It’s been a hard week for the pathologically self-involved. In a cruel and obsessive-compulsive burst of house cleaning, the American Psychiatric Association announced the elimination of five perfectly good mental disorders for the next edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. But while the loss of schizoid, paranoid, dependent and histrionic disorders are causing some Read More
- No aspiring Oliver Twists in New York, it seems, as pickpockets are now a dying breed. That said, if you get drunk and pass out on the train, don’t expect to wake up with your iPod.
- Remember when we said that thing about the Kardashians shirking their party responsibilities? Well, Read More
Lit agent David Vigliano is out with a proposal for a Clay Aiken book based on the American Idol star’s 2006 Christmas special.
“He’s got a very strong Christian audience, primarily because he’s from the South, and that’s an audience that seems to respond to Christmas stories,” said Mr. Vigliano. “He also had the Read More
The $400 rebate checks wouldn’t reach home owners in time for Christmas, said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
“Just numerically, it is not possible for these checks to arrive before Christmas, even if they were sent out, you know, today, it’s just not possible,” said Quinn in a scrum with reporters in City Hall. She Read More
As much as we write about pop culture here, we also appreciate the classics, so it’s always refreshing when a press release like the one we received earlier today from
Yes, you guessed it: It’s holiday-window time again! And the Barneys windows offer an additional and unique curiosity– me . At the age of 49, I am quite possibly the oldest window dresser in the world. Display is a young profession; by the time they are 30, most window dressers have segued into something less Read More
