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Feds Bust Ring that Hid Cocaine in Legos

Drugs packaged with toys in Puerto Rico, mailed to New York

(Newser) - Federal agents announced the arrest yesterday of a pack of Bronx drug dealers accused of smuggling cocaine into New York with the help of the world’s smallest traffickers: Lego men. Agents say the cocaine was sent from Puerto Rico through normal US mail, ingeniously hidden within buckets of the...

Blaine Dives Into Hanging Stunt
 Blaine Dives Into Hanging Stunt 

Sep 23, 2008 5:19 AM CDT

Blaine Dives Into Hanging Stunt

Despite risks, he plans to hang for 60 hours over Central Park

(Newser) - Performance art magician David Blaine dove head first into his latest public show in New York yesterday, hanging upside-down over Central Park. The Brooklyn-born show off plans to hang for 60 hours, despite a doctor's warning that the increased blood pressure in his head could cause blindness, and even death...

Memoir: I Taught Dupre the Biz
 Memoir: I Taught Dupre the Biz 
Sep 22, 2008 11:14 AM CDT

Memoir: I Taught Dupre the Biz

Hooker reveals Dupre's transformation from 'little lamb' to call-girl

(Newser) - New York's self-proclaimed No. 1 escort recounts how she introduced Eliot Spitzer’s $4,300-an-hour call girl to the drug-fueled world of prostitution in an upcoming book, The Price. Natalie McLennan reveals, in an excerpt in the New York Post, how within months Ashley Dupre transformed from a “little...

Stunt Could Leave Magician Blind, Doc Says

60-hours upside-down could endanger Blaine's sight

(Newser) - When David Blaine hangs upside-down above New York's Central Park for 60 hours next week, he'll run the risk of going blind, says a vascular surgeon advising the celebrity magician on the stunt. Lengthy inversion increases blood pressure in the head, especially in the eyes, which can result in blindness,...

Yankee Stadium's Greatest Moments

The Post reflects on the closing stadium's mighty history

(Newser) - As Yankee Stadium hosts its last game today, the New York Post looks back at the greatest moments in “The House That Ruth Built." A smattering:
  • April 18, 1923: Seventy-five thousand fans cheer Babe Ruth's three-run homer on opening day.
  • April 27, 1947: Ruth says goodbye to the
...

Poehler on 'Verge of Tears' Over SNL Exit

Has six shows before leaving

(Newser) - As Amy Poehler preps for her final episodes of Saturday Night Live, the masterful Hillary impersonator says she’s as upset to leave as her co-workers are to see her go. "I'm on the verge of tears every minute,” Poehler tells USA Today. After 7 years with the...

SatC Movie Sequel in the Works
SatC Movie Sequel in the Works 
Sep 19, 2008 11:05 AM CDT

SatC Movie Sequel in the Works

Parker and Cattrall already on board

(Newser) - The writer-producer of the Sex and the City movie is already at work on a sequel. Michael Patrick King is writing the screenplay, he told Fox News at last night's DVD release party. Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall are reportedly interested. Parker quipped: “Let’s wring everything we...

Lohan Throng Turns Betty Filming Ugly

Paparazzi swarm TV show set

(Newser) - Paparazzi pandemonium over Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson turned the New York City set of Ugly Betty into a “scary” and "intense” work environment, the actor who plays Justin tells the news arm of ABC, which airs the dramedy. "When Lindsay's on the set, it's mayhem,...

Scientology Protests Greet Katie on Broadway

(Newser) - Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut in All My Sons last night, but not before about 30 anti-Scientology protesters put on a show of their own outside Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The protesters, some masked, chanted "Scientology kills! and carried "FREE KATIE" placards. And, yes, her famous hubby showed...

Gere, Winger May Reunite on Broadway

Officer and a Gentleman co-stars' first reunion

(Newser) - Richard Gere is weighing an offer to play the Spencer Tracy role in a Broadway production of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?—opposite Debra Winger. The famously feuding co-stars of An Officer and a Gentleman haven't worked together since that 1982 smash hit. The production is stalled as producers search...

