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Jordyn Taylor

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Insects Party: How Cicadas Get Their Freak On

While many oversexed New Yorkers were clubbing in Meatpacking or chilling at a Brooklyn beer garden last Friday night, the Transom was at the Staten Island Museum watching a man stimulate the genitals of a 17-year cicada.

It all started innocently enough. At 7:40 p.m., we boarded a ferry bound for that distant fifth borough, Read More

The Amanda Show

Ms. Bynes posted this photo on her Twitter account on April 25.

The Complete History of Amanda Bynes’s Breakdown

Amanda Bynes was arrested Thursday night after reportedly throwing a bong out the window of her midtown apartment. The former child star was charged with reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and criminal possession of marijuana.

For anyone who’s been tracking Ms. Bynes’s recent activity—especially anyone who’s been following her on Twitter—news of Ms. Bynes’s latest Read More

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Senator Introduces Bill to Revoke Boy Scout’s Tax-Exempt Status

The Boy Scouts of America made history yesterday by voting to allow openly gay members into their ranks, but a New York lawmaker says they haven’t gone far enough.

Though it’s a progressive step for the 103-year-old institution, they’re still upholding their ban on openly gay leaders, and State Senator Brad Hoylman is not only stating his opposition, but introducing legislation that would remove the New York-based organization’s tax-exempt status if they continue the policy. Read More

Space Oddity

Chris Hadfield casually singing aboard the International Space Station (YouTube)

This Is Why We Need More Canadians in Space

There’s a new YouTube sensation that’s making the social media rounds, and it’s out of this world—literally.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield marked the end of his stay aboard the International Space Station with a captivating music video that’s now gone viral. While listening to Mr. Hadfield’s cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” viewers may watch Read More

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Meryl Streep (Getty Images)

Nearly Naked with Meryl Streep

I can’t quite explain how it happened, but last night I found myself performing in my underwear for Meryl Streep.

Well, I can explain part of it—the part that wasn’t the direct result of the Gods of Off-Off-Broadway Theater.

My good friend Hanah Fazio wrote a play called “The Miss Woman Pageant 2013,” which was Read More

NYOPROFILE

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Holmes in New York

If a typical break-up calls for vats of Ben & Jerry’s and repeated viewings of The Notebook, then we suppose a highly publicized divorce from a top Hollywood actor and devout Scientologist calls for a cross-country move and a gorgeous new apartment. That’s pretty much what Katie Holmes got last summer when she took up residence at the Chelsea Mercantile—the spectacular, star-infused, 21-story building at 252 Seventh Avenue. The actress reportedly signed the lease just a few days after announcing her split from husband Tom Cruise in June 2012. Read More