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On the Page: Eddie Huang and Maurice Sendak
Fresh Off the Boat Eddie Huang (Spiegel & Grau, 288 pp., $26) Eddie Huang’s entertaining memoir, Fresh Off the Boat, contains what will probably turn out to be the top backhanded compliment of...
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Raindrops Keep Falling on Their Heads: Will Self’s Modernist Experiment,...
Will Self. (Photo: Polly Borland) Zack Busner, the naïve neurologist in Will Self’s new novel, Umbrella (Grove Press, 448 pp., $25), thinks he can use the drug L-Dopa to cure a disease called...
View ArticleThrill Bill: Thompson Is Ready to Bust Out of His Boring Brand ‘Bit by Bit’
“My phrasing may be too responsible, I don’t know.” Bill Thompson, a candidate for mayor this year, was waxing philosophical last week about why his policy statements might not have the same pizazz as...
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Tommy Mottola, Hitmaker, Takes Today
Tommy Mottola on 'Today.' When Tommy Mottola walked into the Today show Tuesday morning, he was not just tolerant of the paparazzi waiting outside Rockefeller Plaza—he was plainly delighted that...
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Waiting for (Dave) Franco at Cinema Society
Analeigh Tipton, Teresa Palmer and the elusive Dave Franco. A snowy Friday night on the Lower East Side kicked off with a gathering of bodies looking for warmth at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, where...
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The New York Philharmonic Unveils a New Season
Matthew VanBesien “We’re pedaling as fast as we can,” the New York Philharmonic’s still-newish executive director Matthew VanBesien told the Transom with a laugh, when asked how things had been going...
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The (Not as) Big Apple: Could the Company’s Best Days Be in the Past?
When you’re learning a new language, the best sign that you’ve got a lock on it is when it’s in your dreams. It’s a pretty sure thing, then, that many among us have used the new language of “i Phone”...
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Wham, Ma’am, Thank You BAM!
BAM Artist Circle Chairs Chuck Nathan and Alisa Levin with John Turturro and wife Katherine Borowitz. As John Turturro approached the head table, the president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Karen...
View ArticleNoodz, Crafts and Cats: A Tour of BuzzFeed’s Search Referrals
Yesterday, Betabeat asked Compete for traffic data on BuzzFeed—the richly-funded purveyor of image-heavy listicles, breeding ground for future New Yorker scribes and everything in between—and when the...
View ArticleOn the Market: “Visionary” Developers Sought For Governors Island; Dumbo Gets...
Maintenance fees are rising in Manhattan, now average $1.70 per foot. [TRD] Affordable housing debate delays approval of Durst's West Side Pyramid. [Crain's] Governors Island seeks visionary developer...
View ArticleAww, Man: No-Fun Mississippi House Bill Seeks to Outlaw Animal-Human Hybrids
Look, nobody expected Mississippi to be this shining bastion of liberalism, lovingly welcoming every transhumanist-animal-hybrid-Singulatarian to cross its borders. But unfortunately, in its quest to...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Calls Sexism Questions ‘An Outrage’
On Monday, New York Magazine published a profile of Council Speaker and likely mayoral candidate Christine Quinn that contained a quote from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that got a great deal off attention....
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Should Hudson Square’s Rezoning Have to Wait for the Designation of a...
What will it mean for development in the South Village? (Trinity Real Estate) There is no doubt that the Hudson Square rezoning, if and when it is approved, will reshape what is arguably the last...
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Shake-Up at The Atlantic’s Website
TheAtlantic.com announced new three new hires and two internal moves today in a memo to staff. "Please join us in welcoming your new colleagues and congratulating your newly promoted ones," said the...
View ArticleAmazon Homepage Down for Some Users, Hackers Claim Responsibility
Amazon.com’s homepage appears to be temporarily down, showing a “service unavailable” message to users. Links within Amazon are still functional, but the homepage is inaccessible. As TechCrunch notes,...
View ArticleOfficials Rally Against ‘Antisemitic, Pro-Terrorist’ Event at Brooklyn College
The Israel-Palestine conflict once again led to fighting in New York’s political scene today as elected officials and other activists gathered to denounce Brooklyn College’s political science...
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Ben Silverman’s Strange Path Back to The Office … as a Cast Member
That is definitely Ben Silverman. (NBC) The biggest news tonight on NBC is, naturally, the end of 30 Rock’s seven-year run. "Will Liz Lemon finally realize her mistake and run back into the arms of...
View ArticleMassage Girl Needed for ‘Media/Tech’ Guy Card Game in Williamsburg, No Olds...
Hey, ladies! Are you 18-25? Are you attractive and looking make a little extra dough? Do you sometimes miss the gender tropes of the Mad Men era and long to be treated like a nubile piece of furniture?...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo Recalls His Final Words With Ed Koch
Former Mayor Ed Koch and Governor Andrew Cuomo have a long and colorful history, stretching all the way back to Mr. Koch’s initial mayoral election against Mario Cuomo, the current governor’s father,...
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This Makes Almost Too Much Sense: Alexander Wang, Gavin McInnes and MADtv...
Natasha Lyonne, “Bon Qui Qui” and Simon Doonan. (Rooster New York) We all know that during the days leading up to Fashion Week, designers tend to go, in the words of Anthony Perkins, "a little mad...
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