City Critic Ariel Kaminer will add penning The Ethicist advice column to her duties at the The New York Times Company. It was reported earlier today that Randy Cohen is leaving the Times to work on a public radio... MORE >
So you want a townhouse all to yourself? That's not so easy in to afford in tony Lenox Hill these days. But with five bedrooms, currently configured as a two-family home, this 19th century home promises plenty of room... MORE >
In the promotional churn for her new film with Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston let slip to Oprah that she'd once weighed taking a role on Saturday Night Live instead of the Friends pilot. Makes sense that she joined the... MORE >
We've spent a day wondering why Spike Lee ended up at the premiere of Justin Bieber's Never Say Never, walking the red carpet and dropping off gifts for the kid's manager.... MORE >
The Ethicist scribe Randy Cohen is leaving Hugo Lindgren's New York Times Magazine, too, reports Daily Intel. Mr. Lindgren is keeping the column in the magazine and is expected to name his new moral compass shortly. Mr. Cohen's off to... MORE >
Predictable enough: Lauren Conrad's new reality show was pulled from MTV's schedule before airing. The show was one of the last gasps of a focus on "aspirational" programming that included The Hills (be an intern!), The City (be a... MORE >
It has not been a great week for the... MORE >
Page Six led this morning with a story on the crisis at Bravo--a dull season of The Real Housewives of New York City! Long the class of the franchise (at least to those living in New York), the Housewives... MORE >
Deborah Solomon will no longer interview, transcribe, condense and edit the "Questions For" page of The New York Times Magazine in its Hugo Lindgren incarnation. She wrote to The... MORE >
95 First Avenue Claustrophobics have long been culled from the East Village, so no one will blink an eye at a 700-square-foot restaurant with portions to match. Catching the small-plate trend, a new oyster and craft beer bar is opening... MORE >
It's a world full of rankings out there—weekend box office? Times best sellers? Oprah vs. Ellen? Wicked vs. Spider-Man? How does one make sense... MORE >
"I don't really see a blog business," said Nick Denton over gchat. He still wasn't sold on the idea of an interview regarding his... MORE >
"I think in the last year I've done, I want to say--it's tough--a few dozen? Thirty to forty would be my guess?" Jonah Lehrer... MORE >
On a gray Friday in January, a largely empty church on 121st Street and Broadway was immaculate in the way of a rarely used... MORE >
There is absolute chaos in Cairo, Egypt. And the chaos has been lighting up Twitter, where the masses have relayed every small instance of... MORE >
No Strings Attached isn't just another bad Ashton Kutcher movie (though, wow, is it that). It's a movie that "could destroy everything" for would-be Oscar... MORE >
"I think in the last year I've done, I want to say--it's tough--a few dozen? Thirty to forty would be my guess?" Jonah Lehrer...
Shortly after the doors opened, a young man with a two-year supersized Brillo pad hanging from his face sipped his beer alone, eyeing the...
Reading and listening to the immediate euphoric response to the protests in Egypt, I realized that America's proverbial optimism and its legendary escapism were...
I have sat here in the desert for more than 4,000 years. I watched as Pharaoh Ahmose I expelled the dreaded Hyksos from the...
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