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We Have Been Through A Lot
(Photo: Getty Images) I have been through a lot since 1993. I was one of three of the closest survivors of the attack on the WTC and testified in the 1995 Criminal Trial of Ramzi Yousef. As a Special...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Inches Towards Mayoral Bid With Television Interview
In his first television appearance since a social media-induced scandal torpedoed his political career two years ago, a contrite Anthony Weiner began to describe what life may be like under a...
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At Edible Schoolyard NYC, There Are Never Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
Jake Gyllenhaal. As a booming, disembodied voice told guests at Edible Schoolyard NYC’s inaugural spring benefit to take their seats for dinner Monday night, the Transom learned that honoree Jake...
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Tasteless Tale from the Crypt Offers Nothing but Blood and Guts
Robert Bartleh Cummings, better known as Rob Zombie, heavy metal screamer and director of such trash as House of 1000 Corpses, is a goremeister who turns movies into the cinematic equivalent of sonic...
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Rokeby Baby: In New Memoir, Astor Descendant Details Impoverished Mansion...
Alexandra Aldrich (Photo: Marisa Benedetto) There is almost nothing about Alexandra Aldrich, a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, our nation’s first multimillionaire, that gives away her...
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Bedding the Farmer: At Greenmarkets, Lust Blooms Among the Rutabagas
Illo: Chris Gash. There was no room to swing a scythe, or even a trowel, at last week’s Modern Farmer magazine launch party in Chelsea. The second-floor demonstration kitchen and event space of Haven’s...
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On the Page: Willa Cather and Fiona Maazel
The Selected Letters of Willa Cather Edited by Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout (Knopf, 725 pp. $37.50) If Willa Cather isn’t the most well-known 20th century American writer, she’s certainly one of the...
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Work of Ark: Nathaniel Rich’s Latest Novel Puts New York Underwater
Nathaniel Rich. (Photo by Meredith Angelson) Last Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Joe Barton, speaking before a House subcommittee that aims to fast-track construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, swatted...
View ArticlePoll: Anthony Weiner Would Enter Race in Second Place
Should he enter this year’s mayoral race, former Congressman Anthony Weiner would start at a decent position–15 percent–according to a new NBC New York-Marist poll released this evening. In the...
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To Do Wednesday: Ladies Who (Power) Lunch
Jane Lauder. Men are invited to the 19th annual Women Mean Business Luncheon, but the host committee is purely New York power ladies like Jane Lauder and Sandra Kitt. Actually, this is a great place...
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The Eight-Day Week: Tribeca Film Festival Edition
Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro. As the co-founders of the Tribeca Film Festival, we are thrilled to share our plans and recommendations for the coming week. This year’s TFF will display the enormous...
View ArticleGiuliani Cousin Considering Campaign for Dan Halloran’s Seat
A name familiar to millions of New Yorkers could enter a volatile Queens City Council race. Rudy S. Giuliani, chief of staff to Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich and second cousin to the former mayor...
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The Awkward Video Worked: Matthew Modine Sells Chelsea Duplex for $2.1 M.
Mr. Modine was not pleased that some of his kids' artwork showed up on Twitter. Most celebrities scrupulously shield their real estate purchases through a web of limited liability corporations, and...
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Marina Abramović Buys $2.65 M. Glass Box of Her Very Own
Try not to get blood all over your Annabelle Selldorf-designed interiors, Marina! Tilda Swinton may have stolen Marina Abramović voyeuristic thunder at MoMA with her sleeping-in-a-glass-box shows, but...
View Article‘Social Media Journalist’ Announces Campaign for Mayor
Standing next to a pair of supporters on the steps of City Hall, Ceceilia Berkowitz, a self-described “Social Media Journalist,” announced her bid for Mayor of New York City today. “Our campaign team...
View ArticleBloomberg Decries Death of Background Check Bill in Senate
The U.S. Senate voted down a bipartisan deal to expand background checks to gun shows and internet sales today, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t happy. “Today’s vote is a damning indictment of the...
View ArticleVito Lopez Says He’s Unfazed by Planned Protest Against Him
His opponents have announced a protest outside of his first City Council fund-raiser tomorrow, but Assemblyman Vito Lopez told Politicker he’s not rattled by their efforts. “It seems like they’re...
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Israeli Journalism Center Opened in Honor of the Late Daniel Pearl
(Getty Images) A journalism center named after the late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was murdered while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, has been opened at The Interdisciplinary...
View ArticleHouse Passes Resolution to Bring CISPA to the Floor, Jumpstarting Cyber...
Amid the media’s Boston Marathon suspect screwup, the D.C. ricin scares, and the Senate’s rejection of gun background checks, one bit of news quietly slipped through: the House of Representatives...
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Pocket Aces: Tycoons, Celebrities, Oligarchs and Algorithms
Helly Nahmad poses in front of a Picasso. (Photo by Arnaldo Magnani/Getty Images) As the Observer – and every other news outlet -- has been scrambling to detail, the high-profile indictment and arrests...
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