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Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker Root for Both Teams
Posted 04/01/08 in Daily Intel: Party Lines
And they told us all about it (and getting rained out of yesterday's Yankees opener) at last night's premiere of the movie 'Smart People.'
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Rain
Posted 08/21/07 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
And then more rain tonight. And then cloudy tomorrow. And then perhaps the worst part: Rainy and hot on Friday. Feh.
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Washout
Posted 08/10/07 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
As of mid-afternoon, today's storm had dropped 1.27 inches of rain in Central Park. And the forecast says it's supposed to keep raining all night tonight. But there's some good news: It looks like it's going to be freaking gorgeous this weekend, whether you're in town or on the East End or down the shore or upstate. Also, at least you don't have this guy's job.
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Today's Ideal Thematic News Photo
Posted 08/10/07 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
See, 'cause it's raining and the stock market's doing nutty things. Get it? Nice work, AFP.
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Miraculously, New York Withstands Rain Storm
Posted 08/10/07 in Daily Intel: Intel
It's raining out ("lightly," according to Weather.com; heavily, according to a look out our window), one to two inches of rainfall is expected, with "locally heavier rainfall possible," and there's a flash-food watch in effect for the city. And yes, at least according to the MTA's Website, nearly all the subway trains are running — the only exception being some delays and diversions on the 2, 3, and 5 lines in Harlem, owing to a police investigation, not because of the weather. So, hey, congratulations, MTA, for doing what you're supposed to do. Well done. Service Alert [MTA] 10022 [Weather.com]
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Sheriff Andy?
Posted 08/10/07 in Daily Intel: The Morning Line
• Andrew Cuomo, getting a feel for this whole crusading-A.G. thing, is asking the legislature to grant his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers. Our new awesome conspiracy theory: He gets the state GOP to empower him by promising them Spitzer's head — and then subpoenas Bruno! [NYS]
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The Deluge
Posted 08/09/07 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
Polaris sent over some more storm-damage pics late yesterday afternoon, including this one of a dude climbing for dear life away from his abandoned, submerged car in Maspeth. Wow. Earlier: Further Adventures in Decrepit Infrastructure: MTA-in-the-Rain Edition A Brooklyn Cyclone?
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Brooklyn Cyclone, Confirmed
Posted 08/09/07 in Daily Intel: The Morning Line
• Bay Ridge is cleaning up after, well, a tornado. There's even a Red Cross shelter set up, with about 30 families in it; more than twenty homes are deemed uninhabitable. [amNY]
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And Spitzer Wonders, Still He Wonders, Who'll Drain the Rain
Posted 08/08/07 in Daily Intel: Intel
It was a rough day for the MTA. And at a press conference this afternoon Eliot Spitzer revealed just how bad. The subway system is designed to drain up to an inch and a half of rainfall, he said; this storm inundated it with three inches in a frenzied hour. That made for what Spitzer said "is supposed to be a highly unusual event" — except for one thing: It's the third time this year that's happened. The puddling problem wasn't this morning's only calamity — MTA executive director Lee Sander later cited a downed tree near Stillwell Avenue and smoke in tunnels — but it was the most severe. At the governor's insistence, the MTA will take 30 days, or thereabouts, to research how it might bolster the drains. When it's announced, expect a round of wrangling among MTA leaders, state legislators, unions, and the rest. And perhaps buy yourself a kayak. —Alec Appelbaum
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A Brooklyn Cyclone?
Posted 08/08/07 in Daily Intel: In Other News
To recap: Every subway line was at some point today affected by the rain, and at midday the majority of lines were still in bad shape, according to Sewell Chan at the Times' City Room blog. Buses were packed, commuters were pissed, and, in a delightful little detail, the MTA's press office was hugely understaffed because all but one of its employees were stuck trying to get to work. There were major delays at all three airports. Four thousand Con Ed customers lost power. A woman was killed in what the Times is calling a "storm-related car accident" on Staten Island. And, perhaps most fascinating, there may have been a tornado in Bay Ridge. No fun. (But amazing photos.) Flooding Cripples Subway System [City Room/NYT]
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Further Adventures in Decrepit Infrastructure: MTA-in-the-Rain Edition
Posted 08/08/07 in Daily Intel: Intel
As you may have noticed, it is raining today. Rather heavily, even. And so, naturally, as Daily Intel's Bushwick-residing photo editor sends a text message to report, the B, D, F, V, 4, 5, and 6 trains aren't running. The MTA Website also reports major problems on the 1, 2, 3, A, C, E, L, N, R, J, Q trains and on the 42nd Street Shuttle. (We think that leaves the 7 and the G as the only trains operating properly.) Don't you just love our aging infrastructure? Service Alert [MTA]
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Countdown to iPhone: Someone Left the Line Out in the Rain
Posted 06/28/07 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
You know what's tons of fun? Sleeping out for three days to get an overpriced cell phone! You know what's even more fun? Sleeping out in the pouring rain for an overpriced cell phone! Patrick and Ryan Brave the First Storm [Flickr via Gridskipper] Earlier: Daily Intel's team coverage of the iPhone.
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Gore ’08!
Posted 06/21/07 in Daily Intel: Gossipmonger
Michael Moore may support Al Gore for president. A theater in the HBO building was named for former network chief Michael Fuchs, and Fuchs gave a weird, bad, awkward speech at the ceremony. Jerry Seinfeld is very excited about his upcoming Bee Movie. 50 Cent is very excited about playing a drug dealer opposite Robert De Niro and Al Pacino in his upcoming movie. A lot of racehorse owners are not pleased with Eliot Spitzer's plan for Aqueduct to be government-run. David Burke took home $10,000 after beating Bobby Flay and Sam Talbot in a poker tournament in Aspen. Jimmy Fallon wants to lose weight. "Utter pandemonium" broke out, says a "Page Six" source, after Debra Messing, Mike Nichols, and other guests were rained upon during the Public Theater's premiere of Romeo and Juliet in Central Park. (Actually, we thought it was pretty fun.) Ian Claus dedicated his first book to Chelsea Clinton.
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Shakespeare in the Park: Wet and Wild
Posted 06/20/07 in Daily Intel: Party Lines
The first bad sign at last night's opening performance of Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare in the Park came when the lighting operators suddenly descended from their rigs in the middle of Juliet's sleeping-potion soliloquy. Lauren Ambrose as Juliet collapsed on her bed, and then, le deluge. Cut to a thousand-odd slow-moving theater folk, stuck in the open-air Delacorte, trying to flee a downpour in their gala finery. Shakespeare's wasn't the only tragedy on display. Outside, huddled six-deep under the theater's awning and waiting to find out if we'd head back for the big finish, Allison Janney told us that when she’d done Taming of the Shrew in the park, the cast had prayed for rain because it was so hot. (Be careful what you pray for, as they say.) Then Oskar Eustis, the Public's creative director, made a decree: “God decided that tonight Romeo and Juliet will live!” There would be no death-scene finale. But the party was still on.
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Wish It Were Sunday
Posted 06/04/07 in Daily Intel: Photo Op
We're even more depressed than we usually are on Monday mornings. New York, NY [Weather.com]
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