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Honey, I Shrunk the Block: Brooklyn Artist Miniaturizes Street Corner
Drew Hamilton’s quarter-scaled model of his view from his apartment. (Eliot Black and Rae Steil/Courtesy of Drew Hamilton) Drew Hamilton is an imperfectionist. The Idaho-raised artist’s latest...
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Maureen Dowd Can’t Write Barefoot
New York Times columnist and edible pot survivor Maureen Dowd explained that “she can’t compose her columns barefoot; the copy only flows when she’s wearing shoes,” when asked about her writing process...
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Why So Many Americans Watched USA vs. Ghana
I’m as guilty as anyone for making “nobody likes soccer in America lololol” jokes, but I can admit when I’m wrong. Yesterday, the United States had its opening match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup against...
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Lena Headey Is Cersei Lannister in Real Life
Look, I’m not saying that Lena Headey is evil, and I’m not saying she’s had, uh, relations with her brother. I don’t even know if she has a brother. All I’m saying is that her and Cersei Lannister are...
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City Council Wants NYCHA to Set Aside 2,500 Units a Year for Homeless Families
Council members request more NYCHA units at City Hall. City Councilmen Steve Levin, Ritchie Torres and other city council members are calling on the de Blasio administration to increase the number of...
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Harboring Hearts Announces 2nd Annual Summer Soiree
Actress Lena Hall at the Broadway opening night of “Hedwig And The Angry Inch” in NYC. Ms. Hall will perform at the Harboring Hearts Summer Soiree this Monday. (Photo by Mike Pont/Getty Images)...
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Total Sell-Out: Punk Rock Frontman Nabs Prospect Heights Townhouse for $3.33 M.
NYHC 4 Lyfe. Aren’t punk rockers supposed to move into rundown neighborhoods, claiming them for their own so that they complain later about the whitewashing influence of gentrification before young...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio Says He is Not a Blonde Bombshell
Bill de Blasio: blonde? (Photo: Twitter) Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters he is just as in the dark as they are about why his hair appeared lighter in a photo taken yesterday. At a press conference...
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Tony Tipsiness
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka (Photo: Jimi Celeste/PatrickMcMullan.com) “I’m not going to the Tonys this year,” sighed two-time Tony-winner Bebe Neuwirth at the opening premiere of Sir Kenneth...
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The Trouble With Tenure
A judge in California ruled the other day that tenure rules constitute a violation of a student’s civil rights. We couldn’t have said it better—what’s more, our opinion doesn’t have the force of law. A...
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‘MasterChef’ Season 5×4: ‘Fake Bitches’
Heads up. If you’re a Willie fan, and you better be, he’s barely in this one. He’s cooking and probably made something awesome but we’ll never know what. Hopefully someone is getting a stern talking to...
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Your 6 Questions About ’24: Live Another Day’: Episode 8
Jack Bauer’s version of a smiley face. (Fox) 1. Is it a good idea to create a drinking game around the phrase “we’re running out of time”? Certainly! There’s a decent chance taking a shot every time a...
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Cardinal O’Connor, Mensch
There are stones on a crypt underneath the main altar in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. The crypt contains the remains of Cardinal John O’Connor, archbishop of New York from 1984 to 2000. The stones were...
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Espaillat for Congress
There are few spectacles less edifying than those of aging politicians clinging to office long past their prime. The sad case of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles (Joe) Hynes is only the most...
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Jared Paul Stern in Exile
Jared Paul Stern shoring up his preppy bona fides in Maine. (Photographs courtesy Jared Paul Stern) ON WEEKENDS, THE WAYFARER CAFE IS THE SOCIAL hub of Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine. Locals...
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UnRevenge Porn: How ‘Rectify’ is Changing the Rural Mystery Landscape
Aiden Young in Rectify. (Sundance) A man stands on death row twenty years for the death of his girlfriend, (some of) his family proclaiming his innocence. Then, because of a technicality, the man is...
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Brooklyn’s Big Dems Think Barclays Would Be a Convention Slam Dunk
The Barclays Center, convention center? (via Getty) Brooklyn’s Congressional delegation, along with U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, want the national party to bank on Barclays–and...
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City Pols Denounce ‘Act of Terrorism’ in Kidnapping of Israeli Teens
Congressman Charlie Rangel denounces the kidnapping today. A slew of city pols and faith leaders came together today to denounce the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers, with at least several...
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To Do This Week: Flirt with Strangers
Russian competitors take part at the Red Bull ‘Flugtag’ event in Moscow on August 7, 2011. (Photo: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images) Wednesday June 18 First off, Red Bull has studios for artists....
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Smarten Up the Weekend
Gucci Bright Diamante duffel bag ($1,850 on gucci.com). While the sensible option for check-in luggage is to trade luxe for practicality, impress the other folk on board your Citation with bright...
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