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  • Film

    May 8, 2013
  • Blogs

    April 1, 2013

    The Top Eight Celebrity Tax Evaders

    After clutching at the spotlight, a lot of stars learn how to evade things--like parapazzi, fans, and especially the IRS. Here's a very timely summation I was just sent which details the top celebrity tax evaders of all time. It's free, so don't even think of writing it off! Top Celebrity Tax Evad ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 6, 2013

    WOMAN ON FIRE

    Take notes at Sheryl Sandberg's talk

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2013

    Our Mayor's Wealth Climax: Bloomberg Is Now 13th On Forbes's Billionaires List

    Last month's news that Mr. Bloomberg, after donating millions to his alma mater, John Hopkins, has become the largest living donor to higher education in America's history should have been a clear enough sign. Yesterday, Forbes released that annual archive of people that will forever have more mone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2013

    The 17 Best Bits from Your New Favorite Sexy Hobo Vintage Paperback

    Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. Hobo Girl Author: A.L. Roger Date: 1962 Publisher: Chariot Discovered at: Kayo Books, San Francisco The Cover Promises: "A lusty story of a sex-mad girl who gav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2013

    Giuliani Loyalist Ken Kurson Takes the Helm of the New York Observer

    We noted last week that the likely mayoral candidacy of former Rat Czar and MTA chief Joe Lhota signaled a push by Rudy Giuliani supporters to turn back the clock to a Giuliani-time New York City. But it turns out Lhota isn't the only Giuliani protege ascending in the public eye right now. Staffers ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2012

    The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 12/28/12

    We're gettin' an early jump on the weekend because you've probably already checked out anyway. So here are the 10 best concerts around the city this weekend, in no particular order. The Ten Best Reissues of 2012 The Ten Best Noise Tracks of 2012 The Ten Best Metal Albums of 2012 The Ten Best Countr ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 26, 2012

    A Different Drummer

    Dance to the beats of Machinedrum and Sepalcure

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2012

    The 12 Months of Crazy: Rightbloggers' Greatest Hits of 2012

    It's been a hell of a year for conservatives, so naturally it's been a flaming, bloody hell of a year for our subjects the rightbloggers. If this is the sort of thing that gladdens your heart, then sit by the fire and let us brighten your holiday season by reviewing, month by month, the rightblogg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2012

    Are the Recent Gagosian Gallery Defections And Steve Cohen's Legal Troubles Related?

    Last weekend brought fresh news for art world titan Larry Gagosian, all of it terrible. Not only have rumors of a planned May Jeff Koons' exhibition at rival David Zwirner gallery turned out to be true, but two of Gagosian's major artists have decamped from the famous powerhouse gallery at a time wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2012

    The Village Voice's Tejal Rao Named One of Forbes' Food & Drink 30 Under 30

    Take heed, world! We're thrilled to report that our own Tejal Rao has been named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30, the magazine's annual list that picks 30 rising faces in 15 "entrepreneurial, creative, and intellectual" categories. Rao is noted in the Food & Drink section, and is the only restaurant crit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2012

    Rightbloggers Say Romney Won 2nd Debate, And If He Didn't No Fair Because Liberal Media Bias

    Don't look now, but the Presidential race seems to be neck-in-neck with just 16 days to go. Nervous? Think how they feel. Both Romney's and Obama's campaigns undoubtedly spent last week gearing up for the final push with phone banks, GOTV, last-minute ad blitzes, election fraud monitor training, etc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2012

    Forbes: Mike Bloomberg Still Has Way More Money Than You Do

    Forbes released its 30th annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans yesterday, and there's a 99.9 percent chance that you didn't make the list.Mayor Mike Bloomberg did, though, finishing 10th on the list with a net worth of about $25 billion.But Bloomberg isn't the only person in New York with way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2012

    Mayor Bloomberg, Fracker-in-Chief?

    In the late 1980s, George Mitchell, owner of Mitchell Energy & Development Corporation with a degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M, wanted a method that could find and extract formerly unseen deposits of natural gas. With a combination of horizontal drilling and something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2012

    Does Not Being On Facebook Mean You're A Psycho?

