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James Franco Explains ‘Gay Town’ Exhibit to Breathless Financial Times Reporter
Ceci n'est pas une merde. (Illustration by James Franco) Remember how James Franco just debuted his latest art exhibit, "Gay Town" in Berlin last week? You know. The one with that angry picture of...
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CBS 2 Morning Anchor Rob Morrison Arrested For Allegedly Choking His Wife
CBS 2 morning news anchor Rob Morrison was arrested after allegedly fighting with his wife, CBS MoneyWatch reporter, Ashley Morrison, early Sunday morning at their home in Darien, Connecticut. Mr....
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Zero Dark Thirty Death Ruled Homicide (Video)
The victim, Robert Ethan Saylor (ABC) Today's ruling won't bring back Robert Saylor, the young man who died in police custody after employees of a Frederick, MD multiplex called the cops on the...
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To Do Tuesday: Elephant in the Room
Sting and Trudie Styler Who can say no to a “Skype introduction” by mogul of all things Richard Branson and a host committee that includes Lauren Bush Lauren, Martha Stewart and Tommy Hilfiger? And did...
View ArticleOn the Market: Green Dry Cleaners Are the New Starbucks; Raucous Brunch Spot...
City wants developers to demolish popular UWS schools, build high rises. [West Side Rag] Green drycleaners, a barometer of gentrification, proliferate. [NYT] In the name of Ada Louise Huxtable, please...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg, the State of California Would Like You to Pick Up Your...
However broke the state of California may be, it’s actually sitting on a treasure trove of unclaimed property that’s valued at over $6 billion. Holders like “corporations, business associations,...
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On the Page: David Shields and Dennis Hopper
How Literature Saved My Life David Shields Knopf, 224 pp., $25.95 David Shields, for all he is, can sometimes read like a second-rate Geoff Dyer. In his new book How Literature Saved My Life, Mr....
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Snake Out: High Society and Style Converge at the New York Philharmonic’s...
Hsin-Mei Agnes Hsu, Younghee Kim-Wait, Karen LeFrak and Shirley Young ring in the new year While Shindigger was giddy to celebrate the Chinese New Year last week with the New York Philharmonic at its...
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Anand Jon and Me: An Alleged Rape Survivor’s Tale
Tara Kipnees. When former fashion star and convicted rapist Anand Jon pleaded guilty last week to one count of sexual assault, at least one of his victims let out a sigh of relief. Tara Kipnees, a...
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Every Woman for Herself: Zosia Mamet Is Deviously Captivating in ‘Really Really’
Lauren Culpepper, left, and Zosia Mamet in 'Really, Really.' (Courtesy Janna Giacoppo) Of course Zosia Mamet stars in Really Really. I say this partially because Ms. Mamet, Shoshanna on HBO’s Girls,...
View ArticleTwo Candidates Declare Victory in Queens Special Election
Flanked by a coterie of elected officials, Donovan Richards declared victory last night in a wide-open, eight-way Queens City Council special election. Seven miles south, Pesach Osina did the same...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin Cut Big Checks to Reward Life Science Research
Here’s the thing about philanthropy: There’s always plenty of people more than happy to accept a generous cash donation. Hence, Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner’s Breakthrough Prize, which he launched...
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To Do Wednesday: Scions in Winter
Mark Gilbertson at last year's ball. The Museum of the City of New York’s Winter Ball is like a social mixtape mash-up of the Social Register, The Hampton’s Blue Book and Palm Beach’s Shiny Sheet. The...
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Into the Mystique: Betty Friedan’s Feminist Classic at 50
Betty Friedan. “The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of...
View ArticleHere’s What It Feels Like to Wear Google Glass
Attention fellow wannabe cyborgs: Google Glass can soon be ours! As long as you have $1,500 and are willing to use Google Plus. So, ya know, there’s that. In a new video, the notoriously tightlipped...
View ArticleOn the Market: Barclays Center Crowds Not Catastrophic; Brooklyn’s Hipster...
Fears about the opening of the Barclays Center were greatly exaggerated. [NYT] A photo essay on the Roosevelt Island denizens who will be displaced by Cornell. [Gothamist] Empty lot on Stanton Street...
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Group of Women Make Unbelievably Disturbing Video of Little Girl Fight Club...
A video was recently posted to Youtube depicting two little girls being forced to fight in a New York City park. The NYPD is reportedly investigating the case. And now for today’s horrible news that...
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Get Outta Town! Hearst Heavyweight Michael Clinton Likes To Travel
Michael Clinton, the president, marketing and publishing director at Hearst Magazines, is also a self-described "globetrotter." Who would have guessed? Because rich guys never like to travel. His new...
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‘Girls’ Cinematographer Tim Ives Wants to Cash Out of Cobble Hill
I don't think we're in Greenpoint anymore, Hannah. Girls cinematographer Tim Ives has been receiving his latest paychecks thanks to northern Brooklyn's most famous show, but he's about to get an...
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How Many of These Best Picture Oscar Winners Can You Name? (Video)
West Side Story won Best Picture. Remember??With the Academy Awards looming in front of us this weekend like some long-awaited episode of Family Guy, it's difficult to figure out what movie should win...
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