New York’s Steiner Studios, among the biggest soundstages outside California,could expand significantly in the coming years, according to a report today by Julie Satow in the New York Times. The studio’s expansion plans could transform its home, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, into one of the major centers of movie production in the country. The expansion would [...]
While you were pouring one out for 2011 and taking many in for 2012 with friends and family on Saturday night, New York City’s Times Square and Hollywood were packed with star-studded performances. From Justin Bieber’s surprising “Let It Be” duet with Carlos Santana to Cee Lo’s controversial “Imagine” performance to will.i.am (and his head on many iPads) [...]
UPDATE: Barkin clarified on Twitter that she was not shoved to the ground, just jostled by police officers as she tried to help a protestor being arrested. She also wrote, “I have never been afraid of a NY policeman until last nite.What I saw was random & senseless arrests and unnecessarily threatening behavior.” ______ PREVIOUSLY: Ellen Barkin [...]
Demonstrators today rallied across the world accusing bankers and politicians of wrecking economies as the global ‘day of rage’ erupted into violence in Rome. Protesters in the Italian capital smashed shop windows and torched cars as violence broke out during a demonstration. Black smoke billowed into the air in downtown Rome as a small group [...]
NEW YORK — The announcement came in the middle of a General Assembly meeting early Friday morning at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, where thousands had gathered in anticipation of an attempt by the police to clear the site. “We have breaking news,” said the speaker. “We can stay.” High-fives, cheers. For [...]
A new volcano could pose a threat larger than last year’s air-traffic paralysing eruption in Iceland, according to experts. Seismologists are nervously watching rumblings beneath a much more powerful Icelandic volcano call Katla, which could spew an ash cloud that will make the 2010 eruption look tame by comparison. Brooding over rugged moss-covered hills on [...]
There is more to life in Las Vegas than the sensory assault of the casinos. Far more. Behind the doors of most of the best hotels are sanctuaries of calm; world-class spas to soothe your spirits and counter the effects of the all-you-can-eat buffet. Here are our favourite spots to revitalise – followed, of course, [...]
Some have come to listen and others simply to watch, but it is clear that many travelers now see the OccupyWallStreet protest as a New York Destination, at least while it lasts. Eager tourists lugging their Metropolitan Museum of Art shopping bags through Zuccotti Park duck under Che Guevara flags and dodge young protesters shouting anti-bailout [...]
NEW YORK — The members of Occupy Wall Street are not allowed to use megaphones, so they’ve adopted a low-tech workaround. At their twice-daily general meetings in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan’s financial district, whoever has an announcement to make speaks slowly and clearly, with a pause every few seconds, so that everyone within earshot of [...]
This week is National Sex Ed Week, and for the first time in 20 years, we’re celebrating it knowing New York City will now require sex education to be taught in schools. This news is exciting. For too long, too many of our teens have gone without comprehensive, age-appropriate, medically accurate sexuality education. Our health statistics [...]
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