    I used to think you'd have to be psychotic to waste your time on Facebook, but now I'm so hooked on it, it almost feels like you'd have to be mentally ill to not be on it. And some media agree. In fact, as this blog points out: A German magazine took pains to note that Dark Knight killer James Ho ... More >>

  • Film

    August 1, 2012
  • Blogs

    July 28, 2012

    Mitt Loves N.Y.: Henry Kravis

    With Mitt Romney as its de facto candidate, the roster of Restore Our Future, Romney's designated Super PAC slush fund, reads like a laundry list of New York City's wealthiest denizens. And, according to the Center for Responsive Politics and contrary to popular belief, Super PAC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Brief History

    A few days ago, we wrote about the U.S. whooping cough outbreak -- which is the worst in 50 years. Pertussis can prove deadly to infants and toddlers, but healthy adults aren't likely to succumb to this illness. (However, it's still a good idea to get a booster shot! Details here.) Whooping coug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2012

    Alexander Jentzsch, Son of Scientology's President, Memorialized At Sea

    Yesterday, Karen de la Carriere memorialized her son, Alexander Jentzsch, who was found dead at a home in Los Angeles on the morning of July 3. He was only 27 years old. Because the Church of Scientology would not give her access to her son's ashes, Karen had rose petals cast on the Pacific Ocean a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2012

    3 Good Things: Anisette, Blueberries, Tumblr

    [See More 3 Good Things: Mackerel, Confetti, Crumbs | Vodka, Bacon, Lunch | The Future of Food] 1 Tumblr interviews the Brooklyn writer and comedian Anita Serwacki, who runs Meat Crimes, a blog about meat-crime news: "I have never personally boosted meat items or ham-clobbered someone in anger. How ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2012

    Mitt Loves N.Y.: Marc Rowan

    With Mitt Romney as its de facto go-to candidate, the roster of Restore Our Future, Romney's designated Super PAC slush fund, reads like a laundry list of New York City's wealthiest denizens. And, according to the Center for Responsive Politics and contrary to popular belief, Sup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2012

    Obama's Affordable Care Act: What Does It Mean for Women?

    Goddamn, have we got some good news for your ladyparts! As the Voice's inimitable Steven Thrasher reported this morning, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, claiming that the ACA is constitutionally kosher as a tax. Almost immediately after, Planned Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2012

    Mitt Loves N.Y.: John Catsimatidis

    With Mitt Romney as its de facto go-to candidate, the roster of Restore Our Future, Romney's designated Super PAC slush fund, reads like a laundry list of New York City's wealthiest denizens. And, according to the Center for Responsive Politics and contrary to popular belief, Sup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2012

    'Why Women Still Can't Have It All:' What's Wrong With Sticking a Baby in a Briefcase?

    Women still can't have it all, at least according to Anne-Marie Slaughter's new Atlantic cover story. The article basically details women's difficulties with career-family balance, but says that better balance ("having it all") can be achieved if broad changes take place. As with any article tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2012

    Bath Salts: Six Myths Dispelled

    If you had thought that bizarre, bath salts-related news would have subsided by now, you certainly would have thought wrong: Bath salts-dealing gangs are apparently a thing in Muncie, Indiana; Cops found a Utica man, reportedly under the influence of bath salts, hiding on the roof of his girlfriend' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2012

    Mitt Loves N.Y.: Bruce Kovner

    Since the Citizens United decision, realpolitik has accepted the harsh reality in which a corporation has the same pedestal in our democratic elections as an ordinary Joe Schmoe. And, as a financial hub in America and abroad, New York has transformed into a politically charged Gotham; its corporate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2012

    Zombie Apocalypse: A Primer on The Undead

    A rash of recent news reports about flesh-eating humans -- the tally has hit at least seven in the last week -- has had a lot of people asking: Are we entering the zombie apocalypse? Two key things people do not seem to have asked (but should!): So what the fuck are zombies, anyway? And: Do zombie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2012

    The Paycheck Fairness Act Fails (Again)

    Well, that's that. The Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have would required that employers explain pay disparities between men and women, so that said staffers would know whether the differences are sex-based or not, failed 52-47 in the Senate, according to Politico. The proposed law -- which wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2012

    The Paycheck Fairness Act: Will It Go Anywhere?

