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Park Slope Food Co-op Moves to Ban Plastic Bags For Realz
Reusable bags at the Park Slope Food Co-op.(Getty) Different departments within the Park Slope Food Co-op have found themselves at odds on one immortal issue—plastic bags. For those of us who keep the...
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A ‘Landslide’ of Appreciation: Stevie Nicks Thanks New York Mag’s Jada Yuan
Stevie Nicks When New York magazine reporter Jada Yuan went to see Stevie Nicks at Jones Beach last weekend, she got more than a concert T-shirt. During the show, Ms. Nicks dedicated “Landslide” to the...
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Turning Up the Heat on Mr. Warmth
John Stamos plants one on Don Rickles. On Monday night, no less a legend than Don Rickles was honored with the Friars Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Comedy at a star-studded awards gala. Lewis...
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Can Sony Be Saved? Bad Decisions Stifle Onetime Innovator
What’s the matter with Sony? In a word, everything. It’s on the wrong side of a seismic shift in the consumer electronics industry, away from hardware (its strength) to software (its weakness). It’s...
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James Gandolfini: The Beautiful Man Who Arranged My Execution
Tony Soprano [staple-gunning Mikey Palmice's chest]: "What are you screaming about? Free alterations!"Jim was a truly special man. So kind, so intelligent, so humble. Never nasty, never short. Jim...
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Dating Tips for Uptown Divorcées: Middle-Aged Millionaires Are Just Not That...
(Illo: Brian Taylor) I was at my usual banquette table at Cipriani catching up with my dear friend and fellow gala charity chair, an impossibly blond and glamorous socialite. She looked up, over her...
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The Man Who Brought Gandolfini to Acting
About 30 years ago, the actor Roger Bart noticed something beneath the complex demeanor of James Gandolfini, a young bartender fresh out of college: the embryo of an actor. “I looked at him, and I...
View ArticleThe Shadow Campaign for City Council Speaker Quietly Heats Up
It’s the city’s second most powerful public office, but the race to become City Council speaker has more in common with a papal conclave than a mayoral election. For only the third time in modern...
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On the Page: Jon Mooallem and Ma Jian
Wild Ones Jon Mooallem (Penguin Press, 368 pp., $27.95) Even ardent environmentalists are apt to find that much of what has been written on the subject makes for less-than-engaging reading. Jon...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: John le Carré’s Gibraltar-Centric Latest...
John le Carré (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images) In the author’s note to his 2007 book Legacy of Ashes, Tim Weiner begins his history of the CIA with an argument that American foreign...
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Cousins, Far Removed: Terry Eagleton Takes a Snide Turn, Picks a Fight with...
Terry Eagleton. (Photo by Oliver Eagleton) There is a sketch in the ’90s BBC comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie in which Hugh Laurie—primarily familiar to us uneducated Americans as the titular...
View ArticleTech Investor Will.i.am Is Reportedly Suing Pharrell Over His Personal Brand
Armenian top level domain representative Will.i.am is allegedly taking legal action against talented person Pharrell Williams for using the basic nouns “I am.” According to documents obtained by...
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Journalists Unimpressed With Daily News Scoop on Glenn Greenwald’s Dog
Glenn Greenwald. (photo via Twitter) The Daily News posted a story last night from today's paper about Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald's past. The article, which was titled "Glenn Greenwald,...
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In Defense of Paula Deen: How a Righteous Call for Blood Turned into Good Old...
Back when the frown was upside down. By the end of this week, when the racist glimmer dust has settled and the fat has coagulated, Paula Deen will be a ruined woman. She’ll be the Hester Prynne of...
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Ghost Busters: ‘Evil Spirit’ Chasers Indicted After Failing to Scam Elderly...
There’s something strange in this neighborhood. Two men and three women, all Chinese nationals, have been charged with attempted grand larceny after trying to scam thousands of dollars from an elderly...
View ArticleGroupon Founder Andrew Mason’s Album of ‘Motivational Business Music’ Drops...
Last month we reported that former Groupon CEO Andrew Mason was eschewing the traditional ”taking a break to spend time with his family” routine in lieu of one that would make “investors” like...
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Man Robs Upper East Side Fairway With Stun Gun Disguised As Cane
Fairway employees were terrorized by three men on Monday. (Getty) A despicably inventive robber used disguised a stun gun as a cane to hold up the Upper East Side Fairway, police say. According to The...
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Movin’ on Out: Aldon James Bids National Arts Club Goodbye
The National Arts Club. Aldon James has officially left the building. Mr. James, the National Arts Club's disgraced former president of 25 years and notorious antique hoarder, was finally evicted from...
View ArticleAl Sharpton Invokes Nelson Mandela as Advocates Rally for NYPD Reform Bills
City Councilmen Jumaane Williams and Brad Lander left City Hall in the wee hours of this morning after successfully quarterbacking two controversial bills aimed at reforming NYPD practices. And less...
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Apartment Hunt From Hell: New Yorkers Made Easy Marks For Housing Huckster
It's hard to rent an apartment in New York without feeling like you're getting ripped off. The exorbitant monthly rents, the brokers' fees, the multiple deposits—all in exchange for dwellings that are...
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