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The Re-Greening of Broadway: Show of Hands for Amanda
Amanda Green. (Courtesy Durrell Godfrey) To see Amanda Green at Birdland or at 54 Below is to see two theatrical worlds melding in happy harmony. She is the offspring of Tony winners—actress Phyllis...
View ArticleBeautiful Homes Available on Mars (Some Assembly Required)
Ready to leave this wasted planet behind and go build a shiny new libertarian society on Mars? Then you’ll love The Atlantic‘s Q&A with Eric Anderson, cofounder of the space tourism company Space...
View ArticleCharles Barron Making Mayoral Endorsements Far From Home
Outspoken Councilman Charles Barron is backing John Liu in the New York City mayoral election this year and he’s also getting involved in races out of state. On Tuesday, Mr. Barron served on the host...
View ArticleBP Has Nothing Better to Do Than to Rewrite Its Own Wikipedia Entry
If you can’t clean up all the dirty oil your tankers have dumped into the ocean, what’s the next best thing? Cleaning up your Wikipedia page, naturally. Read More
View ArticleMet Will Stay Open Seven Days a Week, Beginning July 1
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that, as of Monday, July 1, it will now be open seven days a week. But that’s not at all! It also announced the change would include its beloved uptown...
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Hunger Games Gets the Tea Party Makeover It So Badly Needed (Video)
Katniss doppleganger (YouTube) When the Tea Party Patriots premiered this Hunger Games-style video at CPAC over the weekend, the only question in the room was probably "Does this make too much sense?"...
View ArticleBiden and Bloomberg Team Up to Again Pressure Congress on Guns
As the U.S. Congress debates gun control legislation, two of the countries’ leading advocates on the issue–Vice President Joe Biden and Mayor Michael Bloomberg–held a City Hall press conference today...
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Two Trees Drops Buzzword Bonanza on Vacant Domino Lot
Enjoy some interim community uses while you wait! Last week, when Domino Sugar Refinery owner Jed Walentas made his first community meeting appearance after announcing SHoP's revamped plan for the...
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Four Reasons We Are Running an Excerpt from Roger Ailes: Off Camera by Zev...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Click here to read an excerpt from Roger Ailes: Off Camera [Penguin/Sentinel, $26.95]. 1. Everyone’s talking about this book–it was excerpted in Vanity Fair; The New York Times brutally...
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Why Roger Ailes Let Glenn Beck Go
EDITOR’S NOTE: Click here for four reasons we are running an excerpt from Roger Ailes: Off Camera [Penguin/Sentinel, $26.95]. In the fall of 2011, Roger Ailes told journalist Howard Kurtz that he was...
View ArticleWhy Can’t the Tech Community Talk About Adria Richards Like Grownups?
It all started at a conference devoted to Python. Developer evangelist Adria Richards heard a couple of guys behind her making sexual cracks about big dongles and “forking repos,” and, in a moment of...
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NYU Hyperlocal Blog Partners With New York And Hops On The L Train
Remember when hyperlocal blogs were the future of news? Well, although The New York Times ended their partnership with New York University’s hyperlocal East Village blog after two and a half years, New...
View ArticleBloomberg Says ‘Rush to Legislate’ Created Flaws in Cuomo Gun Law
When Governor Andrew Cuomo quickly passed tough new gun control measures in January, he faced a raft of criticism for skipping the standard deliberative period and allegedly ignoring the more minute...
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Other Things You Can Spend $1,000 On Besides a Chocolate Egg
Sugar & Plumm's chocolate egg: Only costs a grand! (SugarandPlumm.com)Sugar and Plumm (Purveyors of Yumm!), a chocolatier on the Upper West Side, has created a 3-foot tall candy egg for Easter. It...
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A.J. Daulerio Will Consult For BuzzMedia
A.J. Daulerio. (Photo: Facebook). Looks like former Gawker editor in chief A.J. Daulerio has figured out his next step. Mr. Daulerio, who announced his departure from the site in early January, will...
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‘It Wasn’t Me’: A Poopy Predicament
(Photo: Getty Images) The C train never smells very good to me, but it's usually tolerable. Not last night. A man sitting alone in the corner of the train was laughing jovially as I got on, a poopy...
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The Girls of Spring Breakers: The Best Mashup of the Season?
Spring Break forever...until you stick a Q-tip in your ear. (THR)You see, we put a question mark in the title because that way you will click through to find out whether The Hollywood Reporter's video...
View ArticleDon’t Panic, But There’s Apparently a Way to Reset Apple Passwords with Just...
Well, this is just a charming development. According to The Verge, there’s an exploit making the rounds that’s practically an idiot-proof way for anyone who’s got your email and birthdate to hack your...
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Tenants In Sandy-Damaged Buildings Protest Landlord-Friendly Rent Reduction...
Sandy is still causing headaches. Bureaucratic ones. After Hurricane Sandy, rent-stabilized tenants living in damaged buildings with diminished services were told—and believed—that they would be able...
View Article@WorstFastAgency Gave Us Some Pretty Terrible Advice
If you’ve ever sought professional advice from someone who puts “social media guru” or “marketing ninja” in their Twitter bio, you know just how little some experts add to the discussion. “Everyone is...
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