Howard Brookner News Today

Bitch, she's Madonna!

Not a standard greatest-hits victory lap, the 140-minute show was a dance-heavy jukebox bio-musical with material presented in forms that were altered from the memorable recorded versions

In this feature from HIGHStyle, a magazine by Highsnobiety, we spoke to director Gus Van Sant on his beloved cult classic.

Documentary This biographical documentary on author and eccentric William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch), founder of the Beat Generation literary movement along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, is roughly divided into two segments. The first part has some witty scenes as the camera follows the author around to his various early haunts in the U.S., London, and Morocco. His friends are interviewed, including an interesting segment with Allen Ginsberg. In the second half of the film Burroughs...

Janine Brookner, ousted CIA officer who challenged agency in court, dies at 80 Matt Schudel For 20 years, Janine Brookner worked out of U.S. embassies around the world, attending diplomatic gatherings, meeting people and developing friendships. She was barely 5 feet tall, with an unlined face and gentle smile that made her look years younger than her actual age. She was a single mother, accompanied by a young son on her international travels, and had a quiet, soft-spoken ma...