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  • Sarah Michelle Gellar shares best parenting advice

    Sarah Michelle Gellar shared her best parenting advice ever as she showed up at the CBS Upfront event for her new comedy series, The Crazy Ones, in New York City. When it comes to her parenting style, the Vampire Slayer actress said she likes to keep it simple, Us magazine reported. The mom of two told the publication that her parenting tip is not too original but it works. The 36-year-old ...

  • NY bar to host smallest penis contest

    King's County Bar in Brooklyn, New York is set to host the first ever 'Smallest Penis Contest', on July 20. According to an advertisement on Craigslist, the contest invites 'less endowed men' who can prove that 'good things can come in small packages,' the Huffington Post reported. The 'pageant style' contest would involve 'talent, evening wear, and swimsuit elements.' A 'small member expert ...

  • Buffalo New York students and teachers face attack

    Students and teachers in Buffalo, New York, are facing sharp cuts and school closings as part of the push by the new superintendent, Pamela Brown, to cut $50 million from the budget. Brown is seeking to implement her "reform" plan, which aims to close public schools, fire teachers and expand charter schools.On May 7, six of nine members of the Buffalo Board of Education were elected in ...

  • Brooklyn shmooklyn Upper E. Side center woos Jews

    A banking billionaire is funding a $50 million, all-inclusive community center on the Upper East Side to lure Sephardic Jewish singles and young couples from their home base in Brooklyn. "It’s an Equinox with culture," said Rimma Rose, 30, who plans to move from Brooklyn to Manhattan to be closer to the center. "It will be luxurious. That is the allure of it. And it will be ...

  • Judge tells kook No sue for you

    A Brooklyn judge got so fed up with the avalanche of frivolous lawsuits filed by a schizophrenic Midwood man that he forbade the man from suing anybody else, court documents state.Mozart Victor, 22, sued the Aaliyah Memorial Fund for not responding to his fan mail, the NYPD for stopping him after he jumped a turnstile and the Brooklyn Public Library for charging him $20 in late fees."In ...


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Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks

With no shortage of serial killer thrillers preceding it, Mr. Brooks is alternately intriguing and ridiculous in its attempts to inject new blood into a genre that has, at this point, almost been done to death. Director Bruce A. Evans, whose previous and only directorial credit is the ... ...

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  • Ex-lawmaker still abusing pol park perk

    EXCLUSIVE He used to be an assemblyman. Now he’s just an ass.Guillermo Linares, who was defeated handily last election by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, is still brandishing his expired assemblyman’s parking placard on the dashboard of his luxury SUV.Chucked from office since Jan. 1, Linares lost the title but carries on like he should keep the perks.On Thursday, Linares, 62, said he was ...

  • ‘Hofstra’ cop blames self

    The Nassau County cop who fatally shot a Hofstra University student during a terrifying home-invasion standoff is "inconsolable," sources told The Post yesterday. "He blames himself and keeps replaying it in his mind," a police source said. "He is torn up about the poor girl."The veteran officer was identified by sources as Officer Nikolas Budimlic, 42, a former ...

  • Teams do dump tix StubHub

    StubHub has blown the lid off the worst-kept secret at the sports-world box office - admitting that it helps teams unload tickets every day in the hope of filling seats that would otherwise go empty."Yes, teams will often put tickets on our site," said Glenn Lehrman, head of communications for the ticket-reselling giant.The matter-of-fact admission confirmed the long-held belief that ...

  • Scientist’s suit Keep anatomy to yourself

    A respected neuroscientist claims that a dirty dean at the New York Institute of Technology wrecked her career after she rebuffed his sleazy sexual advances, The Post has learned.Dr. Linda Friedman, 54, claims that her boss, Dr. Brian Hallas, couldn’t control his lab coat libido and blew his top when she spurned his relentless harassment, according to a new $7.5 million lawsuit.Friedman, ...

  • B’way drama as man falls from theater

    A man survived a fall out a window above Broadway’s Lyceum Theater on West 45th Street yesterday after landing on the marquee, fire officials said.Witnesses told The Post the older man was milling around a second-floor hall at 2:50 p.m. - 10 minutes before showtime - when he leaned on heavy curtains covering the window of a French door along the wall. The door opened - and the man tumbled ...

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