Howard, Tyler, and Trip begin the final puzzle, by activitystory at flickrToday on the Gothamist Newsmap: a person trapped under an automobile at 9th Ave. and 55th St. in Brooklyn, a missing delivery man at De Kruif Pl. and Dreiser Loop in the Bronx, and a scaffolding incident on 7th Ave. and 25th St. in Manhattan. NYC's Dept. of Health wants pharmacists to be allowed to administer flu shots, citing the death toll of......

Snoop Dogg, in town shooting BET interviews last week, was caught green-handed with the drug he claimed to give up at age 30: pot. The rapper was busted outside of hotspot Lotus last Wednesday for marijuana possession, and was issued a desk appearance ticket. The Post reports that didn't stop Snoop from partying the very next night, with his 25-strong posse, at Serafina and the tapas lounge Lollipop (somewhere in between they ordered 15 pizzas,......

With many people trying to keep up that perennial New Year's resolution to lose weight/work out/get in shape, they're hitting their computers (or CDs!) to create the perfect soundtracks for their workouts. The other day, the NY Times chatted with a number of experts - physicians, life coaches, workout music producers - to figure out what makes a good work out song. Of course, different music rhythms work better for different levels of activity.......

It's been five years since Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell) was murdered in his Queens studio, and though some people have recently started piping up about who may have pulled the trigger - no suspect has been named. Moving forward -- his friends, family and fellow musicians have begun to get closure in other ways. Mizell's widow, Terri, started the Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music -- a non-profit that provides funding and resources to......

The Red Sox has permeated nearly every facet of Bostonist's lives. When they're not live-blogging the games, waxing poetic about the games, thanking Curt Schilling for his splendid work, or telling Dane Cook to watch his hair, they're watching certain presidential candidates hop on the Red Sox bandwagon (sorry, Gothamist). The Sox are so branded on the local brain that people are using the Series to spice up their sex lives. Speaking of spice, Bostonist......

The nightmare is partly over: MSNBC has finally decided to drop Don Imus's radio show simulcast effective immediately. The NBC Nightly News actually had "breaking news" about the decision, and here's the statement from NBC News president Steve Capus:Effective immediately, MSNBC will no longer simulcast the "Imus in the Morning" radio program. This decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension. It also takes into......

Maybe Snoop Dogg knew a thing or two about how to mix a drink. You may not expect the botanical aromas and flavors in gin to combine seamlessly with fruit juices, but somehow it just works. We know the gin purists out there are pounding their heads against the keyboard right about know. Don’t go on, we will only be bastardizing the gin to a much greater extent from here on, forward. (Don’t worry, we’re......

It's that time of the year again: When Hollywood honors its moviemaking the way it knows (and not always in equitable ways, given that Alfred Hitchcock nor Robert Altman, to name a few, have never won Directing Oscars) and America gets to watch hours of pre-show hosted by idiots. Giving commentary for Gothamist this year, Karen Wilson, Margaret Harper, and Jen Chung. 7:06PM First thoughts: Gael Garcia Bernal is so cute. Ryan Seacrest is an......

Of all the possible "celebrities" you'd expect to get in a fight, Axl Rose would probably be on the list. But designer of preppy clothing that rapper somehow took a liking to, Tommy Hilfiger? At Rosario Dawson's birthday party at Plumm (VIP Room, natch) last night, apparently Axl Rose moved Hilfiger's girlfriend's drink down the table. And maybe she was jostled by Rose. A witness tells the Daily News, "Tommy put his hand out, Axl......

- Charlie Rose had heart surgery in Paris-- get better, Charlie! - Surprise, surprise: another problem with the WTC Memorial-- this one's about the order of names, oh, and they want to charge admission to get in. - StayFree interviews Jonah Peretti from Chelsea's Eyebeam Atelier. - Naomi Campbell goes craaaaazy Russell Crowe style: assault with a deadly cellphone! - W00t! Rent-stabilization extended for three more years! - Here's a video of the Ramones......

After Wired ran a story documenting the GoogleCenter of the United States a bunch of ists jumped on the opportunity to figure out their own middle. Gothamist, Chicagoist, Bostonist and Seattlest all zoomed in on their creamy GoogleCenters. A crack cartography team is hard at work determining the GoogleCenter of the Ist-a-verse as you read this... Austinist read a book about Olympian Bode Miller and liked it. They also took a few pictures of the......

Last month, many chihuahuas competed in the New York regionals for the 2005 National Chihuahua Races. Gothamist couldn't go because we are afraid of tiny dogs that make us nervous. But we would be remiss if we did not let you know that Snoop Dog, a 14 month-old pup from the Upper West Side, would be competing in the Nationals, held at Petco Park in San Diego, this weekend. The Daily News spoke to......

