“Blue Nights” is a Work of Dignity, “Vanity Fair” Says

Written by Cillian Murphy on September 16, 2011
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Christopher Hitchens briefly reviews Joan Didion’s upcoming memoir in the October issue of Vanity Fair. “Didion, here slightly syncopating in the Bob Dylan manner, has striven with intense dignity and courage in Blue Nights to deepen and extend the effect of The Year of Magical Thinking,” he notes. Hitchens reads this work as a testament to [...]

Didion & Famous Friends Attend Dunne’s Funeral

Written by Cillian Murphy on September 11, 2009
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On Thursday, September 10th, Dominick Dunne’s funeral took place at a Mass at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in Manhattan. Hundreds attended from the worlds of society and culture, including Richard Gere, Julianna Margulies, Liev Schreiber, and Diane von Furstenberg. Joan Didion was, of course, also in attendance. She spoke of Dunne ultimately as family-orientated and [...]

Dominick Dunne, Celebrity Journalist & Crime Writer, Is Dead at 83.

Written by Cillian Murphy on August 26, 2009
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Dominick Dunne, the ultimate self-made American man, died today following a long battle with bladder cancer. He was 83. Dunne rose to public consciousness in the movie business. He was a producer at the very end of the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema, though not a very prolific one. He was attracted to glamour; indeed, [...]