Paramount Pictures announced today that Sacha Baron Cohen has chosen a role that will complete the triad that he started with Borat and Bruno. What persona has he chosen to embody following a challenged Kazahkstani and a flamboyantly gay... MORE >
There was flannel everywhere. It was the premiere of "Portlandia," the sure-fire TV hit from Fred Armisen (of Saturday Night Live fame) and Carrie Brownstein (of now-defunct rock heroes Sleater-Kinney), and everywhere we looked we were greeted with a wash... MORE >
There is nothing especially spectacular about this brand new listing at 15 Central Park West, except that there is a brand new listing at 15 Central Park West, the building we just can't stop talking about. This two-bedroom unit has... MORE >
With all the high-traffic stories about self-centered celebrities getting in trouble for refusing to turn off their phones when they fly, the timing is perfect for a "Will my cell phone really crash this plane?" explainer piece. The New York... MORE >
In a surprise announcement during today's earnings report, Google announced that CEO Eric Schmidt is stepping down, to be replaced by founder Larry Page. Mr. Schmidt will become executive chairman and will focus externally on deals, partnerships, customers, broader... MORE >
When the long awaited metered paywall goes up at The New York Times website, full acess will be less than $20 per month, someone familiar to the situation told Bloomberg. Last month Times president Scott Heekin-Canedy said the price would... MORE >
Warren Buffett will step down from the board of The Washington Post Company when his term expires in May, reports The Washington Post. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is the largest, though not controlling, shareholder in the company, and Buffett has been... MORE >
New York politicos have been lining up to fight Walmart for months now, as the national retailer attempts its third incursion into the city. Yet they may have just met their match in the first... MORE >
Aziz Ansari, the reigning funniest man on the planet, is not one to be trusted on Twitter. For instance, last week he spent the day fake-retweeting Whole Foods and L.L. Bean (the clothier never said "your comedy sucks dick... MORE >
At a press conference in Brooklyn this morning, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the overnight raids that targeted more than 100 alleged members of some of the area's most notorious organized crime families. "Today's arrests are important and encouraging towards... MORE >
There is something odd about the computer Jonathan Hefter keeps at his desk in the Dogpatch Labs tech incubator just off of Union Square.... MORE >
It's hard to face the fact, but Glenn Beck is a role model to a good number of people in this country. That's why... MORE >
This season of "American Idol," its tenth, began as it needed to, with an introduction to its new judges, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez... MORE >
Congress is debating the repeal of the health care reform bill today and, as you might expect, Congressman Anthony Weiner had some quips at... MORE >
On a Tuesday night some weeks ago, at a jam-packed book party at Sidecar, the handsome upstairs space next to P.J. Clarke's on East... MORE >
A glamorous couple, a gruesome death and a horror that could only happen in Times Square MORE >
A glamorous couple, a gruesome death and a horror that could only happen in Times Square
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