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Regis Philbin Is Officially Leaving Live On November 18

Cole Perkins — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:23:03 +0000

We’ve known for a while now that Regis Philbin has been planning to peace out of Live with Regis and Some Other Lady , but up until today, the Reeg has been mum on when exactly that sad, sad day will come. Until now. [ more › ]

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Funnyman Colin Quinn Will Judge Food At Vendy Awards This Month

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:15:02 +0000

Brooklyn-born Colin Quinn will be one of the judges at this year’s Vendy Awards , the annual event that spotlights the best street food vendors in NYC. The former Saturday Night Live cast member joins an all-star lineup of judges that includes CNN’s Kat Kinsman, New York Times columnist John T. Edge, and street food enthusiast Zenia Muna as the “citizen judge.” [ more › ]

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Instant Entertainment: Top Five Back To School Movies

Cole Perkins — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:04:49 +0000

Welcome back to our Instant Entertainment weekly feature, in which we offer you bits of entertainment currently available on demand on Netflix Instant Watch, Hulu and/or Amazon Prime. Watched something online recently you think we should highlight? Send us a note at tips@gothamist.com . [ more › ]

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Tips On Fashion Week, From People More Fashionable Than Us: Part I

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:45:00 +0000

The fashion set is primed to take over parts of the city from September 8th through the 15th , with the main Fashion Week headquarters at Lincoln Center once again. Many of the shows and events will be harder to get in to than an Alexander McQueen exhibit, but here are some tips for us common folk who aren’t sitting in the front row, from those who are. [ more › ]

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Report: Obama To Cut Iraq Troop Level to 3,000, Generals Mad!

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:35:00 +0000

Anonymous sources tell Fox News that President Obama has decided to draw down American troops in Iraq to 3,000 soldiers at the end of the year, and senior commanders are reportedly pissed. Unidentified generals had wanted at least 27,000 soldiers to stick around and compete to be the last to die for a mistake , but Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is reportedly complying with the administration’s order. And it makes sense; now that all the weapons of mass destruction have been found and the liberated Iraqis are drunk on unlimited democracy, whiskey, sexy , what more is there for our brave men and women to do? For one thing, military brass says they should stick around Iraq… in order to keep each other safe in Iraq. [ more › ]

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Opera Singer Salvatore Licitra Dies After Scooter Accident

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:43:00 +0000

Tenor singer Salvatore Licitra, who made a splash at the Metropolitan Opera by filling in for Luciano Pavarotti, has died in Italy following a severe motorscooter accident last month. The death was announced on Licitra’s website , which said that Licitra has been in a coma since sustaining severe head and chest injuries during an August 27th accident in Sicily. He was 43. [ more › ]

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George Carlin Fans Petitioning To Name Street In His Honor

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:50:00 +0000

A group of George Carlin fans are taking to the, um, internet to demand that the Morningside Heights street the famously foulmouthed comedian grew up on be named in his honor . [ more › ]

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Sources: Bloomberg Ignored Warnings About CityTime

Cole Perkins — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:38:00 +0000

While we debate Hizzoner’s white lies about the Goldsmith imbroglio, keep in mind there is a much pricier scandal that should make everyone thoroughly pissed. Back in June, Mayor Bloomberg finally admitted in a press conference that the $740 million CityTime disaster was in fact not a “pretty good job” as he’d previously stated, but a debacle that “nobody paid as much attention to it as they should have, from me on down, and we’re going to find out who did what.” However, three sources tell the Post that at least one city official did pay attention, and warned Bloomberg’s advisors that CityTime was a huge waste of money, and should have been scrapped. [ more › ]

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Staten Island Rep Wants 9/11 Cross Declared A National Monument

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:26:00 +0000

[UPDATE BELOW] You’ll recall rolling your eyes at news that a group of atheists are suing to get the so-called 9/11 Memorial Cross removed from the 9/11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center site. The cross, which is formed by intersecting steel beams found in the Ground Zero rubble, is seen by many as a symbol of perseverance and faith, but it’s causing the atheists “dyspepsia, symptoms of depression, headaches, anxiety, and mental pain and anguish.” And if U.S. Representative Michael Grimm gets his way, their migraines are only going to intensify. [ more › ]

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Video: Did You See This East Village Mural Proposal… It’s Adorable!

Cole Perkins — Tue, 31 May 2011 22:43:00 +0000

Over the weekend 28-year-old Jeff Gurwin proposed through the most amazing Scrabble-themed mural on Avenue A and 2nd Street in the East Village, which spelled out the big question. She said yes, but if she didn’t, we’re betting Gurwin wouldn’t have any problems finding someone else… because, right? Just watch: [ more › ]