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  • Madonna emulates screen legend Marlene Dietrich in black tux

    Madonna transformed herself into 1920's German-American star Marlene Dietrich by sporting a black tuxedo and top hat at Paris Theatre in New York for the screening of 'Madonna: The MDNA Tour.' The 52-year-old singer's outfit consisting of black suit with a white shirt, tie and vest with a white rose buttonhole, and bright red lipstick bore a striking resemblance to a tailcoat that Dietrich wore ...

  • Gandolfini mourned at NJ ice-cream parlor where last ‘Sopranos’ scene was shot

    The owner of the New Jersey ice- cream parlor where James Gandolfini filmed the unforgettable final scene of "The Sopranos" paid a touching tribute to the actor last night.Holsten’s proprietor, Chris Carley, placed a "Reserved" sign in the booth where Tony Soprano sat with his family just before the screen cut to black in the mystery climax of the series. "During ...

  • Bronx special-education teacher accused of raping 10-year-old student

    A Bronx special-education teacher raped a 10-year-old student in a school parking lot - after convincing her parents he was escorting her to a fictitious event where she was to receive an award, cops said yesterday.Anthony Criscuolo, who worked at PS 386 in Fordham Heights, was arrested ...

  • Drunk driver a 1-man demolition crew in East Village

    A wasted driver lost control of his rental car and rode up on an East Village sidewalk yesterday, striking three pedestrians and sending a fire hydrant flying into a Citi Bike rider, cops and witnesses said. Shaun Martin, 32, of Queens, faces drunken-driving charges for the early-morning chaos on Second Avenue between East Fourth and Fifth streets - and cops later found hashish in his sock, said ...

  • Two New York men charged in bid to make deadly x-ray weapon

    In April 2012, the authorities said, an industrial mechanic walked into a synagogue in Albany, N.Y., and announced his intention to build a weapon that could help Israel kill its enemies while they slept. He wanted to know whether anybody would provide financial backing. Turned away, prosecutors said, he sought money from another source: a leader in the Ku Klux Klan in North ...


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Movie Review

Schizopolis [DVD]

Schizopolis [DVD]

Steven Soderberghs Schizopolis is as fragmented and confounding as its title implies. It was made as a low-budget personal bomb lobbed simultaneously into the worlds of independent art film (where Soderbergh started) and mainstream commercial filmmaking (where he was headed). Unlike his other experimental film, the tiresome Full Frontal (2002), Schizopolis works best when not ... ...

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  • Humane Society urges Cuomo to sign NY law banning release of wild pigs

    USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Humane Society of the United States is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign legislation that would make it illegal to import, possess, sell or release invasive wild pigs in New York. Eurasian boars are commonly known ...

  • Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

    View Photo Associated Press/Heritage Auctions - This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the ...

  • Obama to seek limit on existing power plant CO2 fumes

    Obama plans to limit existing U.S. power plants' carbon dioxide fumes, officials said, as Obama said slowing global warming required "bold action." Heather Zichal, White House coordinator for energy and climate change, said Obama would announce climate policy initiatives in the coming weeks. Another official told The New York Times Obama could outline the new policy as early as ...

  • New York Times hides abortion editorial on the front page

    That was the title on the web version. A note says that a version of the article appeared on page A1 of the New York print edition with this ...

  • What a catch by Torre kid

    The Yankees should play her in left field!Joe Torre’s daughter made an amazing catch yesterday when she fielded a baby who fell from a storefront awning in Brooklyn, officials and witnesses said.Cristina Torre, 44, had just left her home when she spotted 1-year-old Dylan Miller atop a frozen-yogurt shop on Third Avenue at 92nd Street at about 9:20 a.m., police sources said.As she was ...

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