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  • Popwrap

    That's all he wrote

    Well kids, I apologize in advance for what I'm about to say -- especially since it comes on the heels of Oprah...  Read on

  • Fashion Blog

    Flower power

    These hats put royal wedding headgear to shame! Fashion and flowers converged on Gotham Hall during last night's 10th...  Read on

  • The TV Blog

    MTV tightens grip on 'Shore' stars' departures: report

    If any of the “Jersey Shore” stars want to pack their bags and head home, MTV has a message for them: Fuhgeddaboutit!...  Read on

  • Movies Blog

    Box Office: Harry's record $92M opening day

    A record opening weekend of $180 million or so in the U.S. and Canada alone seems likely after Warner Bros. estimated that...  Read on

  • Theater Blog

    London's not the only game

    An evergreen summer story is the theater report from the UK, especially London. Which is fine and dandy, since many...  Read on

  • Travel Blog

    Go now: Las Vegas

    Five reasons to hit Sin City this summer — and none of them are on the Strip:   1. Swim with card sharks If the $10...  Read on

  • Game Blog

    'Call of Duty Elite' beta now live: get some

    "COD" fans, get to clickety-clicking, because the "Call of Duty Elite" beta is now up and running. The first phase of the...  Read on

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  • Hotels are making a splash, too

    Want to splash down in style? Try these chic new hotel pools. * The James New York, 27 Grand St.;212-465-2000. Guests here can take in...  

  • Soap Barr back

    Julia Barr is returning to "All My Children" for the ABC soap's swan song. Barr, the "AMC" veteran who last played Brooke English in 2010, will...  

  • 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' has record breaking opening

    'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2' has record breaking opening

    LOS ANGELES -- Some moviegoers may not yet know if Harry Potter will win his final battle against Lord Voldemort, but one thing is certain -- he...  

  • Greetings from Malibu East!

    Greetings from Malibu East!

    It was Fourth of July weekend in Montauk, the unpretentious fishing and surfing town at the tip of Long Island. In the center of town, next door to...  

  • Sage Sixx

    Sage Sixx

    If you were the parent of a teenage girl in the 1980s, Nikki Sixx was your worst nightmare. As the bassist and songwriter of Motley Crue, he was both...  

  • Cage 'Cuckoo' for B'way (maybe)

    Is this perfect casting or what? Nicolas Cage -- who's almost as celebrated for his nutty outbursts as he is for his string of lousy movies ("The...  

  • Show me the hunny!

    Show me the hunny!

    The 1966-1974 "Winnie the Pooh" shorts that used to air on Disney's Sunday night program were thinly plotted, simply drawn and replete with silly...  

  • Wizard of awe!

    Wizard of awe!

    Movie series almost always peak in their first or second installments. But that hasn’t been the case with “Harry Potter,” which started off...  

  • Summer 2011

    Summer 2011

    It’s Summer, 2011 and New York City is a hotbed of activity for all leisure tastes and budgets. Music lovers can savor live acts at seasonal...  

  • Two men appear in court in connection with plot targeting Joss Stone

    Two men appear in court in connection with plot targeting Joss Stone

    LONDON - Two men appeared in court on Friday in connection with an alleged plot targeting British soul singer Joss Stone. Junior Bradshaw, 30, and...  

  • Emmys: head to head

    Emmys: head to head

    Yesterday’s prime-time Emmy Award nominations were long on predictability but short on the surprise factor — though there were a few “huh?” moments....  

  • Marine & Mila: It's a date!

    Marine & Mila: It's a date!

    Mila Kunis has time to serve her country after all. The "Black Swan" star was invited to the Marine Corps Ball by Sgt. Scott Moore in a 19-second...  

  • 'Zen' of mystery

    'Zen' of mystery

    Who is that dashing Venetian detective working in Rome? The one who's so cool he's sizzling, so smart it's scary and so sexy he makes it all...  

  • The sisterhood of the traveling silk robes

    The sisterhood of the traveling silk robes

    You're advised to bring a hankie or two should you venture forth to see the tearjerker "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan." Hong Kong-born Wayne...  

  • Recycled newspaper tale not so im-'press'-ive

    Recycled newspaper tale not so im-'press'-ive

    The documentary "Tabloid" shows that an oddball lead character and a smirky style do not necessarily add up to a complete movie. Errol Morris,...  

