A study of the 57 largest metropolitan areas in the country shows NYC is only the seventh craziest. Cincinnati is nuttiest. What? Cincinnati? If we don't have loons on the street, what do we have?
Despite the millions and millions he's poured into the struggling New York Times, shady Mexican mogul Carlos Slim managed to bypass Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to nab the No. 1 spot on Forbes' 2010 list of world billionaires. [Forbes]
Bloomberg TV proclaims that, just as Amazon.com reinvented itself as a megamart, former Amazon.com bull Henry Blodget has reinvented himself as Blogger King. Hey, if Blodget's blogs do as well as his Amazon.com call, Perez Hilton should watch his tiara.
Emma Charlton pretended she had terminal cancer and was the editor of Vogue. Before that, she used the name Golightly and operated a gold-digging scam. Now, she will go to jail for defrauding her fiance and grandmother, among others.
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In the interest of balance, here's a quote from a New York Times article today that explains why the recession in New York will probably be a lot less severe than predicted, and the recovery quicker.
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It looks like Rush Limbaugh is moving ahead with his threat to leave New York City. He's (finally!) put his tacky Fifth Avenue apartment up for sale. The cost of ridding NYC of Rush once and for all? $13.95 million. More »
The exclusive downtown private club that's too cool for corporate suit-and-tie types just kicked about 500 of them out! Too bad that's the only kind that wants (or can afford) to hang at your overpriced, Meatpacking digs.
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A forthcoming Facebook movie should further Sean Parker's reputation for enjoying coke-fueled parties with college coeds. Maybe the celeb-studded soirees he's been throwing at his $20 million Manhattan mansion, Bacchus House, will class up the Facebook co-founder's rep a bit. More »
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is the most popular man in town, according to a recent poll. Kelly's approval rating is an impressive 70%—which is hilarious, because there's more news of the NYPD's corruption every day.
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Stein, real-estate-broker-to-the-stars and former manager of the Ramones, was bludgeoned to death in late 2007. Her personal assistant Natavia Lowery was convicted of the brutal crime yesterday. She faces 25 to life. And will not be getting good references. [NYT]
The TLC is introducing some newfangled way to share taxi cabs during rush hour. Clearly, we're going to have to come up with some sort of social contract to make these cheap rides bearable. Here is a good start.
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Another day, another compelling argument for refusing to allow Mike Bloomberg back into the nation the next time he jets off to Bermuda for the weekend: now Mort Zuckerman wants to run for Senate.More »
People occasionally us bizarre messages that they think they're sending to someone we've profiled on the site. Why do they do that? We really don't know. But they do! Earlier, we shared a few messages we've received recently. Another bunch is below.
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