Spencer Dreier Strikes Back
cityfile · 06/01/09 11:28AM
Marc Dreier didn't contest the charges against him: Last month, the disgraced lawyer pleaded guilty to swindling hundreds of millions from investors and he'll be sentenced for his crimes on July 13. His son, however, appears to be keeping up the fight. Spencer Dreier filed suit against his former Union College roommate last week. The reason? Spencer claims that his former pal, Ben Clorite (right), defamed him by posting negative comments about his dad on the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog and also assaulted him.
Who's Afraid of Arianna Huffington?
Ryan Tate · 06/01/09 11:25AMWe Need Bigger Fig Leaves to Hide Our Shame
Hamilton Nolan · 06/01/09 11:04AMWill Jimmy Kimmel Get to Take on Conan After All?
John Cook · 06/01/09 11:01AMDear Jesse Watters
John Cook · 06/01/09 10:40AMNadya Suleman Isn't the Only Person Starring in a Horrorshow About Babies
Richard Lawson · 06/01/09 10:37AMWho Killed GM?
Pareene · 06/01/09 10:29AMAmerican Girl Doll Is Anarcho-Hippie Terrorista!
Hamilton Nolan · 06/01/09 10:18AMThe Best of Conan O'Brien's Late Night
Mike Byhoff · 06/01/09 10:12AMConan O'Brien is set to debut as the new host of the Tonight Show this evening, which is exciting. Though we do worry that because he's now on an hour earlier, our favorite kinds of Late Night bits might be deemed too weird or risky. Favorites likes these hallowed treasures:
The Obamas Boost Broadway
cityfile · 06/01/09 09:59AM
The show that Barack and Michelle Obama attended on Saturday evening is benefiting nicely from presidential publicity. The number of advance tickets sold yesterday for Joe Turner's Come and Gone was triple that of the previous Sunday. Now the Obamas just need to attend a new show every week and Broadway will be back in business in no time. [NYP]
All Pixar Has Left to Do Is Become Self-Aware and Nuclear Bomb Us All
Richard Lawson · 06/01/09 09:46AMStupid Americans Eat Grape Nuts
Hamilton Nolan · 06/01/09 09:43AMMN Senate Race Still Going On
Pareene · 06/01/09 09:21AMThe Case of the Missing Booty
Hamilton Nolan · 06/01/09 09:15AMCindy Adams Takes a Stand
cityfile · 06/01/09 09:13AM
A couple of weeks ago, state officials issued a report indicating New York City may need a new area code in the near future. It seems phone numbers for the 718 and 347 area codes—which are in use in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Bronx—will run out by late 2011. Cindy Adams doesn't live in any of those boroughs (her apartment is a Park Avenue penthouse, thank you very much), but she's still outraged by the prospect: "Making someone get another area code is like making them move to the back of the bus. It's discrimination."
Si Newhouse and the Droopy Conde Nast
Hamilton Nolan · 06/01/09 09:01AM
Conde Nast has always been able to afford the luxury of publishing money-losing magazines, thanks the other half of their parent company—the Newhouse newspaper chain—subsidizing them with cash. Those days are gone. Now, a cable company is all that keeps Conde afloat. And the Newhouse family's getting antsy:












