Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.
Browsing through photos of the usual muttonheads at the Washington Correspondents Dinner the other night we were surprised to see our old friend, brilliant writer/director Bruce Wagner, among the throng.
Wagner, whom you might know from his masterpieces cinematic (Wild Palms, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills) and literary (Force Majeure , I’m Losing You, Memorial), is a writer/producer of British actress Tracey Ullman’s new satirical series, State of the Union.
Plutocrat and Graydon Carter acolyte Mike Bloomberg invited the pair to join the Washington festivities as his guest, and Bruce broke out a suitably stylish and idiosyncratic ensemble for the occasion: a suit of evening clothes with frock coat-style jacket and white piqué waistcoat by Dolce & Gabbana, a white Prada dress shirt and a custom-made black silk cravat.
Meanwhile, Bruce is currently researching his seventh (untitled) novel, to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2009; God only knows what we’re gonna find to read until then.
- J.P.S.
