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Why George C. Wolfe considers himself a lucky guy

2013-03-29 06:00:00

— George C. Wolfe is flummoxed. He's describing the gestation of "Lucky Guy," the Nora Ephron play he is directing with Tom Hanks playing an ambitious and cocky New York newspaper reporter. It began, he says, with Ephron asking him: "What's more...

Hero Complex the magazine: Spring issue available now

2013-03-27 06:02:27

Mogul Ron Burkle partnering in new branded entertainment company

2013-03-25 16:52:00

Billionaire mogul Ron Burkle has invested in a new branded entertainment company, broadening his rapidly growing stable of Hollywood-related businesses. Burkle has partnered with publishing executive Richard Beckman and entertainment attorney Joel...

Homework mixing slavery and math for NYC 4th-graders stirs uproar

2013-02-22 13:44:00

New York City educators have learned the hard way that there are some things that just don’t mix -- like using slavery to teach math. The principal of P.S. 59, a well-thought-of elementary school that draws students from Midtown and the area...

Review: Dysfunctional is just 'A Family Thing'

2013-02-20 00:00:00

So you think your family is nuts? The fraternal train wreck of Gary Lennon's "A Family Thing," now having its world premiere in an Echo Theater Company production at Stage 52, will have you feeling Norman Rockwell-y about even those relatives whose loose-...

'Life of Pi' is a four-time winner at Visual Effects Society Awards

2013-02-06 08:39:00

Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" won four VES Awards at the 11th Visual Effects Society Awards on Tuesday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. "Life of Pi" -- which is nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including best film and director -- won for visual effects...

VES Awards 2013 winners & nominees

2013-01-07 08:00:00

Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" | Joe Letteri, Eileen Moran, Eric Saindon, Kevin L. Sherwood "Prometheus" | Paul Butterworth, Charley Henley, Allen Maris, Richard Stammers "Life of...

The Week in Pictures | January 21 – 27, 2013

2013-01-25 14:53:21

Pictures in the News | January 23, 2013

2013-01-23 10:44:17

For second time in month, man pushed to death in New York subway

2012-12-27 22:08:00

A man was crushed to death Thursday night in New York after a woman shoved him into the path of an oncoming subway train, the second time this month that a commuter was killed after being pushed onto the tracks. The incident occurred in Queens just...

Woman charged with murder in New York subway pushing death

2012-12-29 15:34:00

A 31-year-old woman has been charged with murder for allegedly shoving a man in front of an oncoming subway train in New York -- an act authorities described Saturday as a hate crime. “The defendant is accused of committing what is every subway...

Police on both coasts probe shooting of L.A. man [Google+ hangout]

2012-12-12 13:34:10

The Girl Scouts should stop trying to portray their Mango Creme cookies as a health food, say leaders of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

2013-02-08 14:20:00

Commuters board a New York Waterway ferry bound for Midtown Manhattan at the 14th Street pier Thursday in Hoboken, N.J.

2012-11-01 19:31:00

A shot of one of the terrace studios at the Hyatt 48 Lex in Manhattan.

2012-04-18 13:54:00