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Sunday Night Reading: March 28, 2010

It seems like Rupert Murdoch was using the Weekend Journal to call Arthur Sulzberger girly. But the point of the article was that women in highly developed nations find "feminine-looking" men attractive, so maybe this is not terrible for... READ MORE >

By Molly Fischer | March 28, 2010 | 7:44 pm

Box Office Breakdown: Dragon Slays All Comers

Sobering statistic of the day: There have been 13 weekends in 2010, and in only four was a non-3D film the top choice for ticket buyers. Dreamworks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon was the beneficiary of the dimensional... READ MORE >

By Christopher Rosen | March 28, 2010 | 5:51 pm

French Authories Arrest High-Profile Twitter Hacker

The AFP reports today that French police working in conjunction with the FBI have arrested the 25-year-old rascal allegedly responsible for hacking President Barack Obama's Twitter account and for pulling off several other not-for-profit social-networking crimes. More from CNET's Caroline... READ MORE >

By Felix Gillette | March 26, 2010 | 6:01 pm
Not the giant bunny at the Prospect Park Zoo, but a similar one.

Items! Fan Letter, Survivor's Guilt

GIANT BUNNY at the Prospect Park Zoo. The Times is still all over that 30 Rock insult/shout-out. Shia LaBoeuf, master of money.... READ MORE >

By | March 26, 2010 | 5:33 pm
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Battle of the Gay Israel Trips: It's Holy War!

Yarmulkes and Stars of David were the hot accessories last night at Fox, the new weekly gay get-together at the Park in West Chelsea. The Jew-dudes—and the goys who love them—were out at Fox to fete a new co-mingling... READ MORE >

By David Kaufman | March 26, 2010 | 5:08 pm
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Judge Rules For Peter Fine, and Against Larry Silverstein, in Lawsuit

Larry Silverstein's fortunes may be rising at ground zero, but in Manhattan Supreme Court, affairs have taken a turn for the worse. A judge has issued a summary judgment against Mr. Silverstein in a lawsuit filed against him by... READ MORE >

By Dana Rubinstein | March 26, 2010 | 4:19 pm
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Moynihan Station Plan Re-Re-Approved

The board of the state's development agency Friday voted to approve modified plans to the proposal to expand Penn Station into the Farley Post Office across Eighth Avenue, a project known as Moynihan Station after its greatest backer, Senator... READ MORE >

By Eliot Brown | March 26, 2010 | 3:02 pm
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It's Official: Michael Kors to Open Flagship at Site of Failed Ungaro Store on Madison Ave

It's official. Michael Kors will open a flagship store at the Madison Avenue site of the failed Emanual Ungaro, according to the broker who completed the deal. The possibility was first reported in Thursday's New York Post, in a story... READ MORE >

By Dana Rubinstein | March 26, 2010 | 2:58 pm
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Down Times for the Thumbs Up

What with the cancellation of “At the Movies” and the recent allegations against pervy photographer Terry Richardson, these are difficult days for our second-favorite gesture involving the raising of a single digit. (A commenter on Fashionista alleged that Richardson... READ MORE >

By Robert Lanham | March 26, 2010 | 2:20 pm
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Once Again, M.T.A.'s West Side Rail Yards Deal Faces Delay

Apparently it takes a lot longer to sign a development contract when construction is only theoretical, compared with when shovels are ready to hit the... READ MORE >

By Eliot Brown | March 26, 2010 | 2:06 pm

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The Boys of Bespoke

Shortly after 10 p.m. on a recent Wednesday night, Vahram Mateosian, the 41-year-old proprietor...

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Where Power Lives

As the city's fortunes have changed, so have its neighborhoods. We plot where New...

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The Lady Vanishes

To be, or not to be, wasn’t the most urgent question surrounding the Metropolitan...

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Kabletow—er, Comcast—CFO Buys Hampshire House Co-op for $4.6 M.

"This is an exciting time for NBC; not Seinfeld, Friends, ER exciting, but more...

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Hail the Comeback King

In 1978, as crowds packed the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s blockbuster “King Tut,” Steve...

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The Street Where You Live: Millionaire's Side Row

When Mayor Bloomberg spurned the mayoral Gracie Mansion in 2002, electing to remain...

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The End-Times Investor

There are lots of people who search for signs of the end of the...

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Health Care and the Wingnuts

Listening to right-wing talk radio on the day after Congress passed health care reform,...

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Press-Boxed: WSJ Adds Sports Beats to Take on The Times

We can all list some of the well-documented ways that The Wall Street Journal...

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Howie Hubler of New Jersey: The Return of a Subprime Villain

Halfway through this month’s 60 Minutes interview with the financial journalism deity Michael Lewis,...

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Laughing All the Way to the Banksy

With mutton-chop sideburns, a gone-fishing hat and a Ratatouille-style accent, Thierry Guetta is a...

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Ballet’s Busy Spring Season

Swarms of dance events attack New York every year at this time. Can even...

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The Studio Mega-Deal That Wasn’t

In Hot Tub Time Machine, a group of sad-sack pals are transported back to...