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Times Square mural draws outrage over black man in a trash can http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/jP6eeNQwE8KyhC7EN3qQhr3mwuE=/47x178:915x829/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b1ff48e/turbine/ny-1528820874-4feznnf1jl-snap-image A detail from "Loosey Deucey" by painter Arnie Charnick has drawn complaints from staff at Hotel Edison. One artist’s trash is another man’s displeasure. Outrage over the image of a black man dumped in the garbage in a new mural recalling 1970s-era Times Square has led to an acrylic cover-up. In a picture posted Monday of the painting at the Hotel Edison on W. 47th St., the words PLACE LITTER HERE are seen on the trash can holding the African-American man. The words are now gone. “I took the sign out,” artist Arnie Charnick, 71, told the Daily News Tuesday morning, whether that appeases the staff remains to be seen. “I could have made it a white guy,” he said, adding that a photograph of the city 40 years ago inspired the detail in the lower left corner in a wall-sized painting. “It’s a suffering soul,” he said. “That’s what it’s meant to show.” http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/nBXl5Yej_nr7DLmRbfiOVrf4QlY=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b1ff075/turbine/ny-1528819825-r8oa2xdtmq-snap-image "Troupe du Jour" shows Al Jolson in blackface. But some hotel staff saw racial insensitivity in the mural, Charnick acknowledged. “I welcome remarks from people,” he said. “I don’t like it when they get lawyers.” The News reached out for a comment on complaints from the Hotel Edison, which hired Charnick to do a mural in the lobby in 1991. Charnick is now putting finishing touches on the art installation that began in January. He expects to complete the job by Sunday. The three-part mural depicts Times Square in various eras using a mix of actual people, fictional characters, headlines and signs. The panel “Loosey Deucey” spans 1965-90. It is crowded with hookers, porn houses and X-rated titles. It is seen through the viewpoint of Travis Bickle, the title character of “Taxi Driver.” “I prefer Times Squares funky to Disney,” said Charnick. “Post-War Whoopee” covers 1935-65. It is anchored by an image of the iconic V-J Day kiss. “Troupe du Jour” spans 1904-35 and the world of entertainment at the time. It includes images of Houdini in chains, Buster Keaton as Hamlet and, in yet another provocative artistic choice, Al Jolson in black face and genuflecting, in “The Jazz Singer.” Charnick, who has been painting since he was a 10-year-old kid in the Bronx, defended his decision to include the image of Jolson. “‘The Jazz Singer’ was the first talkie,” he said. “And while it wasn’t in my consciousness, a white actor in blackface taking a knee relates to black athletes taking a knee in protest today.” “I support these athletes,” he added, “100%.” http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/z30Rzd9T0wP6S_UH5r-pxRouVkg=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b1ff0c0/turbine/ny-1528819896-c9iulhtwne-snap-image "Loosey Deucey" is seen through the view of "Taxi Driver" vigilante Travis Bickle and shows NYC in all of its 1970's gritty and seedy glory.

I'm not so sure about that. I think maybe some people start to age backwards. After all, I've heard many a tale of a person in their 80s or 90s winding up back in diapers, often toothless and unable to chew solid foods, sometimes even babbling incoherently. Obviously, they are distant relatives of Ponce De Leon, whose family has passed on the secret location of the fountain of youth all these years. (I think Dorian Gray stumbled upon said location at some point).

