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Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens Will Soon Know How Late Their Buses Are
Bus Time: coming to a bus near you! Philadelphia bus riders got real-time tracking in 2011. Chicago's had it since at least 2009, as has Washington, D.C. Staten Island riders and those in the Bronx...
View ArticleCardinal Dolan Calls Selection of Pope Francis I a ‘Milestone’ for the...
Though he was a longshot, many locals were hoping Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who serves as the Catholic Church’s Archbishop of New York, would be selected pope to replace Benedict XVI, who abruptly...
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Gerald Butler Does a Great Job Explaining His New Film to the Ladies
Gerard Butler, sandwiched between producer Alan Siegel and director Antoine Fuqua. (PMc) On Monday evening, Gerard Butler stood outside The Darby, waving around a cigarette animatedly, flanked by a...
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No Retouching Needed: Photo Whisperer Flips Selldorf-Designed Village Townhouse
Buyers with a little more girth might need a bit of retouching to squeeze into this 15 footer. Master photo retoucher Pascal Dangin might make his living zapping the life-sustaining fat off of models...
View ArticleSpotted! Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley Pilot Filming in Palo Alto
Get excited! Mike Judge’s much-anticipated (by Betabeat, at least) comedy about Silicon Valley has begun filming a pilot in downtown Palo Alto. So the local news hounds at KPIX San Francisco sallied...
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And Now for Something Completely Different: James Franco Still Reading Teddy...
Photo credit: James Franco/WhoSay A little over a week ago we noticed that James Franco--currently starring in Oz: The Great and Powerful, an autobiographical look at the actor's life as a con man who...
View ArticleSex By Southwest: We Hung Out with Bangs With Friends
“I got my first match!” one of the cofounders of Bang With Friends told Betabeat earlier this week as we scarfed down free grilled cheese on the curb outside the Austin Convention Center. Around us,...
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You Can’t Stop the Cabanas: Silver Gull Beach Club Shrugs Off Warnings Not To...
The club, eight hours before Sandy hit. The Silver Gull Beach Club likes to do things the old-fashioned way. When The Observer first saw the club it was the Fourth of July and there was a band of hefty...
View ArticleSpring Arts Preview: Top 10 Gallery Shows
Spring is less than a week away, and it is shaping up to be a very fine one in New York’s galleries. Plenty of esteemed giants are on tap in the coming months (Paul McCarthy at Park Avenue Armory and...
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St. John’s Seeks to Cash Out of Murray Street Space
101 Murray is no beauty, but the real prize is in the land. Last month, the Related Companies' Stephen Ross was reportedly eyeing the Borough of Manhattan Community College's campus in Tribeca, in a...
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Spring Arts Preview: Top 10 Films
Henry Cavill as Superman in 'Man of Steel.' (©Warner Brothers Entertainment) Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey Director: Ramona S. Diaz March 16 “How do you take somebody from a Third World...
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Spring Arts Preview: Table of Contents
Art One Man Band: Llyn Foulkes Is Bringing His Los Angeles Style to New York By Dan Duray Top 10 Museum Exhibitions By The Editors Top 10 Gallery Shows By Andrew Russeth Books Revolution Blues: Rachel...
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R.I.P Boston Phoenix
A happier time. (Photo credit: The Phoenix) The Boston Phoenix, an alt-weekly popular for it's political and arts coverage, is shutting down, they announced today. Next week will be the last print...
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Madison Square Park For Chelsea: Former First Daughter Buying At The Whitman
Ms. Clinton. Well, we can't say that we're surprised that NBC correspondent and former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has inked a deal to move into The Whitman. (At least, if the New York Post can be...
View ArticleReuters Producer Matthew Keys Indicted for Allegedly Conspiring with Anonymous
Power-Twitterer and Reuters deputy social media editor Matthew Keys has been indicted by the Justice Department. He stands accused of “conspiring with members of the hacker group ‘Anonymous’ to hack...
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R.I.P. 92Y Tribeca
Photo credit: 92Y Tribecca's Twitter feed. The 92nd Street Y is closing their Tribeca location sometime this summer, the Times reports. The downtown space, which aimed to attract a younger, art and...
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NY1 To Get Rebranded
Pat Kiernan reads the papers to Time Warner subscribers. (Photo credit: NY1). Can't get that on Fios. Although NY1 already has an ad campaign to that effect, the Time Warner higher ups think that...
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To Do Friday: Give Good Face
The Trifector Face may sound like something out of a scary sci-fi movie, but it is a socialite’s secret weapon, now that spring is about to spin out of control, with benefits and movie premieres...
View ArticleThe Checkered Online Past of Matthew Keys, the Reuters Social Media Editor...
Matthew Keys, the 26-year-old social media editor at Reuters who was indicted by the Department of Justice yesterday for collaborating with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, has been suspended from...
View Article25th Anniversary Party Pics
Last night The New York Observer celebrated its 25th anniversary surrounded by some of the biggest influencers of the city. Click here to view the 25th Anniversary Party Pics.
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