Pioneering Paparazzo Has Stars in His Eyes
Pioneering Paparazzo Has Stars in His Eyes
GLOSSIES
Sep 15, 2008 4:04 PM CDT

Pioneering Paparazzo Has Stars in His Eyes

Galella's iconic photos of 'Jackie O' helped define celebrity

(Newser) - Long before we got up close and personal—maybe too personal—with the likes of Britney, Paris, and Lindsay, Ron Galella was on celebrity's front lines. In a New York profile of the original American paparazzo, Emily Nussbaum meets the man who was sued by Jackie Onassis and beaten up...

We Must Not Ignore This Photo
 We Must Not Ignore This Photo 
GLOSSIES
Sep 11, 2008 4:52 PM CDT

We Must Not Ignore This Photo

Though some are 'disgusted,' witnessing the 'Falling Man' is vital, author says

(Newser) - The “Falling Man” photo reproduced worldwide has disappeared from respectable media, Tom Junod writes in Esquire, but to avert our eyes is to pretend the horrific choices made Sept. 11, 2001, don’t exist. “We have somehow taken it upon ourselves to deem their deaths unworthy of witness,...

LiLo & Sam: Fashion Week's Gossip Girls

Pair causes media mayhem at Ronson sis' show

(Newser) - Nothing grabs attention at New York's fashion week like Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson attending your show. The duo sat in the front row for the Saturday presentation of Ronson's sister Charlotte's spring collection, and were swarmed by photographers who brushed past other famous folks like Sean Lennon.

Coney Island Rides Hit Auction Block

Coney Island rides on sale online today

(Newser) - Ever dreamed of owning your own theme-park ride? With 10 of Coney Island’s famed Astroland Park rides now for sale online, your chance has arrived, the New York Post reports. The Astrotower will set you back $99,000, while the Top Spin will leave your wallet $499,000 lighter....

Coney Island's Astroland to Shut Down

Owner of legendary amusement park can't strike deal on lease

(Newser) - The iconic Astroland, one of two theme parks on New York’s Coney Island, will close for good on Sunday, the New York Post reports. Owner Carol Albert said she couldn't strike a lease deal with the 46-year-old site's developer and landlord. The park’s historic (and bruising) Cyclone rollercoaster...

Hanna Drenches Waterlogged Haiti

26 dead, thousands stranded as island suffers through another storm

(Newser) - Far-reaching Tropical Storm Hanna drenched flood-plagued Haiti today, adding to the miseries of a country that has lost 110 lives to mudslides and flooding since mid-August. The storm was expected to sweep across the Bahamas and then start climbing along the US coastline by the weekend, with a 20% chance...

Preppie Killer Gets 19 Years for Drugs

Robert Chambers avoids life sentence with plea, returns to jail for dealing coke to cops

(Newser) - "Preppie killer" Robert Chambers, one of New York’s most infamous murderers, was sent back to prison for another 19 years after pleading guilty to drug-dealing, the Daily News reports. Chambers, who spent 15 years behind bars for strangling 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in Central Park in 1986, had been...

Seinfeld Defense: Lawsuits are Funny

Sez silly suits are fodder for routine

(Newser) - Jerry Seinfeld insisted yesterday that he didn’t slander a woman suing his wife for cookbook plagiarism because silly lawsuits are fodder for good comedy. The comic cited episodes from Seinfeld as well as his kid-friendly Bee Movie in a court filing as examples of the First Amendment-protected comedic license...

Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age
 Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age
Aug 27, 2008 12:32 PM CDT

Bushnell Reflects on Middle Age

Sex and the City writer has new book coming out

(Newser) - Nearing her 50th birthday, Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell is facing the fact that even with Botox, men no longer flock to her at parties, the Times of London reports. “Somewhere in your forties…everyone starts to look the same! Middle-aged. Now when I look in the...

Mayor Aims to Make Big Apple Windmill City

Wind could supply 10% of city's power under bold plan

(Newser) - Mayor Mike Bloomberg has unveiled a bold plan to harness alternative energy to power New York City, the New York Times reports. The mayor is calling for windmills to be built on the city's bridges and skyscrapers, and for offshore wind farms to be created that could supply 10% of...

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