The moment you've all been waiting for since the clock ran out Sunday night in Pittsburgh: Which New York City landmark should be adorned with a Terrible Towel? As per a mayoral bet, since the Steelers beat the Jets, the glorified warshcloth (that's Pittsburghese) will hang from somewhere in the city, and The Observer asked readers where was... MORE»
Word got out yesterday that Tavern on the Green may be on the fast track for a new era of pond-side dinner opulence. The beloved Central Park restaurant has been closed for over a year since union and bankruptcy issues shut the doors in early 2010, but it seems to have found a savior in Donald Trump. The real estate mogul announced late yesterday that he's reached an agreement with the restaurant's union and its president, Peter Ward, to put up $20 million of his own money to restore the New York... MORE»
This seven-room, $2.6 million prewar co-op boasts 15 oversized windows and views of the Hudson and Riverside Park to "let the sun shine into all rooms with no interior views," according to the Halstead listing. That would be great if it would ever stop... MORE»
Following his Watergate days, Carl Bernstein became a fixture of New York society, living the uptown life with the likes of Nora Ephron, Bianca Jagger, Martha Stewart, and now his wife Christine Kuehbeck. Yet it seems the sometime rock critic may have gotten hip to downtown... MORE»
President Obama held a YouTube Q&A session today—one of the administration's creative, tech-savvy strategies for reaching voters without holding too many of those pesky press... MORE»
This week, MTV announced that it would be sending the cast of "Jersey Shore" to Italy, to reconnect with the culture they have barely any connection to at this point. Naturally, Italian-American groups are less than pleased, and one can imagine that the country of their visit must be apprehensive as well. Italians will spend the time imagining the potential mayhem Sammi Sweetheart, Pauly D, The Situation, Jwoww, Snooki, Ronnie, and Vinny will... MORE»
Snooki has one, Oprah has one, Barack Obama has at least ten; even the Pope has one. IPhone apps, that is. Celebrity apps tend to be costly and self-indulgent. But you get to keep a famous friend in your pocket, and some of the apps are pretty... MORE»
To celebrate their sacred union, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke gave all their new employees 25 Comcast shares, a book about the acquisition, and Universal theme park tickets, reports The... MORE»
Back in November, we learned that at some point during this season of "Gossip Girl," the pretty-faced cast members would crane their necks up at 4 Times Square, zip up the Conde Nast building in a silver elevator, and walk into the W headquarters. Yes, they would soon endure the time-honored rich-kid tradition of interning at a Conde publication. But be careful, Upper East Siders -- The Tonchi also wears Prada.... MORE»
Just because they call it Washington Heights does not mean super-tall apartment buildings are welcome in the typically low-rise... MORE»
Another penthouse on boffo Bond Street is gone. In 2007, Adam Gordon bought the old Bouwerie Lane Theatre, that beautiful white cast-iron building at the corner of Bond and the Bowery, and reinvented it as a condo. Then, last month, The Observer broke the news that three of its four homes had been sold, and only the penthouse... MORE»
We thought the Oprah Winfrey Network would be a televised cakewalk for Winfrey and her friends--indulgent interviews, tearful confessions, free stuff--but it looks like they're playing the programming game pretty seriously. They've already canceled a View-style morning talk show hosted by "Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star" producer Mark Burnett, reports... MORE»
The worst part about braving a thunderstorm blizzard is that, sometimes, your Maserati gets stuck in the snow. Barry Diller learned this the hard way! Lucky for him Katie Couric happened to be strolling by and possesses a hitherto unknown ability to move heavy objects. As she's an adherent of the "Pics or it didn't happen" rule, Couric had someone take a Twitpic and relay news of her heroism to her 133,000... MORE»
The producers of the 83rd Academy Awards broke from tradition when they chose two fresh-faced actors as hosts, breaking the tradition of hiring over-the-hill... MORE»
Well that didn't take long. Time reports with confidence what Page Six suspected last week: McCain's closest aide and speechwriter Mark Salter has been outed as the "anonymous" author of O: A Presidential... MORE»
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