  • Big stars but small laughs

    Big stars but small laughs

    The 21st century corollary to George Kaufman's maxim that "satire is what closes Saturday night" might well be that indie black comedies -- which...  

  • Dancers tie choreography to screen play

    Pilobolus and the band OK Go are a per fect match -- they both thrive on gimmicks. For its new season at the Joyce, the inventive physical...  

  • Hands-on with 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'

    Hands-on with 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'

    Call of Duty has quickly become one of the industry’s premier gaming franchises. Any time a new installment of the beloved franchise is released, it...  

  • 'Glee' kids to graduate this year

    Rachel Berry graduates! "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy has declared that fan favorites Rachel (Lea Michele), Finn (Cory Monteith) and Kurt (Chris...  

  • 'Office' star Jenna Fischer confirms second baby for Jim and Pam

    'Office' star Jenna Fischer confirms second baby for Jim and Pam

    LOS ANGELES -- Actress Jenna Fischer said Thursday that her real-life pregnancy will be incorporated into the plot of season eight of "The Office,"...  

  • Kate Hudson names newborn son Bingham Hawn

    Kate Hudson names newborn son Bingham Hawn

    LOS ANGELES -- Kate Hudson and fiance Matthew Bellamy revealed Thursday they had named their newborn son Bingham "Bing" Hawn Bellamy. Hudson, 32,...  

  • New 'Harry Potter' film shatters US advance ticket sales record

    New 'Harry Potter' film shatters US advance ticket sales record

    LOS ANGELES -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has shattered the record for advance ticket sales ahead of its midnight opening in...  

  • Sara Bareilles joins 'The Sing-Off' as new judge

    Sara Bareilles joins 'The Sing-Off' as new judge

    LOS ANGELES -- "King of Anything" singer Sara Bareilles will join the judging panel of NBC's "The Sing-Off," the network announced Thursday....  

  • 'Home Alone' character actor Roberts Blossom dies

    SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Character actor Roberts Blossom, who played the white-bearded neighbor "old man Marley" in the movie "Home Alone," has died at...  

  • Shaquille O'Neal signs with TNT to work as NBA analyst

    ATLANTA -- Fresh off his retirement from the NBA, future Hall of Fame center Shaquille O'Neal agreed to join TNT's "Inside the NBA" program as an in...  

Lifestyle

  • Kid stuff

    Kid stuff

    July 16, 2011

    Today Swing along: It’s time once again for the annual free fave Midsummer Night Swing Kids’ Dance, where instructor Rodney Lopez (you’ll remember him from “Mad Hot Ballroom”)...

  • Hot picks

    Hot picks

    July 15, 2011

  • Kid stuff

    Kid stuff

    July 09, 2011

    TodayMaster of magic: He’s not Dumbledore, but Justin the Magician has some pretty cool tricks up his sleeve, and he’s performing at Bryant Park Reading Room for free as part of...

  • Hot picks

    Hot picks

    July 08, 2011

  • Kid stuff

    July 02, 2011

    TODAY FLY LIKE AN EAGLE: Wing over to the “Eagle as Icon” presentation at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center to learn why the bald eagle is our national bird, and to make your own...

  • Hot picks

    Hot picks

    July 01, 2011

  • Kid stuff

    Kid stuff

    June 25, 2011

    Today Go fish: Rods, reels and bait will all be supplied by NYC park rangers at Big City Fishing, where the rangers will teach kids the basics of catch-and-release fishing, at...

  • Hot picks

    Hot picks

    June 24, 2011

  • Kid stuff

    Kid stuff

    June 18, 2011

    Today Jazz daddy: The rare Father’s Day weekend activity that’ll keep the whole family entertained, Brooklyn’s Best Jumpin’ Jazz Fest, at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, will get...

  • Hot picks

    Hot picks

    June 17, 2011

  • Ask Ashley: Thinking of you...and him

    July 17, 2011

    My girlfriend has an admirer who sends her Facebook messages — nothing sexual — but when she tells me about them, instead of getting jealous, I become excited and fantasize about...

  • Meet market:

    Meet market:

    July 17, 2011

    * The runaround Six days a week, you can find Bryan jogging around Central Park’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. * Check, please Mind your manners: Bryan says being rude...

  • This week’s couple: Just foodie friends?

