Why Him?

Related Content

• William Shatner Really Doesn't Want You to Fry Your Turkey the Wrong Way
  November 17, 2011
• It’s an Honor Just to Be Aggravated
  February 24, 2010
• Top 10 Weirdest Recent Couples in Music
  October 11, 2010
• Director Judd Apatow Talks Filmmaking, Pee Wee Herman, and S.F. (VIDEO)
  October 22, 2010
• Fresh Lyme
  April 15, 2009

More About

• Alec Baldwin
• Kim Basinger
• Child Custody
• Crime and Law

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Events Newsletter: What's happening in town? From underground club nights to the biggest outdoor festivals, our top picks for the week's best events will always keep you in on the action.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

People who read the recent New Yorker profile of Alec Baldwin, which essentially outlined the actor's persecution complex, seemed to have one of two reactions. Some dismissed it with something along the lines of, "Christ! What an asshole!" Others, however, thought Baldwin came off as a man who had been dented, if not crushed, by the system. Tonight, Baldwin reads from A Promise to Ourselves, essentially a book-length rant about that system. After he and Kim Basinger divorced in 2001, the couple began a protracted child custody battle, which resulted in a tape of a shouting, insult-laden phone message Baldwin left for his daughter becoming public. His subsequent efforts to comply with the demands of family court verged on Herculean -- at least in his eyes. Tonight, the 30 Rockstar reads from his book and discusses the legal and emotional ins and outs of child custody.
Mon., Sept. 22, 6 p.m., 2008