It's like Kinsey meets Madison Avenue! Ad Age reports that ad agency BBDO has completed a survey that shows 14% of cell phone users have "stopped in the middle of a sex act to answer a ringing wireless device." For some country specific stats, the Germany and Spain led with 22% of those surveyed stopping sex to answer the cell, while only 7% Italy's cell phone users would answer. The US is slightly above average,......

Well, clearly, when your T-Mobile Sidekick is hacked, it's scary. And newsworthy, in a Metafilter/slashdot/boing boing sorta way. But when you're Paris Hilton, clearly it's an opportunity for all sorts of heck to break loose. Not only were some strange photographs (kiss with another girl - check; kiss with top off - check) on it, but the phone numbers and emails of many celebrities, including a few New Yorkers (who knew Lindsay Lohan had a......

NYC politicians are up in arms about the pot-flavored candy for sale in 43 NYC stores and on the Internet (the Daily News says they are "smoking mad" - heh!). Chronic Candy's site proclaims "every lick is like taking a hit," and with flavors like Acapulco Gold and order sizes like "nickel bag," and founder Antonio Montana says it's for adults (like Snoop Dogg and Paris Hilton, who are customers) not kids. But kids are......

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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs announced his voter-registration/voter interest drive initiative, Citizen Change, earlier this week. The way to reach the 42 million voters between 18 and 30? The urgent, fatalistic and ultimately pithy: "Vote or Die!" (It also sounds like a video game.) The program is non-partisan, non-profit, and chock full of celebrity endorsers, with 50 Cent, Leonardo DiCaprio, Snoop Dogg, and Jay-Z and Ashton Kutcher on board. Vote or Die! shirts went on......

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Mostly sunny again. High of 83. Gothamist hasn't really been keeping up with Wimbledon this year, though when she was a kid, she loved to settle in with a box of gingersnaps and waste away the whole afternoon watching Ivan Lendl get freaky. (That's not the only thing Snoop and I have in common, incidentally.) The annoying part about watching tennis on TV--and, admittedly, some people just can't stand it altogether--are the innumerable rain delays.......

Gothamist was discussing videos filmed in New York yesterday, and today stereogum has photos of Britney Spears filming her new video in, yes, the Big Apple. We can't tell where she is, exactly, except somewhere where she wears an oversized trucker hat that makes her look like she followed Cartman's plan on how to pretend to be retarded for the Special Olympics (episode 803; see also). Snoop Dogg is also in the video, which gives......

Variety's caption for this photograph of Snoop Dogg and the Olsen twins, taken at the premiere of Starsky & Hutch: The Olsen twins admire Snoop Dogg's chalice. Gothamist on Starsky & Hutch.......

The big movie opening this weekend is the movie version of Starsky and Hutch starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, and Gothamist has to say, if you love Ben and Owen's chemistry (think Meet the Parents... Zoolander...), go see it (or just go because Snoop Dogg steals the film). E! Online has a great question and answer with the pair in their feature, "Guffaw and Order"; E! asked Wilson about singing the David Soul......

Okay, let's get it out of the way: Madonna kissed Britney. Madonna kissed Christina. Fine. Of course Madonna did something outre and not very Gappy by kissing Britney and Christina, but when Gothamist started to think about it, it was totally predictable and not that hot or exciting. It was calculated and a little boring. It's hot only in the way that the media will be able to say "girl-on-girl" action, but big deal.......

I love the Neptunes and N.E.R.D., and they do have a very hot sound, but the over-Pharell-ization of music today makes things a bit...boring? The Neptunes are the hottest producers these days, but case in point: Beautiful, Snoop Dogg's new song with Pharell Williams (the most visible member of The Neptunes/N.E.R.D.). It's tight and sexy but it gets predictable. This quote by Sasha Frere-Jones in the Village Voice's Pazz and Jop ('Tune versus Tim, as......

Along the same lines as the Snoop Shizzolator, the people at rumandmonkey.com have comeup with a Mormon Name Generator. I, for instance, will henceforth be known as "Cejac Dockin", which sounds like a more ethnic version of my other code-name ("Jack Dorkin"). Post yours! [via Kottke]......

Okay so I was admittedly looking to see what Snoop Dogg's new clothing looked like and I came across this. I think his new shizzle language is nauseating but this translator is really funny. It's really slow, took about 4 minutes for gothamist.com to load and you might have to type in your url twice.......