Zach Schiffman

6 days ago | grubstreet.com | Zach Schiffman

Met Gala Monday is the biggest day of the year at the Carlyle, where dozens of celebrities descend pre- and post-glam — with their entourages and litany of dietary restrictions in tow. In charge of feeding them all this year was the hotel’s executive chef, Moosah Reaume.

3 weeks ago | grubstreet.com | Zach Schiffman

It’s been two years since comedian Kyle Gordon went viral for the techno parody song “Planet of the Bass,” and, since then, he’s built a career out of satirizing through song. Earlier this year, he released the millennial stomp-and-holler song “We Will Never Die,” which spurred a rash of Gen Z–led memes about what have now been deemed “millennial burger joints” — i.e., chalkboard menu, craft beers, overpriced.

1 month ago | grubstreet.com | Zach Schiffman |Margalit Cutler

For the actor and author Jeffery Self, working on his memoir, Self Sabotage, while shooting a new movie provided the right opportunity for multitasking. “It felt glamorous — editing my book on set,” he says. “Unless I make it a performance, I won’t get the work done.” Now, that film, the paranoid thriller Drop, is also out.

1 month ago | grubstreet.com | Zach Schiffman |Margalit Cutler

For the actor and author Jefferey Self, working on his memoir, Self Sabotage, while shooting a new movie provided the right opportunity for multitasking. “It felt glamorous — editing my book on set,” he says. “Unless I make it a performance, I won’t get the work done.” Now, that film, the paranoid thriller Drop, is also out.

1 month ago | vulture.com | Zach Schiffman

She’s a dreamer. Snap out of it! In the green room of the New York “Legends of Broadway” shoot, Idina Menzel revealed that she’d been in a workshop of a musical adaptation of the 1987 movie Moonstruck with an “Italian, operatic score.” She’d tried to keep the show going but ultimately aged out of playing Loretta, the role that won Cher an Academy Award. If Idina can’t play the role now (she could), maybe young Cher Micaela Diamond could take the mantle?