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David Del Rio is sexy Latino eye candy, but has absolutely nothing to do on this show other than bark out his lines and carry a briefcase (men still carry briefcases?). The 'Oops! I'm going to be a daddy!' finale surprise was another misfire - totally out of left field. He plays his character as more of an incel - not as some Romeo having actual sex with another person. I wonder what the replacement character will be like.

David Del Rio has been fired from the CBScourtroom drama, a source confirms to TVLine, after the show was alerted to an incident involving the actor. An investigation was conducted, and the show has since parted ways with Del Rio. His character will immediately be written off, though it’s not clear how many episodes he’ll appear in for the upcoming Season 2. The show is currently on a filming hiatus through November after completing production on the first half of the season. (TVLine has reached out to Del Rio’s representatives for comment.) No details about the alleged incident have been officially released, but TMZ, who first reported the news, says that Del Rio was accused of sexually assaulting co-star Leah Lewis on Paramount property. Del Rio was reportedly escorted off the Paramount lot last week as soon as the allegations were reported.

I have found that most instructional videos on YouTube are enhanced by increasing the speed to 1.25X because you can understand the dialogue just as well but it takes 80% of the time to watch.

World's Tallest Bridge Opens Glass Cafe at a Staggering 2,600 Feet in the Air Visitors can reach the cafe via a glass elevator that will reach the top in one minute If you’ve ever dreamed of drinking a cup of coffee half a mile into the air, there’s a new way to get your morning cup in the sky. China’s Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, which opened to traffic on Sept. 28, is opening a glass cafe 800 meters (2,624 feet) in the air called Interstellar Coffee. According the Guizhou Daily Tianyan News, the cafe, which is perched atop one of the towers, will have two floors and a 360-degree unobstructed view thanks to its glass walls. It will feature Captain George Coffee with plans to expand its selection in coming months. Visitors will reach the dizzying height via a glass elevator, which can hit the top in under one minute. There’s also a 1,900-foot high glass walkway for visitors, and tourists will also get the chance to bungee jump off the massive bridge.

Woman killed during argument over door etiquette at Texas shopping center well, THAT'S just rude!

The 2025 Taste of Sunnyside features more than 65 local restaurants and establishments and will encourage participants to go door-to-door through the neighborhood and discover the strength of Sunnyside’s dining scene. The restaurant crawl runs from 1-7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 12, with participants advised to check in at 40th Street or 46th Street underneath the elevated seven line on Queens Boulevard

Bed Stuy House Tour Returns for 47th Year WWW.BROWNSTONER.COM The Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant house tour gives a glimpse inside the neighborhood’s homes and raises funds for college scholarships.

Sorry, but you didn't think of the most obvious explanation... he couldn't afford a new wardrobe after buffing up.

New mural in Murray Hill highlights culture of Koreatown QNS.COM A brand new mural is bringing the lights and energy of Seoul to Murray Hill, highlighting the food scene of Queens’ very own Koreatown.

I saw the play with a friend. We saw an understudy... I don't remember who or in what role. Not a life-altering experience.

Let's just say you've always had some *ahem* gender identification issues, Mother Marcus.

He has no doubt been on this site and thinks your recipes are out of this world and he wants you to give him a taste.

The buzzword on everyone’s lips these days is protein—and Arby’s is capitalizing with the introduction of its brand new Steak Nuggets. Forget about chicken: these steak nugs are the chain’s answer to an easy, bite-sized way to hit your macros. “Who doesn’t love tender and savory steak? But, until now, it’s been inconvenient to eat, particularly on the go,” said Jeff Baker, Chief Marketing Officer at Arby’s. “That’s why we created this new innovative product. Two of America’s favorite foods–nuggets and steak–combined to create Arby’s Steak Nuggets. No knife needed, fork optional.” The nuggets are seared, smoked, and seasoned with garlic and pepper for a Southern-tasting, decadent bite. They’re reminiscent of burnt ends, really leaning into that smoky flavor and char. The meat is tender, easy to eat, and a great option for folks on the go who don’t want a fried piece of chicken. Steak Nuggets are now available in either a 5- or 9-count container, each served with a fork and Hickory BBQ sauce (the perfect accompaniment, if you ask me). Additionally, you can order even bigger in two different ways: The Steak Nugget Sandwich, which comes with steak nuggets, Havarti cheese, crispy onions, pickles, and mayo on a toasted bun The Steak Nugget Bowl, which features steak nuggets atop white cheddar mac ‘n cheese with crispy onions

