Film
May 15, 2013Blogs
April 8, 2013Here are the 10 best shows around the city this week, in no particular order.
Voice Choices
March 27, 2013Voice Choices
January 16, 2013Brit Jessie Ware invades the Bowery
Voice Choices
January 9, 2013Voice Choices
October 24, 2012Major Lazer Runs the World
Voice Choices
September 12, 2012Dining
August 29, 2012They're slinging Singapore food in the East Village
Blogs
August 6, 2012She's at it again!
Sir Elton John doesn't care for the antics of Madonna, his fellow British pop star, lol, and he's not afraid to flap off his mouth about it.
"Her career's over," Elton stated in an incendiary interview.
"Her tour's been a disaster. And it couldn't happen to a bigger cunt.
Film
May 30, 2012Dining
March 28, 2012Queens now tastes a little like Kansas City
Film
March 28, 2012Blogs
January 25, 2012"I know a place where we can go," as Brit pop goddess Petula Clark sang in one of her 15 consecutive Top 40 U.S. hits that came out in the 1960s.
It's Feinstein's at Loews Regency, where "Pet" is serving you her hits in grand style (without any of the self-conscious I'm-doing-you-a-favor attitude o ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012At Potbelly you'll be serenaded, as Andy Warhol looks on.
When Potbelly and the Earl of Sandwich debuted a few months ago, they were treated as co-equal combatants in the new sandwich-chain sweepstakes. The first came via an ancient Chicago sandwich shop; the second as a claimant to the actual ped ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011January 8 marks the Season 2 premiere of Downton Abbey, the Masterpiece series on PBS, which has earned kudos for its wondrous mix of period dramatics and comedy-of-manners satire.
Trust me, it's even better than the Kardashians.
Voice Choices
November 30, 2011Blogs
November 29, 2011Greenwich Avenue has gotten a crop of new eateries recently. Whitehall, the new Brit-influenced spot from the team behind Highlands, is getting lots of buzz, but if it's cheap eats you're after, you're better off checking out new Middle Eastern spot Za'atar (50 Greenwich Avenue, 212-242-3451). The s ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
This debate's been raging on for some time now, but I have to finally break my rule of not giving a flying hoo-ha about action heroes and weigh in on it.
You see, Henry Cavill plays the title role in the eagerly awaited Superman: Man of Steel, coming out next year.
Blogs
October 17, 2011Whenever these tunes get played, I hide under a rock for four minutes--actually, five, just for safety's sake.
They are easily the seven worst songs in history.
(7) Mr. Roboto by Styx.
I would have ranked this a little higher, but its sheer kitschy audacity, pulled off in a sort of nouvea ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011Monica P. asks: Brunch is by far my favorite meal, but I always seem to end up at restaurants that have the same brunch menu, like eggs Benedict, eggs Florentine, buttermilk pancakes, and mimosas. I'm looking for an awesome brunch spot that offers something different. Any ideas?
Dear Monica: When ... More >>
Blogs
September 9, 2011Rebecca Marx
C'est la fin de la semaine. Et alors, les histoires de la semaine ...
A goodly gallery of a garden herbs.
Our 10 Best Hotel Restaurants.
Sunset Park's Schnitzel Bar is one of the city's most obscure restaurants.
Voice Choices
August 24, 2011Film
July 27, 2011Blogs
July 17, 2011J.W.F.'s roast chicken in all its propeller glory
You're liable to run into trouble claiming your food is old fashioned, since no one can agree just what old fashioned means. Indeed, there is something distinctly not old fashioned about the fussy arrangement of elements on the plate in the " ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2011"The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair."
—The always-quotable Morrissey has some things to say about the current state of pop music in an extended interview with Billboard; he calls Madonna "McDonna" and wishes she'd be more ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2011This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples Brit bites -- not English tapas! -- at Jones Wood Foundry; Lauren Shockey finds Monument Lane a bit of a bore.
Sam Sifton is enchanted by Brushstroke: "The menus are the product of thousands of hours of research and testing by Mr. Bouley and hi ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011Sam Zide Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in our recent feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten hot famous bigger women with the disclaimer that he "tried to mix girls I personally think are pretty with girls you don't ha ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 4, 2011Voice Choices
May 4, 2011Blogs
April 29, 2011As his country was trying to get some shut-eye last night before its big gay wedding in the morning, Jon Beeby had left London and was arriving in New York City for a very different kind of commitment.
The tall, strapping young man, all six-foot-four of him, plans to start walking Sunday fro ... More >>
Music
March 30, 2011Famous for being a famous singer, she shows up—and that's about it
Theater
March 23, 2011A March march through London theater (sorry, ‘theatre’)
Voice Choices
March 16, 2011Voice Choices
March 9, 2011Blogs
March 7, 2011 The ice cream confections featured on the Lulu Guinness clutch include (left to right): Chocolate Nut Sundae, Knickerbocker Glace, Fruit Sorbet Surprise
Brit accessories designer Lulu Guinness is featuring ice-cream-themed purses in the window of her Bleecker Street store as part of her "Li ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011Finally, a Billboard #1 we can back wholeheartedly: Congrats to Adele, the Brit soul-singer non-diva of whom we are quite fond, for selling a whopping 352,000 copies of her excellent new 21, the best-selling chart-topper since ye olde My Dark Beautiful Twisted Fantasy back in November. This o ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011Bazooka-voiced Brit soul singer Adele's second album, 21, is out later this month (NPR is streaming the whole thing right now), and to celebrate, she's doing a free NYC show Friday night at the P.C. Richard & Son Theater, invite-only, courtesy your friends at iheartradio.com. That link puts y ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2011Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week.
La Taqueria in Park Slope has closed completely after downsizing from sit-down restaurant to takeout joint in October.
[Eater]
East Village vegan café the Little Bird appears to be closed and ... More >>
Columns
January 12, 2011You figure out the names.
Voice Choices
December 8, 2010New talent flock to a bigger, better BEMF
Voice Choices
November 24, 2010Voice Choices
November 10, 2010Britney does it again, and again
Voice Choices
July 6, 2010Music
March 9, 2010Tips on how to expand its reach—or blow it up entirely
Film
February 16, 2010Hail to The Victors, and revolting youth, and confused assassins
Film
August 4, 2009Presenting a '70s hit list where the results aren't pretty
Dining
September 6, 2005Jersey City harbors one of the area's best-value seafood spots
Dining
December 10, 2002Dining
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