Alas, they didn't even wait till Thanksgiving. And I can tell you from personal experience that Swayze, while not exactly DeNiro-like in dramatic stature, was a very affable man who livened up many a red carpet event for me through the years. He was ...
You knew before it dropped there'd be backlash on Backspacer, the new album from Pearl Jam (now available at Target!). Michael Hoinski offers a defense. The Informant!, starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh, promises to be a fun tak...
What's most remarkable is the changing of the guard in Queens, which has long been Quinn's outer borough base. If Tom White loses (he's ahead by six votes in the count right now), only four of the 14 councilmembers will be the same. Remarkably, two...
"What are you doing to me?" a model was overheard saying to the makeup artist backstage at Band of Outsiders who was covering up her creamy pale complexion with a thick layer of golden-bronze makeup. Sorry, dear, but you were just not tan enough f...
Back in the Chicago Bears' 80s heyday, there was a story (now debunked, alas) that quarterback Jim McMahon fed his offensive line dinner every weekend as a gesture of appreciation toward the people who kept him from getting killed. Former Mayor Ed Ko...
They've got his DNA samples, but apparently no cause to hold him after questioning. He was said to have "defensive wounds" and to have failed a polygraph test, but a source tells the Post Clark said the scratches were from a cat, and polygraphs aren'...
"Jennifer's Body was a bore, loud, gory and not much else. And the Michael Moore while v sincere just doesn't fly. "Everyone is raving about Up in the Air--Jason Reitman is a new god in Hollywood--and Men Who Stare at Goats is all true and v off the...
Najibullah Zazi, 25, of Aurora, Colorado actually had his car stopped-and-searched near the George Washington Bridge this weekend -- which sounds like more of a tip-off, if one were needed, than the allegedly sloppy police work the New York Post clai...
Speaking of swine flu, the FDA approved a new vaccine for it yesterday. And London Mayor Boris Johnson helped keep spirits light on the subject in a forum at Columbia University yesterday, where he told Mayor Bloomberg, "We gave you mad cow disease, ...
Now that the poorly-attended primary election is over, what droplets of meaning can be wrung from it? Some people think Mark Green (pictured), who finished second to Brooklyn councilmember Bill de Blasio in the public advocate race and will face him ...
Leslie Crocker Snyder entered what could have been her victory party in the ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel at 10:42 p.m. to cries of "We Love You, Leslie." Looking worn-out, she went to a podium to make her speech. After thanking supporters, her h...
When civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel showed up at his Madison Avenue law office at 9:30 on election night, he rested his hands on the shoulders on his young daughter and told a crowd of disappointed supporters that people had become disenfranchi...
Over at his victory party in Dumbo, Bill de Blasio seemed shocked that he managed to get himself into a runoff for the office of Public Advocate with veteran candidate Mark Green. "This is a wonderful result -- amazing!" de Blasio said between hugs. ...
April 8, 1965, Vol. X, No. 25 MacDougal at Midnight: A Street Under Pressure By Jack Newfield MacDougal Street at midnight. Homosexuals cruising, pill-buyers waiting, transvestites parading, and tourists watching. Aging Kerouac heroes picking up...
Primary Day led to expected results, for the most part. For the Democratic mayoral nomination, Thompson romped, 70 to 21 percent, over Tony Avella. (Also someone named Roland Rogers got eight percent. Clearly a name to watch!) With no comptroller can...
At Il Cortile on Mulberry Street, the bullet-head old man in the light grey suit leaned out of the doorway of the back room, scowling at the waiter he was trying to hear. They didn't have the artichoke, the waiter explained; he could have the eggpla...
Melinda Katz, Democratic nominee for comptroller, was joined by Ruben Diaz Jr. at the Parkchester 6 train exit in the Bronx. She looked somewhat tired and run down,but joked today's "been easy! I woke up at noon, watched some soap operas" between ...
Update: Seven Republicans supported the resolution; RedState names them in hopes that the new brand of "activists" they've been training will do their patriotic duty. And yes, rebuke is very different from censure, which more drastic step the Preside...
witnesses describe him as a bacl man aged 35-40, 6'4", slim build, bald head, light goatee and sunglasses. He was wearing a maroon sweat jacket and pants when he bungled this job. If you have any information as to this man to this incident, NYPD asks...
The memorial started with Angela Lansbury singing "The Man in the Moon" from Mame, a very high place to begin at. Everyone else who came out and spoke--from Norman Lear to Stiller and Meara to Miss Coco Peru--were snappy and insightful, all agreeing...
Five months ago, Chris resolved that it was finally time to get clean. Sort of. The 34-year-old Brooklyn real estate broker (who declined to be identified by his real name; "Chris" is… More >>
At this time last year, Lily Jones and Sonika Mehta were both weighing their college options: private or public? East Coast or West? Big city or small? Today, as first-year students… More >>
Linguist Daniel Kaufman traces the beginning of his life's work to an uncharacteristic moment of social boldness. Back in the city after receiving his Ph.D. in linguistics from Cornell, he… More >>
Essays More Bucks, Same Bang by Neil deMause Most students won't earn more with a pricier diploma. Is high tuition worth it? Too Unschooled for School by Elizabeth Walters Why are so many incoming… More >>
When Priscila De Los Santos graduated from high school in January, she took less than a week off before starting classes at City University of New York's Borough of Manhattan… More >>
Soda bans, smoking bans, fast-food shaming—having a guilt-free good time in New York City has been as difficult as finding a french fry cooked in trans fat. But with Mayor… More >>
Carnegie Hall's opening gala—its biggest fundraising night of the year—was supposed to take place on October 2. The black tie event benefiting the nonprofit's artistic and education programs would have… More >>