From tragedy to triumph: Queens man launches Kickstarter for dog-saving leash By Jessica Militello Jooni Dog is a safer retractable leash designed by Queens resident Peter Bae and Leadoff Studios. An MTA bus driver from Queens is launching a Kickstarter to help introduce a new type of retractable leash that saves dogs’ lives, following the tragic loss of his own beloved pet due to a retractable leash failure. Peter Bae and an NYC design firm based in Queens, Leadoff Studio, have collaborated to create Jooni Dog, a more efficient retractable leash featuring a durable, multi-mode design that gives owners control while keeping dogs safe and free to roam. “It was basically focusing on the handle,” said Bae. “I wanted to inform others about the importance of holding the leash handle while walking to gain better control and using a handle grip along with a proper ball grip is a safer method for holding a dog’s leash.” Bae personally experienced the tragic loss of his own dog, Jooni, while taking him for a walk. According to Bae, when Jooni saw another dog he was familiar with across the street, he got excited and gave a tense tug to run across the street, causing the handle to drop out of Bae’s hand, resulting in Jooni being struck by a vehicle. After the heartbreaking loss of his pet, during his bus driver shift, he observed another pet owner with her golden retriever crossing the street in the city. Again, the dog’s powerful pull caused the owner to drop her leash, but this time, another pedestrian helped prevent another accident. After these experiences, Bae became determined to create an impactful change in the way retractable leashes are created and came up with his own design idea for a safer leash. “I observed dog walkers of all abilities focusing on their leash control,” said Bae. “The variety of ways people held their leash was truly remarkable, and it was clear that handling the leash was difficult. I was determined to find a solution that would prevent anyone from enduring the same frustration I had faced- the accident’s aftermath still brings me to tears.” Bae reached out to Leadoff Studio via a website submission form. When Jordan Diatlo, Leadoff’s founder, CEO and creative director, read Bae’s story along with his ideas and design concepts for the leash, he immediately became interested in learning more and helping Bae to design the product and finalize the design. The final product focuses on multiple walking modes so owners can shift from full control in high-traffic areas to hands-free walking in safe spaces, durability tested for real-life conditions including supporting dogs up to 60 pounds, and withstanding up to 240 pounds of pulling force, along with unique and efficient safety-focused details, including strong nylon rope, comfortable grip loops, a manual retract button and a carabiner tie-up clip. The leash, named in honor of Bae’s pet, Jooni, also gives owners the ability to customize their leash handle by putting their name or their dog’s name on it, and the inside of the handle has a small imprint of a drawing of a dog, in honor of Jooni. “From the first conversation, Peter totally had me hooked,” said Diatlo. “We don’t do a ton of pet products, but I do like dogs, and when he went into the backstory, the fact that this is where Peter was coming from, we thought we’ve got to help him launch this thing. He told me pretty early on that he wanted to work towards doing a Kickstarter, and it will help put money towards the manufacturing and getting this product out there.” The Kickstarter, which launched on Oct. 7, aims to raise $ 5,000, which will be used for the manufacturing of the leash. Bae intends to sell the product both online and through local pet shops in the community. According to Bae, as the product gets up and running, he would eventually like to be able to donate a portion of the proceeds to local charities as well. “To honor Jooni and other pets affected by near misses or tragedies, I’ve created a leash that prioritizes handle control while still using a semi-retractable mechanism to keep your dog nearby,” said Bae. To learn more about Jooni Dog and the Kickstarter campaign or donate, visit the campaign’s website. The Jooni Dog leash

