Archive for 'Arts and Entertainment'
WitStream Oscar Party at the Bell House
Not interested in who wins at this Sunday’s Academy Awards, but feel the need to watch? Watch the awards show at the Bell House (149 7th Street) with WitStream, the comedy microblogging website. The event is free and begins at 7pm for the red carpet.
Gabe Liedman (Big Terrific) and Jenny Slate (Saturday Night Live) will [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Events.
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Area Couple Make Cameo in Parody Video
Filming Of Congressional Reality Show Disrupts Committee Meeting
The hilarious fame mongering of government officials and reality TV is the subject of this video parody from The Onion. Filmed before the reality TV driven “Crashergate“, this clip features a cameo from Cobble Hillbillies/ Real Housewives of New York City castmembers Alex McCord and Simon van [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents.
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Enthusiastic showing for Jeff Garlin
There was a large turnout for Jeff Garlin’s reading from his new book, My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World, last night at BookCourt. Local writer Jonathan Ames introduced him, recounting a story of their time at a Russian bath. There’s no greater way to appreciate Garlin’s new book than to hear him read [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Events.
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Jeff Garlin at BookCourt tonight
Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin will be reading from his book, My Footprint: Carrying the Weight of the World, at BookCourt tonight (163 Court Street) at 7pm. According to Amazon.com, the book documents Jeff Garlin’s hysterical journey to lessen both his physical and carbon footprint. On yesterday’s The Daily Show with John Stewart, Garlin spoke about [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Events.
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Simon Says: Not So Fast, McCord-van Kempens Still on NY Housewives
This just in from Simon van Kempen in response to Gatecrasher’s report that he and wife Alex McCord were off Real Housewives of NYC:
Posted: February 19th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents.
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Bravo dumps Brooklyn couple?
Word around the blogosphere for the past few weeks has been that Cobble Hillbillies Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen will not be featured on the upcoming season of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City. [van Kempen says that's not true. Full response here.] I’ve begun to believe the rumors, because the notorious [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Celebrity Residents.
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Benefit for Haiti tonight at the Bell House
Tonight is Strenght Through Unity, a benefit for the victims of the Haiti earthquake at the Bell House. The Bell House website is reporting that the event is sold out, but tickets are still available online. Scheduled to appear are Jimmy Fallon, Eugene Mirman, AC Newman, and more. All of the proceeds will be split between [...]
Posted: January 27th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Events.
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“A View From the Bridge” opens on Broadway
Arthur Miller’s “A View From the Bridge” opened on Broadway this week, and the New York Times has a review of the play starring Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber. The story focuses on an Italian American family in 1950s Red Hook, made up of a longshoreman and his immigrant relatives.
Posted: January 26th, 2010 under Arts and Entertainment, Red Hook.
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