    This week’s couple: Just foodie friends?

    July 17, 2011

    We hoped that sending Stephanie, 23, and Steven, 29, to the Lower East Side’s modern American brasserie Co-Op would inspire them to share more than their meals. Stephanie, a...

  • Top 5 ways to get a little flirty in Little Italy

    Top 5 ways to get a little flirty in Little Italy

    July 17, 2011

    According to signores and signoras on Mulberry Street “Tell them you want to wrap them in your arms like a cannoli.” — Bruce “Hand them some pasta and say, ‘A penne for your...

  • Ask Ashley: couple's retreat!

    July 10, 2011

    What’s the best way to suggest a weekend away if we haven’t been together that long? — Anonymous For guys, chances are if the girl is into you, you’ll have no problem suggesting...

  • Meet market: Shutterbug captures real love in her lens

    Meet market: Shutterbug captures real love in her lens

    July 10, 2011

    Stephanie, a 23-year-old surgical coordinator, has a passion for photography. When she’s not taking pictures around the city, she’s hoping someone will snap her up! *...

  • This week’s couple: It’s complicated ...

    This week’s couple: It’s complicated ...

    July 10, 2011

    When Jeff, a 35-year-old painter, and Marie, a 26-year-old theater company manager, met up for dinner at DUO, Gramercy’s new restaurant and lounge, we hoped they’d leave as a duo...

  • Top 5 ways to seduce someone at a beachside summer share

    July 10, 2011

    According to hotties waiting for the Hamptons Jitney “Never, ever have enough beds . . . so they have to share one with you.” — Tara “Say, ‘I don’t consider it a good weekend...

  • Ask Ashley: A pregnant pause

    July 03, 2011

    I had a one-night stand with one of my friends and now my period is late. I don’t know if I should tell him, but I could really use the support, emotionally. I also don’t want to...

  • This week’s couple: Ooh la la?

    This week’s couple: Ooh la la?

    July 03, 2011

    When we sent Rachel, a Ph.D. student, and Jeremy, a graphic designer, to Gramercy’s Pierre Loti Wine Bar — named after a French novelist who made a name for himself writing about...

  • Star trek

    Star trek

    July 12, 2011

    REAL ADVENTURE Kelly Bensimon was recently spotted de-stressing from her “Real Housewives of New York” duties at the exclusive Four Seasons resort in Costa Rica, where she made...

  • 10 reasons why Tokyo is the best

    10 reasons why Tokyo is the best

    July 12, 2011

    JAPAN is one of the shakiest places on earth. Consequently, kids grow up there thinking of earthquakes the way a New Yorker might think of thunderstorms. (They are a thing that...

  • Drink different in the Bay Area

    Drink different in the Bay Area

    July 04, 2011

    The only thing wrong with San Francisco, from a visitor’s perspective, is that once you know what else there is going on within an hour’s drive or two, it’s awfully hard to sit...

  • Star trek

    July 04, 2011

    AMORE IN ITALIA Style Network stars Bill & Giuliana Rancic enjoyed a taste of the old country while visiting Giuliana’s family in Italy. The happy couple gorged on pasta in...

  • 11 ways to taste San Francisco now

    11 ways to taste San Francisco now

    July 04, 2011

    We New Yorkers think of our city as the greatest food destination in the country, but San Francisco continues to give us a serious run for our money. Part of it is simply the...

  • Star trek

    Star trek

    June 27, 2011

    A GOOD THING Doyenne of domesticity Martha Stewart spiced up a recent trip to Dubai -- where she tasked with promoting her magazine and TV show -- with a little sightseeing...

  • In Pittsburgh, a date with a classic

    In Pittsburgh, a date with a classic

    June 27, 2011

    Never mind what Hizzoner says. Coney Island? Over. Rapacious demolition there has left us with little more than developers' dismal dreams of condos and stores, confirming Coney...

  • Alaska 101: Spend less, see more

    Alaska 101: Spend less, see more

    June 20, 2011

    If you think you have to take a cruise to see it, congratulations, you've been had. And if you think that going it alone means lots of expensive puddle jumping in tiny planes, or...

  • Summer in the Southwest

    Summer in the Southwest

    June 13, 2011

    Today's forecast in New York? Temperatures in the high 50's, low 60's. Rain. Today's forecast in Phoenix? Sunny. High of 106. Blue skies. You see where this is going. Weather...

