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May 8, 2013Tour the city’s bridges in a hurry
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February 11, 2013Supermodel Karlie Kloss already hawks her own line of healthy sweets, karlie's kookies, at Christina Tosi's Momofuku Milk Bar. Now the pair have teamed up to shoot Perfect 10, a fun homage to Jane Fonda-style workout videos.
The short clip was filmed for the latest issue of Lucky Peach and it's com ... More >>
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January 30, 2013Voice Choices
January 23, 2013Blogs
January 15, 2013This just came in from reader Jason Wise.
Stretch. That's what 9 out of 10 personal trainers will tell you to do after a good workout. And somewhere warm.
I'm a dancer, which means aside from stretching AFTER a work out, I have been scarred into stretching BEFORE a work out, in fear of getting in ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2012Someone with a wry sense of humor--and an impressive knowledge of body building regimens--has started a twitter account called @PaulRyansBicep.
And reading the tweets is a pretty good workout.
Among the best mini-missives from Ryan's non-bipartisan, non-bisexual bicep:
Blogs
April 26, 2012When I heard that Kanye and Kim Kardashian were dating, I was certain that the world's two biggest press grubbers had concocted this alleged relationship in the bowels of hell to reignite some interest in them camera-hogging careers.
But a friend of mine just ran into them in the gym of his Chelsea ... More >>
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March 21, 2012Go ringside with Japanese female wrestlers
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March 10, 2012For some students the idea of a principal who bumps up your undeserving performance might be great. None of the work, all of the credit. For most (hopefully) that educator would seem to be setting an incredibly poor example. Though, say, giving students credit for courses they didn't even take might ... More >>
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December 8, 2011The increasingly tentacle-extending social-networking site Facebook has released Memology 2011, a quantification of popular topics discussed on the service. Amy Winehouse's death in August was the seventh-most-discussed news topic of 2011, right behind the royal wedding and ahead of the new C ... More >>
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November 9, 2011M83 pulls out all the stops
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October 26, 2011Blogs
October 18, 2011Playboy
The above is Hunter S. Thompson's hangover cure, according to a cache of his letters released by Playboy. It's 12 amyl nitrites and "as many beers as necessary." Amyl nitrites are poppers, FYI. What did you expect Hunter S. Thompson's hangover cure to be? Green tea and a hot yoga ses ... More >>
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September 18, 2011What are you up to this afternoon? If you're anything like us, you'll be watching an illegally downloaded copy of The Smurfs 3D while eating the party sub you've been saving since Bastille Day. If you're feeling a little more active, Lance Armstrong has cordially asked you to run through New ... More >>
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May 23, 2011Have you ever tried to run through New York City in a hurry? In the season finale of Broad City, the internet comedy show's two leading ladies, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, jog through the clutter, encountering all sorts of NYC favorites including a sexist harasser, a nonprofit harasser, hip pare ... More >>
Theater
May 4, 2011The Flea Theater's Bats fly into playwright Laurel Haines's troubled new era
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April 13, 2011Voice Choices
April 13, 2011Blogs
March 6, 2011Somewhere on Staten Island, there is a warehouse. Inside the warehouse, there are all the cigarette butts you could ever want! There's a company called EcoTech Displays that is collecting cig butts from all over the city, putting them in this warehouse, and trying to figure out a way to recyc ... More >>
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February 14, 2011And they were provided by the guy himself!
I'm hearing that promoter/editor Daniel Nardicio has been the recipient of nude shots of one of Logo's A List: New York hunks, the guy sending them over in hopes of getting his ass into Playgirl magazine.
And it looks like it might happen.
My source says ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011At a press junket for the imminent Unknown, Liam Neeson was asked, "How do you keep in shape for action films like this?"
Without pausing, Neeson grinningly replied, "Lots of sex."
Yay! He's certainly earned the right.
Besides, he did play Kinsey.
Voice Choices
February 2, 2011Blogs
December 8, 2010What are the most obnoxious Christmas gifts ever? Gifts that are customized to remind the recipient of yours truly. This is why, despite what the Wall Street Journal is dubbing a trend of sorts ("The Rise of Holiday Me-Tailers"), you should never, ever, ever, give your girlfriend or boyfriend ... More >>
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October 27, 2010Blogs
August 17, 2010The "Bodies" exhibit down at the South Street Seaport Exhibition Centre has been running longer than Jersey Boys, but I still haven't made it down here, for a variety of reasons.
Firstly, I detest the pretentious spelling of "Centre."
Secondly, if I want to see naked body organs, I can just ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010Here's a good one to file under Things You Knew Were Bound To Happen But When They Do The Only Proper Response Is "This Is Actually Happening," as Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino of Jersey Shore fame has finally released his workout video.
Blogs
July 14, 2010What do Rupert Murdoch, a former Page Six gossip columnist, a guy who works at the News Corp commissary, and the founder of College Humor have in common? They were all part of what might be the greatest media prank of all time.
Voice Choices
July 13, 2010Solo 30x30 keeps Fortier on his toes
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February 16, 2010Blogs
January 7, 2010Gypsy, striking a typically vacuous model pose.Aging wannabe model Gypsy Porfirio, who ran down two Staten Island joggers on Tuesday, will likely need even more of the Xanax, Ambien, and Percocet that she took before the crash and were found on her afterwards.
The Daily News reports that she sobbed ... More >>
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October 27, 2009So cool, yeah, you're doing your best to hex the Phillies. You're going to become a bar mitzvah DJ. Bono is your rock & roll role model. You have a workout routine, it involves Fergie. "Big Girls Don't Cry," and all that, you told the Huffington Post: "I really like that song. I would sing it ... More >>
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August 6, 2009Probably inspired by Frank Bruni's soon-to-be-published book about his struggles with eating disorders, The Times runs a piece today about how people who eat for a living manage to stay in shape. It focuses on Padma Lakshmi, who shoots Top Chef for five weeks at a time, and then goes on a "food deto ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2009That coupon Oprah was offering for free chicken at KFC was never a good idea. For one thing, it ain't too enlightened a choice: as PETA Europe says, "KFC is the world's largest killer of chickens... nearly 800 million chickens are killed every year in the cruellest ways imaginable." The guy in this ... More >>
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April 22, 2009Film
January 28, 2009Soderbergh and solitary on the fest's 25th anniversary
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March 26, 2008News
January 23, 2007Marine Corps recruiters need young, healthy New Yorkers to fight George Bush's war
NYC Life
January 3, 2006How kids too cool for exercise keep the winter pounds off
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January 3, 2006Kurdish women's advocates struggle against tradition in the world's oldest city
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March 2, 2004Getting to Spring With a Credit Card and a MetroCard
NYC Life
January 29, 2002NYC Life
November 20, 2001Dance
August 28, 2001News
October 3, 2000Tenant Cases Snagged on Court's Calendar
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January 4, 2000NYC Life
May 18, 1999News
April 20, 1999How will the revolution in women's sports play out for the next generation?
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