New York City

The model Irina Shayk is cat-walking away from her apartment in New York City. Her snazzy pad in the West Village is listed for a head-turning $8.2 million. The unit was purchased in February 2016 for $6,081,510. It’s not clear if the Russian-born bombshell lived there recently, or ever. Shortly…

The model Irina Shayk is cat-walking away from her apartment in New York City. Her snazzy pad in the West Village is listed for a head-turning $8.2 million. The unit was purchased in February 2016 for $6,081,510. It’s not clear if the Russian-born bombshell lived there recently, or ever. Shortly…

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Late one night in February, 2019, Djali Brown-Cepeda finished binge-watching “Siempre Bruja,” a Colombian television series that had just premièred on Netflix. The series purported to tell the story of a strong Black woman with magical powers, and Brown-Cepeda, a Black Dominican American raised in Inwood, in upper Manhattan, had…

Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster filming Taxi Driver. Photo: Steve Schapiro When Juliet Taylor arrived on the steps of the East 30th Street brownstone owned by “queen casting director” Marion Dougherty, her new boss was working on Midnight Cowboy, the 1969 Oscar-winning buddy drama of “I’m walking here!” fame. Taylor,…

AP Photo/Hassan Ammar Formula One star Lewis Hamilton made a hefty profit after reportedly selling his New York City penthouse. Per TMZ Sports, the sale price for the 12,000-square foot property was $49.5 million.  The Briton originally bought the property in 2017 for almost $44 million.  According to TMZ, the…

The Hammer remembers the guerrilla style of director Larry Cohen and how New York City provided a neighborhood full of free extras. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection In 1973, former NFL defensive back Fred Williamson, also known as “the Hammer,” starred in director Larry Cohen’s blaxploitation film Black Caesar…

Even if it could never happen. Photo: Columbia Picutres It’s December 2002. Barely a year has passed since 9/11. George W. Bush has just given a speech about “faith-based initiatives” at a Marriott in Philadelphia, in the same year Donald Rumsfeld uttered the phrase “There are known knowns.” And in…

A large number of New York City residents who haven’t gotten their COVID-19 vaccines yet will soon be required to, according to a new mandate from city mayor Bill de Blasio. He announced the move, which requires employers to implement a vaccine mandate by December 27, on MSNBC’s Morning Joe…

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced a major vaccine mandate expansion including the first in the nation for private-sector workers. In an announcement today, the outgoing de Blasio said the mandate, which will take effect on Dec. 27, will apply to roughly 184,000 businesses. His “Key to…