Lower Manhattan’s Fulton Street subway station is supposed to be a commuter’s dream: a sprawling transit hub linking the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, J and Z trains in one central location. Instead, for many straphangers, it’s a labyrinth. The station stitches together four once-separate systems — the IND 8th Avenue Line, IRT Lexington … Read more
They’re painting Manhattan red. SantaCon 2025 officially touches down in NYC on December 13, meaning that the streets of Manhattan will soon be invaded by an army of Kris Kingle cosplayers jonesing for a drink. Running from 10 a.m. -8 p.m., this festive event is expected to see thousands of knockoff Saint Nicks and other … Read more
Another round, bartender! A quarter century ago, Siberia, the infamous bar run by Tracy Westmoreland, stood as a quintessential Big Apple dive. Known for its hard drinks, cold beer and environs he once lovingly described as an absolute “s–thole,” it was a favorite for a who’s-who of high and low New York characters, including Anthony … Read more
Peter Smokler was a camera operator on the famed rock documentary “Gimme Shelter,” about a 1969 Rolling Stones concert where a man was stabbed to death. Despite his experience in the genre, Smokler was baffled when director Rob Reiner recruited him to shoot “This is Spinal Tap,” the 1984 mockumentary that takes a satiric swipe … Read more
The Big Apple’s most notorious serial killer is getting a new close-up. In the Netflix docuseries, “Conversations With a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes” (now streaming), director/ producer Joe Berlinger explores David Berkowitz and his reign of terror on 1970s New York City – and even includes the killer’s claim that he wasn’t the … Read more
If you think festival season is all about flower crowns and muddy fields, think again. Deep in England’s Lincolnshire countryside, there’s a gathering in the sleepy town of Allington that only those “in the know” dare to visit. Dubbed by The Sun’s sex writer as “Glastonbury with orgies and Love Island-style beauties,” Swingathon, now in its fifth … Read more
The stars of “Cathouse” are clawing back. Two decades after the headline-hitting HBO docuseries brought prostitution into America’s living rooms, sex workers who appeared on the show are accusing its producers of exploitation and misrepresentation. “Cathouse,” which began airing in June 2005, took a lighthearted look at the lives of employees at the Moonlite Bunny … Read more
It needed a timeout. Early Friday morning, the infamous UES Mommas Facebook group – known for its exclusionary membership practices and petty parenting controversies – was suddenly shut down by parent company Meta. The mystery cancellation immediately prompted outcry and speculation. The legendary UES Mommas Facebook group was suddenly shutdown in recent days. Malambo C/peopleimages.com … Read more
You can get food fast or you can get food right — but where can you get both? As it turns out, some fast-food restaurants tend to be more accurate than others. According to Intouch Insight, a company that has been tracking the speed and accuracy of fast-food drive thrus for 25 years, Chick-fil-A is … Read more
She’s a smooth criminal. “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner plays a jewel thief in her new show, “Joan” — and it’s not all fiction. Based on Joan Hannington’s memoir, “I Am What I Am: The True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief,” the show first premiered on ITV in the UK in September. … Read more
Talk about on a wing and prayer. East of Mount Everest and the Himalayas is one of the world’s most notorious airstrips — one so treacherous passengers typically applaud at wheels down. Paro International Airport in Bhutan, situated between 18,000-foot mountain peaks and nearby residential areas, provides such a challenge to pilots that only 50 … Read more
It’s instinctive. Sharon Stone, 66, has re-created the famous “leg cross” scene from her 1992 thriller, “Basic Instinct.” On Thursday, Stone made an Instagram post with a photo of herself sitting in a wooden chair with one leg crossed over the other. She accompanied it with a caption reading, “BASICALLY ….YOURS 🥰.” In the photo, Stone … Read more
The movie might have been titled “Don’t Look Now,” but viewers’ eyes were wide open for one steamy scene. That’s because the 1973 supernatural horror film starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, who died Thursday at age 88, included one of the most controversial sex sequences in Hollywood history. The nookie was so realistically shot, … Read more
Move over, Ted Bundy — there’s a new-old serial hottie in town. Recently released AI-generated renderings of Jack the Ripper reveal the infamous 19th-century prostitute killer to be a dashing gentleman with a darkly alluring, wild-eyed energy. The dangerously dreamy drawings come courtesy of Jeff Leahy, a long-time Ripper enthusiast from Carmarthen, Wales, who produced a … Read more
A recent college graduate from Virginia is attracting attention from true crime lovers on social media, as he cooks and tastes the final meals that were requested by well-known death row inmates. Since Sept. 1, Josh Slavin, 23, has shared 26 different Instagram Reels featuring his ratings of death row meal requests. The first one he posted … Read more
She brings new meaning to, “If you’ve got it flaunt it.” Linda Andrade, the infamous wife of a Dubai millionaire and influencer, has sparked outrage yet again after revealing how she blew over $2 million of her husband’s money in a single week. A video detailing the gold digger’s profligate spending spree has amassed over … Read more
My big fat Greek restaurant bill. After famously charging a Montana couple nearly $900 for a few aperitifs, Greece’s most infamous restaurant, DK Oyster, is being blamed for yet another act of epicurean extortion. This time, aggrieved Italian tourists have accused the Myokonos-based eatery of sticking them with a $773 (€711) bill for a cocktail, … Read more
South Korean pop star Choi Sung-bong, who was exposed for running a viral cancer scam, has died of apparent suicide at age 33. Police discovered the singer dead at his home in Seoul’s Yeoksam-dong at 9:41 a.m. Tuesday, according to a statement by authorities, the Korea Times reported. They ruled that Choi had taken his … Read more
Guinevere Turner woke up Jan. 5, 1975, feeling fine. It was the morning of the last day on Earth, the end of the world. But all was OK. After all, Mel Lyman — lord and savior — had said a spaceship was coming to take her and everyone she cared about to Venus, where they … Read more
Men have died for it and at least three countries — and the Taliban — claim it is their own. It’s also a controversial symbol of Britain’s colonial history. It is no wonder that the crowns used in King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s May 6 coronation will not feature the fabulous but hugely scandalous $400 … Read more