Extra Extra: Lea Michele's 'Funny Girl' set box-office record
Diane Greene Lent
Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where the American Irish Historical Society's mansion on 5th Avenue is staying put. Here's what else is happening:
Lea Michele's Funny Girl just brought in $2 million over eight performances, setting a revenue record for the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway.
Kate and Rooney Mara's mom, who lives up in Westchester, is upset that Richard Gere is installing a cell tower at a nearby hotel he owns.
Authorities say we're living in a "golden age of cocaine."
In other drug news, nobody knows who slipped a bunch of PCP into the clam chowder on the set of Titanic 25 years ago, a prank that sent much of the cast and crew to the hospital.
Soon-to-be-married couples who booked weddings at the Madison Hotel in Morristown, N.J. are not happy that the ballroom is being renovated to have a blue, grey and white color scheme instead of being all gold.
Simone Biles, who has become a leading public advocate for mental health awareness, isn't renewing her endorsement contract with Cerebral, the telehealth startup that got in trouble for allegedly pushing doctors to overprescribe Adderall.
"I really want to slap these bastards who are rattling on but don't know where to start": Kim Jong Un's sister said in a published statement today that she doesn't appreciate the haters who claim North Korea's first ever spy satellite produces crude, nearly useless images.
Teens on TikTok are snackin' on caviar.
And finally, it's icy sidewalk season:
NYC restaurant owners in limbo as City Council stalls on permanent outdoor dining
Nearly 13,000 establishments are still operating under an emergency executive order put in place during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bahar Ostadan
Published Feb 9, 2023 at 5:02 a.m.