Posts Tagged ‘Larry Kendrick’

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Word’s out that Judge Larry Kendrick has decided to retire on Dec. 31. Kendrick has long been hounded by lawyers and the powers-to-be over slow-moving cases under his care. . .An area boost to our town will come Nov. 12-22 with the St. Louis International Film Festival. J. Kim Tucci, board chairman of the Cinema St. Louis, County Exec Charlie Dooley and Mayor Francis Slay announced the unspooling of “Up in the Air”; “An Education”; “Precious”; “The Young Victoria”; “Me and Orson Welles” and “Everybody’s Fine.” Ducats on sale Monday at the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Webster U. and WashU. . .Getting congrats from Pumpernickel’s Bonnie Silverman were insurance exec Jerome “Buddy” Diamond and Joan Kaner, who announced they are planning their wedding. . . Smithsonian Institution’s Scott Rosenfeld will lecture on “Lighting the Smithsonian’s Temple of Invention” at 5:30, Oct. 13 at the Missouri History Museum… Martin Duggan, outgoing host of KETC-TV, Channel 9′s “Donnybrook,” and one of our town’s favorite octogenarians, was honored Friday by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen with a resolution introduced by Aldermanic prez Lewis Reed, who was also being toasted on his 47th natal

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day. Duggan brought down the house, when he asked the current alder-people from neighborhoods, where he and wife, May, had lived through the years. The audience howled with laughter, when Duggan told them he continues to oppose calls to reduce the size of the board, since “having so many of you always gave me something to talk about.” Duggan added that if any changes are in order, “they should expand the board’s membership.” His graceful exit from the chambers, with an assist by pals Lou Hamilton and former Mo. Sen. Harry Kennedy, was interrupted by a lengthy and obviously affectionate embrace from the dean of the board, Freeman Bosley, Sr., who greeted his “old and very dear friend Martin” to the open-mouthed amazement of his colleagues. . . Melissa Pluta of Edwardsville, Ill., was local winner in KPLR-TV, Channel 11′s America’s Next Top Model Casting Call. Tyra Banks chose her, along with six others, to receive honorable mention. Pluta recently signed with Centro Models STL/LA/NY.

AND, AWAY WE GOOOO: Vintner (Bryant Family Vineyards) and insurance exec (The

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Bryant Group) Donald Bryant has sued legal giant Bryan Cave, alleging malpractice. Bryant alleges that the firm, which has offices throughout the world, botched his pre-nuptial agreement with now ex-wife, Barbara. How much mal? Ten million dollars, alleges Bryant in a lawsuit – lost because the agreement failed to factor in capital gains tax on the marital estate. The agreement, revised in 1989, called for Barbara to receive a cash settlement tied to the appreciated value of the couple’s mutual assets. One of those assets is a modern art collection, which includes works by Jackson Pollack and Jasper Johns. The lawsuit was filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, and has been assigned to Judge Larry

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Kendrick. Clayton attorney Laurence Maas is repping Bryant; Robert Haar is defending the Cave. (A bottle of Bryant Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvigon, 2005, will set you back about $450, if you are lucky enough to find one. Jasper Johns’ “False Start” – which Bryant does not own — sold in 2006 for $80 million.) . Here’s a tip to Variety: Wayne Meisenholder and his team, including Dick Richmond, are bowing a label, Arsenic Records in our town. The music will be pure rock, says BMeisenholder and the firm will have its own recording studio. Meisenholder was a yesteryear exec with Capitol, CBS, and Warner Bros. Records. Richmond is a retired Post-Dispatch scribe . What would

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you give to work with Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, James Franco and Billy Crudup? Well, that’s just the company hometowner Doc Crotzer, alum of St. Louis U High School, who is likely to spend a lot of time in this column because he returns telephone calls, is into these days. Crotzer is currently an assistant editor on Pitt’s production of the film, “Eat, Pray, Love,” which will be shot in New York, Rome, India and Bali, and is based on a best-seller by Elizabeth Gilbert. He is also working on one of P-D TV critic Gail Pennington‘s favorite television series, “Glee”, which recently premiered “and it’s getting positive reviews and numbers,” said Doc. “We’ve shot 12 episodes plus a pilot,

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so there are 11 left to air this fall,” he said. Crotzer is based in Los Angeles . Some downtown St. Louis barons are quietly trying to draft Pulaski Bank prez W. Thomas Reeves to fill the vacating top job at the Partnership for Downtown St. Louis. Before joining Pulaski, Reeves served as prez of Downtown Now. Reeves, though, has not signaled any interest. Among those actually vying for the job is well-respected Denny Coleman, who currently helms the St. Louis County Economic Council . Meanwhile, there are disagreements among its leadership about the direction of the fledgling Downtown Residents Association. The acrimony has led to the abrupt departures and resignations of a half

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dozen or so board members and officers. . Scottrade brass is in negotiations with Don King to encore another fight card there in November featuring Corey Spinks, son of world’s heavyweight champ, Leon Spinks . Get ready for another new upscale restaurant: Cafe Du Coin will be a “French-style bar” near the Smokehouse in Chesterfield Valley. Owners are Eric Miranne and his wife, the stunning Micki Jones Miranne, widow of the late and great homebuilder, Bob Jones. Micki also owns the Tru Spa, near the location of the up-and-coming eatery.