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Hollywood’s War on Israel
Saving Mr. Banks, the new film chronicling Walt Disney’s bid to secure movie rights to Mary Poppins, was released on Friday. Although an incredibly talented and innovative animator, director and...
View ArticleSchumer: ‘Pretty Safe Bet’ Budget Will Pass Senate
New York Senator Chuck Schumer is confident the Senate will pass a budget deal this week, after the measure passed overwhelmingly last week in the House. “I think it’s a pretty safe bet it’s going to...
View ArticleArchbishop Dolan Wants to Make Bill de Blasio a Better Catholic
As Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio ascends to City Hall, Archbishop Timothy Dolan is hoping the most powerful pol in New York City gives a lot more thought to an even higher power. Mr. Dolan, the loquacious...
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Why Fathers of Daughters May Lean To The Right: Because Brooklyn Boys Are Bad
It seems that The New York Times's resident conservative columnist Ross Douthat learned a lot from The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., Adelle Waldman's novel about a Brooklyn literary fellow. In...
View ArticleForest City and Greenland Group Complete Atlantic Yards Partnership Agreement
Forest City Enterprises and Greenland Holdings Group, a Chinese state-owned developer, have completed an agreement for a joint-venture to develop Atlantic Yards, the companies announced today. The two...
View ArticleColumbia Pictures’“American Hustle” Premiere
On December 8th, Columbia Pictures' presented the "American Hustle" Premiere at The Ziegfeld Theater in New York. Call it an Academy Awards dress rehearsal, but something about "American Hustle" begs...
View ArticleDiaz Jr. Goes to War Against French ‘Slanders and Libels’
The Bronx is burning–with anger over misplaced stereotypes. Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is fuming over recent debate among French politicians over whether Paris does, or does not, resemble the...
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Megyn Kelly Replies to Racist Santa Controversy: It Was a Humor Joke! (Video)
Megyn Kelly on The Kelly Files. (Fox News) Poor Megyn Kelly. She had a tough time last week, after the lame stream media jumped down her throat for proclaiming to kids at home watching The Kelly...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Launches Campaign-Style Legacy Tour
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is preparing for his exit with a victory lap touting his accomplishments over the past 12 years. With only 15 days left until he leaves office, Mr. Bloomberg’s staff today...
View ArticleFate of Greenpoint Towers To Be Determined This Week
Long-simmering plans to put up two new high-rise towers along the Greenpoint waterfront should be put to a vote this week, and the project’s future mostly lies in the hands of City Council member...
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Walmart Cashes in on the 99 Percent
Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park (WalMart) Walmart, the Ebenezer Scrooge of mega-chain department stores, must be having a good chuckle over their latest holiday offer: A $42.75 print of Zuccotti...
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To Do Tuesday: Live Ice Carving
Ice carving. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) I must admit, when I opened the press release from Arts Brookfield for Grace-ful Ice: Dogs—Live Ice Carving, my first reaction was: “That’s crazy.”...
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Morning Media Mix
(Illustration by Lauren Payne) P.J. O'Rourke is joining The Daily Beast as a weekly columnist. He gave his new employer a lengthy Q&A. (The Daily Beast) Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will is...
View ArticleOn the Market: Whole Foods Poised to Open Near Bryant Park; Everything That...
Love New York because it has so many towers that brush past 1,000 feet? [NYM]Cushman & Wakefield appoints Goldman Sachs's Edward Forst as CEO. [Crain's]Walmart sells Occupy Wall Street posters (and...
View ArticleALVIN AILEY American Dance Theatre Opening Night Gala Event
On December 4th, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater pirouetted into its 2013-14 season at New York City Center with an Opening Night Gala. Wayne McGregor’s "Chroma" ballet served as a sensational...
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Bill O’Reilly: The Spirit of Santa Transcends All Racial Boundaries (But...
Look how happy he is! (Fox News)Et tu, Papa Smurf? We guess this means Bill O'Reilly is one of those humorless, instinctual "knee-jerk" and "race-bait"-ing individuals who Megyn Kelly was complaining...
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Anarchy in…Chelsea!?!?: Sex Pistols A&R Man Drops $9.8 M. on Walker Tower Condo
Punk rockers like nice living rooms, too. Back in the 1960s, when he was reading physics at Oxford, they used to call him Heavy Henry. The name had nothing to do with Michael Thorne's weighty intellect...
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What to Get the Romantic Lady on Your List
You can't get the romantic, old-fashioned lady in your life a time machine so she can travel back to 1919, but these gifts will add an element of elegance even to the 21st century. She will appreciate...
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Alysia Abbott’s Fairyland Will Get the Sofia Coppola Treatment
Sofia Coppola will turn Fairyland:A Memoir of My Father, Alysia Abbott's well-received memoir, into a movie. American Zoetrope announced yesterday that it had acquired the motion picture rights to Ms....
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To Do Wednesday: Discussing the ‘Ramen Burger Effect’
Ramen. As a broke college student, I ate plenty of the cheap version of ramen, full of salt and chemicals, but fast and simple. I had no clue that ramen was actually a highbrow food item until I moved...
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