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Crowd Pleaser: The Brilliant Elaine Stritch Lives for the Audience
Elaine Stritch is the subject of Chiemi Karasawa’s new documentary. Interviewing Elaine Stritch is like asking a hemophiliac for a pint of blood. “Everybody’s got a sack of rocks,” she says. Every now...
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The Origins of Weird Hacker Bird Avatar From House of Cards
We found it! The wait is over (and it's not Admiral Ackbar.) Spoilers about season two of House of Cards below! You might remember our friend better as "Bird with helmet with voice of Jigsaw from Saw."...
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The 8 Best Things We Learned About Bret Easton Ellis Yesterday
Bret Easton Ellis, still conflicted about feminism. (Getty Images) Vice.com's revealing interview with Bret Easton Ellis may have been a little TL;DR for a Tuesday afternoon, but looking at it this...
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Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright Are Now Experts on Washington D.C.
Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright are actors on House of Cards, that Netflix original show about politicians and power that you are only two episodes away from finally finishing so you can get on with your...
View ArticleAudio: Bill de Blasio Promises REBNY He’ll Build Big
Mayor Bill de Blasio today praised some of the biggest names in the real estate industry and told them he has no qualms about building large in the name of affordable housing. “I’m looking forward to...
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James Franco on His Spirit Animal, Shia LaBeouf
James Franco and what he has wrought. (Getty) You would think that the clash between two famed Hollywood dilettantes like James Franco and Shia LaBeouf would be inevitable. After all, Mr. Franco got...
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Of All The Oil Boom Towns in All Southern Texas: Texas Monthly Writer Claims...
Texas Monthly's November cover There was something kind of familiar about a recent USA Today article on the impact of the Texas oil boom on a small Texas town. At least, Bryan Mealer, a writer who...
View ArticleSenator Ball Terminates Staffer Responsible for Orca Plagiarism
After the Albany Times-Union reported today that one of State Senator Greg Ball’s legislative memos stole language from a 17-year-old student’s essay, Mr. Ball’s office says they terminated the...
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House of Worth: Clinton Hill Townhouse Sells to Michelin-Starred Chef,...
Aliya LeeKong (Aliya LeeKong) In the 1980s and early 90s, when jazz greats Branford and Wynton Marsalis owned the townhouse at 374 Washington Street, no one dreamed that their then-gritty Clinton Hill...
View ArticleReport: Mayor’s Caravan Violated Traffic Safety Laws Days After Safety Event
Just days after Bill de Blasio unveiled an ambitious plan to reduce pedestrian safety deaths through lower speed limits, CBS New York reports that the mayor’s caravan was spotted speeding and blowing...
View ArticleRex Reed Dishes on the 1969 Academy Awards
Movie critics have been kvetching about the Oscars for a while now, but no critic has done so more elegantly then Rex Reed. In 1969, Mr. Reed, then a film critic for Holiday magazine, went on The Dick...
View ArticleNew App Aims to Facilitate Threesomes
Are you a hot, sexy straight couple looking for another person (probs a girl, let’s be real) to join you in the act of coitus? If so, you’re in luck. A perplexingly named app could soon exist to aid...
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Bridging Screen and Stage: With Help From Jason Robert Brown’s Songs, Kelli...
Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale in 'The Bridges of Madison County.' (Photo by Joan Marcus) As they used to say in old movie ads about screen reteamings, Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale are “together...
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Waiter! Waiter! Court Rules That Restaurant Can Open in Union Square Park
A seasonal restaurant has the go-ahead to open. This morning, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that a controversial restaurant will be allowed to open in Union Square Park, disappointing...
View ArticleNYPD and Mayor Respond to Speeding Controversy
Earlier today, CBS New York revealed Bill de Blasio’s security detail apparently broke numerous traffic laws while driving the mayor between events–just days after Mr. de Blasio held a prominent public...
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(Unprotected) Sex and the City: Almost Nobody in New York Wears Condoms
A New Yorkers Kryptonite Lets just say if New Yorkers ever rode into battle, they would do it without wearing any armor. A whopping 68.2 percent of residents polled said they did not wear a condom the...
View ArticleMayor Announces Reforms to Two Large Homeless Shelters
As he navigates the latest controversy to dog his new administration, Mayor Bill de Blasio today formally unveiled plans to reform two of the largest city-owned family shelters. According to The New...
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I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
Wendy Brandes pieces aren't for the tender hearted. The next time you breakfast at Tiffany’s, put down your Danish, and take a look at the display of intense, smoky blue diamond rings on the second...
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Going, Going, Gone! Former MLB President Trades UES Pad for $5.77 M.
At right, Andrew Vogel and Véronique Mazard (Patrick McMullan) The two co-op buildings at 115 East 67th Street and 116 East 68th Street, the New York Times noted in 2011, are "covered with storks,...
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Reformations Producer Elana Rosenblatt Wishes You a Happy Black History Month
It would nice to believe that the fashion industry is becoming a little bit less racist, if only because the standards for being progressive are so absurdly low. If you are in the industry, all you...
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