Paul Rudnick

...oil to readers, depending upon their age, orientation and level of cultural curiosity. If White is all funk and sweat, then Paul Rudnick is all Jewish-boy-made-good humor and heart. As it happens, Rudnick got his start in the same...

In this article: Michael Chabon, New York City, Castor oil, Details magazine, Thom Gunn, David Sedaris, and James Merrill

...for her parents to shriek and keen, but she only sees a few tears, only feels the void of space. Paul Rudnick is at his funniest, which is very funny, when he writes about his experiences - in Hollywood films and the New York theater.

In this article: Scott Rudin, Hollywood, Unicef, Catholic Church, Ether, I Hate Hamlet, and Disney

...Tammy Grimes, Frances Sternhagen, Fritz Weaver, and other actors reading works by Ogden Nash, Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, James Thurber, Paul Rudnick, and other humor writers. (St. Peter's Church, Lexington Ave. at 54th St. No tickets...

In this article: St. Peter's Church, Amphetamines, The New Yorker, Fordham University, and Ogden Nash

...fellow feels more like a literary artifact than a flesh-and-blood human being (he claims to be asexual), and a familiar one at that. (Paul Rudnick's funny new book of essays, "I Shudder," contains a far more charming variation.) There are a...

In this article: Helen Stenborg, Morris Panych, Malcolm Gets, Joe Orton, David Greenspan, and Christopher Durang

"I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death and New Jersey," by Paul Rudnick; Harper (318 pages, $23.99) Meet, please, Mr. Elyot Vionnet. But keep your distance. This is not the sort of singular New Yorker you'd want living down the...

In this article: New Jersey, Pringles, Christmas Eve, Cocaine, and I Hate Hamlet

...in "Equus" (insert obligatory, off-color Harry Potter gag here). A footlight footnote. Speaking of jokes, no playwright can match Paul Rudnick ("Jeffrey" "I Hate Hamlet") zinger for zinger. In "I Shudder" (Harper, $23.99) - his smart,...

In this article: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Unemployment, I Hate Hamlet, Equus, Yale, and Harry Potter

...a major Hollywood movie by politely asking that his name be removed from the credits. Guest host Lynn Neary talks to humor writer Paul Rudnick about his new collection of essays, called I Shudder. Copyright © 2009 National Public Radio®.

In this article: Disney, Sister Act, Hollywood, Public Radio, New York, The Singing Nun, and National Public Radio

"A sinister cabal of superior writers." If you like David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, you'll like Paul Rudnick. They come from the same mold. Like them, he exemplifies a kind of wit he himself calls "gay banter" and which has three...

In this article: David Sedaris, Augusten Burroughs, Nicol Williamson, Sister Act, Adams Family Values, and Bennington

...SCOTT RUDIN has been targeted in a new tell-all book exposing the Oscar-winner's infamous temper. Hollywood screenwriter Paul Rudnick, who worked with Rudin on The Addams Family and The First Wives Club, blast his former collaborator in a...

In this article: Scott Rudin, Hollywood, Oscar, No Country for Old Men, The First Wives Club, The Addams Family, and New Jersey

...behavior in Hollywood is well-deserved -- that is, according to some anecdotes in screenwriter and New Yorker contributor Paul Rudnick's new Harper collection of essays, "I Shudder: And Other Reactions to Life, Death, and New Jersey."

In this article: Scott Rudin, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Clueless, The First Wives Club, The Addams Family, Hollywood, and New Jersey