Remember Me? We Were So Close About 15 Minutes Ago

Remember Me? We Were So Close About 15 Minutes Ago . . .
Sleek, attractive and ultimately vapid, "Novo" applies to sex and love the concept of short-term memory loss used to such acute dramatic effect in "Memento."
STEPHEN HOLDEN

'Joey' still lame in second season (Reuters)

Reuters - So "Joey" is back (please stifle your excitement) in spite of a freshman season when the Matt LeBlanc starrer didn't exactly emulate the quality and popularity arc of "Frasier."

Review: Jones' Latest Not Provocative (AP)

AP - Bill T. Jones is a "controversial artist," a title sometimes courted by the choreographer and forever cemented by the former and formidable New Yorker critic Arlene Croce.

Stars Honor New Orleans at Katrina Benefit (AP)

AP - It's not often that a Nobel laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Academy Award winners and just about every other kind of winner share a single stage. But a benefit for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, sponsored by The New Yorker as part of its annual New Yorker Festival, brought an eclectic and star-studded cast of performers to Manhattan on Saturday night. The lineup included Toni Morrison, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Kevin Kline, Richard Ford, Willem Dafoe and lots of zydeco music.