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Vice Removes Controversial Photo Spread
Sylvia Plath from the since removed photo spread. (Photo credit: Vice). As we reported yesterday, Vice magazine recreated the means of suicide of seven female literary icons in a fashion spread called...
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Correct the Record! Ed Koch’s Gravestone Etched With Botched Birthdate
(NBC) Ed Koch’s tombstone, the result of years of meticulous planning by Koch himself, has been engraved with the wrong birth year. The beloved former mayor’s tombstone now reflects a birthdate that...
View ArticleWeiner Slams Bloomberg on Business Fines But Falls Flat With Audience
Anthony Weiner slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for slapping small businesses with too many fines–but what was touted as the ex-Congressman’s first major policy speech fell flat with some in the Upper...
View ArticleAnother Early Tumblr Employee Departs: ‘Media Evangelist’ Mark Coatney Leaves
Tumblr “director/media evangelist” Mark Coatney, one of the company’s early employees and the man who built the site’s outreach team, just announced that he’s leaving the company. For those keeping...
View ArticleFacebook Is Almost a Decade Old and Still Doesn’t Get the Advertising Game
Advertising is a simple business. A publisher creates inventory, whether it’s in a newspaper, over the airwaves, by the side of the road or online. They sell part of that inventory to companies who...
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‘Mister G Is Angry’: Lady Gaga’s Father Lashes Out When Bloomberg Disses His...
Joanne's former A rating (Twitter) That is one bad romance. Joanne Trattoria, an italian restaurant owned by Lady Gaga's father, Joe Germanotta, has been downgraded from an A to a B by New York City's...
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Creatively Groomed Dog Show Attracts Yoda, Big Bird and the Criminally Insane...
Does this pig make my ass look fat? (YouTube)Hershey, Pennsylvania: It's not just for chocolate anymore! It's also where, each year, one of the several Christopher Guest-ian contests for the most...
View ArticleTell Your Facebook Friends Exactly How Wasted You Are With This Handy New...
If you drink so much that you need to quantify your blood alcohol content on a regular basis, you might want to take a step back and evaluate your choices. Or, you could just buy this Breathalyzer that...
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Keeping Kaidence: Honorary Kardashian Kills for Kanye’s Yeezus (Video)
Scott Disick, fulfilling destiny. Besides the other big Kardashian Klan news--that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West drank some NyKuil and named their child "Kaidence Donda West," and that Mr. West's album...
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Prada Intifada: With Luxury Chains Driving Soho Rents to Record Levels, Shops...
Lure is facing a rent hike that may push it from its Mercer Street space. Descending into Lure Fishbar, one enters a world that is at once a fantasy of the moneyed life—the subterranean restaurant’s...
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So Much For Picnics: Union Square Park To Get Classy, Controversial Restaurant
Union Square Park Pavilion. (Getty) Fine dining is officially on the menu in the Union Square Park Pavilion. On Tuesday, a state appeals court ruled that Union Square’s popular pop-up holiday bazaar...
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Dan Abrams to Replace Terry Moran on Nightline
Dan Abrams Mediaite founder Dan Abrams has been named as a new Nightline anchor and ABC News's chief legal affairs anchor, the network announced today. Mr. Abrams will step away from day-to-day...
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Casting the Inevitable Edward Snowden Biopic
Edward Snowden (via The Guardian) It's the Summer of the Whistleblower, and with Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden and all those people who've put the SEC on speed-dial, why should Julian Assange be the...
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Hipster Newsstand Opens in Williamsburg Because Hipsters
(Courtesy ALLDAYEVERYDAY) You've probably never heard of it. In a world littered by the used copies of The New York Times, USA Today, and The New York Observer, an independent newsstand is taking a...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Melee? Famous Weatherman’s Wife Allegedly Attacked...
Bill Evans (Patrick McMullan) A WABC weatherman's manhood was injured during a testy tussle with his estranged wife, court documents have alleged. Channel 7 Meteorologist Bill Evans claims that his...
View ArticleBloomberg Staffers Unimpressed With Bill de Blasio’s Policy Book
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration came out swinging against a new policy book released this morning by Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio—slamming it on everything from its name to its...
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iHookers? ‘Transgender Sex Workers’ May Really Love the Meatpacking Apple Store
Just checking Facebook? (Getty) Apple's latest slogan may have promised "All the power you want, all day long," but we doubt this is what it meant. According to a new column in The Villager, the Apple...
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To Do Wednesday: Pig Out in the Park
Bethesda Terrace in Central Park. (getty) Prepare the juice cleanse: at the Central Park Conservancy’s annual “Taste of Summer,” dozens of fancy food tables amount to a cavalcade of calories. Gourmet...
View ArticleMayoral Campaigns Reflect on Their Awesome Debating Skills
After the conclusion of last night’s second televised mayoral debate, the campaigns of two Democratic candidates–Bill de Blasio and Erick Salgado–stood up and proudly issued press releases declaring...
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Morning Media Mix
Blame the journalist! "The moment something goes wrong after an interview, the response—publicist-advised or not—is to just discredit the reporter, and that's actually quite disgusting" writes Choire...
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