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News Corp Wants to Compete With BuzzFeed
New News Corp logo. News Corp got a new logo, but that's not the only change on the horizon for Rupert Murdoch's company as it gets ready for Friday's split, when the money-making entertainment arm,...
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Guess Which Critic Wrote The New York Times’s Review of The Heat
Who wrote this? (The New York Times) Today's Weekend Arts section of The New York Times had a pretty tepid review of the Melissa McCarthy/Sandra Bullock buddy-cop movie The Heat as its cover story. But...
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Nearly Married Model Refuses to Testify Against Fiance After Violent Fight
Thais Oliveira. (Getty) These beauties are in a lot of pain. Prosecutors are considering charging model Romulo Pires da Silva with felony strangulation for allegedly attacking his fiancé Thais...
View ArticleDe Blasio Dodges Questions About Supporter Alec Baldwin’s Anti-Gay Rant
Actor Alec Baldwin surprised the country last night by going on a profanity-laced Twitter rant against a Daily Mail reporter, which included physical threats and homophobic insults like “you toxic...
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IRS Mum on Edie Windsor’s $363,053 DOMA Refund
Ms. Windsor. (Getty) While the Supreme Court decision went Edie Windsor's way Wednesday, there are still a few lingering questions. Can Ms. Windsor get the $363,053 she paid for her widow's estate...
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Just in Time! More Eight-Figure Apartments on the Upper East Side
Just when we were starting to fret that hundred millionaires would be left out in the heat, along comes the Marquand. The Marquand is an historic building, built 100 years ago on 68th St and Madison...
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Talks Transparency Issues at Gotham Party
Maggie Gyllenhaal at Gotham Magazine party. (Getty Images)Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal had spent Tuesday night at the Cinema Society premiere party for her latest film, White House Down, in which she...
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Bye, Everybody! Hank Azaria Sells $8 M. SoHo Pad
Sources say the deed came attached with one unusual provision. Thank you, come again! Two years after putting his Soho apartment on the market as a $16,000 a month (furnished) rental, The Simpsons...
View ArticleRumor Roundup: Demi Does BuzzFeed, Grouper Hosts a Speakeasy and Will Someone...
Grouper get together Last night Betabeat ventured to Chez André at The Standard for a popup speakeasy for Grouper, an online “social club” that matches groups of friends up with each other for a night...
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Alec Baldwin, Media Critic
Alex Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas. (Photo credit: Patrick McMullan). Alec Baldwin deactivated his Twitter account yesterday after he unleashed an epithet-laden Twitter rant against Daily Mail reporter...
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Can’t Band-Aid the Gay Away: Looking at DOMA, from the School Nurse to the...
When I was in fifth grade, I read an article in YM magazine about gay girls and became overwhelmingly concerned I might be afflicted. The knowledge I had on the subject was limited to the notion that...
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To Do Saturday: Uptown World
Marcus Garvey Park. (Wikipedia) Recapture the Harlem Renaissance at the second annual Harlem Arts Festival in Marcus Garvey Park. Family-friendly, the two-day event includes a gallery walk (with...
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To Do Sunday: Night of Big Star(s)
The late Alex Chilton of Big Star. Big Star’s Third is a revamp of and modern tribute to the seminal 1970s rock band Big Star. Though they broke up in 1974, Big Star’s third album Third/Sister Lovers...
View ArticleCandidates Strut Their Stuff at Post-DOMA Pride Parade
Days after the dismantlement of the Defense of Marriage Act in a landmark Supreme Court ruling, the celebration is still going strong in the streets of New York City. Thousands of people flooded Fifth...
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Penguin and Random House Make Merger Official
The new Penguin Random House logo. Penguin and Random House have officially merged and are now Penguin Random House. The merger, which was first announced last fall after a swirl of rumors, has taken...
View ArticleScientist Claims It’s Now Possible to Transplant Your Head Onto a Hotter Body
Are you so sick of yourself that you wish you could just chop off your head and sew it onto someone else’s body, preferably one that doesn’t possess an unfashionable set of boobs? Sergio Canavero, a...
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Times Square Tourist Demands Millions After M&Ms Tower Falls on Head
(Flickr) You’d think the sheer number of children and over-priced toys would be enough to make anyone avoid the Time Square Toys R Us. Add falling candy dispensers to the list. Elizabeth Flickinger — a...
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The Chicago Sun-Times Cuts Its Books Pages
On July 14, a day usually associated with the imminent demise of the French monarchy, one section of the Chicago Sun-Times will see an overthrow of its own. The paper, which recently laid off its...
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Naftali Group Gets Inquiries for Upper West Side Condos Before Land Sale Even...
Goodbye rental cars, helloooo condos! (Photo courtesy of the CoStar Group.) The attendees of last week's Landmarks West forum on Upper West Side development will be disappointed to learn that a new,...
View ArticleZynga Reportedly Replacing CEO Mark Pincus With Former Microsoft Chief Don...
Mark Pincus is stepping down from his role as CEO and replacing him with the former head of Microsoft’s entertainment division, Don Mattrick, according to Bloomberg. Several sources familiar with the...
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