Goldman Sachs Moneyman Steps Down
Goldman Sachs CFO David Viniar (also known as "the only Goldman Sachs executive who has done nothing...
View ArticleFive Things We Liked in London on Tuesday
Simone Rocha's clear perspex totes — you'll always be able to find your phone or Metrocard! The miniature gecko print at Mulberry, crawling all over Del Rey and Alexa bags, silk dresses, and jacquard...
View ArticleYunel Escobar Has Many Stereotypically Gay Friends
Yunel Escobar, the Toronto Blue Jays shortstop who has now been suspended for three games for scrawling a seemingly anti-gay message in his eye black, was unable to shed light on what,...
View ArticleNearly 80 Percent of New York Models Were White; More Celebs Join Obama’s...
• The Daily interviewed a cigarette. At this point, he's "feeling a bit burnt out." [Daily Front Row] • At New York Fashion Week's spring 2013 shows, 79.4 percent of models were white — the most...
View ArticleNYPD Seriously Investigating Fake Propaganda Poster That Dare Mock the Police
Coinciding nicely with yesterday's Occupy Wall Street anniversary celebration was a guerrilla art installation that saw Soviet-style propaganda posters for the NYPD installed in a few downtown...
View ArticleNew Spring 2013 Shows: Mulberry and Simone Rocha
London, out! On the last day of the British shows, Mulberry showed colorful leather, bright prints, and pastel florals (plus a pooch!); Thomas Tait produced a rainbow of...
View ArticleBest Bet: Hunter’s Pearlescent Wellington Boot
Dashing through all kinds of inclement weather just became a little bit easier and a lot more rad with Hunter's new pearlescent Wellies, an update on the brand's classic...
View ArticleMore Proof That Gwyneth Paltrow Can Still Sell Just About Anything
When in doubt, Gwyneth Paltrow is always a reliable newsstand blockbuster, so InStyle's October issue ought to do well. In related news, the actress-slash-everything partnered with J.Crew (a first for...
View ArticleLouise Roe Is Your New Fashion Star Host
The Glamour editor-at-large has signed on to succeed Elle Macpherson, who announced her departure as host in June (though she'll remain one of the show's executive producers). Roe has some TV...
View ArticleWatch an Obama Bobble-Head Travel Into Space
A group of San Franciscans decided that the best way to promote some kind of synchronized, nationwide yard sale benefiting the...
View ArticleRomney's '47 Percent' Remark Might Be More Damaging Than Obama's 'Guns and...
On tonight's Hardball, host Chris Matthews asked the panelists how politically damaging Mitt Romney's recently released remarks from a May fund-raiser will be to his campaign, compared to comments...
View ArticleChicago Teachers Vote to End Strike, Avoiding Legal Showdown With Rahm Emanuel
On Tuesday 800 delegates for the Chicago Teachers Union voted to end a strike that's dragged on for seven days after meeting to discuss a contract settlement reached over the weekend. The agreement...
View ArticleAnn Romney Insists Mitt Doesn't Disdain the Poor
It lacks the broad appeal of Romney-Ryan's slogan Believe in America, but Mitt Doesn't Disdain Poor People is the pitch Ann Romney was forced to make Tuesday in an interview with a Denver FOX...
View ArticleObama on Letterman: '47 Percent' Don't 'Think They’re Victims'
On Thursday President Obama responded to the Mitt Romney '47 percent' video for the first time in an unusually serious interview with David Letterman that also touched on the budget crisis and the...
View ArticleStraphanger Ponders Composition of Floodwater Drip From Midtown Station...
"What is being dripped on me? What kind of filth? Asbestos, rat droppings, God knows...
View ArticleRomney Campaign Borrowed $20 Million in August, Has $11 Million Debt
Pro-Romney super-PACs may be flush with cash but a disclosure by a senior Romney aide reveals that in August, the campaign itself actually had to take out a $20 million loan against the general...
View ArticleRobbers Beat Laundromat Worker With Stick During Robbery
The ruthless attack occurred Sunday night at Clean Laundryland Laundromat in the Bronx when four robbers — two men and two women — took turns...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich to Support Todd Akin at Fund-raiser Next Week
Conservative activist Phyllis Schafaly announced the Gingrich fund-raiser at a Tuesday campaign event for incumbent Missouri senator Todd "Legitimate Rape" Akin, reports Jason...
View ArticleKarl Rove Swears He Was Kidding About Murdering Todd Akin
Poor Todd Akin! First he's the target of anonymous death threats over his biologically-confused "illegitimate rape" remark, and now Karl Rove wants in on the action. On Thursday, Bloomberg...
View ArticleRomney Endorsement in Church Bulletin Angers Catholics
Two weeks ago Catholics who attend Manhattan's Church of St. Catherine of Siena received an unusually scandalous bulletin in which Rev. John Farren turned over his page to six former ambassadors to...
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