Thanksgiving officially marks the start of the holiday movie season, and this weekend, one film seems poised to make a run for the box office crown. Enchanted, the Disney film that mixes animation and live-action to spoof its classic fairy tales, received some pretty stellar reviews. It's 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and most reviews are calling this the star-making performance of Amy Adams, who was nominated for a supporting actress Oscar for Junebug......

FUNDRAISER: It's the 3rd Annual Summer, Sex and Spirits cocktail and shopping extravaganza. Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC), in conjunction with Brooklyn Indie Market join forces for the fundraiser, "an evening of mixing and mingling with retail therapy!" There will be $4 drink specials, 1/2 price sangria pitchers, a deejay and a giveaway...we're also guessing everyone will walk away with at least one free condom. 5 to 8pm // Sugar [311 Church St]......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: An escaped prisoner from Elmhurst Hospital, an unusual crime on 42nd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan, and a water rescue at Coney Island Is John Liu a born-again preservationist? Tiffany & Company and company opened its first store on Lower Broadway in 1837 before moving uptown to its present location. 170 years later, the company is reversing direction and will open a Tiffany & Co. store......

June 7 - June 11: Broadway Panhandler "Yard Sale" Just because they don't technically have a yard in their new location won't stop Broadway Panhandler from having its annual Yard Sale, where you can find discounts of up to 75 percent off on select cooking supplies. 65 East 8th Street, 212-966-3434. June 8: Beard on Film Join directors whose films will be featured at the upcoming NYC Food Film Festival (June 14–16, 21–23, September 6–8):......

EVENT: Charles Ray, who is thirty years deep in the art world, will be at the New School tonight for a Public Art Fund talk. The leader of the "conceptual realism" movement with a "lively, self-deprecating sense of humor" will discuss his "virtuoso craftsmanship" and his depiction of "familiar elements of everyday life and modern art in disarmingly altered ways." 6:30pm // The New School, John Tishman Auditorium [66 W 12th St] // $5 SCIENCE:......

Puppy Bowl III (Sunday, 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. Animal Planet) Puppies from shelters drink water, pee, and play for three hours is someone's idea of something to go up against the Super Bowl. Broadway: The American Musical (Sunday, 5:00 p.m. WLIW 21) Counter programming the Super Bowl, WLIW shows this 2004 documentary that chronicles the history of American musicals. Super Bowl XLI: Chicago Bears vs. Indianapolis Colts (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. WCBS 2) Three......

I first came across Spoon in 2002 when I found a copy of Kill the Moonlight at my library. Being ignorant of music at the time, I didn't know that it was one of the best-reviewed albums of the year. I did know, though, that I liked it. And, since then, Spoon has remained one of my favorite bands, so I jumped on the chance to speak with Britt Daniel to promote Spoon's December 30th......

"Good artists copy, great artists steal," quipped Pablo Picasso. Seemingly taking direction from the famous painter, two of the most prestigious art museums in New York have ironically similar exhibits featuring Picasso's works: The Whitney Museum of American Art has Picasso and American Art, while the Guggenheim Museum has Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso. Although the focus on place and the consortium of artists are different, both museums are strikingly similar in that......

We've already declared our love for The Big Sleep here. Last week they released their debut full length, and prior to that they released the rock on so many unsuspecting folks - that pretty much everytime we've read about them it was by someone who accidentally caught a set. Their cd release show at Mercury Lounge last week, though, was filled with an audience coming back to hear more. The soncially heavy, lyrically light......

Foodies attack the silver screen! In today's Times Arts & Leisure section, the long history and current feast of food in film is given another look. Would there have even been a Big Night if not for the food? In the coming months, Russell Crowe, the first person we think of when the phrase "good taste" coming up, will star as a man who inherits a vineyard and Nora Ephron is working on an adaptation......

- The City Council starts working on keeping carriages and horses in Central Park - Breaking and entering into an abandoned warehouse for dinner is the new new - Remember the guy who put a camera in his shopping bag to take upskirt videos? He was sentenced to six months - Stanley Crouch weighs in on the cellphone ban in schools - NY State smoking age could go up to 19; what a year......

The snow has really started. But it's not like there is enough to play in yet, so why not sit back and watch this Valentine for Perfect Strangers as narrated by the Otto the cat? Sigh. It's things like these that make us happy we live in the future. via You Can't Make It Up.......

- Curbed looks at Fultonhaus, which makes us think of the Conan O'Brien bit "Stackenblocken" - Mayor Bloomberg revealed the city's plan to "fix" the Administration for Children's Services - City Council Speaker wants to pass a bill that makes sure speakers can't just veto proposals they don't like - A woman tried to drown her baby in the bathtub - Mike Piazza probably won't sign with the Yankees - You Can't Make It......

It's that time of year again. The time of year we spend entirely too much money on going to a bar or party or club that any other night would cost nothing to enter. But we go, we pay and we fight the Bridge & Tunnel crowd for a spot at the bar. Why? We don't know. It's just part of NYE in NYC. This year we're fleeing the country, but for those of you......

