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Nearly Naked with Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep (Getty Images) I can’t quite explain how it happened, but last night I found myself performing in my underwear for Meryl Streep. Well, I can explain part of it—the part that wasn’t the...
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The Nay-Sayers Were Right: Observer Manse Sells at a Loss
We love you, No. 54, but you're bringing us down. Last week, when we wrote up the contract signing on The Observer’s old Upper East Side home, the brokers we spoke with were skeptical that the house...
View ArticleOfficials Named in Huntley’s Wire List Proclaim Innocence at Varying Speeds
The names caught up in ex-State Sen. Shirley Huntley’s wire-tapping efforts were revealed Wednesday afternoon, leaving elected officials and staffers scrambling to respond to news that they were most...
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Brooklyn’s BookCourt Expands Northward
The future BookCourt North. (Photo via Indiegogo). When BookCourt opened in 1981, just crossing the Brooklyn Bridge felt like a visit to the country, or at the very least to a suburb of Manhattan. But...
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Nothing But the Truth: Construction Kicks Off For All-Documentary Downtown...
DCTV will be getting a new documentary theater next to its headquarters at 92 Lafayette. Up until a few weeks ago, documentary film lovers could be found clustered at the Tribeca Film Festival, trying...
View ArticleThere’s an App That Lets You Strip Down and Dress Up Drake
If one of your deepest desires is to strip Drake’s Crossfit-sculpted body naked, only to reapply this season’s YOLOiest gear, then your wish has now come true. There’s a free iPhone app called “Dress...
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Editors Quit The Village Voice Rather Than Lay Off More Staffers
The Village Voice's editor in chief Will Bourne and deputy editor Jessica Lustig met with staff late this morning to announce they are leaving the paper rather than lay off any more of their already...
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And the Terrible Parent of the Week Award Goes To…
Hooray for good ol’ fashioned American parenting! On Tuesday, Jack Pawlowski went to Astoria’s Ditmars Park to do some target shooting. Accompanied by his five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son....
View ArticleFrieze New York 2013 in Photographs
After a brutal early morning storm, the sun now shines over Randall’s Island. Visitors are streaming into Frieze New York’s hulking white tent for its second edition, which opens to the public...
View ArticleState Senator on Shirley Huntley’s List Racked Up Legal Bills
State Sen. and Queens borough president candidate José Peralta, who was among the seven lawmakers secretly recorded by ex-Sen. Shirley Huntley, has been racking up legal bills, spending tens of...
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Don’t Be Shellfish! Coney Island Mermaid Parade Raises 35K With Kickstarter...
A colorful Mermaid Parade-goer (Featured in the parade's Kickstarter video) Six months ago, Superstorm Sandy left Coney Island’s annual Mermaid Parade high and dry. Now, parade participants are hoping...
View ArticleShirley Huntley Gets a Year in Jail for Embezzlement Scheme
Former State Senator Shirley Huntley, who pleaded guilty in February to falsifying evidence and attempting to cover up her embezzle efforts, was sentenced in court today to a year and a day in jail. In...
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Cyndi Stivers Leaves CJR for AOL
Cyndi Stivers is leaving The Columbia Journalism Review, where she was editor in chief, to become as editor in chief of AOL.com, AOL's Chris Grosso announced in a blog post this afternoon. In her new...
View ArticleAt the Command of the State Department, Defense Distributed Pulls Its 3D...
Defense Distributed, the Texas-based nonprofit that wants to empower people to 3D print their own guns, has hit a bit of a legal snag. According to founder Cody Wilson, DEFCAD, the open source...
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Rock On: Jane Wenner Lists The UWS House That Rolling Stone Bought
A rolling stone gathers no moss, but can a $17.5 million townhouse gather a buyer? When Jann and Jane Wenner split in 1995, the coupled stayed married, putting off the legal wrangling that would...
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Is This the End of The Real Housewives of New York City?
The Real Housewives. (Bravo) Good ladies of RHONY, we knew thee well. According to several outlets, the stars of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City have refused to ink contracts on the sixth...
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‘Fox News Mole’ Joe Muto Had His Day in Court
Joe Muto (Photo via Facebook). Joe Muto, a former producer on the O'Reilly Factor who wrote anonymous posts for Gawker about Fox News until he was nabbed and fired from the network, pled guilty...
View ArticleBarbie Dreamhouse Experience Hits Florida: New York Could be Next
Three months after a prominent New York City appraiser suggested that Barbie’s oceanfront Malibu dollhouse should be bulldozed, a new Barbie Dreamhouse is being offered to the public — and this one...
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Baz Luhrmann on Gatsby Excess: ‘Sometimes a Party Is Just a Party’
Ain't no party like a Gatsby party. Great Giggling Gatsbys! After taking a hit for over-romanticizing the gaudy decadence of the roaring twenties in hist latest film (and subsequent press tour),...
View ArticleBloomberg Recalls Upper East Side’s Gritty Roots in Safety Speech
In a room filled with the grieving families of fallen cops, Mayor Michael Bloomberg once again lashed out against his wannabe successors who’ve been critical of the department–albeit less dramatically...
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