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Blogs
January 28, 2013
This is What it's Like to Crash-Land Into the Hudson River
Following the weekend's scary yet ultimately uplifting news of another plane crashing into the Hudson without killing anyone, we revisited the infamous Flight 1549 crash. Maryann Bruce, a passenger on the plane that Captain "Sully" Sullenberger successfully ditched in the river back in 2009, told ... More >>
Film
October 31, 2012
Denzel Washington Sulks, Soars in Flight
When the whip comes down
Blogs
October 15, 2012
Will You Fly Again After Seeing Denzel Washington In Flight?
I'm guessing absolutely, since you'll think, "Even when the hydraulics don't work and the plane plummets, a masterful pilot can save lives! "Even though he's completely wasted!" Denzel gives a truly great performance in the tale of personal redemption, and the interesting thing is you're not comp ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2012
NYFF Daily Reviews: Robert Zemeckis's Flight
Today we wind down our weeks of New York Film Festival coverage with Nick PInkerton's look at Robert Zemeckis's return to live-action movies: Flight. Flight Directed by Robert Zemeckis Screened Sunday, Oct. 14th More than a few viewers who saw this year's New York Film Festival opener Life of Pi ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2012
Kill The Geese, Now! (Or People Might Get Killed by Them)
Avians and airplanes are a bad mix -- and the skies above New York City are no exception. On Tuesday, a bird strike prompted a JetBlue plane to make an emergency landing. Last week, also, a bird strike forced a Delta flight to make an emergency landing. And don't forget the Miracle on the Hudso ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords' Husband Mark Kelly Will Retire From NASA; Couple to Write Memoir
Recently released photo of GiffordsMark Kelly, the astronaut husband of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, has announced his retirement, effective October 1, from both NASA and the Navy. Giffords, who was shot in the head in January in a Tucson supermarket parking lot, was recently released fro ... More >>
Columns
November 24, 2010
Kim Kardashian: "I Love Being 30 and Single!"
She's 'empowered'; Dan Choi's having fun; Joan Collins is showing slides
Blogs
July 18, 2010
New York Post Declares Geese "Clear and Present Danger," Supports Wiping Them Out
There's nothing like stoking the fear which sits mostly dormant -- though it's certainly there -- in the bellies of New Yorkers everywhere. Mentioning Giuliani usually gets 'em going, but if you want to cut the crap, mention airplane crashes. Or worse, almost-airplane crashes. That's the stra ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
American Idol Season 9, Live-Blogging Idol Gives Back & Top 7 Results
Michael Becker / FOX Baby-Hugger Simon Cowell Two hours? Really? Because tonight's annual philanthropic extravaganza adds an extra hour onto the already too long results show (far too much to ask of any live-blogger, in my opinion), I'll be checking in intermittently throughout the night, ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2010
Gossip Folks: Horse-Killing Socialite Doesn't Get Facebook; Christina Hendricks, Best Looking Woman in America
On this wonderful morning, take a minute to imagine what it would be like to be so foreign and so out of touch that you scrambled to hire a big-time publicist to fight rumors started about you on Facebook. Then, close your eyes for a second and think about what it would be like to look like Chris ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2010
Bailout to Bailout: Chesley Sullenberger's Junk Plane Will Be Auctioned for Scrap by Junk Company AIG
Good riddance to an ill-fated plane. The Airbus A320 jetliner that lost a battle with birds and then a life-or-death battle with hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger in last year's "Miracle on the Hudson" is finally headed for the auction block and then the scrap heap. Shortly after the one-year anniv ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Flight 1549 1-Year Anniversary Provides Momentary Uplift
On the first anniversary of the heroic Flight 1549-Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Hudson River landing, the crew and passengers get a Park Avenue party with the Mayor and the Governor. It's part of a day of honors for them. Later everyone's going on a ferry ride where, at 3:31 p.m., the moment ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2010
This Week's Voice: Spoon's Transference, Bull Riding at MSG, Weasel Walter, the 2009 New Yorker Cartoonist Final Standings, and More
Spoon, doing less with less. Photo by Autumn De WildeIn this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla on Spoon's defiantly skeletal Transference, Phil Freeman goes bull riding at MSG's arena rock rodeo, and Brad Cohan meets the new kid in town (and old head extremist drummer) Weasel Walter. In Boo ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2010
Chesley Sullenberger, Help Us! Bird-Plane Collisions Soar Toward Record
Reported collisions between airplanes and birds are climbing toward 10,000 for calendar year 2009, and the figures aren't even final yet. Why? Authorities naturally speculate that reports have increased since hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger fought off geese who killed his engines and and ... More >>
Columns
January 12, 2010
Sandra Bullock Drops From View!
Person-to-person with Sully Sullenberger, Michael Fassbender.
Blogs
October 1, 2009
Brooklyn Beep Endorses Bloomberg; Barron Calls Him a "Traitor"
You've probably heard that Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff Skiles flew their old route over the Hudson today to cheers and flash bulbs and the approbation of Dr. Ruth ("I'm glad you're not retiring, but rewiring," said the pint-sized sexologist to Sully). As usual, Sul ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2009
Sully Fever! Flight 1549 Pilots, Crew Get Keys to the City
Mayor Bloomberg introduced "five real American heroes, the crew of US Airways Flight 1549" at City Hall today in a Key to the City ceremony. Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, and flight attendants Donna Dent, Sheila Dail and Doreen Walsh received their honors for their d ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2009
Rescued Singer Ruins Flight 1549 With God, Dance Song
Two weeks ago Bill O'Reilly and a passenger who hinted that he'd like some money threatened to spoil our Flight 1549 buzz. The passenger got named and shamed and appears to be laying low, and no one cares what O'Reilly thinks. But what greed and stupidity could not tarnish, careerism and religion mi ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2009
New York City's jobless rate soars; Toyota drives off a cliff; Sullenberger lands in limelight
Heaven can wait: Chesley Sullenberger live, in "US Airways Flight 1549 Full Cockpit Recording" To try to counter the sickening economic news, remember another horror story that actually had a happy ending. Sully Sullenberger knows what "sickening" feels like, although his voice in the above cockp ... More >>
Blogs
January 22, 2009
Flight 1549: Engine Found, Feather Filed, Tom Cruise Interested
Yesterday they found the missing jet engine from Flight 1549 at the bottom of the Hudson River. Even more exciting: on the other engine, they found a feather. So we guess pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger wasn't lying about that flock of geese after all! Just to make sure, they're sending DNA found ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2009
Crash Landing: Hudson River Rescue Roundup
The remarkable emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 preoccupied news outlets. Some took a new-media angle. "Hudson Plane Crash & Obama Show Social Media Legitimacy," bragged WebProNews, and everyone swooned over the twitpic of the fallen jet taken by Janis Krums from a rescue ferry. Reporte ... More >>