Chat with Weinstein, Swim With Lochte, or Skype With Egan: The 10 Best...
If you still haven't picked out the perfect stocking stuffer for the guy (or gal!) who has everything, mosey over to CharityBuzz.com, an auction site that is currently offering a holiday-themed...
View ArticleGirls Star Allison Williams Goes to Sea World, Leaves a Meme
Earlier today, someone posted to Reddit a rather cute picture of Girls star Allison Williams getting cozy with a sea lion on a visit to Sea World. The marine mammal has leaned in as though sharing a...
View ArticleDamien Hirst Leaves Gagosian
Georgina Adams reports today in the Financial Times that Damien Hirst will split with his longtime dealer Gagosian gallery. Read More
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Is Barclays a Fare Jumper When It Comes To Transportation Funding?
The wheels on the bus go round and round. The Atlantic Yards certainly knows how to get someone else to pick up the tab. It's like a friend who always manages to forget his wallet when going out to...
View ArticleSext in Motion: Snapchat Is Now the Snapchat for Video
It seems like just 18 hours ago, we were begging some industrious app developer to get at us with a pitch for “the Snapchat for video,” that would let you send snippets of film with a self-destruct...
View ArticleRep. Jerry Nadler: Now Is the Time For ‘A Serious Discussion About Gun Control’
In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that, as of this writing, left at least 27 people dead including the alleged gunman and 18 children, Congressman...
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That MetroCard Is Going to Cost $2.50, But at Least It Comes With a Free...
"Take me to your subway." (MTA) It now looks almost certain that the Metrocard is going up to $2.50 next week, with monthlies costing $112, up from $104, at least that is what MTA chief Joe Lhota is...
View ArticleCuomo: We Must ‘Crack Down on the Guns’ in Wake of Connecticut Shooting
In one of the worst school shootings in American history, over two dozen were left dead at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school earlier today. And, although many facts have yet to emerge, New York...
View ArticleNRA Cancels Country Music Event After School Shooting
After this morning’s shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, the National Rifle Association cancelled a planned Twitter promotion with country music rapper Colt Ford. A live “Tweet & Greet”...
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That’s Garbage: New York City Is Less Trashy Thanks to Refuse Recession
Piling up. One mans trash is another mans treasure. A nice idiom, one my grandmother, a child of the Great Depression, liked to repeat. She also liked, “waste not, want not.” Keeping both in mind, she...
View ArticleBloomberg to Obama: Offering Condolences ‘Is Not Enough’
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not satisfied with President Barack Obama’s reaction to the recent shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. Specifically, a tearful Mr. Obama called for “meaningful...
View ArticleObama Notifies Congress He Does Not Know ‘Precise Scope’ or ‘Duration’ of War...
This afternoon, the White House Press Office released a report sent from President Barack Obama to the Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate notifying them “about deployments of...
View ArticleCries for Gun Control Resound Across Social Media Following Mass Shooting at...
Following the devastating news that 27 people, including 20 children, had been killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, many immediately took to their Facebook and...
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LeVar Burton Takes to Reading Rainbow Blog to Help Parents Explain School...
A Word from LeVar. (ReadingRainbowBlog) Today's tragedy in Connecticut is not the type of news that makes reporters get out bed and say "Now this is the kind of thing I went to journalism school for!"...
View ArticleGiorgio Armani Moves to the Milk Studios Building
Giorgio Armani is getting a view over the High Line. The Italian fashion company has inked a lease for a 60,000-square-foot space at 450 West 15th Street in the Meatpacking District, sources familiar...
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James Franco Sells Book of Poetry, Because That Rocket Scientist Gig Fell...
James Franco; an author thrice over! (PMc) Actor/Yale doctoral candidate James "The building is beige, but the shadows make it shadow-color" Franco, has found another way to exact revenge on the world...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Univ. of Chicago’s Indiana Jones Package Has Been Solved
Last week the Internet was abuzz with the news that a mystery package addressed to Indiana Jones had landed in the mailbox of the University of Chicago admissions office. Was it some Internet weirdo...
View ArticleJeff Koons Creates Wine Label
The Drinks Business blog reports that Jeff Koons has been tapped to create the label for Château Mouton Rothschild’s 2010 Pauillac first growth. Previous artists to have that honor include Warhol,...
View ArticleThe Outline of the New Whitney Museum Is Complete
The final steel beam was just put into place atop the Whitney Museum’s new Renzo Piano-designed location downtown, finalizing the outline of the nine-story, 200,000-square-foot building that is set to...
View ArticleCuomo: Gun Control Push Must Come From Feds
Today’s political hot topic, gun control, reared its head when Governor Andrew Cuomo took questions from reporters after a press conference this morning about a new plan to avoid Thruway toll hikes for...
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