‘He’s Got Some Balls’: Tabloid Touts Faux Anthony Weiner Cover
When former Congressman Anthony Weiner officially launched his mayoral bid yesterday, he took the unprecedented step of releasing an announcement video in the dark of night and only granting phone...
View ArticleAmanda Bynes Apparently Thinks Google Results Are a Substitute for a...
Perfectly well-adjusted human being Amanda Bynes apparently believes that Google can help solve life’s pesky predicaments. TMZ reports that the talking, off-brand velour suit/actress was denied...
View ArticleMajority of U.S. Women Prefer Smartphones Over Sex, Should Just Marry Their...
Okay, we’ll admit it: a smartphone is almost as good as a boyfriend. Texting is a perfectly fine substitute for talking, a Snapchat of a penis is not that much less exciting than the real thing, and...
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The Feature Well vs. Featurewell.com
A preview of the homepage, which is still under construction. (Via Nicholas Jackson). Last week, we reported that Pacific Standard digital director Nick Jackson is starting a new website called The...
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Meet Philip: Derek Jeter’s Incredibly Boring Alter Ego
(Getty) Turns out Derek Jeter lacks imagination when it comes to things that are not sports or women. The Uber-Yankee has been caught trying to hoodwink employees in a Greenwich Village Starbucks into...
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Court Also Thinks $2,000 Fine for Plucking a Used TV Antenna From the Trash...
(Getty) One man's simple search for the perfect art project turned into a battle with New York City Courts. This week, a Manhattan appeals court overturned a $2,000 fine issued in 2011 to a Brooklyn...
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Post Stalks Photographer Who Secretly Snapped Photos of Neighbors
(Getty Images) The cameras have turned. From the vantage point of neighbor Mariel Kravitz's apartment, The Post captured a few pictures of photographer, and Tribeca peeper, Arne Svenson's apartment....
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Brooklyn Bowl Owner to Build Rock n’ Roll Preschool/Bar in Gowanus
What's in his bottle? Entrepreneur Peter Shapiro, owner of Brooklyn Bowl and former owner of Wetlands in Tribeca, wants to turn a Gowanus warehouse a rock and roll preschool and bar. Mr. Shapiro, a...
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Sandy Who? Red Hook Townhouse Tries To Set Neighborhood Record With $2.15 M....
Corten steel: it's not just for Barclays anymore! "The slum that faces the bay" is what Alfieri, an Italian lawyer in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, calls Red Hook. Wedged in a subway-less...
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Police Search for Subway Performers That ‘Attacked’ Man, 28, on F Train
The police are looking for three subway performers who allegedly attacked a rider in Queens on May 7, according to NY1. According to police, the performers got into an argument with a 28-year-old man...
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Snug Like a Bug With Panoramic East River Views: Paul Rudolph’s Penthouse...
23 Beekman Place survived for 100 years before Paul Rudolph had his way with it. Tucked away on the far east side, a few blocks north of the global headquarters of the powerful and geriatric (i.e., the...
View ArticleSenator Introduces Bill to Revoke Boy Scout’s Tax-Exempt Status
The Boy Scouts of America made history yesterday by voting to allow openly gay members into their ranks, but a New York lawmaker says they haven’t gone far enough. Though it’s a progressive step for...
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Cannes: Ebullient Lesbian Romance Blue Is the Warmest Color Is Stark Contrast...
CANNES, France -- Cannes is winding down its 66th edition (the awards are doled out on Sunday night) and an elegiac mood has reliably settled on the Mediterranean town. Venerable trade publications...
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The Great GoogaMooga Leaves Bad Taste In Brooklyn
(Getty) Turns out the Great GoogaMooga might not be so great for Prospect Park. For the second straight year, Brooklynites are up in arms about the condition of Prospect Park following the food...
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The Complete History of Amanda Bynes’s Breakdown
Ms. Bynes posted this photo on her Twitter account on April 25. Amanda Bynes was arrested last night after reportedly throwing a bong out the window of her midtown apartment. The former child star was...
View ArticleYahoo! Can’t Stop Acquiring Companies, Now Wants Hulu
Apparently owning cutesy GIF factory Tumblr is just not enough to slake the thirst of Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. AllThingsD reports that the aging Valley giant made a bid to acquire Hulu this morning,...
View ArticleRumor Roundup: An Uber Blunder, Tickets to Dick Costolo’s Gun Show, and David...
The Gun Show This week, Twitter launched a shiny new client-friendly Music Class Are you excited for the new Daft Punk album? Well, we’ll tell you who’s really excited, and that’s Square CEO Jack...
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New York’s Most Beloved Taxi Drivers
(Getty) A video of a taxi driver giving away candy has warmed our bitter hearts. It reminded us that even though cab drivers are more than people that refuse to take us Brooklyn. Thusly, we've rounded...
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Will Citi Bikes Be Even More Reviled Than Their Racks? Is That Even Possible?
At least tourists like the maps. These last few weeks, to hear some people tell it, you'd think that New York's streets have been endangered by one of the greatest threats to public safety that the...
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To Do Saturday: Staged Screening
(Courtesy Alchemy Theatre Laboratory) Dysphoria, which refers to a state of feeling unwell or unhappy, is the twisted, cinematic tale of Jenny, a beautiful 20-year-old crystal meth addict who “plots a...
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