minded. After inviting screenwriter Joe Eszterhas to participate on a panel at...

Suppose you are Joe Eszterhas and you think of yourself as a writer and you sell yourself to Hollywood and you wind up writing screenplays that become sleazy-cheesy-greasy movies such as "Showgirls" and "Jade." What happens to you? You smoke more Salems. You...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 18-24:Nov. 18: Actor Brad Sullivan ("Nothing Sacred") is 76. Actress Brenda Vaccaro is 68. Actress Linda Evans is 65. Country singer Jacky Ward is 61. Actor Jameson Parker is 60. Actress-singer Andrea Marcovicci is 59. Drummer Herman Rarebell...

[Ed. note: This article was originally published on July 25th, 2007.] Sex in the Hamptons is a lot like sex in Manhattan—except it’s not. Odd couplings and brief flings, which in the city might raise an eyebrow, are somehow forgiven out on the East End....