Unlikely Partnerships

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An Unlikely Author Collaboration, Born on Twitter: Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black’s America, You Sexy Bitch

By the time Meghan McCain and Michael Ian Black arrived at the Reading Room in Bryant Park last Wednesday, the rows green folding chairs set up for lunchtime Q&A session for the pair’s book, America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom, released last month, were almost completely filled. Political enthusiasts of all walks of life, many toting mixed green salads and bottles of sparkling water, had gathered to discuss the book.

Ms. McCain and Mr. Black took questions from the audience about their co-authored book, which analogues the cross-country road trip they took together in an RV, searching for ways to mend the gap between Democrats and Republicans.

Ms. McCain told the audience that the two met while working on a TV pilot that Mr. Black was shooting and quickly became friends. Mr. Black later asked Ms. McCain, via Twitter, to work on a book with him and she agreed.

“He asked Chelsea Clinton and Bristol Palin, but they both said no,” Ms. McCain said facetiously. Read More

Question of the Week

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Question of the Week: What Classic Movie Deserves a Sequel?

It’s seemingly the summer of sequels: Spider-Man, The Dark Night Rises, Step Up: Revolution, The Bourne Legacy, Expendables 2… they’re everywhere. All week we pondered aloud what other classic films deserve the franchise treatment. What classic movie deserves a sequel?

We heard entertaining answers from the likes of Michael Ian Black, Meghan McCain and Aziz Ansari. And, with their respective replies to this pressing question, Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan proved once and for all that they are a very particular kind of match.

Click through the slideshow for all of these and more. Read More