  • The new Motor City cool

    The new Motor City cool

    June 08, 2011

  • Going grey

    Going grey

    July 17, 2011

    paola Three sleek greyhounds greet me at the train station in suburban Port Washington, New York. Attached to them is Peter Romeo, who is mostly undeterred by the tangle of...

  • Meet the Mascot: Maximilian

    Meet the Mascot: Maximilian

    July 17, 2011

    Age: 8Breed: Standard poodle Represents: the Elizabeth Street Gallery, 209 Elizabeth St., between Spring and Prince streets On duty: Maximilian, or Max for short, is also known as...

  • Zen & the art of doga

    Zen & the art of doga

    July 10, 2011

    From ambulance sirens to summer thunderstorms, a pet’s life can be stressful. But if anything is certain, owners will stop at nothing to make their furry friends’ life drama-free,...

  • Too-cool canines

    Too-cool canines

    July 03, 2011

    More than half of the dogs who star in the new book “Hipster Puppies” by Brooklynite Christopher Weingarten ($14) are wearing glasses or scarves. “If you were going to draw a...

  • Tall tails

    Tall tails

    June 26, 2011

    Sit! Stay! Read? Thanks to a new book just for dogs, pups can add another command to their repertoire. Lifestyle author Bruce Littlefield has written his fifth book, but this time...

  • Canine to five

    Canine to five

    June 19, 2011

    Want to be the most popular employee on Friday? Bring a bag of kibble. Five days from now, companies around the country will open their doors to four-legged friends for the 12th...

  • Stay out of the office doghouse

    June 19, 2011

    Make the day a success for you and your pup with these tips from Beth Stultz, spokeswoman for Take Your Dog to Work Day. 1. Puppy-proof your workspace. Hide electrical cords and...

  • Let's make a deal

    Let's make a deal

    June 12, 2011

    Sites like Groupon, Gilt Groupe and Living Social have changed the way we shop for clothes, restaurant reservations and even things such as gym memberships and apartment cleaners...

  • Booze hounds

    Booze hounds

    June 05, 2011

    No shirt, no shoes, no problem. To some bars, tail-wagging patrons can come as they are. When dog lovers Anthony Malone, Danny McDonald, Michael Jewell and Peter Poulakakos saw a...

  • Hound home alone

    May 29, 2011

    Move over, Doctor Doolittle, and make way for Dr. John Bradshaw — a British scientist and the author of the new book “Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a...

  • Former yo-yo dieter Sheryl Imperati

    Former yo-yo dieter Sheryl Imperati

    July 13, 2011

  • Feel fab for $50

    April 09, 2011

  • Slim pickin's

    Slim pickin's

    January 02, 2011

  • Slim pickin's

    Slim pickin's

    January 02, 2011

    Late last year, five brave souls volunteered to test out 2011’s newest diet books — and in the midst of pie, stuffing and cocktail season, no less! To help them out in their...

  • Fit to be tried (on)!

    Fit to be tried (on)!

    January 02, 2011

  • NYC's exercise cults

    NYC's exercise cults

    July 10, 2010

    It’s the Thursday before the long Fourth of July weekend, and people all over the city are scurrying to finish work and prepare for the holiday. But at the Grand Central branch of...

  • Oh. My. God!

    May 16, 2010

    Vuyelwa Thom often comes home from the gym oddly energized, bouncy even, to the point that her boyfriend wonders what she’s been up to with her personal trainer. “He’s not really...

  • NYC's biggest losers

    May 02, 2010

    These New Yorkers are proud to call themselves losers. Some used surgery, others used sheer will power. But the results were the same: flab to fab. The city has grappled with an...

  • NYC's biggest weight loss success stories

    NYC's biggest weight loss success stories

    May 02, 2010

  • This woman is 63 but looks 45

    This woman is 63 but looks 45

    April 13, 2010

    Andrea Wernick, a 63-year-old executive recruiter with platinum blond locks, just slipped on a size-0 bandage dress from Herve Leger with the ease of teenage supermodel. Her...

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Birthday Sunday

By SALLY BROMPTON

What you achieve in the world is important but what you learn about yourself, and other people, over the course of a lifetime is what really counts. What you learn over the...   Read on

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