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Dispatches From The Picket Lines: Striking Writers & Actors Hit NYC Streets Amid Glum News About Contract Talks New York City

Dispatches From The Picket Lines: Striking Writers & Actors Hit NYC Streets Amid Glum News About Contract Talks

This is Day 114 of the WGA strike and Day 41 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.  Writers on a picket line in New York City on Wednesday said they were disappointed by the potential collapse of contract talks with film and television producers but determined to carry on with the strike.  “The producers are being…
bubmag
August 24, 2023
New York City councilwoman assaulted by stranger on camera during ‘creepy’ TV interview New York City

New York City councilwoman assaulted by stranger on camera during ‘creepy’ TV interview

A New York City councilwoman found herself on the receiving end of an unexpected and "creepy" kiss from a stranger during a TV interview with CBS New York. A video posted to Twitter Thursday shows Councilwoman Inna Vernikov being interviewed on Brighton Beach in Brooklyn when a man wearing a…
bubmag
August 19, 2023
Dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison in death of ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams New York City

Dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison in death of ‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams

A New York City drug dealer was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena, 40, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams. Cartagena had pleaded guilty in April to conspiring to…
bubmag
August 19, 2023