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You Must Remember This: Plain Jane Edition

Plenty happens each day, but the devil's in the details. How much do you remember? --Which actor incensed a performance artist by dissing her UCLA commencement speech? --Which network is experiencing an "executive exodus"? (It's the one you... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | March 10, 2011 | 5:56 pm
Artsy.

MySpace Marketing Gurus Sextuple Space

Big Fuel Communications, the braintrust behind MySpace's marketing campaign, are massively growing their Manhattan headquarters. The social media marketing and branded content agency, whose clients include Fox (which owns MySpace), as well as Neutrogena and Colgate-Palmolive, have taken 40,000 square... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | March 10, 2011 | 5:39 pm
Vu!

Coach Kid Gobbles Up Chipotle Loft

A sleek prewar loft in the middle of Greenwich Village seems like the perfect home for Chipotle founder Steven Ells—a wrap of modern comfort made from authentic, homey ingredients. Yet Mr. Ells bought his burrito-sized seventh-floor spread at 147... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | March 10, 2011 | 5:09 pm

HuffPo Rising: One More Reason Bill Keller Will Regret This Column

New York Times executive editor Bill Keller might soon be eating the words of this week's column, "All the Aggregation That's Fit To Print." No, not because he reveals to the world his wife's twilight tweeting habit. Not even because... MORE >

By Kat Stoeffel | March 10, 2011 | 4:50 pm
Burger & Barrel.

The Great Recession Never Forgets: Soho Home of $25 Burger in Foreclosure

Not long ago Burger & Barrel opened in Soho offering $25 truffle burgers as if the Great Recession were already over (or perhaps it never began). But reality comes roaring back, with news that lenders have sought to foreclose... MORE >

By Laura Kusisto | March 10, 2011 | 3:57 pm
Feel the hipness.

West Williamsburg: 'From Hipsterville to Collegeville in the Last Year'

In the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge—and now luxury condominiums—West Williamsburg forms a nice artists' enclave on the Brooklyn side of the East River. The neighborhood, on a sliver of land between the river and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and which... MORE >

By Matt Coyne | March 10, 2011 | 1:46 pm

Trump Gets Roasted: Matlin Sizzles and 'Situation' Fizzles in Midtown Comedy Bash

Last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom, a mixed bag of celebrities gathered to roast Donald Trump for a Comedy Central special to air March 15. Mr. Trump, who had said on the red carpet that he did the roast... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | March 10, 2011 | 11:45 am

Peter King Delivers Opening Remarks at Packed Hearing [Updated]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman Peter King entered the packed hearing room on the third floor of the Cannon House Office Building this morning to a sea of flash bulbs and a swarm of about 20 video cameras. He promptly delivered... MORE >

By Reid Pillifant | March 10, 2011 | 10:08 am
The O'Toole Building will be, um, retooled as an emergency care center.

A Landmark Hospital [Updated: There's Still a Small Emergency]

St. Vincent's, North Shore-LIJ and Rudin Management just announced a deal to bring emergency care back to Greenwich Village. Their plan calls for restoring--as opposed to demolishing--the closed hospital's landmark O'Toole Building. Here are two renderings of the re-used... MORE >

By Matt Chaban | March 10, 2011 | 10:01 am
The future is here, drunk and deluded.

Abolish South by Southwest!

If there's one thing I hate more than spilling a Shiner Bock on my iPhone 4 just after I just downloaded the newest OkCupid update, it's South by Southwest, especially the Interactive part, a supposedly technology-oriented appendage of the... MORE >

By Mike Taylor | March 10, 2011 | 9:53 am

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