Christine Quinn Won’t Be Sitting at Chris Hayes’ Mayoral Roundtable
On Sunday, MSNBC host Chris Hayes is hosting a roundtable featuring many of the main Democratic mayoral candidates on his eponymous show, Up With Chris Hayes. However, the panel won’t feature the woman...
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To Do Saturday: Beg to DIFFA
Ruben and Isabel Toldeo. Explore the latest in design and view over-the-top installations while mingling with fashion elites like Tracy Reese and Isabel and Ruben Toledo, and then shop all the glam...
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To Do Sunday: Gracious Eaters
Chef Morimoto. Fancy foodies converge from all coasts for the “family-style” (we just got a queasy Olive Garden commercial flashback) feast at the Friends of James Beard Benefit. The Sunday supper—how...
View ArticleEric Schneiderman Predicts DOMA Will Be Ruled Unconstitutional
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman took to the airwaves today to denounce the Defense of Marriage Act on legal grounds, arguing that it will be ruled unconstitutional because it “discriminates” against...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg Goes Full Nerd, Actually Wears a Hoodie in Public
Yesterday was Mayor Bloomberg’s final Inner Circle dinner, an annual gathering of politicos and a chance for the city’s chief executive to indulge his inner vaudevillian. Every year, the mayor...
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Clarissa Darling Will Come Back To Explain It All
A still from Clarissa Explains It All. Clarissa Darling, the title character of Clarissa Explains It All, is back, and she is going to try to explain some things in a new novel for those who identify...
View ArticleNew York Mets’ PR Director Is the ‘Barry Bonds of Buttdialing’
Jay Horowitz is best known for being the longtime public relations director for the New York Mets. But he has a secret hobby that until now only those closest to him knew about: buttdialing. Read More
View ArticleDid Mayor Bloomberg Warn Rupert Murdoch to ‘Stop Twittering?’
At his press conference this afternoon, Mayor Michael Bloomberg was asked about his thoughts on the “Twitter universe” in light of a recent scandal involving an EMS lieutenant who was suspended after...
View ArticleDial Through the Tears: Ryan Gosling Hotline Will Get You Through His...
Fans of hot person/rubbable GIF Ryan Gosling recently received distressing news that he was taking a gentleman’s intermission from acting to “find perspective.” But life is not completely over. British...
View ArticleModern Day Poet Carly Rae Jepsen Now Just Crowdsourcing Her Lyrics
For “Project Harmony,” sponsored by Coca Cola and America Idol, Canadian songstress Carly Rae Jepsen will be crowdsourcing the lyrics to her next song via an online poll. The song is tentatively titled...
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Long Island City Gets Boxy: ODA Rendering of Court Square Building Surfaces
Courtesy of Eran Chen's Facebook page. Long Island City architecture, though respectable (The Observer appreciates the relative paucity of façade-ruining PTAC air conditioning grilles in new...
View ArticleThis Vine ‘Teaser Trailer’ for Wolverine Just Gave Us a Seizure
Hugh Jackman’s constipation face. Hugh Jackman’s massive pecs. Hugh Jackman’s yelling face. Now look! Hugh Jackman is flying, somehow. Oh, and a hashtag. That’s what you see in (possibly?) the world’s...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg on His Ideal Successor
The first act of last weekend’s annual Inner Circle show featured a spoof of Back To The Future with Mayor Michael Bloomberg traveling back in time in an attempt to find a famous historical figure...
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Eye of the Tiger Mom: For Chinese Kids, Overscheduled is an Understatement
A Chinese classroom. (Photo: MIKE CLARKE /AFP/Getty) One night after my Cantonese class, a fellow student approached me to let off some steam. Like me, Jean-Baptiste was struggling mightily with the...
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The Bowery Boys Push Back: Preservation Effort For Manhattan’s Historic...
The Bowery Mission. “This is a street that predates Manhattan. It has been one of the finest addresses in the city and it has been skid row, and now it’s changing again,” said Bill Wander, offering an...
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Muslim Bikini Model Maryam Basir Enjoys Her Moment
Moving through Midtown Manhattan on a summer afternoon with Maryam Basir was an opportunity to walk a few blocks in someone else’s shoes—in this case, peep-toe oxford platforms with...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg’s Stealth Political PAC Is Reportedly Raising $50 Million
The Wall Street Journal has unearthed more details about the Silicon Valley political advocacy group first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle. Mark Zuckerberg–fresh off his fundraiser for...
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To Do Wednesday: Click. Print. Gun.
Cody R. Wilson (Screencap: YouTube) VICE debuts a new documentary produced by Erin Carr about the way 3D printing—and specifically its potential to create firearms and other weapons—is changing the...
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Weapons of Mass Construction: Satmars’ Secret to Keeping Housing Prices Low
The balconies on Wallabout Street are for religion, not pleasure. Strolling down Bedford Avenue, you’re greeted by a solid wall of new six-story brick buildings. The apartments are spacious and cheap...
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Digging Deep into Funk and Soul
Renaldo Domino (Screencap: YouTube) The first thing you notice about the Chicago soul singer Renaldo Domino is that he sounds a lot like a woman, which is his best quality. His voice is smooth, sweet...
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