Britta Lokting
By Britta Lokting
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Culture Meet the Men Reviving the Golden Age of Moviegoing on the Lower East Side
I’ve always loved going to the movies. I often go when I feel lonely or inspired. I love the bustle and the camaraderie, the unspoken connections that form when you sit next to complete strangers and experience the same emotions. I like picking the perfect seat. I like the trailers. I like eavesdropping on people…
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The Schmooze Metrograph’s Owners Name Their Top Ten Films
Metrograph, a cinema on Ludlow Street that opened in February, hopes to bring back the Hollywood Golden Era of moviegoing. It’s founders grew up going to the independent arthouses, some of which are now closed. We asked them to list their top ten favorite movies and they came up with some classics. JACOB PERLIN Perlin…
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The Schmooze Joan Rivers’ Dog Bowl Sells for Over $13,000
The private collection of Joan Rivers raked in almost $2.5 million in live and online auctions this week at Christie’s, with 96% of the lot sold and several extravagant purchases made. The silver Tiffany & Co. dog bowl engraved with Rivers’ famous dog’s name “Spike,” a Yorkshire terrier that appeared with her on The Tonight…
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Culture The Joan Rivers Collection Is Being Auctioned Off in Marie Antoinette Style
The items being auctioned off from Joan Rivers’ private collection at Christie’s are exactly what you would imagine anything belonging to Rivers to be: gaudy, entertaining, hilarious, ambitious. The comedian, known for her pointedly sharp style, died in 2014 at the age of 81. Now, more than 200 items from her Upper East Side apartment,…
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Culture This Might Be Your Last Chance To See This Mural
The Heritage Mural, which adorns the eastern facade of 232 East Broadway on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, has already begun to disintegrate. Portions of the muted clay-colored and yellow paint have weathered away, leaving sections of the picture lost to memory now. Soon the building will be razed for new development, and then the mural…
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Culture Muhammad Ali and Jewish Doctor’s Friendship Started With Fight to End Parkinson’s
Abraham Lieberman had been Muhammad Ali’s doctor for a decade when in 1994 he came up with the idea of creating an institute for Parkinson’s, the disease he diagnosed Ali with in 1984, and implored the three-time world champion boxer for help. Lieberman called Ali to ask if he would lend his name to the…
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Breaking News Alan Grayson Gives Would-Be Successor in Congress Big Boost — by Marrying Her
Florida Rep. Alan Grayson, a liberal gadfly who once branded Republicans as “Jesus freaks,” has now married the woman who wants to take his seat Congress when he runs for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Marco Rubio. Grayson’s newly minted wife, Dena Minning, has been plotting a run for the Orlando-area seat for…
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Breaking News Real Estate Tycoon’s Son Charged With Torture Slaying of Hollywood Model Girlfriend
The son of a well-known real estate developer in Toronto has been charged with killing and torturing his girlfriend in Los Angeles. According to The Toronto Star, Blake Leibel pleaded not guilty yesterday for one count of each of murder, mayhem, aggravated mayhem and torture in the killing of his girlfriend Iana Kasian. Authorities say…
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