At the 1968 Democratic Convention, anti-war activists were denied permits to demonstrate by the city and spent most of the week getting their skulls cracked courtesy of the Chicago Police Department, witnessed by a television audience of over 50 million. A year later, eight of the most high profile radicals – guys like Abbie Hoffman and the Black Panthers' Bobby Seale – were tried on charges of conspiracy and inciting riots. The courtroom was......

It's not quite the lusty month of May yet, but spring fever is already gripping the denizens of the city. So for your monthly dose of sexy scribes, head down to Happy Ending Lounge (302 Broome St.) for the monthly In The Flesh Erotic Reading Series. This month's theme is True Confessions, featuring comedian Dan Allen, blogger and novelist Jessica Cutler (The Washingtonienne), Columbia Spectator sex columnist Miriam Datskovsky, among others, and hosted by the......

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Coming soon to the pages of Teen People: Bridal fashion for those who want more attention from friends and family. The Daily News reports what Britney was wearing and to Gothamist, the outfit proves it was a spur of the moment, if not totally drunken decision: "With skin-tight tattered blue jeans cut down to here and a belly shirt cut up to there, Spears was in the zone as she made her way down the......

"There are three sides to every story: my side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying." Gothamist has been looking forward to Robert Evans' animated show, Kid Notorious, coming this fall on Comedy Central, but this Page Six description seals the deal: Sharon Stone calls Evans to tell him she's dropping out of his latest project to do a version of "The Vagina Monologues" called "Sharon Stone's Vagina." Evans tells the audience,......

If it's fall, it must be time for the New York Film Festival. This year, the opening night film is Mystic River, the ensemble drama directed by Clint Eastwood. The cast is ridiculously loaded with great actors: Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Laura Linney, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laurence Fishburne. The story is dark, eliciting comparisons to Eastwood's tour de force western, Unforgiven, but its present day setting makes it more wrenching. Sean......