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Nick Kroll on Dr. Zizmor Parody Ads, Padma Lakshmi, and Chris Kattan
Dr. Armond's subway ad. (Twitter) For anyone taking the subway lately, you might have noticed a familiar-looking ad. An angry-looking man offering his services for cosmetic surgery and a "free...
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Greenpoint Residents To Homeless: Take Shelter Elsewhere
The Greenpoint Reformed Church. (jessica.dailey, flickr) They're not against housing the homeless per se, but Milton Street residents just feel that some other block or some other neighborhood would be...
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Meet Blair Waldorf’s Mexican Cousin: Gossip Girl Empire Goes South of the Border
The cast of Gossip Girl Acapulco. If your nation’s upper echelon of bitchy, class-conscious teens has yet to get its televised dues, then have no fear–Gossip Girl is coming to a country near you....
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His Ship’s Come In: Hedgie Michael Novogratz Named Chairman of Friends of...
Messrs. Novogratz and Pietrantone enjoying the park. (FHRP/Flickr) The Friends of Hudson River Park have traded a real estate big for a Wall Street one. Today, the West Side park booster group...
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To Do Friday: Post-Punk Parade
Mission of Burma (Flickr, NeonWar)Mission of Burma might be one of Boston’s greatest standing punk legacies, but with bands like New Direction popping up every day like weeds, the band has had to fight...
View ArticleFrieze New York Releases 2013 Exhibitor List
Frieze New York, the British import art fair that set up a sprawling tent on Randall’s Island last year and packed it with galleries for its inaugural edition, will be back on the island for a second...
View ArticleMultiple New Marijuana Proposals Waft Towards Albany
While a growing number of states have been legalizing medical and even recreational use of marijuana, the popular plant remains illegal in New York. However, an upcoming pair of new medical marijuana...
View ArticleApple Is Hiring Funny Writers To Make Siri Into the Joke That It Is
A few days after Thanksgiving, some gangly punk tried to mug me as I stepped off the C train. My iPhone 4 flew up like a basketball toss and the screen cracked on the concrete. I managed shove him off,...
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That Was Fast! Miss New York Abandons Brooklyn
Sayonara! (Getty) After intense debate revolving around whether the new Miss America is from Park Slope or Windsor Terrace the internet can officially take a break: Mallory Hagan is officially getting...
View Article‘This Is Set In Stone:’ At Plaza Ribbon Cutting, Sadik-Khan Says Street...
For the past six years, thousands of people a day have descended on a 150-foot long stretch of black top across from Borough Hall. There, nestled among planters and folding chair, Brooklynites and...
View ArticleObama Campaign to Transform, Still Wants Your Money
Earlier today, President Barack Obama announced his flagship campaign operation, Obama for America, will officially end this Sunday and become a political nonprofit known by the same acronym,...
View ArticleCity Councilman Stands Up for Manti Te’o
Notre Dame University’s star linebacker Manti Te’o, has been the subject of nonstop controversy since Deadspin revealed his story of personal tragedy–namely his girlfriend’s death–had been nothing more...
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Just What America Needs: A Reality Show About Selling Real Estate to...
Retired NFL player Clinton Portis tries to find a house. We're sure that Scoring the Deal will do very well. Like a bacon cheeseburger on a glazed doughnut, the Home and Garden channel has combined...
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Blue Light Special: Select Bus Service Loses Controversial Hue
(MTA.info) The MTA announced today that it has finally agreed to turn off the blinking blue lights on SBS buses, due to concerns that buses might be confused with emergency vehicles (really, really big...
View ArticleJournal News Takes Down Controversial Map of Gun Owners
At the end of December, the Journal News published a detailed map cataloging all of the handgun permit owners in Westchester and Rockland counties, a move that caused much controversy among both gun...
View ArticleHow Ed Koch Helped Make Nikki Finke a Reporter
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has had an influence in Hollywood as well as the Big Apple. Before coming to City Hall, Mr. Koch spent eight years in the House of Representatives. One of his staffers was...
View ArticleAnonymous Group Squares Off With Westboro Baptist Church Over Aaron Swartz...
A spectacle of sex, God and hatred broke out in Times Square this afternoon. Dozens of protestors gathered to demonstrate against representatives of Westboro Baptist Church, who were in town,...
View ArticleThe Atlantic Staff Memo About That Scientology Advertorial
The Atlantic president M. Scott Havens wrote to his staff yesterday evening to assure them that the advertorial kinks were being worked out in the wake of the outcry--and subsequent apology by the...
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To Do Sunday: Feeling Spicy?
Come get chili!If the cold weather has got you feeling chilly, here’s something to warm you up. Today the Greenwich Village Country Club hosts iAdventure.com’s Chili Cook Off in two courses: one event...
View ArticleTree Climbing Anti-Abortion Protester Disrupts Inauguration Ceremony
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An anti-abortion protester caused quite the scene at President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony this morning after he climbed high up into a tree on the National Mall and shouted...
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