The erotica series that’s been capturing the attention of women on the Upper East Side (and everywhere ) will be made into a movie, naturally. According to Deadline , Universal Pictures and Focus Features have acquired screen rights to the E.L. James novel Fifty Shades Of Grey , the first in a trilogy of books by the author. We’ve actually read this book (for journalism) and can tell you it’s basically The Fountainhead (the characters are sort of very thin impersonations of a Howard Roark and Dominique Francon) meets the Lifetime network (there’s a miniseries type vibe to the storytelling)… meets BDSM (hardcore sex scenes, repeated every few pages or so). Deadline discusses the big deal, noting: [ more › ]
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"Mommy Porn" Series 50 Shades Of Grey Coming To The Big Screen
Much has been written over the past few years about the copious amounts of sex being had in Prospect Park —it seems that if you haven’t gotten a splinter from ( ahem ) chopping wood yet, you’re in the minority at this point. For the Prospect Park Litter Mob , that translates into a wasteland of condom wrappers and lube packets that need cleaning—as well as trampled flowers and damaged soil. In response, they’ve now built a path to aid interested parties getting their park sex on while respecting the environment: “I don’t care if people have sex—but all the little trails they leave behind are really bad for the forest floor, ” park advocate and photographer Marie Viljoen told Brooklyn Paper. [ more › ]
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Prospect Park Volunteers Create Passion Path For Park Sexing
Occupy Wall Street is continuing its six-month anniversary action today by trying to remain in Zuccotti Park overnight. Hundreds are in the park—around 600-700, according to Ryan Devreaux , who also photographed a tarp going up and protesters who “moved in.” Of course, we know that the city doesn’t act kindly towards tents in Zuccotti, since a judge ruled against them , but it’s been up for 20 minutes so far. And here’s what it sounds like in the park, via Jeff Smith : [ more › ]
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Photos: NYPD Clears Occupy Wall Street From Zuccotti Park, Making Mass Arrests (Including Bagpiper)
The creators of Bonnaroo just announced a weekend-long food, drink, and music festival to take place in Prospect Park this spring. The company, Superfly Presents, will present a so-called “Amusement Park of food and drink” somewhere in the Park on May 19th and 20th. According to the teaser press release, the festival, called The Great GoogaMooga,” will feature local chefs, restaurateurs, purveyors, and wine and beer makers from New York. [ more › ]
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Bonnaroo Crew To Do Brew And Chew "Amusement Park" In Prospect Park
For over eight years now, Whole Foods has been trying to get a new location in Gowanus off the ground . The company removed the toxic waste from the 4.2-acre site on the corner of Third Street and Third Avenue, and promises the establishment will feature a 20,000-square-foot rooftop greenhouse, and a charging station for electric cars. You’d think it would be welcomed with open arms by those Brooklyn residents who don’t belong to the Park Slope Food Co-Op , but Whole Foods is still trying to persuade the community it’s going to be a great neighbor. [ more › ]
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Whole Foods Tries To Convince Gowanus New Store Will Be "Community Center"
Our long local nightmare is almost over. After years and years and years of debate the issue of banning Israeli products at the Park Slope Food Co-Op is finally coming to a vote . Well. A vote to decide if it should come to a vote—this is the Co-op, after all. [ more › ]
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Park Slope Co-Op’s Israeli Produce Problem Will Never Die
Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! As you know by now, if you’ve Googled anything today, it’s the author’s birthday—he was born 200 years ago, across the pond in England. But he has plenty of New York ties. Dickens first came here in 1842, spending a month in the city giving lectures, as well as raising support for copyright laws. On Valentine’s Day that year “a Boz Ball was held in his honor at the Park Theater, with 3,000 guests. Among the neighborhoods he visited were Five Points, Wall Street, and The Bowery,” he even peeked his into The Tombs! He took notes of his American travels , and wrote of New York at night: [ more › ]
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Charles Dickens Would Have Turned 200 Today, Visit His Dead Cat’s Paw At The NYPL!
Kickball players, rejoice: City Councilman Stephen Levin is putting $930,000 towards fixing the constantly-flooded McCarren Park . One softball player tells DNAinfo, “It’s a nuisance, but it’s also become a part of the landscape. People ride their bikes through it, kids are dying to play in it and the parents are like, ‘Don’t go in there!’ because it’s so dirty,” and reveals she and her friends call it “Hipster Lake.” Another park visitor’s dog “sat vomiting after slurping up a fetid puddle.” [ more › ]
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It’ll Cost Nearly $1 Million To (Hopefully) Rid Williamsburg Of Notorious Puddle
This is some real Antiques Roadshow stuff here. The NY Times reports that a needlework sampler crafted by a New Jersey schoolgirl named Mary Antrim in 1807 has sold at auction for $1.07 million dollars. The piece sold at Sotheby’s in New York on Sunday, and features a farm scene on linen… it was estimated to go for a mere $120,000. So why did it go for so much more than that? [ more › ]
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$1 Million Paid For NJ Girl’s Needlework Piece
It seems not everyone took NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly’s memo about respecting freedom of the press to heart: video shot at Zuccotti Park on New Year’s Eve shows a heated confrontation between a journalist and police, after a cop threatens to confiscate the unidentified reporter’s press credentials. There is speculation that the reporter in the video is Colin Moynihan from the Times, and he did file a report from the park that night: [ more › ]
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Video: Reporter Blasts Cops For Threatening To Yank Press Pass At OWS Protest