The 85th Annual Academy Awards are set for Feb. 24. Seth MacFarlane, who helped announce the nominations, and picked up an Original Song nod for his contribution to Ted, is the host. « more »
A 380-foot mobile crane collapsed at a new construction site in Long Island City. The incident took place near 46th Avenue and Center Boulevard shortly before 2:30 p.m. « more »
A dedicated “Star Trek” fan with terminal cancer was granted his last wish with a private screening of “Star Trek Into Darkness” before dying just days later on Jan. 4. « more »
From Taiwanese American producer Dan Lin, named one of “10 Producers to Watch by Variety in 2008,” comes GANGSTER SQUAD, a stylish retelling of events surrounding the LAPD’s efforts to take back their nascent city from one of the most dangerous mafia bosses of all time. The film stars Oscar® nominees Josh Brolin (“Milk,” “True Grit”) and Ryan Gosling (“Half Nelson,” “Drive”), and Academy Award® winner Sean Penn (“Milk,” “Mystic River”) as Mickey Cohen. The film opens in on January 11, 2013. « more »
A commuter ferry crashed as it was docking in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning, injuring 57 passengers, two critically. The ferry was taking hundreds of commuters from the New Jersey shore into New York City’s Wall Street area. « more »
It has been abandoned for five decades, a railway relic that once served Queens passengers on the old Rockaway Beach branch of the Long Island Rail Road. For all those years, no one paid much notice to the ghostly tracks, long overgrown with trees and vines, as they ran silently behind tidy houses in Rego Park, dipped through ravines in Forest Park and hovered above big-box stores in Glendale. « more »
Residents of the Chelsea section of Manhattan who were wondering what Google had done for them lately now have their answer: free Wi-Fi service for the whole neighborhood. « more »
Designer Jason Wu’s new contemporary collection Miss Wu hits select Nordstrom stores Monday. The 40-piece collection is a mix of relaxed, colorful pieces that showcase Wu’s whimsical, street-ready aesthetic. « more »
