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‘Pretend It’s a City’ Is Martin Scorsese’s Second Documentary About Fran Lebowitz, and She Can’t Understand Why New York City

‘Pretend It’s a City’ Is Martin Scorsese’s Second Documentary About Fran Lebowitz, and She Can’t Understand Why

“Pretend It’s a City,” the seven-part Netflix docu-series directed by Martin Scorsese, marks the second time that Scorsese has turned his cameras on Fran Lebowitz, the author, sardonic wit and quintessential New Yorker. This fact makes Lebowitz very uncomfortable. “Marty made a documentary about me, ‘Public Speaking,’ in 2010,” Lebowitz…
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August 24, 2021
The rules of public grooming: Rudy Giuliani shaves in a restaurant. Should you? New York City

The rules of public grooming: Rudy Giuliani shaves in a restaurant. Should you?

Name: Public grooming. Age: Pre-human. Appearance: Rudy Giuliani shaving himself in an airport restaurant. Why on earth would you put an image like that into my mind? I didn’t. Rudy Giuliani did, by shaving himself in an airport restaurant. Wait, this happened? Unfortunately, yes. A man called Nick Weiss filmed…
bubmag
August 24, 2021
East coast shorelines board up storefronts, homes in preparation for Tropical Storm Henri New York City

East coast shorelines board up storefronts, homes in preparation for Tropical Storm Henri

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Shoreline communities from New York City to Boston are boarding up storefronts and homes while parts of New York and Rhode Island are calling for voluntary evacuations in preparation for Tropical Storm Henri.Aug. 22, 2021…
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August 22, 2021
Concert celebrating New York City’s comeback cut short by severe weather ahead of Hurricane Henri New York City

Concert celebrating New York City’s comeback cut short by severe weather ahead of Hurricane Henri

(CNN)Thousands of people celebrating the return of New York City at a concert in Central Park were interrupted by severe weather ahead of Hurricane Henri's anticipated Sunday landfall. Some of music's biggest names descended on the Great Lawn at New York City's iconic Central Park for the "We Love NYC:…
bubmag
August 22, 2021