So, after all of that, what was that smell on Thursday night? Nobody really seems to know. The Daily News asks You Can't Make It Up(speaking of, we nearly choked reading her Titty Barb Bob post), the Post called Canada (they didn't call back) and the Times wondered if the "good smell" was that of Bloomberg's sweet success. All to no avail. In the meantime authorities seem confident that the maple smell wasn't toxic and......

Something strange is going on-- last night the whole city smelled like maple syrup! Gothamist has gotten reports from all over Manhattan-- and we smelled the strange, sweet odor as far south as Chambers Street. Gothamist Contribute also has some reports:The whole city smells like maple syrup and everyone knows it! Tell us why. October 28, 2005 02:38 AM Same smell is pervading the Greenwich Village / NYU area -- both outdoors and in, I......

Finally-- a post that should offend just about everyone! This week's cover story in New York Magazine tackles one of the most pressing questions of our day: are Jews smarter than everyone else, and if so, by how much?. The original title of the article was "One more reason to hate the Jews", but apparently the far blander "Are Jews Smarter?" won out. The article goes on to make a fairly dispassionate argument-- presenting and......

Can it be? You Can't Make It Up tells us there will be free TiVos handed out at the Javits Center:"TiVo will be mourning the VCR's demise; please come to pay your respects and receive a free TiVo. Arrive with a remembrance of your VCR – a tape – and you will receive a free Series-2 40 hour TiVo while supplies last. Where: The Crystal Palace (front lobby) of the Javitz Center at 11th and......

Gothamist cannot get enough of the story of Hakan Yalincak, the NYU senior who is currently in a New Haven jail on charges that he orchestrated a multi-million dollar check kiting scheme. Yesterday, he was denied bail after authorities found a counterfeit check, plus the same stock of paper Yalincak allegedly created a $25 million check from. It's totally a Frank Abagnale, the subject of Catch Me If You Can! Yalincak's defense attorney tried to......

Gothamist once thought of becoming a pastry chef after stints decorating wedding cakes and interning at a restaurant out in California. But, despite the apricot-glazed glory, all the early mornings, red eyes, sugar in the bloodstream, and realization that becoming a professional chef could lead to reality TV (and subsequent demise of your career), we’ve opted to instead 1) take photographs of chefs and 2) enjoy the fruits of the city's best eateries. However,......

As we enjoy these last dog days of summer, savvy New Yorkers know that it's not too early to think about ordering tickets for some of the cool shows arriving on the fall theater scene, just around the corner. Playwrights Horizons, one of Gothamist�s favorite non-profit theater companies, has announced the opening production of their new season. People Be Heard, a new comedy with songs, will have its world premiere there, with previews starting Tuesday,......

Our own Upton, NY National Weather Service office is having an open house on Sunday, August 8th from 10:00 am - 3:30 pm. (Gothamist enjoys their method of invitation). Located in eastern Long Island, Upton, NY may not be the most convenient location to go visit from the city, but that's why Gothamist is giving everyone a couple of weeks notice. Before Oct, 1993 they were located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. During the open......

Ever since a college professor gave us A People�s History of the United States we have been big fans of Howard Zinn. Yes, fans, of an historian. Zinn recently spoke at The Progressive's 95th Anniversary Party and stated that he feels confident--well, I won't talk about the elections, because the important thing is social movements--I feel confident for a future of this country. We are going to see the emergence and growth of a great......

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David Hinckley in the NY Daily News complains that the American Film Institute list of the 100 Top Movie Songs is no fun because it's actually not a bad list. Gothamist would almost agree, except for the lack of songs from South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. We feel that Come What May from Moulin Rouge (who sings that? who cares?) is just an addition to please the public (that way you can get Nicole Kidman......

A Columbia freshman was stabbed in Riverside Park last night. Michael Marquez was walking through the park at 115th Street around midnight when a man jumped out of the bushes and demanded Marquez's wallet. Marquez, a track and field athlete, started to run, but the attacker grabbed his clothes and stabbed him in the back after the two scuffled. The Post reports that doctors at St. Luke's-Roosevelt said the knife "grazed his kidney." Luckily, Marquez......

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The beautiful Eero Saarinen designed TWA terminals at J.F.K. Airport, closed two years ago when TWA closed, may be repoening, with Jet Blue operating out of it. The Times reports that Jet Blue would build a terminal behind the Saarien building, and the two buildings would be linked together by tunnels, last seen in Catch Me If You Can. However enthusiastic JetBlue, the Municipal Art Society (who believes that the buliding's future lies best as......

The Daily News on the appeal of airline stewardesses - this time it's the sex appeal. Being a stewardess used to be glamorous, as air travel was just the hottest thing ever in the 60s, as "Catch Me If You Can" showed. Ilise's airline fashion post. Watch the trailer for A View from the Top, a comedy about a white trash girl becoming a stewardess, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Rumored to stink, but there's Mark Ruffalo.......

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, the Orange BAFTA Awards, were handed out yesterday and the big winner was The Pianist, Best Picture and Best Director Roman Polanski. Other winners included Daniel Day-Lewis for Gangs of New York, Nicole Kidman for The Hours, Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago, Christopher Walken for Catch Me If You Can (I wonder what he'd rather have done - been in London to pick up his award or......