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Posted 03/27/09 in Daily Intel

Cultural Capital

Video: Swingin’ Grandmas Recall Seventies Sex Club

Back in olden times, people did it all the time! On the Upper West Side!

Posted 03/26/09 in Daily Intel

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Art Dealer Larry Salander Arrested, Charged With $88 Million Theft

The former proprietor of the Salander-O'Reilly Galleries has been charged with 100 criminal counts.

Posted 02/03/09 in Daily Intel

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What Celebrities Are Playing: Ping-Pong

Susan Sarandon goes to a table-tennis event. But it's at an art gallery, so it's still cool.

Posted 11/18/08 in Daily Intel

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The Giant Sausage Cometh

A Brooklyn gallery will show off its sausage this weekend.

Posted 11/06/08 in Daily Intel

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Spencer Tunick Got a Bunch of People Naked in Brooklyn the Other Night

The photographer, known for his live nude installations, got a bunch of people to strip down on election night.

Posted 10/20/08 in Daily Intel

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Street Artist Has Awesome, Bossy Muse

Artists are driven by many things. Peter Zonis, who sells pastel paintings outside of Barneys, is driven by a hilarious, bossy Australian.

Posted 09/25/08 in Daily Intel

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‘Ugly Betty’: Changing Lives, One Block at a Time

America Ferrera and friends foster goodwill in Jackson Heights.

Posted 08/25/08 in Daily Intel

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Dave Hill Accosts Martha Plimpton in ‘New York’ Elevator

Dave Hill Accosts Martha Plimpton in ‘New York’ Elevator

When 'New York' special correspondent Dave Hill ran into Tony-nominated Martha Plimpton in our Tribeca elevator last week, he couldn’t resist a journalistic urge to question her.

Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel

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Developer Mark Mariani Shows Off His Own Personal Walden

Developer Mark Mariani Shows Off His Own Personal Walden

The New Yorker treats us to a surreal tour of the land of hedge funds.

Posted 08/13/08 in Daily Intel

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Will ‘Maid in Manhattan’ Be Made in Manhattan?

Will ‘Maid in Manhattan’ Be Made in Manhattan?

J.Lo is adapting her 2002 chick flick for the small screen.

Posted 08/12/08 in Daily Intel

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New York Art Kids Skip Internships, Start Their Own Gallery

New York Art Kids Skip Internships, Start Their Own Gallery

Who needs to slave in an office when you've got your parents' cash — sorry, creative genes.

Posted 07/28/08 in Daily Intel

Cultural Capital

The Diminishing Returns of Faux-Lesbianism

The Diminishing Returns of Faux-Lesbianism

If there's one surefire way to gossip-column success, it's becoming a lesbian. Unfortunately, the ladies the summer seem to have taken things a little bit too far, and now there's no cachet left to spare.

Posted 07/22/08 in Daily Intel

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Local College Hopes to Attract ‘Unsophisticated’ Students Through Fun Audition Process

Local College Hopes to Attract ‘Unsophisticated’ Students Through Fun Audition Process

Mercy College rolls out the exciting-sounding "Instant Decision Week." It's like spring break but with college, or something.

Posted 07/21/08 in Daily Intel

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Bronx Individualist Brought Down by Corporate Machine

Bronx Individualist Brought Down by Corporate Machine

All Bronx sandwich-shop owner Anthony Agnello wanted was to combine his two passions: food and sex.

Posted 07/18/08 in Daily Intel

Cultural Capital

You Didn’t Actually Want to Use Your iPhone to Communicate, Did You?

You Didn’t Actually Want to Use Your iPhone to Communicate, Did You?

The new iPhone has captured the hearts and minds of many a New Yorker — but, uh, can you actually get a signal on the thing?

Posted 07/02/08 in Daily Intel

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Gail Sheehy Remembers Clay Felker

Next week's issue of the magazine will feature an oral history of our late founder's career both here and elsewhere; we're giving a preview.

Posted 07/01/08 in Daily Intel

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Tom Wolfe Remembers Clay Felker

Next week's issue of the magazine will contain an oral history of Clay Felker's career both here and elsewhere; we've got a preview.

Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel

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Raffaello Follieri’s Big Lie

Raffaello Follieri’s Big Lie

You have to hand it to Raffaello Follieri: He certainly did have a pair of brass ones.

Posted 06/25/08 in Daily Intel

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New York’s Greatest Divorces: Your Handy Guide

New York’s Greatest Divorces: Your Handy Guide

Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's divorce will be messy, sure — but they've got nothing on Donald, Ron, and Rudy. Let's talk about legends, people.

Posted 06/23/08 in Daily Intel

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Did Don Imus Make Another Racial Gaffe?

Did Don Imus Make Another Racial Gaffe?

Don Imus seems to chalk Adam "Pacman" Jones's criminal record up to his race in an audio clip from this morning's broadcast. Is he in trouble again? Listen and let us know what you think.