Rick Kogan

1 week ago | bnd.com | Rick Kogan

For many people, Michael Miner was best known as the astute, must-read chronicler of all things media in his “Hot Type” column in the Chicago Reader. "In an era of robust competition among newsrooms all over town, Michael Miner was an unsentimental watchdog of Chicago journalism and a conscience of our profession," says Robert Feder, longtime Chicago media critic.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Rick Kogan

The Chicago writer's relationship with Simone de Beauvoir is said to be getting the big-screen treatment. What do we who knew Algren think of all this?

1 week ago | hastingstribune.com | Rick Kogan

In the wake of his failure to grab an Oscar for playing Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro," Bradley Cooper plans to return to the biopic business by portraying the Chicago writer Nelson Algren, focusing on his 17-year love affair with that French writer-feminist Simone de Beauvoir, author of "The Second Sex," who is said to be played by French actor Elsa Zylberstein. Good luck with all that. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Rick Kogan

By Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune In the wake of his failure to grab an Oscar for playing Leonard Bernstein in "Maestro," Bradley Cooper plans to return to the biopic business by portraying the Chicago writer Nelson Algren, focusing on his 17-year love affair with that French writer-feminist Simone de Beauvoir, author of "The Second Sex," who is said to be played by French actor Elsa Zylberstein. Good luck with all that.

1 week ago | thederrick.com | Rick Kogan

In the wake of his failure to grab an Oscar for playing Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper plans to return to the biopic business by portraying the Chicago writer Nelson Algren, focusing on his 17-year love affair with that French writer-feminist Simone de Beauvoir, author of “The Second Sex,” who is said to be played by French actor Elsa Zylberstein. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.