‘Angry’ Martin Scorsese wanted to use a gun and steal ‘Taxi Driver’ rough cut from Columbia Pictures

‘Angry’ Martin Scorsese wanted to use a gun and steal ‘Taxi Driver’ rough cut from Columbia Pictures

You talkin’ to him?  Martin Scorsese, 82, said he nearly threatened the movie studio over a disagreement about his 1976 classic “Taxi Driver.” In a first-look clip from the October Apple TV+ documentary “Mr. Scorsese,” the legendary director opened up to Steven Spielberg about how Columbia Pictures was allegedly anxious about the movie’s disturbing content, … Read more

Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Cancer researchers examining the use of artificial intelligence to detect early signs of breast cancer. Pediatricians tracking the long-term health of children born to mothers infected with the coronavirus during pregnancy. Scientists searching for links between diabetes and dementia. All these projects at Columbia University were paid for with federal research grants that were abruptly … Read more

Prince Harry urged by Prince William’s friend to apologize for cocaine use during Columbia trip

Prince Harry urged by Prince William’s friend to apologize for cocaine use during Columbia trip

It’s time for the prince to say sorry. A friend of Prince William’s thinks Prince Harry needs to apologize for his past cocaine use in his youth during his and wife Meghan Markle’s upcoming trip to Columbia, where drug-related crime is ensuing across the country. “Harry admitted to doing coke in his book,” the unnamed … Read more

Majority of trees in NYC could be making air quality worse: Columbia researchers

Majority of trees in NYC could be making air quality worse: Columbia researchers

We’re barking up the wrong trees. A new study reveals that a majority of the 7 million trees in New York City are emitting “volatile compounds” that do more harm than good for our air quality — especially during scorching heat. “We’re all for planting more trees. They bring so many good things,” said study … Read more

I was a teenage supermodel — now I’m valedictorian of my class at Columbia

I was a teenage supermodel — now I’m valedictorian of my class at Columbia

She’s a model student.  European catwalker Zuzanna Bijoch, 28, has strutted in fashion shows for Chanel, Gucci and Prada. Now, the Katowice, Poland, native has been named valedictorian of Columbia University’s School of General Studies’ Class of 2023 — and she’s about to make Wall Street her runway.  The 5-foot-10-inch stunner sank her modeling money into … Read more