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December 14, 2011
Triplets Separated At Birth?
Three currently hot actresses happen to share a similar unconventionally attractive look and comic chops from the heavens. Zoe Kazan, 28, is an eccentric, doll-faced creature who has done theater (The Seagull, Angels in America) and film (Me and Orson Welles, It's Complicated) on the road to comple ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Tim Daly Thinks Superman Movies Are Less Than Super
Photo: David ShankboneDirector Zack Snyder is helming Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill as Superman, but someone's not running into a phone booth to change into a celebratory outfit about it. According to eonline's Marc Malkin, Private Practice star Tim Daly--Tyne's brother, who has voiced ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Murray Hill and Linda Simpson In New Shows!
Photo: David ShankboneDowntown favorites Murray Hill and Linda Simpson have teamed for many a zany Bingo night and other madcap debaucheries. But last week, they made us buy double the tickets by veering off into separate projects that combatted New York's gentrification with aggressive gen ... More >>
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May 4, 2011
Dan Garodnick Q&A: The Senate Bill That Would Bail Out Landlords and Gut Court Ruling on Stuy Town Rents
David ShankboneIn 2009, a landmark state appeals court ruling found that the owners of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village had illegally deregulated 4,400 apartments while enjoying special tax breaks from the city. Its impact wasn't quite clear; no one was sure what the legal rents of those apartme ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Rosie O'Donnell Responds To My Chris Brown Blog
The one in which I quoted her radio remarks saying that Chris Brown may be getting some racist treatment in the media. For those who didn't see the comment she left on that particular blog, I print it here in full. "here is what i think michael musto yes chris brown and rihanna had a viole ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Drag Star Gets Horrible Treatment From Delta Airlines
David ShankboneGet a load of this email thread between Gary Hall (aka drag star Shequida) and Delta Airlines over terrible service that caused Hall to miss his flight and forfeit big sums of money. In return, they offered him 100 smackers. And he smacked them right back down!
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April 1, 2010
Mike Bloomberg and David Paterson's Sketchy Appointment Reveals; Plus: Fun in Albany
David ShankboneA trustee at the Fashion Institute of Technology has been identified as the latest questionable appointment made by one of our very own New York politicians. Last September, Governor Paterson appointed Beverly S. Mack, who, as well as having no connection to the school or the f ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Remembering The Jim McGreevey Experience
Photo by David ShankboneThere were so many deliciously squalid layers to the 2004 Jim McGreevey scandal, from the sexual harassment threats to the TGIF three-ways, and I think it was downright heroic of me to sum them all up for this flagrant, I mean fragrant, reminiscence on newsweek.com.
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November 12, 2009
Oprah and Gayle: Are They?
Gayle King photo by David ShankboneThey deny it, and naturally one doesn't want to fall into that old stereotype about how any two powerful women who hang together must be doing it. But Stedman never seemed that persuasive a force to me, and now Rosie O'Donnell has stirred the pepperpot by s ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Whoopi Goldberg to Appear at Anti-Rape Benefit
Whoopi Goldberg will appear on October 20 at the Women of the Congo Benefit at the W Hotel on Lexington Avenue. The event is billed as "A Night to Benefit Survivors of Sexual Violence in the Congo"; proceeds will benefit The City of Joy, an all-female village in the Congo where local victims ... More >>
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July 1, 2009
Which Of These Two Would You Sleep With?
David ShankboneIt's a whole new game, kids, though it might sound a tiny bit reminiscent of our old "Fuck-Marry-Slap" pastime. This one has you determining which of two people you would get it on with--the two people being celebrities that I name at random. "Neither" is not a choice in this game, mi ... More >>
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May 26, 2009
What If The Sexuality Tables Were Turned?
David ShankboneWhat if the gays were the majority in this country (not only at department stores) and had all the legal rights and as a result could willfully keep down the heteros? Wouldn't it be a fun M. Night Shyamalan-type twist if GAYS pulled all the strings and the straights had to dance aroun ... More >>
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April 17, 2009
As In So Much Else, We Have John Waters To Thank For "Teabagging"
David ShankbonePerhaps you've been aware of the teabagging craze sweeping the nation, in which proud American redneck racists attempt at rallies to respark the flame of liberty across this great land, etc, etc, mostly by calling Obama a socialist. John Galt may also be involved. Now, proud City Pape ... More >>
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February 10, 2009
Mark Green Running for Public Advocate
Mark Green is mainly known for losing elections, but he did serve as Pubic Advocate from 1994 to 2001, and now he wants his old job back. Green, who announced on NY1's "Wiseguys" show, says we need a PA who "understands how to make New York a cutting edge, 21st century city." Bill de Blasio, Eric Gi ... More >>

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Triplets Separated At Birth?

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Tim Daly Thinks Superman Movies Are Less Than Super

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Murray Hill and Linda Simpson In New Shows!

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Dan Garodnick Q&A: The Senate Bill That Would Bail Out Landlords and Gut Court Ruling on Stuy Town Rents

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Rosie O'Donnell Responds To My Chris Brown Blog

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Drag Star Gets Horrible Treatment From Delta Airlines

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Mike Bloomberg and David Paterson's Sketchy Appointment Reveals; Plus: Fun in Albany

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Remembering The Jim McGreevey Experience

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Oprah and Gayle: Are They?

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Whoopi Goldberg to Appear at Anti-Rape Benefit

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Which Of These Two Would You Sleep With?

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What If The Sexuality Tables Were Turned?

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As In So Much Else, We Have John Waters To Thank For "Teabagging"

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Mark Green Running for Public Advocate

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