Last month, I got a call from a broker who sells rent-stabilized buildings. It’s been a brutal six years for people like him. And he needed to vent. “I cannot believe how bad the environment in New York is,” he began. “Almost every building is underwater.” He was talking about rent-stabilized buildings without enough free-market rentals to offset the effects of the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019. The broker was so worked up, he hardly knew where to begin. But he had to start somewhere. Selling buildings with rent-stabilized units, he said, is now like traversing a minefield. “The due diligence is impossible,” he said. “If you don’t have the paperwork from 15 years ago when you deregulated a unit, when the rent was $900, and now you’re charging $6,000…” He didn’t need to finish the sentence, because rent-stabilized owners know exactly what he’s talking about: the risk of having to pay a tenant years’ worth of “overcharges” because they can’t document renovations that removed a unit from stabilization, back when that was allowed. “If you don’t have [the documents], and you end up going to court with a tenant, you lose,” he said. The records must be precise about what renovations were done to each unit and the cost. An invoice from a contractor without those specifics doesn’t cut it. Landlords better have saved the canceled check, too. “Banks get rid of their records after seven years,” the broker lamented. No record-retention law existed, so not all landlords kept the paperwork. But years later, new laws and court rulings required it. Without the benefit of a time machine, some landlords are vulnerable to rent-overcharge lawsuits. If a unit’s deregulation is reversed retroactively, the owner must reimburse the tenant for the difference between the “legal rent” (had the unit remained stabilized) and what the tenant has been paying. If the action is deemed to be fraud, the payback triples. “One unit with treble damages can be more than $200,000,” the broker said. “It’s no longer an asset, it’s a liability.” I asked what metric best captures the devaluation of rent-stabilized buildings. Gross rent multiplier, he said. Multiplying that figure by the rent roll produces the expected sale price. “Depending on the building and location, it can be anywhere from 4 to 6.5 times the rent roll,” he said. “It used to be 14 to 18 times the rent roll.” He paused to let that sink in. “You’re talking values dropping 75 percent,” he said. “Imagine if your stock portfolio dropped 75 percent in five years.” He could not understand why the New York Times and other major media outlets are not writing about this. I pointed out that the Times virtually stopped covering commercial real estate in the city when reporter Charles Bagli left the staff in 2018. The broker recalled urging owners to sell their rent-stabilized buildings in the early part of this decade, as the city rebounded from the pandemic. But owners were still shell-shocked by the 2019 rent law and figured the state legislature would fix it. Big mistake. “The prices just keep coming down,” he said. “They have come down every day since June of 2019. Every day.” He pointed to a building with a $1 million rent roll now worth about $5 million. “I could have sold that five years ago for $10 million — during Covid!” the broker said. “And people just did nothing.” Another client bought a Bronx building in 2018 and got a $33 million mortgage. Today, the owner thinks the property is worth $13 million. “He hasn’t paid the loan in months, and the bank hasn’t even put him in default yet,” the broker said. “They don’t want it. No one wants these buildings!” Actually, some investors are looking to buy — at steep discounts. Yet owners sometimes overplay their hands. “Buyers are able to get financing, but I wish sellers really understood how difficult it is to get a deal done. They overnegotiate sometimes,” the broker said. Even if largely ignored by major media outlets, the plight of rent-stabilized housing — which is nearly a third of the city’s housing stock — has become increasingly apparent. Yet the state legislature has shown no urgency to address the issue, passing only a nearly useless tweak to the individual apartment improvements program. “There is nothing on the horizon that indicates any type of rent reform is near,” the broker said. If anything, he sees things getting worse, with Assembly member Zohran Mamdani expected to win the mayoral race on a freeze-the-rent campaign. “Mamdani, he’s got Cea Weaver [advising his housing agenda]. What? These are all activists!” he said. “The real estate industry is not waking up to this reality.” Weaver has called private property “a weapon of white supremacy.” Now, City Council members are trying to pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. COPA is a version of the state bill TOPA, or Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act. Both would pause multifamily sales for months to give tenants a chance to buy their buildings. “That’s a disaster,” the broker said. “I think prices will go down another 10 percent if and when that happens.” Values are falling so fast, he said, that “if you have to wait six months [to sell], it could cost you a million dollars.” To him, TOPA and COPA are part of tenant activists’ agenda to socialize rent-stabilized buildings — to wrest them from their owners. “They are trying to take back the housing, and they are not hiding from this,” he said. “The first step is devaluing it. Check. The next step is making it impossible to run a profit. Check. The next step is [giving tenants] a first or last right of first refusal. “My clients say, ‘It cannot get worse.’ Well, what about this?” Commercial Broker’s Epic Rant on Rent-Stabilized Buildings THEREALDEAL.COM Last month, I got a call from a broker who sells rent-stabilized buildings. It’s been a brutal six years for... The nation’s wealthiest real estate tycoon has disowned his son following accusations that the latter swindled investors out of more than $2 million with a fake business he pitched as the “ultimate man cave” for the ultra-rich. David Bren, 33, allegedly promised “The Bunker” would deliver special access to a suite of luxury vehicles including Ferraris, Bugattis and Porsches, as well as curated dining experiences and high-end wines and cigars, according to investor decks obtained by the Los Angeles Times. A slew of lawsuits have accused Bren of completely fabricating the business pitch, known as “the Soho House for car lovers.” Most backers alleged they lost at least six-figure sums in the supposed scam between 2020 and 2022. One investor fled California in shame, while another – who allegedly invested far more than $100,000 – was found dead in his garage hanging from a noose, according to the LA Times. Donald Bren, 93 – who has a $19 billion net worth and about 129 million square feet of real estate, mostly in Southern California – isn’t coming to his son’s rescue. “We do not have a personal or business relationship with this individual,” Paul Hernandez, spokesperson for Donald Bren and Irvine Company, told The Post in a cold statement. Founding “Bunker” members – including “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban, fashion designer and oil heir August Getty, Oracle’s Larry Ellison and NBA champion Kristaps Porzingis – would cough up a $14,500 monthly fee for club perks, according to a pitch cited in a lawsuit viewed by the news outlet. David planned to store a fleet of supercars in Beverly Hills – just as soon as the project’s owners completed a $90 million purchase of Mr. C’s Beverly Hills Hotel, according to an executive summary obtained by the LA Times. But it was all a “charade designed to lure investors…to fund his own extravagant lifestyle,” according to a lawsuit viewed by the outlet. “The Bunker does not exist. There is no ultra-high end automotive club. There are no members. The business is a mirage,” another lawsuit alleged. David Bren did not immediately respond to attempts to contact him via phone and email. Allegations that Donald Bren was an absent father arose during a trial in 2003, when his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer McKay Gold, and their two children – including David, then 11 – sued him for millions in retroactive child support. He had already paid them roughly $9 million in support, his lawyer told the LA Times. A jury ultimately ruled in his favor. But years later, some duped investors claimed David acted like the wealthy real estate baron was just a phone call away. “He presented like he could have picked up the phone and called his father right away,” Chris Rising, an associate of the Bren family who was roped into David’s attempts to buy Mr. C’s Hotel, told the LA Times. Other investors said he used his strained relationship with his father to garner sympathy. “He was slick. He played this, like, victim; that’s how he pulled people’s heartstrings. ‘My Dad didn’t give me nothing; I could do this, but no one believes in me,’” Mike Tran, a close friend of one investor, told the news outlet. Nanxi Lu, a tech entrepreneur, invested $100,000 toward The Bunker in 2021 after David swore he already had a contract in place to buy the Beverly Hills hotel – though she said she was skeptical. David brought her to a ritzy West Hollywood event that he said The Bunker was “co-sponsoring” with Louis Vuitton. But Liu didn’t see any branding related to the “man cave” club at the event, she told the LA Times. But she invested in the company on the advice of her mentor, Tony Chen, a Bay Area entrepreneur who became obsessed with the project, especially its alleged ties to the Irvine Co., according to the report. “He really pressed me on it. He said you have to invest in this. Put in half a million…It’s the SoHo House for car lovers,” Chen apparently told Liu, using David’s pitch language, the report claimed. But just a few months later, Chen showed up at Liu’s home in “massive, massive crisis,” she told the outlet. Chen reached out to Joshua Ritter, a private attorney who has represented about eight people who invested in The Bunker – including one who put in “just shy” of $1 million, Ritter told the LA Times. As cracks started to show in David’s business pitch, some investors tried to pull their money. Two investors, Elham Alsulaiman and Zainal Alireza, reportedly offered Bren $1 million in seed money for The Bunker, according to court records. Bren later said he was “extremely apologetic” and wrote the pair a check for half-a-million dollars, but “it bounced,” according to the lawsuit viewed by the Times. When Liu tried to pull her money out, Bren only paid back $10,000 and offered her a complimentary membership to The Bunker upon its opening, according to emails obtained by the outlet. Meanwhile, Chen had made little headway in getting his money back by the fall of 2022, Ritter told the LA Times. He had signed check after check for Bren ahead of his breakdown at Liu’s, according to the outlet. He later separated from his wife and started living at his friend Tran’s house. “Tony built out this thing for this guy like, ‘Oh man, he’s this underdog. He’s this David. And if he gets this right, he’s going to become Goliath,’” Tran told the Times. In September 2022, Tran said he found Chen in his garage hanging from a noose. He was 46 and is survived by his ex-wife and daughter. His death was ruled a suicide, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office. https://www.aol.com/articles/richest-us-real-estate-baron-204745876.html