Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Links November 15, 2006

A Comic Who's Sitting Pretty
Canadian Russell Peter's career was a modest success -- until MySpace boosted him into another league.

The Art of Pricing Great
By the time the crowd began arriving in Rockefeller Center last Wednesday for the big auction at Christie’s, rain had already been falling in New York for 19 consecutive hours. It was one of those blustery rains for which umbrellas were no match, so the assembled art lovers were left to peel off their damp overcoats in Christie’s lobby and wait in a long coat-check line.

Sacha Baron Cohen - The Real Borat - Finally Speaks
In his only interview as himself, Cohen talks about growing up kosher in London, inventing a new kind of comedy with Ali G and conquering Hollywood with Borat.

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