The Lana Del Rey/SNL imbroglio, ensuing after the neophyte singer bombed live has some pretty muddled gender dynamics–the spectacle of Brian Williams, face of the establishment, berating Nick Denton for not taking out the long knives on a 25-year-old rising artist was rather unseemly.
Now Whitney Cummings, a comedian who herself has been Read More
A group of Brooklyn residents who took part in a job training program tied to Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development project claims they were given false promises of union membership at the end of the program, according to a Federal lawsuit filed yesterday. Read More
Newmark Knight Frank brokers are being asked to contribute as much as ten percent of their commissions into stock in BGC Partners, the publically owned financial company that in recent weeks acquired the real estate services firm. Read More
There’s a lot of fuss at the moment about Mario Batali, who told Forbes that “the ways the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed and taken most of it into their hands is as good as Stalin or Hitler and the evil guys.” But Mr. Batali is not the only man to bring Hitler into the debate about wealth inequality. Remember last year, when Blackstone Group chairman Stephen Schwarzman, a billionaire, struck out against raising capital gains taxes? What was it that he said? Oh, that’s right, he compared Obama to Hitler. Don’t these people ever learn? Read More
The Daily‘s launch was held today (thing looks promising!), and only one minor glitch marred the proceedings. That occured when a reporter from the BBC (News Corp.’s mortal enemy) took the opportunity to ask Rupert Murdoch an uncomfortable question. Have a look:
U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips (Riverside, CA) has issued a ruling that the military ban on out gay soldiers is unconstitutional. According to Phillips, “don’t ask, don’t tell” is a violation of the 1st amendment. Phillips also ruled that the military’s anti-gay policies do not aid military readiness, denying an argument from supporters of Read More
