Their stocks are up. Interview magazine has profiled four young Wall Streeters for its March issue — with the baby-faced bankers dishing on their dating lives, fledgling finance careers and favourite places to blow off steam in the city. The cashed-up quartet, who all live in Lower Manhattan, also posed for pictures at FiDi steakhouse … Read more
History’s in the making — and brimstone’s on the horizon. On Friday, February 20, Saturn, our planet of karma, responsibility, reality, and limits, will form an exact conjunction with Neptune, our dream-weaving planet of fantasy, spirituality, and escape. This conjunction is a rare phenomenon that occurs only every 36 years — making this transit pivotal and its … Read more
This is snot funny. One seemingly harmless childhood habit could come with a cost — and has even led to hospitalization. Those works of art your kids might produce from their noses don’t make them Picasso, and could instead cause a serious, even deadly infection. Sticking your boogers to the wall may be convenient, but … Read more
She did what? While many flyers blatantly ignore airplane etiquette — like eating a smelly snack or elbowing your seatmate — one traveler took things a little too far with her bizarre stretching method that had many giving her the side eye. Stuck on a 12-hour economy flight from Paris, France, to California and thankfully … Read more
It was a perfect AI-mitation. Just in case artificial intelligence wasn’t encroaching upon enough human spaces of late. An art world troll sneakily displayed a piece of AI-generated art at a museum in the UK last month before bemused visitors alerted employees to the artificially intelligent design. The digital print had been surreptitiously showcased at … Read more
He’s got the Midas flush. Art world troll Maurizio Cattelan took the world by storm after his notorious duct-taped banana sold for over $6 million at Sotheby’s last fall. This year, the Italian prankster will likely turn “crap” into gold when his notorious 18-karat, solid gold toilet goes under the hammer next month. Carved out … 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
It’s bananas! A popular and pricey piece of art has been eaten — yet again. The artwork titled “Comedian” has been eaten for the fourth time. AFP via Getty Images Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian” — which features a real banana duct taped to a wall — has been replicated by the artist several times, most recently … Read more
All in all, it was hiding behind just another brick in the wall. A collection of rare gold coins nearly lost to history after its owner passed away has fetched nearly $4 million at auction. The gilded stash had been amassed over a lifetime by numismatist Paul Narce, who lived in Castillonnès, France, until his … Read more
Princess Maria Carolina of Italy says she’s “lucky to be alive” after she crashed headfirst into a wall in a harrowing accident while riding her motorcycle. The 21-year-old royal revealed that she had been hospitalized and is on the road to recovery as she suffered major injuries in the accident. “I crashed headfirst into a … 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
I’d like to think that it was something Tom Thibodeau said on Monday or Wednesday that ignited the Knicks to those miracle comebacks, halftime speeches that inspired them toward greatness. Except there are two problems with that: 1. The Knicks played worse in the minutes after halftime in both games that at any other time … 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
It ended not with a bang but with a whimper. Sara Gilbert, who played Dr. Leslie Winkle on “The Big Bang Theory,” still has questions about her character’s ending. During an appearance on The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast, host Jessica Radloff asked if Gilbert would have done more episodes, or if she’d be open … 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 37-year-old man from Western Australia has been arrested after he allegedly became aggressive towards cabin crew and punched a wall outside a boarding gate. The Australian Federal Police charged the Byford man with disorderly behavior following the incident at Perth Airport on March 24. He is expected to appear before Perth Magistrates Court on … Read more
A woman who heard strange sounds behind her wall was tab-bergasted after discovering that there was a cat trapped behind her wall. She detailed the barricaded gerbil-chaser’s rescue in a TikTok video with over 6.6 million views. The claws-strophobic clip showed homeowner Lacy Day and several men cutting away a square panel of plasterboard to … Read more
This guest lives rent-free in their heads. An Airbnb property manager is seeing red after one of their properties was fiercely trashed by a renter. He even had the gall to leave the owners a $1,000 invoice for their destructive services. Manager Vince Villegas went viral on TikTok recently after showing the annihilated Saugatuck, Michigan, … 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