What happened in Bushwick didn’t stay in Bushwick. It took fabled Roberta’s 15 years, but the pizza paradise’s wood-fired ovens landed with a blast in the Penn Station/Madison Square Garden zone last month — a culinary and cultural upheaval that might change perceptions of the area’s fast-food commuter hell. Amazingly, the pizza, pasta and other Italian dishes that … Read more
New Yorkers may not recognize Xavier “X” Jernigan walking past him on the street in Brooklyn — but they might do a double take if they heard him talking. That’s because the 47-year-old is the deep voice and energetic personality behind Spotify’s AI-powered DJ — a feature rolled out to the streamer’s 239 million premium subscribers, where … Read more
Jessica Blaylock might have to start wearing a rain jacket to cover Marlins games for the foreseeable future. One day after the Bally Sports reporter was drenched with water from the team’s water cooler following a walk-off win, Blaylock found herself in a similar situation once again — though she seemingly avoided the brunt of … Read more
Eight people along the Florida coast are lucky to be alive after their 28-foot boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering a crew from the Coast Guard to perform an aerial rescue operation. The Coast Guard said the incident happened Saturday about 40 miles west of Southwest Florida. Rescuers originally received a distress call about the … Read more
Anita Pallenberg didn’t look like the average Rolling Stones groupie. Lanky and blonde, in a short fur jacket, miniskirt, and Roman gladiator sandals, she exuded a kind of raw sexuality that made the other girls in their orbit look like shrinking violets. The German-Italian actress had modeled in Italy, hung out with Andy Warhol’s crew … Read more
Call them Smokey, the bandit. A sneaky bear proved it was no ordinary thief after ingeniously using a cooler as a step stool so it could snatch food from a parked car. Footage of Baloo’s ingenious car-jacking hack is currently blowing up on Facebook as viewers marvel at its pilfering prowess. “In case you were … Read more
It was a refriger-gator. As if having ants invade your picnic wasn’t bad enough, footage captured the alarming moment a thieving crocodile crashed a South African safari group’s alfresco meal and made off with their drink cooler. “We were trying to have a picnic here when this guy just comes straight out of the water,” … Read more
Consider the beaver: Leila Philip fell under the thrall of the 3-foot-tall, bucktoothed rodent after observing them in her backyard pond in Woodstock, Connecticut. A six-year quest followed, interviewing trappers, furriers, and beaver researchers, all of whom are just as taken by the creatures. The result is “Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America,” (Twelve) out … Read more