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A Peek Inside the New JetBlue Terminal at JFK: An Antidote to Air Rage?
We were let into the revamped Terminal 5, which incorporates parts of Eero Saarenin’s landmark design with modern touches, like Ron Jon Surf Shop!
Posted 08/19/08 in Daily Intel : Intel
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John Varvatos Replaces Indies With Undies
Unbelievable trauma visited upon the children of the Slope, outer Queens folks take a protest of a "whore motel" out to Great Neck, and John Varvatos's carrionlike radar takes him to the meatpacking district. And other stuff in our daily hood scoper.
Posted 06/26/08 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch
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Pro-Pussy Activists Attack Port Authority
Animal activists defend the feral kitties of JFK against collective euthanasia, a stolen bike is rescued by East Village heroes, and a man in Coney Island suffers a craptastic fall — all in your daily dish from the five boroughs.
Posted 05/28/08 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch
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JPMorgan Will Take On Half of Bear Stearns Staff
Or you could say JPMorgan will FIRE half of Bear Stearns staff. It's all how you look at it, really. Plus! The GM building may have a new owner, 'People' people get a hairy new deadline, and a lawyer's advice for tax dodgers in our daily roundup of industry news.
Posted 05/21/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Ramona the Pest
Is Real Housewife Ramona Singer the "most hated woman in New York"? Which famous-for-being-rich couple had to borrow cash to pay for their wedding license? And what other screen star may have had an affair with JFK? All this and more in today's roundup of the best of the gossip pages.
Posted 04/18/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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The ‘Times’ Gets All Pouty About Mitt Romney

Yesterday's speech by Mitt Romney on religion was big news. Forced, like JFK was decades ago, to explain his religion to voters in order to dispel any alienation they might feel, the Mormon candidate made a heartfelt speech mimicking the one made by his Catholic predecessor in 1960. In Texas, he delivered "Faith in America," a sermon he says he wrote himself. Naturally, when we opened today's papers, we were interested to see New York's take on a speech that was so plainly not directed at voters here. The reviews were nearly unanimously positive. "Romney created the most presidential 20 minutes of his campaign," reported Tom DeFrank in the Daily News. "He demonstrated the courage of controversial convictions by refusing to equivocate about his beliefs. Simultaneously, he struck a Kennedy-esque chord."Posted 12/07/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Breaches of Etiquette
• In another proof that post-9/11 airport security is a lot like pre-9/11 airport security, except with more badges, a passenger van was discovered driving on a JFK runway. The guards apparently simply waved it past the gates. [WNBC]
• We've gone a full three weeks without being properly outraged by something someone said on the radio. How about a homeless man goaded by "Opie and Anthony" into saying he'd like to rape Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush, and Queen Elizabeth? Will that do? [NYDN]
• The Times serves up another "something cool's about to happen to NYC transit, unless it won't" item. The tortured peg: Tomorrow, parts of a giant drill will arrive in Newark, which, once assembled, will be used (next year) to dig a tunnel that will connect LIRR to Grand Central. Yay drill! [NYT]
• Finally, an animal-torture scandal with Anna Wintour at the center! Apparently, the live peacocks used as decorations at the Met's Costume Institute gala were "fearing for their lives." As were half the guests. [NYP]
• And, since the very idea of protest is hilarious, hope you enjoyed not one but two "Free Paris Hilton" rallies in Manhattan yesterday. There were eight actual mock-picketers, but "the media turnout was out of control" and "the online support has been tremendous." We're sure. [amNY] Posted 05/11/07 in Daily Intel : The Morning Line
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Back and to the Left
A new book by Salon.com founder David Talbot claims that the JFK assassination was the joint work of the CIA and the Mafia. Philadelphia TV reporter Alycia Lane mistakenly sent risqué e-mails intended for NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen to his wife. Pete Wentz wants his new East Village bar, Angels and Kings, to be a place where people can have sex in the bathroom. A lot of bankers can no longer expense meals at Hawaiian Tropic Zone. Alec Baldwin skipped the premiere of his new movie to go to Canyon Ranch in the Berkshires. Good move: The screening — of a movie in which he plays an estranged father after a messy divorce — would have been awkward. Penélope Cruz bought the wait staff at the Waverly Inn a round of shots. Rosie O'Donnell dropped a subtle hint that she may be headed to CBS. Boy George was arrested in London for keeping some guy chained to his wall. Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields gambled together in Vegas.
Posted 05/01/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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JFK, LBJ, TRL
The CIA official who organized the Watergate break-in claims that Lyndon B. Johnson might have been behind the Kennedy assassination. MTV's TRL may be on the way out. Mark Wahlberg doesn't like being famous. Gwen Stefani is a character in an upcoming novel. Madonna and ex-husband Carlos Leon are still friends. Paris Hilton pal Kim Kardashian may be making some money off her sex tape. Alec Baldwin's directorial debut is, after much financial wheeling and dealing, finally getting released. Howard Stern lackey Artie Lange might be leaving the program for Fox. Andy Warhol's former house in Montauk sold for half its asking price. Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar hung out at Cipriani Downtown.
Posted 01/15/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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