"Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires Of The City has entered the U.S. album chart at #1, selling nearly 135,000 copies since its May 14 release on XL Recordings. This is the second time Vampire Weekend has achieved such an historic feat:...
Cable news can't quit cracking jokes as Anthony Weiner makes his return to the stage with a run for New York City mayor. Full-size version....
(BY DOUG GEORGE)... The Second City will host an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Playwrights Theatre Club — reuniting original members of troupe, which was the precursor to The Compass Players and Second City.
Modern Vampires of the City, the third, excellent album from Vampire Weekend, debuted atop the Billboard 200 this week with 134,000 copies sold. It's Vampire Weekend's second No. 1 (Contra had a weeklong run back in 2010). Congrats, Vampire Weekend! Congrats, Steve Buscemi.
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It's official: Anthony Weiner is running for mayor of New York City. In a new video, Weiner appears with his wife, Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, to ask New Yorkers to give him a "second chance" after admitting to making some "big mistakes." A Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday suggests Weiner has some ground to make up. Show More Summary
On Tuesday the MLS officially announced that a second soccer team will be playing in New York in 2015: the New York City Football Club. Backed by Premier League powerhouse Manchester City and American giants the New York Yankees, NYC FC have become the 20th MLS team. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced: “We proudly welcome [...]
Confirming the worst kept secret in politics, former Rep. Anthony Weiner has officially confirmed he’s running for New York City mayor, telling voters in a YouTube video that he wants a second chance in politics. "I made some big mistakes, and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some [...]
Keeping busy with her constant mommy duties, Halle Berry dropped her daughter Nahla off to school in Studio City, CA this morning (May 21). Looking casual, the 46-year-old soon-to-be second time mama concealed her growing bump in anShow More Summary
The second annual Mesamérica Festival kicked off yesterday in Mexico City, where chef and organizer Enrique Olvera (whose restaurant Pujol climbed to number 17 on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list this...
MLS has announced its 20th team: New York City FC, which will begin play in 2015, in a yet-to-be-determined stadium. It'll be owned by Manchester City, in partnership with the New York Yankees. It will be sponsored by oil and evil. Read more...
Head to Eater Chicago to watch the trailer for the upcoming film Trubadeaux: A Restaurant Movie. Produced by Second City improv vets with a combined 35 years of restaurant experience, the film tells the story of two brothers trying to...
Even as hundreds of New Yorkers marched in a second consecutive peace rally over the past two days, another gay man has become the sixth victim in a series of homophobic attacks that has plagued the city during recent weeks. “Dan Contarino (pictured), a former promoter of Shampoo Nightclub’s Shaft Fridays, was jumped last night [...]
After years of rumors, it's finally real: NYC FC is here. MLS commissioner Don Garber announced this morning that the league will expanding with a second NYC-area team called New York City Football Club, to begin playing in 2015. The Yankees and Manchester City FC have partnered to form the ownership team. [ more › ]
As of this morning, 51 people, including 20 children, were killed during last night’s tornado strike in Oklahoma City, which also left over 40,000 homes without power. Some are calling it, as Burnsy noted, the “most destructive tornado in the history of the world,” with wind speeds reaching up to 200 MPH. Show More Summary
The tornado that slammed into the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing more than 50 people with winds up to 200 miles per hour, was given a preliminary ranking of EF4, the second most powerful category on the Enhanced Fujita...Show More Summary
As many as 26 tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa today, with Oklahoma City hardest hit. This was the second time this month a tornado hit Oklahoma City and the National Weather Service warns that millions are still at immediate risk for severe weather, from Texas to the Great Lakes. Show More Summary
On the first day of the second annual Mésamerica Festival in Mexico City, New York City restaurateurs Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli unveiled the details of their mysterious new project, RES. While rumors and liquor license applications had previously...
No Seoul/jokes jokes this week, guys. We're just going to tell it like it is in celebration of American Airlines' new route to Seoul, South Korea, a city so hugely underrated and yet so majorly cool. It's a city that comes with the Jaunted seal of approval many times over and for the next several days we'll be explaining exactly why. Show More Summary
Parts of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area were under a tornado warning Monday afternoon, and video showed what appeared to be a clearly defined tornado touching down outside the city.
A helicopter pilot for NBC affiliate KFOR said the twister appeared to be touching down in N …
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fighting raged for the second day on Monday in the strategic Syrian city of Qusayr, as government forces, backed by Shiite fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, unleashed new airstrikes and rebels fought back fiercely in parts of the city, Syrian opposition activists said. The toll of dead and wounded continued [...]