Following Merger, GrubHub and Seamless Hit with Temporary Antitrust Rules
Two of the city’s biggest online food delivery companies merged in May — but New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is hoping to keep the online food ordering game competitive with a few new rules...
View ArticleBreak Out the Bubbly: Rich Kids of Instagram Spawns E! Reality Show
Four years after the demise of Bravo’s NYC Prep, we still haven’t found the perfect replacement show about over-entitled rich kids behaving badly. But wipe those Dom Perignon-tinged tears off your face...
View ArticleSmoochin’ Without Gluten: New Dating Site Matches Sad People Who Can’t Eat Bread
Attempting to live life without gluten comes with many annoyances. There’s the near-impossible feat of ordering in restaurants, the jacked-up prices for gluten-free goods, and worst of all, dealing...
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Leather Daddy Designer Buys Daughter $2.2 M. Bowery Box
Who's your daddy? Kinky retail architect Peter Marino is no square, but his daughter's a different story: Isabelle Trapnell Marino just picked up a two-bedroom condo at the sleekly rectangular Morris...
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On Social Media, Young Artists Blur the Boundary Between Performance and Life
Comedians Cole Escola (l) and Jeffery Self went from social media to cable TV and back again (Logo) Jeffery Self and Cole Escola—a young comedy duo who parlayed YouTube success into two seasons of a...
View ArticleNow You Can Watch a Live Stream of Andy Warhol’s Grave at All Times
Today would have been Andy Warhol’s 85th birthday, and his namesake foundation is celebrating with a stunt that pop art’s pop-pop would have loved: they’ve launched a live, 24/7 video feed of his...
View ArticleWeiner Hits Bloomberg on Education in Reprieve from Scandal
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner accused Mayor Michael Bloomberg of using school closures to skirt union rules and fudging test scores ahead of his 2005 re-election bid during a conversation on...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Quibbles With Mayor Bloomberg’s Big Detroit Speech
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s depiction of New York City’s economy was a tad too rosy, Bill de Blasio said, even as the mayor was predicting a gloomy future unless his replacement follows his lead. Shortly...
View ArticleKristin Davis Arrested on Drug Charges
The circus surrounding this year’s electoral season doesn’t end. Kristin Davis, who claims to be the former madam for ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and is now running against him in the comptroller’s race, was...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Expects to Have Bloomberg’s Vote
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has thus far remained mum on his favored candidate for mayor, but Anthony Weiner is pretty confident he’s got it locked down. “I think that the mayor, were he a Democrat, would...
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The White Stuff: ‘Operation Snowcone’ Nets Brooklyn Man ‘Selling Cocaine from...
(Getty) Because who doesn’t love some Oxy with their Rocket Pop? In an undercover heist dubbed “Operation Snowcone,” authorities have busted a Brooklyn man for allegedly selling cocaine and Oxycodone...
View ArticleOkay, Who Put a Dead Shark on the N Train?
Photos of a small dead shark casually hanging out on the N train went viral this morning after Gothamist posted a gallery of them. According to witnesses, the shark was discovered around 12 a.m. when a...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Ben Stiller’s Long-Awaited Take on...
Ben Stiller as Walter MittyIn last year's New Yorker piece on Ben Stiller, there was a lot of chatter about how Stiller's latest venture--an adaptation of James Thurber’s 1939 short story, The Secret...
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To Do Wednesday: Where’d You Get Those Peoples?
Justin Theroux. The term “vintage” refers to anything over 20 years old. So when Oliver Peoples, the chic and sleek luxury eyewear company, says it is previewing its new “Sir” frames from the “vintage...
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East Side Story: Hal Prince’s Theatrical $21 M. Townhouse Finds a Buyer
The double-height living room with bookshelves illuminated for better browsing. And... scene! The eclectically-decorated townhouse of Broadway legend Hal Prince may not suit all tastes—although with...
View ArticleCelebrating the Summer at Downtown’s Newest Luxury Penthouse
Last evening, throngs of Manhattan’s most eligible brokers, entrepreneurs and house hunters peopled the Renaissance’s expansive rooftop terrace at 100 John Street. Against jaw-dropping views of the...
View ArticleChristine Quinn and Bill Thompson Go to War
Bam! Pow! Smash! Mayoral rivals Christine Quinn and Bill Thompson are officially going at it, trading blows at an increasingly furious pace as Primary Day–just over a month away–quickly approaches....
View ArticleSandra Fluke Enters the Mayoral Race
Sandra Fluke, the women’s rights activist who shot into the national spotlight after being called a “slut” by conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, has endorsed Christine Quinn’s bid to become the...
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The New York Post Has Low Bar for Printing Rumors About Eliot Spitzer
A random New York Post cover. The New York Post is now apparently publishing reader's idle speculation as "tips." Post political columnist Michael Goodwin's last item in today's piece includes a...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer’s Ad Barrage Wages Onward
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is continuing to leverage his personal fortune in his bid to become New York City’s next comptroller. After already releasing a handful of advertisements on local and national...
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