Conan O'Brien's on-again, off-again sidekick Andy Richter offered some great, almost accidental criticism of NBC today. And there's nothing they can do about... MORE >
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has begun an investigation into possible incidents of discrimination at two Manhattan Apple stores, Politico reports. The case involves reported incidents wherein employees, fearing illegal international resales, made it difficult for people of Chinese descent to buy iPads.... MORE >
On Friday, the Clinton Library made a document dump of some 46,000 pages of memos from Elena Kagan's time as a White House domestic policy advsier. The wonks have had a weekend with the documents, so were they able to find a pubic hair in this can of... MORE >
Jeffrey Eugenides recently emailed with the New Yorker's book blog and was asked about an upcoming Jennifer Aniston movie based on one of his short stores. He doesn’t sound very excited about... MORE >
If you were curious about what Mayor Bloomberg thought of Armando Galarraga's missed perfect game last night, here's his reaction: institute instant replay. Unlike basketball or football, Major League Baseball has no real system of video review, except to determine the validity of home runs. In light of the umpire's poor judgement Wednesday, Bloomberg said that should... MORE >
Jeff Koons unveiled his garish take on the BMW “Art Car” at a Centre Pompidou ceremony in Paris Wednesday evening. The car is decked out with psychedelic vinyl and will participate in the 24-hour Le Mans race later this month – something that hasn’t happened since Andy Warhol offered his interpretation of brand in... MORE >
El Museo del Barrio held its annual gala on the rainy evening of May 27. The cathedral-like entrance of Cipriani's, just across from Grand Central, signaled right away that the soiree was a far cry from the barrio, not to mention the 40-year-old museum's earliest fund-raisers, held on its roof on the Upper East Side. Still, the museum's mission is to celebrate Latino art, and designer Christian Cota was confident that at least one... MORE >
Politico this morning offers an in-depth examination of the fawning relationship between Michael Lewis and Capitol Hill. It's worth reading for the rapturous quotes from senators, who always seem to introduce the New York Times bestselling author and his latest book, The Big Short, as if they were an unknown quantity, using both title and author. The article has the book mentioned 15 times in various official... MORE >
In an amusing conflict of interest, the Associated Press reported Friday that its lawsuit against graphic artist Shepard Fairey is progressing nicely. According to the AP, it looks like the AP is going to... MORE >
Curtis Sliwa crashed the State Democratic Convention in Rye Brook today, and delivered a screed outlining his plans for New York while dressed in a regal costume that helpfully identified him as “King Cuomo... MORE >
Amazon and Penguin came to an agreement on e-book pricing Wednesday, settling a dispute that dated back to early April, when the publisher’s previous Kindle agreement... MORE >
Former Rep. Vito Fossella announced today that he will not seek election to the seat he resigned from, despite having won the Staten Island Republican committee's endorsement last... MORE >
The New York Times this morning offers a look into Elena Kagan’s time as dean of Harvard Law and reveals--in the headline, no less--that she was ambitious. Spoiler... MORE >
Rep. Anthony Weiner appeared on The O’Reilly Factor Tuesday to defend his recent criticism of Goldline—a gold vendor that advertises on Fox—but it wasn’t long before the conversation turned to Glenn Beck, who recently started a blog to attack the congressman, or supply information about weiners, depending on whose spin you... MORE >
New York’s cover story about the strained relationship between Obama and Wall Street doesn’t offer much in the way of new information, but author John Heilemann did pepper the article with some juicy Glengarry-Glen-Ross-meets-The West Wing-style quotes. The best among them is a cringe-inducing moment in a section devoted to the lack of respect the Treasury secretary... MORE >
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