Before Najibullah Zazi is finally dispatched to a secure cellblock for good, it is important to remember how the taxi driver–turned–terrorist was brought to justice—and why the critics who jeered his civilian prosecution were dead wrong. By convicting Mr. Zazi and pursuing the leads that his capture and interrogation have provided, the F.B.I. has shown Read More
If Hollywood’s own Gossip Girl is to be believed, Josh Schwartz’s planned Gossip Girl spinoff won’t be coming to televisions this fall. As Deadline Hollywood Daily’s Nikki Finke “reported” last week, the potential series, which is built around show matriarch Lily van der Woodsen (née Rhodes) and her early years as a Read More
Our long national nightmare is almost over. Starting on March 16, Gossip Girl returns to the airwaves with new episodes after a six-week layoff. But don’t think for a minute that series creator Josh Schwartz spent his free time downloading new apps for his iPhone. To quote a growling Christian Bale in the totally Read More
Candace Bushnell‘s NBC show Lipstick Jungle has set up shop in the Flatiron district-right outside the Observer offices!–for the day, occupying two blocks of Broadway between 19th and 21st streets. Some helpful production assistants told us they were filming a "club scene" featuring stars Lindsay Price (dressed in what another Observer reporter likened to a Read More
In Manhattan, it’s no secret that politics and real estate can be brutal. Yet Public Advocate candidate Andrew Rasiej has kept busy with both, recently purchasing a luxury condo on Lafayette Street for $2.265 million.
The tech-savvy Mr. Rasiej is hoping to beat out front-runner Betsy Gotbaum for the Democratic nomination on Sept. 13, Read More
Here’s an experiment you can try right here in New York. Approach Andrew McCarthy on the street–catch him at the stage door of Side Man , the Broadway play he joined last month, or even find him chewing a preshow steak at Frankie & Johnny’s, or maybe bump into him near the Bedford Street town Read More
