BLT Steak: Charred
Rarely, medium rare-ly, have I disliked a big-name restaurant as much as the new BLT Steak in Sunset Plaza, site of the fondly remembered Le Dome. For some unknown reason, most LA steakhouses like to completely sear an expensive cut of meat to blackness, so I always pre-emptively order it “medium rare, not charred.” I don’t mind a few grill marks, but don’t relish a filet with a burnt rind when the whole point...
Killer Mini-Series
Already sucked in to “Generation Kill,” HBO’s seven-part miniseries set during the first days of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Piece is done partly through the eyes of a veteran journalist on assignment for Rolling Stone embedded with an elite Marine squadron, based on author of the book by the same name, Evan Wright. As a viewer, you’re drawn–actually thrown–into their world from the inside of a...
The Wounds of War
Kimberly Dozier and Bob Woodruff, two television journalists at competing networks who will forever be linked by their respective experiences in Iraq. Both were seriously wounded in 2006, Woodruff suffering severe brain injuries by an IED and Dozier nearly lost her limbs in a car bombing that killed her crew, an army captain and an interpreter. Both are now winning Peabody Awards for their stories on wounded veterans trying to make...
Steve Had an Affair on Miranda? Oh, No!
Well, this will come as a spoiler at this moment, but I just saw the teaser trailer for “Sex and the City,” and Steve screwed around on Miranda apparently! Hmmm….how will she handle his infidelity? Theirs was always an interesting class clash dynamic, but it was she who adjusted most, having sex on HIS schedule and ultimately taking down her high-powered big city angst a few notches by moving to Brooklyn and doing...
DDL: Class Act at the SAG Awards
I have always been a huge admirer of Daniel Day-Lewis, ever since his “My Left Foot” and “The Last of the Mohicans” days. But his DDL-ness reached new heights with his acceptance speech for winning The Actor for his riveting performance as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.” Incongrously, he had appeared on Oprah the other day and told her he wanted to talk about Heath Ledger more than he...
Follow The Atkin Report
