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New York City Opera Musicians Blast "Egregious Mismanagement" in Wake of Bankruptcy

Gail Kruvand was an assistant principal bass player in the New York City Opera for 22 years. "I took lots of auditions, all over the country, before I won this position, and for me it was like, Wow!, I really felt like I'd arrived." She played her final show with City Opera on Saturday, a performan ... More >>

New York City Opera To Declare Bankruptcy If It Can't Raise $7 Million By The End Of Day

Calling all deep-pocketed arts patrons--now is your moment to swoop in and save City Opera from certain death. With just 15 hours left to go, New York City Opera's Kickstarter campaign has raised just $285,590--about a quarter of the $1 million needed to finish out its current season. City Opera ... More >>

Anna Nicole: A Cautionary Tale Against Gigantic Breast Implants

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 9/20/13

For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.

Addicted to Fame Squeezes One Last Buck From Anna Nicole

Shame On Demand

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Take in experimental theater and dance at the Dream Up Festival

The Tragic Side of Fame Is Explored On TV

​--and I helped! The history of show biz is littered with the sad remains of shimmering stars who succumbed to exploitation, drugs, the loss of fame, and a bum rap.

Morning Links: Charlie Sheen's Racist Tirade; Arrest in Stanton Street Shooting; Carl Paladino Offensive Again

​• Not only was Charlie Sheen coked up, drunk, and really scary went he went nutso at the Plaza -- he was also, apparently, on a racist tirade. "RadarOnline.com reported the Two and a Half Men actor repeatedly screamed the N-word and punched the walls." Which means Mel Gibson can finally hav ... More >>

Anna Nicole Smith' Greatest Outtakes

​The outtakes from Anna Nicole Smith's 1995 action thriller Skyscraper weren't any worse than the movie itself. And apparently they weren't much shorter either. Anna Nicole played Carrie Wink, an ace helicopter pilot who finds herself in the midst of some serious terrorist action. (Well, she ... More >>

My Big Gay Italian Wedding!

​No, I didn't have one. Don't worry, I'm committed to being a spinster for at least 40 more years (at which point the male version of Anna Nicole Smith willl surely find me and bury me). But CLICK HERE for my column about how I happened to see the show of that title--the one starring the fetc ... More >>

Michael Musto's Year (and Decade) in Review!

Gaga for Google and every twittle thing that made the Aughts fraught with fakery and fun

F2K: The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s

Since this archive page mysteriously disappeared over at its original home, consider this your new bookmark/placeholder/friend on late, lonely nights. Confused? More here. ​It's super-cute to peruse decade-end lists and pretend to be enthusiastic about true artists like Arcade Fire, timeless m ... More >>

Celebrity Death Doctors: Michael Jackson's Personal Physician Dr. Conrad Murray and Seven Other Notorious Real-Life Procurers

Dr. Conrad Murray​Just ten days before Michael Jackson's death, Dr. Conrad Murray sent a letter to patients in his clinics in Houston and Las Vegas, telling them he was leaving his practices to serve as personal physician for Michael Jackson on his 50-date This Is It London run, calling it "a ... More >>

Michael Jackson Autopsy Secrets!

"Needle marks, scars, pills--and an almost bald head" blares the New York Post's headline today. It's no surprise that Jackson--who spent much of his adult life whittling away at his identity--ended up as a barely recognizable skeleton filled with puncture wounds and mutilation signs. With no weight ... More >>

The Peeps Site to End All Others--Peeps Porn, Stir-fried Peeps, Celebrity Peeps, and More!

I got an email from a guy named Aaron Cohen. Aaron, it turns out, has spent a an ungodly amount of time finding all the Peeps art/experiments/general insanity on the web, and he has rounded them up on his blog, in a post that has 155 links. There are Peep art projects, dioramas, Peep-killing exper ... More >>

Celebrities Return to a Chastened America's Front Pages

Did you notice that a lot of the news this morning is about celebrities? "Morning Joe" has Pete Hamill and Peggy Noonan discussing Chris Brown and Rihanna. The Jon Stewart-Jim Cramer fight has been covered not only by us, but to a fare-thee-well in normally star-averse venues such as The Atlantic, T ... More >>

The Audacity of TV on the Radio

More dystopian ecstasy from a (slightly) more joyful band

TABLOIDED: The Post vs. The Daily News

Meet the Spartans

The Very Best "Best of '07" Round-Up!

The absolutely last word on words not to have lived by during the previous year

Perez Hilton: "I Like Food, Not Drugs!"

Yet another Rhode trip. Then it's back to Manhattan for cock tales.

Dean Johnson's Legacy, Anna Nicole's Lunacy

Devout banter about a very different Bible class, plus sleuthing about Sleuth and ragging on Rita

Read This In Loo of Sex

Stalling for time before channeling Tim Gunn and the ghosts of Leona and Anna Nicole

Rocket Men

Reliving the glory of America's giant leap for mankind

Room With a Spew

Maggots at the Times and other nasty revelations

Network Encore? I'm Glad as Hell.

We interrupt regular programming to take you back to 1976's darkly comic masterpiece.

Being Stanley Kubrick

Plus new Oscar bait, and the attack of the right-wing lesbian polemicist

Icky Thump Cred Sheet: Cornelius @ Webster Hall, Sucky Wilco Tracks, and U Get Upgrade

Strange Bedfellows

Accosted by fat guys, disgusted by Ann Coulter—all side effects of fabulousness

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The Mess Anna Nicole Left Behind

Anna Nicole Smith, RIP: Pure Florida

Anna Nicole Smith: Burlesque Queen Who'd Found Her Home

Get Your Wardrobe On

The fashion industry is obsessed with green—the color of military uniforms, army fatigues, and the scads of money it will cost you to buy next fall's designs

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The American Music Awards: A Running Diary

The Death of the Dumb Blond

Why peroxide rot is, like, officially over

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Lost and Found

Fashion week diversions with Derrick May, Nick Zinner, and the Donnas

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Less Is More

Perfectly Acceptable Gifts for Under $25

Stupid Gimmicks!

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Reality Bites

Reality TV Just Turned Its Lens on Anna Nicole Smith. Titillating Train Wreck?

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A Clockwork Piñata

They Shoot, They Score

Johns Post Prostitute Ratings Online