    If you've been keeping up with Congress, pending legislation called the Paycheck Fairness Act might sound familiar. Spearheaded by New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), the act would require that employers explain pay disparities between men and women, so th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2012

    Mayor Bloomberg Has Eleven Homes, We Can Still Barely Pay Rent

    A few months back, Runnin' Scared covered what seems to be the biggest conundrum of the Big Apple: the fact that rents are higher than ever (averaging a solid $3,418 a month) yet no one is leaving the island. Actually, recent years have shown a huge increase in Manhattan newcomers, raising the ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 18, 2012

    ACTION STATION

    Squash players take over Grand Central

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Top 10 Literary Wedding Toasts

    ​"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?" --Groucho Marx You've all heard horrible stories about rambling, disconnected, unrehearsed, and even madly embarrassing toasts given at wedding banquets, sometimes ruining friendships and causing brides and gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    The New York Mets: I'd Buy That for a Dollar!

    ​So what's the story? Can David Einhorn take over the Mets for just $1 in three years or can't he? According to the usually reliable Mike Ozanian at Forbes.com yesterday, "In three years hedge fund manager David Einhorn could gain control of the New York Mets for $1. "Last month, Einhorn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    New Mets Co-owner Destroyed World Economy, Is Brewers Fan

    ​Talk about snatching victory from the jaws of defeat: This week, Mets owner/accused Bernie Madoff unindicted co-conspirator Fred Wilpon 1) was the subject of a New Yorker profile in which he dissed his three best players, then had to apologize via clubhouse speakerphone, 2) was the subject of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    New York Times Traffic Down 24% From Paywall; Erik Wemple to Washington Post

    ​Lately the New York Times has lost a few of its star writers including legendary critic and columnist Frank Rich and foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins, along with a handful of others, and although people change jobs all the time and for a variety of reasons, the timing was enough to make u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Lara Logan Covers New York Post Again; Spy Magazine Now Online For Free

    Day 2​If the (little) reporting and (excessive) analysis surrounding Lara Logan's assault in Egypt have taught us anything, it's that most people are somewhat insensitive or otherwise unprepared and unable to talk about rape without offending, and the Internet can be an awful place. Also, expl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Rangers Win Pennant, but 'A-Rod Doomed Them' Myth Lives On

    ​No sooner did the World Series end than Alex Rodriguez became the answer to the question "Why did it take the Rangers so long to win the pennant?" On Monday, Tyler Kepner of the New York Times speculated about the possibility of the Yankees obtaining Cliff Lee: "Lee could enjoy the Yankees, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Lady Gaga Tops Pelosi and Sotomayor on Power List

    ​Forbes magazine has named Lady Gaga the seventh most powerful women on the planet, topping House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor. This is an outrage! Gaga should have been higher! Maybe even at number one, above their actual choice, Michelle Obama. After all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Media Moves: Jeff Bercovici Going to Forbes

    ​Another breaking media move: we're now hearing reading that Jeff Bercovici -- AOL's star media reporter at Daily Finance -- is going to work with Lewis "Darth" Dvorkin at Forbes (or True/Forbes, as we like to call it around here) after being courted by a number of potential bosses, according ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    A-Rod Falling Fast on Most-Disliked Sports Figure List

    He's number one!​Good news for Alex Rodriguez: he isn't the most disliked figure in sports. At least not according to Forbes.com. In a recent survey conducted by E-Poll Market Research for Forbes, of 1100 people active in professional sports as players, coaches, managers, broadcasters, and age ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Local Hedge-Fund Billionaire Nabbed in Insider Trading Sweep

    ​A billionaire hedge fund manager and a well-known philanthropist in New York City's South Asian community was one of six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in an insider trading case that prosecutors say reaped more than $20 million in illegal profits. Raj Rajaratna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Tom cries 'Uncle'! Daschle's exit an embarrassing end to Obama's embarrassing decision to pick him

    Obama tells a surprisingly blunt Katie Couric, "I messed up." Tom Daschle's quick exit from the health-care Cabinet job is just proof that he was a poor choice for the job. If the guy can't get it together enough to wipe his nose clean after rubbing it against the rear of society schmuckettes li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008
  • News

    May 16, 2006

    Kofi Annan's Confession

    The murderous janjaweed did not sign the peace treaty to end Darfur's genocide

  • Columns

    April 25, 2006
  • News

    January 24, 2006

    Show Me the Money

    Trump continues to claim that he's not a worthless human being

  • News

    August 10, 2004

    Bright Lights, Big Rent Check

    You can work here, but don’t expect a decent place to live

  • News

    December 10, 2002

    Eureka?

    Hydrino Theorist Gets Nod From NASA-Funded Investigation

  • News

    February 15, 2000

    Free Radical

    Superhacker Kevin Mitnick: Menace to Fear or Rogue to Love?

  • Books

    March 23, 1999
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