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Quoth the ‘Raven’: It’s a Hit
Fredrika Brillembourg and Alessandra Ferriin ‘The Raven.’ (Photo by Richard Termine) The NY Phil Biennial, a new music festival that is dedicated to new music, kicked off its first season at a drowsy...
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Underfinger, the Real Fake Restaurant That’s Confusing Us All
Underfinger “chef” Jesper Paulson is cooking up some unique eats this Monday. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Reading The Infatuation’s review of a new, hip NYC restaurant, Underfinger, Do or Dine chef...
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Cuomo’s Cave In
It’s no secret that Governor Andrew Cuomo is determined to rack up a landslide re-election later this year. The governor has big plans, and that’s no secret either. If Hillary Clinton decides to pass...
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Former Wall Street Execs Pursue Things More Pretentious than Finance
We’ve come a long way since “Fiddler on the Roof.” (Photo: Twitter) Do you want to take a plunge into the pool of obscenity? The lords of Wall Street are leaving their firms to found luxury companies...
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[Video] Deer Crashes Through Front Door of Upstate Coffee Shop
This doe does her own stunts. We’re no strangers to the incurable need for a morning espresso. Although most of us passively sulk at the end of the line at Starbucks instead of making an entrance like...
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Bill de Blasio Will Sing on Jimmy Kimmel if the Rangers Lose
The Stanley Cup. (Photo: Jure Makovec/AFP/GettyImages.) If the New York Rangers fail in their quest for the Stanley Cup, New Yorkers may be treated to a singing Bill de Blasio. Mr. de Blasio, New...
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The Comments from John Oliver Fans that Crashed the FCC, Ranked by Insanity
So yesterday, John Oliver sort of broke the Internet. In the 13-minute clip up there from Mr. Oliver’s new HBO show Last Week Tonight, the host discusses the Federal Communication Committee’s...
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Queens Mentally Ill Patient Escapes Psychiatric Facility
Clifford Brown was the third patient to escape from Creedmoor this year. (Flickr) If you do everything you can, you have a shot at a sliver lining. Right, Bradley Cooper? Unless you live in New York...
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[Slideshow] 6 Must-See Acts at Governors Ball 2014
It’s that time of year again, when bass-heavy sounds echo over the Hudson and Randall’s Island comes alive. Governors Ball 2014 is here. What started as a one-day lineup filled with DJs and rappers has...
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New York’s First Artificial Beach Hopes to Open in 2016
The best of both worlds. (Reddit) Nature’s overrated. That’s why we live in New York, right? A towering metropolis of manmade awesomeness. Out in nature, there’s bugs, it’s dirty, and the nearest...
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Shailene Woodley Melts Your Heart in ‘The Fault in Our Stars’
Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars. There’s no shortage of tears in The Fault in Our Stars, the movie version of John Green’s runaway best-seller for the young adult market...
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Exclusive: Sean MacPherson on What Makes a Hotspot Tick
“If you do something that is decidedly and determinedly cool or hip, it’s probably not very hip.” According to hotelier Sean MacPherson, the slow burn is all. This week, the 49-year-old Californian...
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In the Navy: ‘Top Gun’ Meets ‘Brokeback Mountain’ in D.M.W Greer’s Debut Feature
Rob Mayes, left, and Trent Ford in Burning Blue. A good idea gone bad plagues this movie adaptation of D.M.W. Greer’s controversial 1992 play Burning Blue, a sensitive study of two dashing Navy pilots...
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Brooklyn Restaurant Has Separate “Ladies Only” Drinks Menu
Drink up, ladies. (Wikimedia Commons) A Clinton Hill Mexican restaurant might be treading into dangerous territory with its recent “Ladies Only” menu. Los Politos III concocted a bar menu arranged...
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East Hampton Resident Sues to Keep Character In and Slurpees Out
The Empire Gas Station in East Hampton seeks to add a convenience store onto its existing site — a proposition which has led neighborhood resident Jeffrey Slonim to file a lawsuit against the town....
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In ‘The Moment,’ Jennifer Jason Leigh Plays a Shell-Shocked War Photographer
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Moment. The Moment is another in a long string of thrill-free psychological “thrillers” that fail from start to finish. This time, Jennifer Jason Leigh displays new lows in...
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Marty Golden Thinks Charles Hynes Is Still ‘An Honest Player’
State Senator Marty Golden. (Photo: Vanessa Ogle) The city’s Department of Investigation may have implicated Charles Hynes, the former Brooklyn district attorney, in the improper use of money seized...
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Uber Drivers Fight Back Against Driving Ms. Crazy
Uber drivers are judging you back. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images) What’s your number? Your Uber number, that is. When New York writer Kevin Roose uncovered his 4.8 passenger rating with the...
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Mortality Report Predicts What New Yorkers Are Most Likely to Die of
Life is but a death trap. One day we’ll all go to that big city in the sky. Though we can’t know when it’ll happen, this study makes it easier to guess how. Pulling data from the Center for Disease...
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Woman Divorces Husband Because He Didn’t Like Frozen
Elsa singing “Let it Go” from Disney’s “Frozen” Maybe love isn’t an open door after all. A Japanese woman asked for a divorce after her husband of six years admitted he didn’t like Disney’s mega-hit...
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