I forgot to take my digital camera with me to the Adam Baumgold Gallery last night for the party celebrating the publication of Edward Kosner’s memoir, It’s News to Me, which covers his career as an editor at Newsweek, New York, Esquire, and the Daily News. But when I saw legendary film critic Rex Reed (below, right) mingling with the other guests, I just had to snap a quick picture with my cell phone and send it to the Significant Other (who challenged me to ask him if he knew that if we cut it off, it wouldn’t grow back, but I chickened out; instead I hoped out loud that he might enjoy my book.). Then I spotted Parade columnist Edward Klein chatting with adman Jerry Della Femina, so I got off another shot. Never did get a clear view of Morley Safer and James Brady, but I did run into Avalon Publishing Group VP Philip Turner, who told me that he’d settled on the first title for his eponymous book line, and that it would appear in November. Just what that book is, however, will have to wait…
UPDATE: Matthew Krautheim of Jossip took pictures with a real camera.