Archive for the ‘Arts & Entertainment’ Category
The actor who played George Costanza’s boss Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld is “clinging to life in an Ohio hospital after shooting himself in the head Monday morning in a failed suicide attempt,” according to TMZ. Daniel von Bargen called 911 and said, “I’ve shot myself in the head … and I need help.” [ more › ]
Thousands of area Kraftwerk fans are wondering what’s the German word for ticket fail today, after tickets for the eight night stand at MoMA sold out faster than you can say shoot the glass. Just as Hitler predicted! The quick sellout says something about the high demand for a “group” that hasn’t “performed” in NYC since 2005 at Hammerstein Ballroom. (HELL of a show.) MoMA used the website ShowClix to handle tickets for the sale, and many of us experienced time-outs and a debalitiating inability to even load Showclix.com for a while. After well over an hour in a queue, all Kraftwerk fans at Gothamist HQ were denied. But we weren’t alone; let us collectively mourn this completely unsurprising turn of events with the soothing balm of a Twitter pity party: [ more › ]
Beneath New York City lies a vast network of abandoned tunnels, caverns, nooks and crannies that the average joe will never see. But urban explorer Steve Duncan is not your average joe! As you’ll see in their Undercity series, he and filmmaker Andrew Wonder really like getting dirty below grade. And sometimes, above grade. This week they go WAY UP, climbing atop the Williamsburg Bridge. [ more › ]