Empire State of Mind
Mad Men: Matt Weiner’s OK With Split Final Season
Mad Men will not be ending next year. I've confirmed that Season 7 will air half in 2014 and half in 2015. Show creator...
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Ed Koch Goes Out with a Bang, A Documentary, and One Last Email
Ed Koch died this morning, he was 88 years old. I have the honor of getting one of his last, contentious emails. He sent...
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Bloomberg Rationalizes Random Killing. But I Knew Sunando Sen
UPDATE 9:15PM SATURDAY NIGHT: I've just read Erika Menendez's statement that she pushed Sunando on purpose, that she "hated Muslims." She's crazy, of course,...
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Regis Philbin Named NYC Living Landmark, Dedicates Poem to Katie Couric
After two days of the idiotic Kardashians, Justin Bieber's weird faux-pregnancy problem and god knows what else, it was nice to spend some time...
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NYC Wrap Up: Jane Fonda’s Boswell, French Cinema Pix
Jane Fonda's biographer, Patricia Bosworth, was saluted last night by Broadway producer Judy Gordon on the Upper East Side. Patti's book, "Jane Fonda: The...
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AM News: RIP David Nelson, Margaret Whiting; Goodbye Jefferson Market
Two Hollywood deaths to report from yesterday.
David Nelson, Ricky Nelson's older brother and the eldest child of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, died at age...
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Wayne Barrett, Tom Robbins Leave Village Voice (It’s Still Being Published, Who Knew?)
Wayne Barrett has been let go from the Village Voice. He's been writing his weekly column, Runnin' Scared, since 1978. He wrote pieces for...
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Greenwich Village in the Bloomberg Era: “For Rent” Signs, and No More Bagel Buffet
What's Greenwich Village like in the era of Mike Bloomberg? Vacant.
After at least 35 years, probably more, Bagel Buffet on Sixth Avenue and 8th...