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Roaring Summer: Go for 'Gatsby'-esque style as it heats up
Photo credit: It’s not hard to emulate the Roaring Twenties look as seen in “The Great Gatsby.”
“Great Gatsby” fever is in full swing — not just on the big screen with Baz Luhrmann’s film — but on the style scene as well.
It’s easy to channel the glamorous Roaring Twenties look but with a modern twist: Julianne Moore did so beautifully this spring in a shimmering black-and-white Chanel gown at the SAG Awards. Boho is out and chic is in. Here’s how to get the look:
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Read more »A look at Staten Island's Snug Harbor
Photo credit: Reflect on hectic city life at the New York Chinese Scholar's Garden
It’s certainly not a tropical island, but if your goal is to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, Staten Island’s Snug Harbor is the perfect retreat. Located on the north shore, it was built in 1801 as a haven for retired sailors and dubbed Sailors Snug Harbor.
Today, the 83-acre Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden campus (1000 Richmond Terr., snug-harbor.org) sees more...
Read more »$2 million in drugs seized in Queens
Photo credit: Drugs seized by the New York State Police. (New York State Police)
Nearly 20 pounds of meth and heroin worth more than $2 million were recovered in a bust that netted three accused drug traffickers, prosecutors said Monday.
Most of the drugs were recovered in a Corona, Queens, stash house April 9 after investigators observed the trio allegedly making a drug deal in the Bronx.
Prosecutors say investigators followed Miguel Mercado-Guelen and Henry Nunez...
Read more »Dozens injured in Oklahoma City tornado
Photo credit: Kasey Clark sorts through the debris of her grandmother-in-law Thelma Cox's mobile home. (Getty)
UPDATED 8:27 p.m.: A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, ripping up at least two elementary schools and a hospital and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage.
At least four people were killed, KFOR television said, citing a reporter's eyewitness account, and hospitals said dozens of people were injured as the dangerous storm...
Read more »Taylor Swift disses Justin Bieber at the Billboard Music Awards
Photo credit: Justin Bieber at the Billboard Music Awards (Getty Images)
Ouch!
In addition to getting booed by the crowd at Sunday night’s Billboard Music Awards while accepting his Milestone Award, Justin Bieber took a hit from a fellow young crooner: Taylor Swift.
Swift seemed none too pleased when she spotted Bieber giving Selena Gomez — his ex-girlfriend and Swift’s BFF — a kiss on the cheek backstage at the awards show.
The “We Are Never Ever Getting...
Read more »Jamie-Lynn Sigler preps for baby boy
Photo credit: Jamie-Lynn Sigler at New York Baby show on Saturday (Michael Simon/startraksphoto.com)
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is in mama-to-be mode!
The “Guys With Kids” star hit up the New York Baby Show this weekend to browse the latest and greatest in baby goods.
Sigler, 32 — who is expecting a boy with fiance Cutter Dykstra — was “glowing” as she walked arm-in-arm around Pier 92 with her own mother, said a witness who spied Sigler at the Drugstore.com booth.
“Her skin was glowing...
Read more »Spotted: Eve partying at Hilo, Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise at Make Meaning, more
Photo credit: Eve (Getty Images)
Katie Holmes and daughter Suri Cruise painting ceramics at Make Meaning on the Upper East Side
Alan Alda shopping at Whole Foods Columbus Circle
Eve partying with friends at Hilo in the Meatpacking District
Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola popping champagne bottles during her sister’s bachelorette party at The Chandelier Room at The W Hoboken ...
Read more »Full service on Metro-North railroad back Wednesday
Photo credit: About 30,000 rail commuters per day are expected to be affected while crews repair the damage./Getty
Connecticut commuters will be back on the rails with full service on Metro-North Railroad Wednesday morning, after the train crash on the New Haven line during the weekend, the MTA said Monday.
Metro-North President Howard Permut said there are about 100 crew members working around the clock to prepare the damaged New Haven line for Wednesday morning’s rush.
The Friday evening train...
Read more »Wylde: Don't short-circuit MSG's plans for future
Photo credit: Madison Square Garden, November 2011. (Getty Images)
Last month, the Partnership for New York City published the NYC Jobs Blueprint, which lays out what city leaders must do to create a full-employment economy. One key: The government must protect and leverage the city's assets, including the anchor institutions that define our global brand and power our key industries.
Madison Square Garden is one of those assets, contributing more than $500...
Read more »CD Reviews: Saturday Looks Good To Me, Alpine
Photo credit: Saturday Looks Good to Me' "One Kiss Ends It All"
‘One Kiss Ends It All’ Saturday Looks Good To Me 3 stars When Michigan-based indie-pop project Saturday Looks Good To Me regrouped in 2012, it was a welcome but weird experience. The meta-nostalgia of revisiting a beloved early-2000s band that drew its inspiration from the wavering mini-symphonies of the ’60s girl-group era was strange, but few bands are able to transmit so precise a mood, and it...
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