verall nomination, he had just finished pasta a Sette Mezzo on Lexington Avenue with art dealer Lorinda Ash and Soon-Yi. He went home and watched the N.B.A. All-Star game. Soon-Yi watched the awards show on a delay in another room. By the time Woody won, he fell asleep and Soon-Yi didn’t want to wake him.

recovery given the segment’s close correlation to N.A. rig count and short-cycle nature of the business,

New York Times When Kevin Durant, one of basketball's most celebrated players, left Oklahoma City to play for the Golden State Warriors, one of the N.B.A.'s most dominant teams, fans were dying to know how Russell Westbrook would fair as the Thunder's sole remaining star. "It seemed less like a questi

rivate-equity barons, Saudi princes, and movie people. It was a night of fund-raisers—the first hosted by Magic Johnson, who led the Lakers to five N.B.A. championships, in the eighties. In the Beast, on the way to Johnson's house, Obama told me, "Magic has become a good friend. I always tease him—I t

rall nomination, he had just finished pasta a Sette Mezzo on Lexington Avenue with art dealer Lorinda Ash and Soon-Yi. He went home and watched the N.B.A. All-Star game. Soon-Yi watched the awards show on a delay in another room. By the time Woody won, he fell asleep and Soon-Yi didn't want to wake him