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Raakhee Mirchandani Named Managing Editor, Features at The Daily News
(Photo: Twitter) The Daily News officially named Raakhee Mirchandani as the managing features editor today. The post was previously held by John Oswald, who left the News in March. "I am delighted to...
View ArticleHipsterdom Collapses in on Itself as Steve Buscemi Plans to Direct Live...
Character actor and meme muse Steve Buscemi will sit in the director’s chair once again. But rather than tackling episodes of shows like 30 Rock and Nurse Jackie, as he has in the past, Mr. Buscemi is...
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‘I’ll See You at the Movies’: Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Film...
Roger Ebert (Photo: Getty Images) Roger Ebert, the prolific film critic who, for better or worse, pioneered the "thumbs up, thumbs down" rating system, died today after a long battle with cancer, the...
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Who Knew the Department of Buildings Had a Podcast?
Even the DOB has one now. Have you ever wished that there was a better way to keep up-to-date with all the developments and trends over at the Department of Buildings? There might not be a whole lot of...
View Article‘Molester Free Zone’ Launched After Vito Lopez Files for City Council
The New Kings Democrats went there, and fast. Only a couple hours after news broke that Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who is battling sexual harassment allegations, registered a campaign account for a City...
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In Memoriam: A Look Back at Siskel and Ebert and the Movies (Video)
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert (YouTube)Several years ago, I was going through a bunch of YouTube reels from At the Movies, and noticed a funny thing: Roger Ebert's relationship with his co-host, Gene...
View ArticleCraig Brittain, Owner of Revenge Porn Hub Is Anybody Down, Says He’s Shutting...
This afternoon Craig Brittain, the proprietor of revenge porn platform Is Anybody Down, announced on his Twitter feed that the site will be shutting down. In a series of tweets, Mr. Brittain wrote that...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Decries ‘Appalling’ Corruption Allegations
Governor Andrew Cuomo is not happy about the barrage of corruption charges hitting various New York lawmakers throughout the week, including State Senator Malcolm Smith, City Councilman Dan Halloran...
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Micro-lender Buys Macro Spread at the Beresford
Apparently pink crown moldings were in style in 1929. As chief of executive officer of Grameen America, a micro-lender founded by Nobel Peace Price winner Muhammad Yunus, and a partner at prepaid debit...
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Judge Orders Open Season on Morning-After Pill
(Getty Images) A federal judge has ruled that the government must make the morning-after pill available to women of all ages without a prescription. Judge Edward R. Korman of the United States Eastern...
View ArticleRubén Díaz Sr. Stands Fast Against Gay Marriage as His Own Son Supports It
As the fiery Rev. Rubén Díaz Sr., a New York State Senator, thundered against same-sex marriage in the nation’s capital, his son, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., was about to do the very...
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Steel Magnate Gets A Little (But Just a Little!) Less Greedy at 15 CPW
It's magical, but not magic. Given the massive profits that many early buyers at 15 Central Park West made flipping their units, it sometimes feels like no price is too high for an apartment in New...
View ArticleIn China, Fake Apple Products Are an Acceptable Offering for Your Ancestors
Every spring during the Qingming Festival, people in China honor their ancestors by cleaning and repairing their tombstones. Offerings are also made to the dead, typically consisting of food and drink,...
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News Vet Mark Whitaker Will Write Bill Cosby Bio
Mark Whitaker Mark Whitaker, who resigned as the executive vice president and managing editor for CNN Worldwide this past January, has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to write a biography of...
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Michael Wolff Takes His J-School Hate Campaign To Columbia J-School
Michael Wolff (Photo credit: Peter Sterne) Michael Wolff—the Vanity Fair columnist, entrepreneur, and curmudgeonly media provocateur—trekked uptown last night explain to a crowd of Columbia Journalism...
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NYPD Stats Show that Brooklyn is Still Bloodiest Borough
Though Brooklyn may seem like a happy hipster haven populated by vintage clothing stores and indie music venues, the borough remains New York’s bloodiest. According to an annual NYPD report released...
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Girls Spawns Yet Another Insufferable Web Spin-Off: Bros
Bros. How many more Girls parodies can YouTube handle? At least one more, according to 25-year-old video editor Anthony DiMieri, the creator of Bros. Mr. DiMieri's completely unique series follows...
View ArticleRumor Roundup: Jason Calacanis Appoints Himself Obi-Wan to Michael...
The Chat-rooming Classes Today, seemingly every tech reporter in the business tuned into Jason Calacanis‘s “This Week in Startups,” presumably in the hopes that Mr. Calacanis would tell all re: the...
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The Top Five Rumors (and Ensuing Damage Control) About Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno...
Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno. (NBC) Wednesday's official announcement from NBC that Jimmy Fallon will be replacing Jay Leno on The Tonight Show was the culmination of months worth of speculation, rumors...
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To Do Saturday: He’s Your Man
Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen returns to Manhattan to play Radio City Music Hall as part of his “Old Ideas World Tour.” The legendary sunglasses-and-black-chapeau-sporting singer/songwriter/poet’s first...
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