After a one-year stint in Brooklyn, The New York City Wine & Food Festival will be back in Manhattan this week — potentially giving a much-needed boost to the South Street Seaport. Now in its 18th year, NYCWFF runs this Wednesday through Sunday and has an all-star lineup led by Jean-Georges Vongerichten. As the festival’s … Read more
Baby’s a big botty. Chloe Sutton, a married mom of a 19-month-old, is being accused of falsifying her son’s hefty, 33-pound physique with artificial intelligence for social media clout. “[There are] a lot of people thinking he is AI — he’s not AI,” Sutton, 25, from Australia, swore to a doubting digital audience of over 8.1 … Read more
After sending out more than 1,000 job applications without so much as a nibble, Florida college grad Sam Rabinowitz took matters into his own hands — and cruised Wall Street carrying a placard begging for a chance. “Tried LinkedIn. Tried Email. Now Trying Wall Street. Looking for a Finance/Trading Internship or Entry-Level Position. Dedicated. Hungry. … Read more
Lil Nas X was reportedly hospitalized in Los Angeles on Thursday. The “Old Town Road” singer, 26, bizarrely strolled down a busy LA street in nothing but white underwear and cowboy boots, as seen in a video obtained by TMZ, before cops reportedly took him to the hospital. A spokesperson for the LAPD, who didn’t … Read more
A few hundred people gathered Friday to name a tiny San Francisco street after legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would have been his 83rd birthday and as part of a citywide celebration to mark the band’s 60th anniversary. Harrington Street, which is one block long, will also be called “Jerry Garcia Street.” … Read more
He’s been crowned Dicaprio’s doppelgänger. It was Leos galore in New Jersey on Saturday as lookalikes for a DiCaprio lookalike contest battled it out on stage for a $50 cash prize. Among the seven contestants from places like Philadelphia and Providence was Nick Fine, 21, who was eventually crowned the winner. The swarthy local confessed … Read more
A 60-year-old woman has revealed how she was once booed in the street for dating a man 20 years her junior. Anne, from Melbourne, was married to a man who she’d been involved with for two decades before the couple decided to call it quits. At the age of 39, when the marriage broke down, … Read more
It was a marriage made in Manhattan — and it brought Wall Street to a full stop. An extravagant Indian wedding parade, or baraat, turned the Financial District into a full-blown block party on Saturday, halting traffic and causing jaws to drop faster than a stock market crash. Hundreds of people, decked in glittering sarees, … Read more
The loudest cheers on Wall Street aren’t for the New York Stock Exchange’s closing bell, but for the opening of the five most dynamic restaurants FiDi has ever seen under a single roof. They’re at Printemps, the new Paris-based fashion store that’s the glam showpiece of One Wall Street — the landmarked former Irving Trust … Read more
Netflix has thrown “Sesame Street” a safety net with a new streaming deal that offers the popular children’s staple a broad reach while keeping it on its long-standing home, PBS, at the same time, the companies announced Monday. Starting later this year, new episodes will run on Netflix, PBS and the PBS Kids app on the same … Read more
Joanna Lumley is reflecting on her life and sharing some sound advice while doing it. The British actress, who turned 79 on Thursday, recently revealed in a bold statement that she expects her “time must be coming quite soon.” The “Absolutely Fabulous” star said “beloved friends are beginning to leave” in an interview with My Weekly. … Read more
Stop and smell the…armpits? Personal care brand Billie is asking New Yorkers to make a pit stop when they see their posters for a scratch-and-sniff experience. Billie launched a scratch-and-sniff campaign in New York. Billie From now through Friday, May 16, passersby can smell a giant armpit on the street, which will give them a … Read more
Hank Azaria is living his own glory days. The actor and comedian, 60, appeared on “Today” Wednesday with his Bruce Springsteen cover band, the EZ Street Band, and they performed the legendary rocker’s 1984 hit “Dancing in the Dark.” Before the performance, Azaria told the hosts of the NBC morning show that Springsteen, 75, is … Read more
Patrick Bateman is no role model. “American Psycho” director Mary Harron told Letterboxd Journal in a new interview for the film’s 25th anniversary that she disagrees with the fans who aspire to be like Christian Bale’s iconic serial killer character. “I’m always so mystified by it,” said Harron about Patrick Bateman being embraced on social media … Read more
A Chinese couple has been arrested after having intercourse in the middle of a Thai street. Oh Zhihang, 67, and his partner Lin Tingting, 35, set up a tripod before stripping and recording themselves doing the deed on the pavement in Pattaya, Thailand on Wednesday. Shocked onlookers watched as the holidaymakers went to town in … Read more
When you think of preserving memories, scrapbooks or photo albums might come to mind. But what about Google Maps? In a new, melancholy trend sweeping social media, Gen Z is using the “Street View” feature on Google Maps to view their childhood homes or the houses of their now-deceased grandparents, where photos snapped in years’ … Read more
Margot Robbie thought she might be arrested after the actress slapped Leonardo DiCaprio while auditioning for “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The impromptu moment came while the two were supposed to be reading a kissing scene. However, Robbie decided another move would work better for the script. The last line from DiCaprio was, “Come over here … Read more
Baring it all. Margot Robbie has revealed that her full-frontal nude scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street” was entirely her idea. Robbie, 34, spoke about making the 2013 Martin Scorsese movie during an interview with Ben Mankiewicz, 57, for his Turner Classic Movies podcast “Talking Pictures.” The Oscar-nominated actress said that Scorsese, 82, suggested … Read more
One unusual pet has been returned to its owner after a hot pursuit caught on police camera last month. Irwin the juvenile red kangaroo was safely returned to its family after police officers in Durango, Colorado successfully wrangled the lost animal. In a popular Facebook post, the Durango Police Department shared bodycam footage of DPD officers Preskorn, Walters, and … Read more
A street war has erupted between a Halloween faithful and Christmas fans after an anonymous letter told residents to take down “inconsiderate” festive decorations. The typed-up note was dropped in Queensland mailboxes by someone quietly incensed by the festive season creeping earlier into the year – particularly before the American celebration of Halloween. “Christmas is an enjoyable holiday to many… … Read more