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By Drew Grant 5/13 11:37am

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Exclusive: RHONY Contracts Still Unsigned as of This Morning; Tensions Still Running High for New Season

Last week it looked like The Real Housewives of New York City could get shut down for good when all six of the cast members refused to sign their contracts. Shooting for the series was supposed to commence last Wednesday (according to several news outlets), but was delayed when negotiations stalled.

Thank goodness it might not be over. According to Deadline, RHONY ladies Carole Radziwill, Ramona Singer, LuAnn de Lesseps, Heather Thomson, Aviva Drescher and Sonja Morgan all received modest pay increases, though how “modest” that money is definitely on a case-by-case basis; Ramona Singer made $500,000 last season and was holding out for a million, while a source close to the negotiations told The New York Observer that The New York Post’s quoted “average” payout for a housewife–$65,000–was “in the ballpark” of what was being offered this time around.

According to an industry insider, however, none of the ladies have officially signed their contracts yet, so don’t be jumping for joy just yet. Read More

By Foster Kamer 3/29/12 1:49pm

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Mommy Madam Named New York Post Editor Col Allan on Surveillance Audio [Update]

There’s one intriguing scoop in the ongoing saga of the Soccer Mom Madam, Anna Gristina, that you’re not likely to read about in the New York Post.

According to multiple sources familiar with the situation—none of whom were willing to be identified, for fear of retribution—among the names of various powerful men found in transcripts of the surveillance audio from the five-year-long investigation is one prominent media figure: Col Allan, the editor of the New York Post. UPDATED. Read More

By Foster Kamer 2/01/12 3:00pm

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Yeezy of Arabia: Kanye West to Make Film in Middle East

The Observer has learned that Kanye West, the multi-platinum rapper and Twitter super-user recently sent representatives to the Persian Gulf region to scout locations for a short film. The project, which will take a form much like his 30-minute “Runaway”—a hybrid art film and music video starring model Selita E. Banks that premiered on MTV in October, 2010—is to be filmed in March. Read More

By Guelda Voien 10/25/11 9:23am

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Exclusive: Allure Eyewear Renews, Expands

The Garment District adds another eye-opening deal to its tally of recent leases: Allure Eyewear, a designer and manufacturer of high-end glasses, renewed and expanded at 48 West 37th Street.

The four-year deal is for 8,750 square feet, brokers told the Commercial Observer yesterday. Allure waited for a neighbor’s lease to expire so it could take the entire eighth floor of the 18-story building for combined office and showroom space. Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 10/25/11 9:11am

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Exclusive: Foursquare Nears Deal on Broadway

Location-based social network Foursquare will say goodbye to its longtime office mates at 36 Cooper Square. The startup, which raised a $50 million round of funding this summer, has vastly outgrown the 7,600 square feet at the East Village digs it shares with Curbed and web design shop Hard Candy Shell, and is negotiating a sublease for the top two floors at 568 Broadway. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 5/03/11 1:54am

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Bin Laden Falls: May Day in Times Square [Watch]

The Observer ventured into Times Square on Sunday night to see the celebration–and a celebration it was, with crowds chanting “Hey hey hey, good-bye” as firemen posed atop a truck, and tourists and residents alike haggling over the price of miniature flags and wondering where they could grab a drink. New York is always New Read More

By Cullen Thomas 4/06/11 2:19pm

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What the Klink Taught Kerik: The Jailhouse Interview

Last Thursday morning, Bernard Kerik’s lawyer, Andrew Schapiro, called Kerik’s wife, Hala, to give her the bad news before it became public. Kerik’s federal appeal of the four-year sentence he was given last February, for tax fraud and lying to the White House, had been denied. 

The decision came swiftly and took Kerik, his Read More