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Netflix recently reopened New York City‘s iconic Paris Theatre for Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, and now, the company will make sure it stays open for the foreseeable future. As Deadline reports, Netflix has signed an extended lease agreement for the institution. It’s not clear how long it will last, but for now, the one-screen venue will remain […]
The already crowded democratic field has added one more candidate. On Sunday, Michael Bloomberg announced his presidential bid. In a letter on his campaign website, Bloomberg explains that he’s “a doer and a problem solver” that is focused solely on President Trump. “I’m running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America. We cannot afford four more […]
Michael Bloomberg has walked back his support of the controversial stop-and-frisk police strategy. While addressing a mostly black crowd at a Brooklyn church, Bloomberg backed away from the policy that he supported during his time as New York City’s mayor. Although he knows that he “can’t change history,” he told the congregation that his stance […]
Thousands of New Yorkers flooded the city’s subway platforms on Friday, to protest police brutality and the Metropolitan Transit Authority‘s new, stiffer approach to fare evasion. According to Gothamist, the initial demonstration was organized by the activist movement Decolonize This Place. Nearly 1000 protesters started above ground at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and then stormed the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Street station, jumping […]
A teenager that was punched by a New York City police officer during a fight in the subway filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city, the local NBC-affiliate reports. Attorney Sanford Rubenstein, who represents 15-year-old Benjamin Marshall and his parents, says that a $5 million lawsuit was filed at the Family Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Marshall was punched […]
A video showing multiple New York City police officers making an arrest on the subway went viral over the weekend, after it appeared that the NYPD used excessive force to conduct the arrest. In case you’re wondering how an arrest in NYC goes down. The guy has made absolutely no indication that he would […]
New York City makeup artist Christina Milano got more than she paid for in her latest package from Sephora. Milano tells the New York Post that a straw and substance that appeared to be cocaine was included in her box of beauty supplies. The powder was hidden inside of a dollar bill that was folded and tucked into one of […]
Harvey Weinstein attended a comedy show in New York Wednesday night and was rightfully called out by a stand-up comedian who couldn’t understand why he was even there, TMZ reports. Kelly Bachman opened her set by saying she felt a little tense, and that it was her job to name the “elephant in the room,” […]
Three minutes after I walked through the gates at Rolling Loud, Blueface had already convinced half dozen women to take their shirts off. Three hundred feet away, a pair of dancers were hanging upside down from side-stage stripper poles and two mosh pits broke out simultaneously as Gunna prepared for his set. Everyone at Rolling Loud New […]
That’s it for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. Friday, de Blasio announced that he’s dropping the curtain on his 2020 POTUS run that notably came up short in the public enthusiasm department. “This campaign has been a profound experience for me,” de Blasio, who said he had “contributed all I can” to this […]