2018-03-03: A cheep slut has come between a hawk and her hubby. For the last five years, two red-tailed hawks named Christo and Dora have ruled the roost at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, mating and raising 10 chicks together. But three months ago, Dora had to leave and go to rehab for an injured wing. And while hawks usually mate for life, an opportunistic bachelorette named Nora soon arrived and began flapping her feathers at Christo. “She swooped in the second Dora left,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting the tryst on her blog. To some bird watchers, Nora is nothing more than a rust-colored nest-wrecker. “It put a bad taste in our mouths to see him with a mistress,” said local Helen Stratford, 60, who has watched the avian affair unfold with a heavy heart. While Dora recovered from a bone infection in her left wing, Christo even invited Nora to spend time in his and Dora’s nest, Goggin said. “He kept trying to get Nora interested in the nest and calling out to her, but she preferred to mate away from Dora’s territory,” said Goggin. On Monday, the soaring soap opera reached its crescendo — Dora returned. The three lovers met beak-to-beak in the center of the park, where the plumage hit the fan. “The three of them flew around each other screaming,” said Goggin. “It was chaos.” Moments later, Christo and Nora dashed off together. “My heart sank knowing Dora saw Christo taking up with another female,” said Goggin. It turns out Christo might be doing double time as a Don Juan. Every morning since Tuesday, bird watchers have spotted the golden-headed hawk bringing Dora sticks to help weave into her tree nest near East 8th Street and Avenue B. He also leaves her dead rats to feast on. Then, in the afternoon, Christo flies back to Nora — who prefers to nest around the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D between East 10th and East 13th Streets — to mate. “He went from monogamist to polygamist!” Stratford said. Though red-tailed hawks normally stick together forever, it’s normal for New York City hawks to find a new mate within 24 hours if one of them dies, said Bobby Horvath, a wildlife rehabilitator who nursed Dora back to health. He said threesomes are rare but possible. “There have been prior documented cases where it has worked out,” said Horvath. “As long as the females are kept apart.” Locals are confident Christo is up to the task. “He’s a really stand-up hawk and father,” said Stratford. “If anyone can make it happen, it’s him.” 2018-04-14: Tompkins Square Park’s claw-sanova is now servicing not two, but three chicks at the same time. The red-tailed stud named Christo made the front page of The Post in March for dipping his, um, beak in the nests of two different female hawks. His supposed mate-for-life Dora had gone to an animal hospital for an injured wing and returned a few months later to find her paramour had taken up with a flewzy named Nora. But over the last month, the pair seemed to be patching things up, even though Christo would still make the occasional booty call at Nora’s nest. Then two weeks ago Dora re-injured her wing, believe it or not, fighting off an unknown female hawk. And it was off to rehab again. That’s when Christo’s wandering eye reappeared — along with yet another side chick. The new nest-wrecker is named Amelia. “She was there within ten minutes,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting the ménage à quad on her blog. “I think she had been keeping an eye on the situation since she saw Dora was in a weakened state and took her opportunity.” The cheep slut even made herself at home in Dora’s nest near East 8th Street and Avenue B. “Amelia started bringing twigs to it and spending time in it right away,” said Goggin. “And Christo completely accepted her and brought her a rat, which is a nice gift.” Meanwhile, bird watchers say Christo still has the energy to visit his original feathered mistress Nora at her nest around the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D between East 10th and East 13th Streets. “She never liked to be in Dora’s nest,” said Goggin. Bird lovers — who have watched Christo and Dora rear 10 chicks and rule the roost at Tompkins for the last five years — are broken up by Christo’s fowl lust. “We are all shocked and stunned that this is happening again,” said Goggin. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster.” Taking up with three lady hawks is also “extremely rare,” said Bobby Horvath, a wildlife rehabilitator who’s nursing Dora back to health. “Two happens, but I’ve never heard of three.” Christo (right) with his new lover SLUT Amelia 2018-06-09: Tompkins Square Park’s biggest tail chaser has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy. The red-tailed Romeo named Christo — who was servicing three lady hawks at once — is now the proud father of at least two hatchlings with his second and most recent SLUT, Amelia. The babies are Christo’s first with a new lover since raising 10 over four years with his first and erstwhile mate-for-life Dora — who was shipped off to rehab after re-injuring her wing in April. Birders first caught a glimpse of the baby birds poking their heads out of their nest — originally built by Dora — near East 8th Street and Avenue B on May 25. “We saw them take food up to the nest and tear little pieces off and drop them down into the babies’ mouths,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting Christo’s exploits on her blog. “It was a very happy event.” Christo is no deadbeat dad. “He takes his role as a hunter for his new family very seriously,” said Goggin. “He’s only taking up small mice now because he knows what food is appropriate for the babies.” The claw-sanova also spends his days fending off the park’s blue jays. “Other birds don’t like raptors, so the blue jays have all teamed up to go after the hawks,” said Goggin. Amelia sits on a branch as Christo approaches her. Christo seems to be slowing down his extracurriculars, no longer visiting his first mistress, Nora. “Christo always stays close to the nest now,” said Goggin. When Dora was first whisked away for a hurt wing in December, a lonely Christo took up with Nora and continued to visit her nest even when Dora returned in March. But right when he seemed to be patching things up with up with Dora, she was shipped off to rehab again after defending her mate against an unknown female hawk. And she likely won’t be coming back to Tompkins. “If [Amelia] stays there, she can’t go back because there would be a battle,” said Bobby Horvath, the wildlife rehabilitator who’s nursing Dora back to health. “It’s too much of a risk. It would be [Amelia and Nora] against one.” Loyal birders are crying fowl over Christo and his parade of flewzys. “We’re still sad,” said Goggin. “We miss Dora and Christo together. They were such a great pair and it’s just a very different relationship with Amelia.” The chicks will likely stick around at Tompkins until September or so, Goggin said. Amelia (left) and Christo, in Tompkins Square Park

ROSE NYLUND: "You know I'm tired of you knocking Minnesota! We might not be as 'sophisticated' as Miami, with French boutiques, valet parking, and facelifts for Christmas vacation, but we have family and community! And so what if we have farms? If we didn't have farms you couldn't eat, if you couldn't eat you couldn't go on a diet, and if you couldn't go on a diet what would you do for the rest of your life?!"

