Competitive Eater Joey Chestnut Breaks His Own Record At First Audience-Free Edition Of Annual Hot Dog-Eating Competition

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo said President Trump won’t be sending federal troops into New York City but warned Mayor Bill de Blasio to get a handle on crime, homelessness and graffiti.At his daily briefing Thursday, the Governor said – as the Mayor had yesterday — he would certainly sue if the president followed through on what he called a “blatantly unconstitutional” threat to send a show of force to the Big Apple. But a lawsuit is slow.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: The New Yorker Festival, which has become a cultural fixture in New York over the past two decades, has confirmed it will hold its 21st edition in October in virtual form.As with most public events, even in a gradually reopening city far from the dire state it was in during March and April, the risks of social gatherings amid climbing nationwide COVID-19 infection rates are significant.

If you're doing a documentary and more than half your talking heads have written books on the subject they're discussing and have already appeared in multiple documentaries on the same subject, chances are good that the project you're working on, while it may be interesting, isn't going to be particularly fresh. As evidence, I give you Netflix's new three-part Fear City: New York vs.

Jonathan Oppenheim, the documentary editor behind the seminal ball culture film Paris Is Burning as well as multiple Oscar-nominated titles, has died. He was 67.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorJonathan Oppenheim, an Emmy-nominated documentary editor who cut such films as Paris Is Burning and Sister Helen along with P.O.V. and Frontline entries for PBS, has died.

Janet W. Lee Documentary film editor Jonathan Oppenheim died July 16 in New York City, Sundance Institute confirmed to Variety.

Chris Rock finally has some ink!

“rebirth” at 25 could very easily come across as being a bit premature — but then again Joey Bada$$ has always seemed wise beyond his years. This is an artist, after all, who first burst onto the scene in 2012 aged just 17 with his ‘1999’ mixtape: an exuberant and exhilarating release that not only showcased the Pro Era rapper’s proficiency as a technical MC, but also demonstrated his crate-deep knowledge of his native New York’s hip-hop heritage.

Hot New Hip Hop reported today that Chris Rock just got his first tattoo ever at the age of 55-years-old alongside his 18-year-old daughter, Lola. The actor and his oldest daughter, Lola, went to a local tattoo shop on the 15th of July, Wednesday.

Chris Rock is finally getting inked! The 55-year-old comedian recently got his first tattoo ever at Bang Bang Tattoo in New York City with one of his daughters. Rock has two daughters, Lola, 18, Zahra, 16, with his ex, Malaak Compton.

The Mob is getting the spotlight.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN in March gave a handful of advertisers and ad-agency personnel a sneak peek of its ambitious six-part documentary series on late night, just days before New York City was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. The project hasn’t been seen in public since.

Mary-Kate Olsen was spotted out for the first time since it was revealed she and her husband, Olivier Sarkozy, are divorcing.

' Little Voice is about to get a little bit louder.Apple TV+'s new music drama, executive produced by Bareilles, follows Bess King ('s ), an aspiring singer-songwriter, as she struggles to fulfill her dreams while navigating rejection, love and complicated family issues. A love letter to the diverse musicality of New York City, the nine-episode series is a story about finding your authentic voice — and the courage to use it.In ET's exclusive sneak peek from the series, Bess is parked by the arch

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York Film Festivals have joined forces in an alliance that will see the prominent fall events, all positioned six weeks from each other, collaborate rather than compete in a spirit of post-pandemic solidarity.The statement announcing this alliance provides scant details of what concrete form it will take, beyond saying that they “are offering our festivals as a united platform for the best cinema we can find.” But

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and Hulu have partnered to launch the documentary series “The New York Times Presents.”The show hails from the team behind FX’s “The Weekly.” The new show will present standalone documentaries on major stories via the journalists at the New York Times.“The New York Times Presents” will feature 10 individual documentaries that will air on FX and on Hulu on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda called criticism of the smash-hit Broadway musical “fair game” following its release on the Disney+ streaming platform. The musical debuted in 2015 telling the biographical story of Alexander Hamilton and a handful of the other Founding Fathers through song.