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18 m ago
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By amNY

Celebrities grieve over Whitney Houston's death

Celebrities all across the entertainment industry continued to grieve for Whitney Houston all weekend, with a collective sadness casting a shadow over Sunday night's Grammy Awards.
"First of all, I want to tell you that I love you all.” Second, I would like to say, 'I love you, Whitney.' The hardest thing for me to do is to come on this stage." — Ex-husband Bobby Brown, at a concert...
57 m ago
style
By Julie Gordon

A 'Dreamy' night for fashion

The Dream Downtown was the place to be, Fashion Week party or not, on Saturday night.
Designer Prabal Gurung hosted a post-show dinner for family and friends — including Candice Swanepoel, Maggie Betts and Brad Goreski — in the Presidential Suite, followed by a party DJ'd by Mia Moretti, while "Project Runway" winner Christian Siriano threw a bash at the PH-D Rooftop Lounge.
After Siriano’s...
6:13 PM
style
By Julie Gordon

Theophilus London gets his Fashion Week on

Hip-hop “It” guy Theophilus London is getting his Fashion Week on.
After performing at the amfAR Gala on Wednesday, the Brooklyn native hit the runway during Rebecca Minkoff’s fall 2012 show on Friday, entertaining a crowd that included Kristin Chenoweth, Nikki Reed and Abigail Breslin. Later that night, he hit up Minkoff’s after-party at the Darby Downstairs for yet another live set.
Meanwhile,...
6:10 PM
news
By Sheila Anne Feeney

Isaac Mizrahi on how TV is like your mother & where to eat on the UES

Telegenic West Village fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi enlivens QVC at 10 p.m. every Monday night and can also be seen 9 p.m. Thursdays on Lifetime's Project Runway: All Stars.
Q: What would you most like to see changed or accomplished in New York?
A: Taxis need to be redesigned to be more comfortable and easier to get into for a normal person with legs. I used to eschew all those rulings...
6:04 PM
style
By Julie Gordon

Gisele hits the runway following Super Bowl flap

Gisele Bundchen has officially been redeemed — at least in the eyes of the fashion world.
The supermodel — who bashed hubby Tom Brady’s teammates after the Patriots lost the Super Bowl to the Giants— returned to her home turf on Saturday, walking in designer Alexander Wang’s fashion show at Pier 94.
Joining Bundchen on the runway were a handful of other big names, including Carmen Kass,...
5:48 PM
news
By Tim Herrera

Whitney Houston's daughter rushed to hospital twice after mom's death

Whitney Houston's 18-year-old daughter was rushed to a hospital twice Sunday after emotional breakdowns in the wake of her mother's death, officials said.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was removed from the Beverly Hilton, the same hotel her mother was found underwater and unconscious in a bathtub the day before, and taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, officials said.
Authorities declined...
4:42 PM
news
By Erik Ortiz

Groups hold religious services for the last time in NYC schools

Sunday was the final day that religious groups could continue holding services in city schools.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday the city will begin enforcing a 2011 ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that found the city has the right to prohibit religious worship in schools.
The mayor cited the separation of church and state -- and the possibility that one religion could...
4:40 PM
news
By Marc Beja

Driver on wrong side of FDR causes deadly three-car pileup

A man driving the wrong way on the FDR caused a deadly three-car pileup early Sunday morning, officials said.
The unidentified 26-year-old man was driving a Nissan Maxima northbound on the southbound side of the road just before 3 a.m. Sunday when he slammed head-on into a Dodge Caravan driven by a 52-year-old man near the Houston Street exit, police said. A 22-year-old woman driving a Mazda...
4:35 PM
news
By Erik Ortiz

State primaries could move to June under Assembly bill

New York's primary election day for state and federal races would be set for June 26 if a state bill introduced in Albany wins approval.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan), the bill sponsor, said Sunday that local governments would save a total $50 million if the date for state primaries were moved from September to June -- when the state must begin holding its federal election...
2:59 PM
news
By Marc Beja

Subway maintenance to disrupt late night travel for thousands of riders

Thousands of straphangers will need to find a different way to get around during late nights this week as the MTA cancels overnight service along a large chunk of its No. 1/2/3 lines for maintenance.
Beginning Monday night, trains will not run between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. from Penn Station to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Service will be back to normal on Friday morning.
As many as 37,500...