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President Joe Biden confronts his critics, both foreign and domestic in SOTU speech.

Smokin’ Joe Puts Trump, Putin, GOP on Blast in Rousing SOTU Speech Affirming U.S. Values

Keith GirardMarch 8, 2024

President Joe Biden invoked Franklin Roosevelt in the opening moments of his State of the Union speech, but he was more like Teddy Roosevelt charging up San Juan Hill....

ADMINISTRATIONPOLITICSPOLITICS

he arrival of the new Populares Mexican Restaurant & Bar on Avenue B on the Lower East Side should spice up the competition.

Populares Mexican Restaurant Spices Up East Village With Twist on Traditional Mexican Fare

Keith GirardMarch 7, 2024

Populares Mexican Restaurant & Bar on Avenue B on the Lower East Side should spice up the competition. ...

DiningLatinManhattan

Bill Skarsgård as The Crow in Lionsgate's 1014 reboot

First Pics! Bill Skarsgård’s 2024 ‘Crow’ Reboot With FKA Twigs Is Paean to Post-Punk Goth

Keith GirardFebruary 28, 2024

First Photos! Bill Skarsgård gets a definite post-punk 21st century Goth look in The Crow reboot!...

Film

Donald Trump is being sued by Maryland and the District of Columbia for 'unprecedented' corruption involving his company. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s String of Bankruptcies Reveals a Business Career of Recklessness and Ruin

Keith GirardFebruary 22, 2024

Donald Trump's reputation as a business executive is largely attributed to a book and a television show. Both are fiction. ...

BUSINESSCELEBRITIESPOLITICSPOLITICS

Kjersti Long is making a mark as a singer songwriter.

Kjersti Long, 17, Explores Her Jersey Roots (By Way of Utah!) With Power Pop Style (Video!)

WinchesterFebruary 20, 2024

Female artists have been resurgent in pop music, and Kjersti Long is among a new crop of singer-songwriters ...

ENTERTAINMENTMusicPOP

Encores! Once Upon a Mattress Music by Mary Rodgers Lyrics by Marshall Barer Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller & Marshall Barer Concert Adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino Scenic Designer David Zinn Costume Designer Andrea Hood Lighting Designer Amith Chandrashaker Sound Designer Kai Harada Production Stage Manager Cody Renard Richard Casting by The Telsey Office Featuring The Encores! Orchestra Choreographer Lorin Latarro Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell Directed by Lear deBessonet

Michael Urie on How He Juggles ‘Spamalot’ and ‘Mattress’ on Broadway and Hit TV Show in LA

Iris WienerFebruary 1, 2024

Michael Urie talks about his show-stopping performances in Broadway’s Spamalot and Encores! production of Once Upon a Mattress. ...

BROADWAYTheater

Paul Rudd, Celebrities Fete Stuttering Association’s Landmark Tenth Fundraiser

Iris WienerFebruary 1, 2024

SAY marked its 10th Annual Paul Rudd Celebrity Bowling Benefit in January. See the celebs who attended. ...

CalendarEvents

Actor Jim Carrey caricatured NRA head Wayne LaPierre as a right-wing firebrand in a portrait. (Photo: Jim Carrey/Twitter)

UPDATE: Wayne LaPierre Shock Resignation; Quits NRA as Corruption Trial Set to Start

Keith GirardJanuary 2, 2024

Wayne LaPierre allegedly treated the NRA as his personal fiefdom. Now his trial on corruption charges begins this week....

POLITICSPOLITICS

A pair of 16th-century gilt bronze Bhairava masks, valued at $900,000, returned by the Met. (Photo: Consulate General of Nepal in New York)

Met Returns Stolen Artifacts Amid Rising Global Thefts That Often End Up in Major Museums

Keith GirardDecember 15, 2023

Trafficking in stolen art is a growing international problem....

ArtMUSEUMS

Abortion Bans Offer Look Into Legal Black Hole of a Dystopian ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Nation

Keith GirardDecember 14, 2023

Margaret Atwood's dark, dystopian, novel, "The Handmaid's Tale" is being overtaken by reality....

CULTURE

A vew of the installation at the Solomon Guggenheim museum.

Guggenheim Dropping Curtain on Must See Young Korean Experimental Art Exhibit (Video)

Keith GirardDecember 14, 2023

Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s will be closing in January at the Guggenheim musseum. ...

ArtAsianENTERTAINMENTMUSEUMS

Sen JD Vance (R-Ohio) has been branded a Putin Puppet for opposing U.S. aid to Ukraine.

GOP Lawmakers Who Block Ukraine Aid Are ‘Disgraceful’ and ‘Grotesque’ Putin Puppets

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2023

"I think it’s disgraceful. I think it’s grotesque,” says Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance.. He's right, but not in the way he thinks....

COMMENTARYCONGRESSPOLITICS

Julia Roberts leaves the world behind to her misfortune in a Netflix drama.

Julia Roberts, Not Much Else, Makes Netflix’s, Leave the World Behind, Worth Watching (Video!)

Keith GirardDecember 11, 2023

Julia Roberts is the driving force in her new movie "Leave the World Behind;" the question is where is she going? ...

DRAMAFilmREVIEW

Guns collected off the street in New York City. (NYPD Photo)

Gun Battle Taking Shape Over New Fed Rule to Curb Illegal Firearms Trafficking

Keith GirardDecember 8, 2023

The sale of unlicensed firearms online and at gun shows is the latest front in a legal battle to curb violent crime....

CRIMECULTURELAWPOLITICSPOLITICS

This stunnning French Quarter mansion once owned by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is up for auction. (Photo: Interluxe Auctions)

Brangelina Stunning New Orleans Mansion Back on Market for a Cool $1 Million (Photos!)

Keith GirardDecember 4, 2023

Brad Pitt and Angelina real estate portfolio is slowly being sold off piecemeal. ...

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