Have y'all seen his ad in which he crows about stopping smoking? So does that make him more or less likely as the suspect for this? Diner in Maspeth where ‘Goodfellas’ was filmed catches fire after closing for the day Inside the GoodFellas Diner on Maspeth Ave. shortly after a fire was extinguished on June 11. A historic Maspeth eatery that has been a popular site for movie and television scenes went up in flames yesterday shortly after it closed for the day. The FDNY received the call at 4:45 p.m. on June 11 for a fire at the GoodFellas Diner on Maspeth Avenue. Firefighters got the blaze under control by 5:30 p.m., officials said, but there were no details available about the severity of the fire. There were no injuries during the incident, fire officials said. Witnesses at the scene provided more details, and a video posted to Facebook showed firefighters breaking the windows of the diner as smoke billowed out. A fire official explained that this is a standard practice to ventilate a building while fighting a fire. After firefighters extinguished the flames, local resident Christina Wilkinson went inside the damaged diner and spoke to the owners. While fire officials have not yet determined the cause of the fire, Wilkinson told QNS that the kitchen appeared to have the most damage. She added that firefighters may have broken through the roof above the kitchen to gain access since the diner was closed and locked up for the day. Fire officials could not confirm if that was the case but said that it is likely there was forced entry if the building was locked. The extent of the damage is yet to be determined, but Wilkinson said that most of the vintage decor that made the diner such a popular site for movie shoots was still intact. Founded in 1935 as the Clinton Diner, many people in the neighborhood still refer to the Maspeth landmark by its original name. A long list of movies and TV shows have filmed scenes inside throughout the 2000s, but the iconic shoot of “Goodfellas” in 1990 became the new namesake for the diner in 2012. The acclaimed Martin Scorsese mobster film starring Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci showcased the diner in several pivotal scenes, each of which featured Liotta and DeNiro dining together. The diner’s exterior is shown when DeNiro’s character kicked down a telephone booth after learning of his friend and associate being whacked. http://2sei0v2s93y31n9ndy1lrzmh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/41843526795_d1b1374f66_k-768x1024.jpg http://2sei0v2s93y31n9ndy1lrzmh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/41843528105_24d27224ed_k-1024x768.jpg http://2sei0v2s93y31n9ndy1lrzmh-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/27874136897_b0f503310a_k-768x1024.jpg

It will be, as soon as I graduate from kindergarten.

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ESPN's Keith Law does.

Craigslist founder gives CUNY journalism school $20 million

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - A man under the influence of drugs when he plowed into a pack of Michigan bicyclists, killing five, was sentenced to at least 40 years in prison Monday after a judge expressed dissatisfaction with his apology. Nine people out on a recreational ride were members of a group called the "Chain Gang." They were hit on a two-lane rural road two years ago in southwestern Michigan's Cooper Township. "I'll live with this the rest of my life," Pickett said, crying. "I would give my life for the people I murdered, killed and maimed and I just want to say I'm sorry." But Judge Paul Bridenstine called his apology "woefully inadequate." He told Pickett that he had many opportunities to stop driving before the crash, 140 miles (209 kilometers) west of Detroit. A woman who was with Pickett earlier that day told jurors that he had attended a cousin's funeral and swallowed a handful of drugs. The dead were three women and two men, ages 42 to 74. The National Transportation Safety Board said better communication between dispatchers might have alerted police to stop the 52-year-old while he was driving erratically through different communities before the crash.

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Her performance is even more impressive if you set the speed to 2x.

“Goonies” and “Die Hard” star and noted Frank Sinatra tribute singer Robert Davi is the subject of a new documentary produced by club promoter-turned-director Danny A. Abeckaser. “First We Take Brooklyn” director Abeckaser met Davi while on the set of another film, and was inspired to follow Davi on a yearlong journey to re-create Sinatra’s famous “Main Event” held in 1974 at the Garden. The film, “Davi’s Way,” will hit theaters in NY and LA on July 13 after landing a distribution deal in May. Said a source close to the film, “Davi attributes his career to his idol Sinatra, who was a dear friend after landing him his first movie role.” Davi recently performed two sold-out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

Can’t get it up? That may be the least of your worries, according to new research. Men with erectile dysfunction are twice as likely to experience cardiac arrests, cardiac death, cardiac arrests or non-fatal strokes than men without ED, according to a new study published in American Heart Association’s journal Circulation. “Our results reveal that erectile dysfunction is, in and of itself, a potent predictor of cardiovascular risk,” Michael Blaha, professor of medicine at John Hopkins School of Medicine and co-author of the study, writes in a press release. “Our findings suggest that clinicians should perform further targeted screening in men with erectile dysfunction, regardless of other cardiac risk factors and should consider managing any other risk factors — such as high blood pressure or cholesterol — that much more aggressively.” Researchers followed 1,900 men between 60 to 78 years old for over four years. In total, the group racked up 115 heart attacks, strokes and cardiac arrests. 6.3 percent of the men who suffered from those events had erectile dysfunction, researchers found. Erectile dysfunction — a condition where men are unable to maintain an erection during sex — affects 20 percent of men over 20 years old. The study also notes that erectile dysfunction and cardiovascular disease share risk factors like obesity, smoking and diabetes. “The onset of ED should prompt men to seek comprehensive cardiovascular risk evaluation from a preventive cardiologist,” Blaha says. “It is incredible how many men avoid the doctor and ignore early signs of cardiovascular disease, but present for the first time with a chief complaint of ED. “This is a wonderful opportunity to identify otherwise undetected high-risk cases,” he adds.

Tragedy struck the family of Olympic ski legend Bode Miller, when his toddler daughter drowned during a neighbor’s pool party, a report said Monday. Miller and his wife, Morgan, were at a neighbor’s home in Orange County, Calif., Sunday for a party when their 19-month old daughter, Emeline, somehow ended up in the water,according to TMZ. First responders arrived at the scene and administered CPR before transporting the child to the hospital, where she died, the website said. After the death, the Millers posted an a image of their daughter on Instagram along with a heartbreaking message. “We are beyond devastated. Our baby girl, Emmy, passed away yesterday,” they wrote. “Never in a million years did we think we would experience a pain like this. Her love, her light, her spirit will never be forgotten. Our little girl loved life and lived it to it’s fullest everyday.” The sad news comes just four months after the Millers announced that they are expecting their third child in October. The US Olympic Team sent its thoughts to the family in a tweet on Monday night. “Terribly sad news in the Olympic Movement today. #TeamUSA sends sincere condolences to @MillerBode and his family, along with wishes of strength and comfort,”the tweet read. Miller, a five-time Olympian, is the most decorated US skier ever, having won a gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the Games. The tragedy brought to light an all-too-common occurrence with swimming pools. In 1979, OJ Simpson’s daughter Aaren died of an accidental drowning in the family’s pool. After she was found in the pool, the two-year-old was rushed to UCLA medical center where she entered a coma. She passed away eight days later.

Man set apartment on fire after catching girlfriend cheating: cops A man set his girlfriend on fire in their Bronx apartment, killing her before dying himself in the inferno, sources said Sunday. The 50-year-old boyfriend, whose name has not been released, caught Berta Booker, 49, with another man at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday in their home on the second floor of a five-story building at 2216 Adams Place in Tremont, law enforcement sources said. The boyfriend doused Booker with flammable liquid before setting her ablaze, the sources said. He too caught fire, although it was not clear if that was intentional. Booker’s 44-year-old alleged lover, who also was not identified, jumped from a window and hurt his ankle, law enforcement sources said. Both Booker and the boyfriend who attacked her were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries. The other man was also transported there, and was listed in stable condition. Fire officials Sunday were still trying to determine what kind of accelerant was used.

Barbra Streisand is getting deeper into business with Netflix, setting a licensing pact with the streaming giant for six vintage music specials and an expanded edition of 1976’s “A Star is Born.” Streisand unveiled the deal Sunday night at the closing night of Netflix’s month-long FYSee awards promotion installation at Raleigh Studios. The music legend sat with Jamie Foxx for a Q&A to talk up her recent Netflix special “Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic!” The licensing pact covers some of the Great Society-era network TV specials that helped cement her status as a superstar: “My Name Is Barbra” (1965), “Color Me Barbra” (1966), “Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park” (1968), “Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments” (1973), “Barbra Streisand: The Concert” (1994), and “Barbra Streisand: Timeless” (2001). The expanded edition of the 1976 romantic drama “A Star is Born” will feature Streisand performing an instrumental version of “Evergreen” for the first time along with additional footage added to the film’s “With One More Look At You/Watch Closely Now” medley finale. Streisand starred with Kris Kristofferson in the film directed by Frank Pierson and penned by Pierson, Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. The new cut of Streisand’s “A Star is Born” arrives as yet another version of the enduring Hollywood tale is set to arrive in theaters in October. Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga star in the story of an aging star who gives a boost to a rising talent. Cooper also directs.

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