The City: Sticking to the Party Line
Brian Moylan · 10/21/09 12:13PMPrez Takes Gawker's Advice
Pareene · 10/21/09 12:08PMSteven Spielberg Says He Can Get By without a Few Extra Hundred Million... For Now
Richard Rushfield · 10/21/09 11:57AMCan an Online Fan Base Save the New York Times? No.
Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/09 11:42AM(Former) Top Cop's Mug Shot
John Cook · 10/21/09 11:37AMThe Retreat of King Twitter
Ryan Tate · 10/21/09 11:30AMCasting Vinny
cityfile · 10/21/09 11:18AM
And you thought there weren't any decent jobs out there. The New York-New York hotel/casino in Las Vegas is looking for a "spokesperson" to interact with its guests on a daily basis. Naturally the low-rent venue is looking for someone with "true New York attitude" to assume the role. So it's now casting "Vinny," someone with a "eats chicken wings, sings drinking songs and dances an Irish jig." (The hotel is hoping to combine Italian and Irish stereotypes into a single character, apparently.) You'll need to be good at playing video games, know a lot about sports, and be pretty good at stand-up comedy to make the cut. If that describes you—and you enjoy making small talk with old ladies from the Midwest—you should probably head to the airport as soon as possible. You can thank us later. [WBTV]
A Big Brother Winner's Genius Plan to Parlay Reality Show Victory into Oxycodone Empire
Richard Rushfield · 10/21/09 11:09AMPolitico Reports On Story Politico Invented
Pareene · 10/21/09 11:04AMYour Meth Habit Is Impacting Others
Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/09 10:59AMLizzie Inquires
Brian Moylan · 10/21/09 10:56AMGoldman Sachs Executive and British Lord Finds Inequality Quite Tolerable
John Cook · 10/21/09 10:45AMGet Married, Do Chores, Get Laid Rarely
Hamilton Nolan · 10/21/09 10:31AMJake Tapper Demands White House Apologize To Fox News
Pareene · 10/21/09 10:27AMExclusive: Todd English and Erica Wang's Fake Wedding Album
Brian Moylan · 10/21/09 10:25AMMadonna's Only Charity Case Is Jesus Luz
cityfile · 10/21/09 10:22AM
Madonna dropped $32.5 million on a townhouse on the Upper East Side a few months ago. But don't expect to see her giving out spare change to panhandlers in the neighborhood. Despite the fact she made about a gazillion dollars last year (give or take), Madge only gave away $459,000 to charity and almost all of it went to the Kabbalah Centre, which means she didn't give any money to charity at all, really.
Lindsay Lohan and Donatella Versace, Separated at Birth
Brian Moylan · 10/21/09 09:52AMBilly Thompson Leaves the House Empty-Handed
cityfile · 10/21/09 09:48AM
Poor Bill Thompson. As much as he'd like to hear President Obama publicly endorse his candidacy for mayor, he just can't seem to get him to utter the words. At last night's Democratic National Committee event at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Obama did make mention of Thompson. ("Our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson, is in the house.") But it clearly wasn't what Thompson had been hoping for. When asked if he considered the Obama shout-out to be an endorsement—he did say "our candidate," after all!—Thompson put it bluntly: "No. Do you consider that an endorsement?" [Politico, NYT, NYDN]














