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Of all the new wine bars that have opened in Manhattan in recent months—a record 11 of them during the last Zagat survey alone—Bowery Wine Company at 13 East First Street has perhaps attracted the most vocal following.
“Die yuppie scum!” chanted protesters outside the small sipping spot last Friday night; many wielded placards: “EVICT WINE BARS SAVE THE EAST VILLAGE.”
At least some of the attention can be attributed to the venue’s location on the ground floor of the Avalon Bowery Place luxury apartment complex, one of several shiny new upscale buildings to pop up along the once downtrodden corridor. read more »
Morning Memo: That Pig, Bruce, and the 'Bunny Butcher'
An animal rights group that calls itself the Paint Panthers painted the words "Bunny Butcher" outside Donna Karan's home in the Hamptons. [NY Daily News]
The Lower East Side still hates yuppies, apparently (a little self-loathing, no?). An activist tells Page Six that everyone is so pissed at Bruce Willis for opening his Bowery Wine Company on East First Street, that they are going to get a pig and name it Bruce. [P6] read more »
Double-Take: It's The Sixth Element!
Did anyone else find this week’s “Look Book” subject in New York, Chad Curry, a tad familiar? Well, not familiar, exactly, but, at least, uncannily memory-jogging? Those goth duds, the toy-bin specs and his quotes! (“I’m multifaceted. And then I also work at Jeffrey in their women’s designer section. I’m in a space with four walls and other people, and it’s been very challenging to wrap my brain around that,” Mr. Curry told the magazine of how he pays his rent.) Wait a minute ... aha! Gary Oldman in the 1997 Luc Besson sci-fi flick The Fifth Element! (In which Bruce Willis spends eternity hung-over in a caution-cone-orange wife beater.)
Jon Stewart's Unhappy Sojourn on Planet Hollywood
On the night of Nov. 16, Jon Stewart gave a rare stand-up performance at the grand opening of the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas. His act was introduced by Planet Hollywood founder Sylvester Stallone ("I would like to introduce the man who taught me how to do one armed pushups,") and was followed by a blues concert by another Planet Hollywood founder Bruce Willis. ("I got to get out that window, I'm too young to die," he sang.)
In between the two action stars, Stewart, dressed casually and free to curse, observed that the junk-cluttered walls of the theater, which is usually the site of the all-things-bangable percussion spectacle "Stomp," looked like they were made out of a magnet.
He riffed on O.J. Simpson's arrest for armed robbery, and joked that since O.J. got off for murder last time, he was probably now thinking to himself, "I should have killed those motherfuckers." read more »
Willis to Star in Surrogates Sci-Fi Thriller
While his other movie Pinkville is on the fritz, Bruce Willis signed a deal to star in The Surrogates, a sci-fi thriller that Jonathan Mostow (Fright Show, Terminator 3) will direct for Disney. The studio is eyeing a February production start in Boston.
Bruce Willis Buys $4.26 M. Spread From Trump Foe
Bruce Willis, shiny-headed action hero, has bought the three-bedroom apartment of Donald Trump enemy Eugenia Kaye, who pitted herself against the large-haired real estate mogul’s son at the tower, Trump Place’s 220 Riverside Boulevard. read more »
Bruce Willis Pays $4.26 M. for Trump Enemy's Condo
Especially when Donald Trump gets personally involved, high-end New York City real estate can play out like a surreal fairytale. read more »
Bruce Willis’ Live Free or Die Hard Explodes With Tenderness
Jack McClane’s paternal instincts make blow-up flick feel-good. read more »
Manhattan Box Office: Bruce, Not Rats, Rule the City
Look who’s grossing now! Live Free or Die Hard out-muscled Ratatouille for the top spot in Manhattan, despite playing at two fewer theaters.
How many career resurrections can one actor have? The slow beating heart of Bruce Willis’career received another defibrillating shock this weekend when Live Free or Die Hard grossed $48 million in 5 days. It’s common knowledge that New Yorkers love the bald star. (See Perfect Strangers.) The film averaged $49,000 on Manhattan screens over the weekend. read more »
Bruce Yourselves! New York City Still Wild for Willis
In other hoary-heartthrob news: On Friday, June 22, the fourth installment of the Die Hard franchise—Live Free or Die Hard—premiered at Radio City Music Hall. A crush of screaming, joggling fans awaited the movie’s leading man, Bruce Willis, who arrived with his head freshly shaven.
“I think we have more freedoms here and more fun here than anywhere else on earth,” said Mr. Willis, 52, meaning in America. “Don’t you?” Errr …. read more »
Bruce Willis Blogs Hard
Bruce Willis is talking back. We think. We’re 99.9% sure.
“[I] am John Mafuckin'Clane,” wrote a poster named ‘Walter B’ to the Ain’t It Cool News Web site on Monday. Claiming to be the star of the Die Hard series of films—including the much-anticipated Live Free or Die Hard—‘Walter B’ was dropping by to check in with his avid fans on the influential TV/Movie fanboy site and dispel some rumors about the fourth installment of the Die Hard franchise.
“What if I came to you all, just as as [sic] guy who in the last weeks of post, facing a 5 week, World-Wide press tour, an[d] crazed at the prospect of it, just wanted to take a simpler approach to talking to this enormous group of people…” Getting cozier, he added: “I feel a strong personal pull to hear from an audience I do not know, sans Bullshit, (And that means I tell the Truth), sans gossip, just the straight, tight shit.” read more »
We’re No Disturb-anites! Fracture, Hot Fuzz Take Top Two Manhattan Slots
How moviegoers in the multiplexes of middle America choose to spend their ten-spot is probably a big deal in Hollywood.
But here in Manhattan, the hottest movies aren't always the ones making the big bucks nationwide.
Using Nielsen numbers for Manhattan theaters alone and comparing them to the performance of the national weekend box office can tell you a lot about our Blue State sensibilities. Or nothing at all! Each Monday afternoon, we will bring you the results.
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Celebrity Roundup: Bruce Willis Rents and Developers Rumble
- A wealthy Prince is not paying his bills over at Trump Park Avenue (nearby A-Rod's new spread). At another Trump building, Bruce Willis is dropping a record $60,000 a month on condo. No word yet on whether Mr. Willis is still planning to spend $10 million on a penthouse at Giuseppe Cipriani's 55 Wall Street. (New York Post)
- Developers David Walentas and Shaya Boymelgreen battle it out in Brooklyn. Also, $20 million co-ops are in short supply and moving fast. (Just check out 720 and 730 Park as examples). (New York Times)
