Bill de Blasio excluded from Columbus Day festivities

NEW YORK – A conservative Staten Island artist, known for painting American flag murals in each of the 50 states, is planning a mayoral run in New York City, where he said “a monkey with no eyes” could do a better job than the current administration. “I’m not a politician, but neither was Ronald Reagan, neither was Donald Trump,” Scott LoBaido, a 55-year-old self-described “creative patriot” told Fox News on Thursday evening.

North Carolina Republican Rep.Ted Budd introduced a bill Friday morning limiting the Section 230 immunity of Big Tech, after conservatives blasted social media giants for censoring a New York Post article about the Biden family’s alleged ties to Ukrainian energy firm Burisma.  The bill, which mirrors Missouri Republican Josh Hawley’s in the Senate, would allow Americans to file lawsuits against Big Tech companies who breach good faith user agreements by censoring political speech or suppressing

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that he may close early voting locations in areas of Brooklyn and Queens that are currently under coronavirus lockdown restrictions imposed last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Post reported.

The confusion surrounding New York City's coronavirus rules for schools and nonessential businesses largely boiled down to a feud between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to a report from the New York Times.

It’s a small world out there, which is obvious when you ask: who is Bella Hadid’s boyfriend, Duke Nicholson? Turns out, the supermodel’s new beau happens to be the grandson of Hollywood’s favorite villainous actor, Jack Nicholson, 83. And you might just find that he looks familiar—even for reasons other than having inherited his grandpa’s looming eyebrows.

Carib women over to members of his crew to be raped; openly boasted about how easy it would be to enslave the Carib people; personally enslaved more than a thousand people; forced natives to mine gold or face execution; and perhaps most horrific of all, he literally sold children as young as 9 years old into sexual slavery.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe celebration of Columbus day has become highly-debated as more people have started to understand the Italian explorer’s unintentional discovery of America as one that exploited and led to the killings of large Native American populations.

Nicole Kidman is a doting mum to four children, but is incredibly protective of their privacy.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor“It feels like New York is starting to come back,” says veteran live-music promoter and venue owner Peter Shapiro, speaking from his Manhattan office on a mid-September afternoon. “There’s a lot of activity on the street right now,” he says, glancing out his window.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerWilliam “Bill” Bernstein, who spent six decades in the motion picture business, died today at age 87, according to this longtime friend, Jeff Frankel.In 1978, Bernstein, along with four other executives from United Artists, including Arthur Krim, Eric Pleskow, Mike Medavoy and Robert Benjamin, departed  United Artists to found Orion Pictures. Mr. Bernstein conceived of the name of the studio.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterDavid Bell has been promoted to executive vice president in addition to his current role as head of marketing at Epic Records. He previously served as svp and head of marketing.

It's been 13 years since we first heard the phrase: "You know you love me. XOXO Gossip Girl!" On September 19, 2007, Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) saw the love of his life Serena Van Der Woodsen (Blake Lively) returning to New York while the latter reunites with her bestie Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester).