John Del Signore

(Julieta Cervantes) Actor Alfredo Narciso is a winsome gentleman, but in Marius von Mayenburg's dark comedy The Ugly One he's magically transformed into Lette, an "unspeakably" repellent engineer with a face so hideous that his wife will only make eye contact with one of his eyes. Lette's grotesque appearance... continue reading on Gothamist

(Heath and Jed performing in 2006) Two subway musicians have filed a lawsuit against the city, accusing an NYPD officer of threatening them when they tried to legally busk, and then insulting them online. But what's really provocative about the lawsuit is that Heth Weinstein and Jed Weinstein are... continue reading on Gothamist

(Twitter, AP) It is New York Fashion Week, bitches, and the city is flooded with fabulous people from all over the glamorous world. People like Bosnian-born model Andrej Pejic, who is quite likely the only male model to work for a woman's lingerie company, posing for a push-up bra... continue reading on Gothamist

(AFP/File, Saul Loeb) The website for the Central Intelligence Agency is down at this hour, and a shadowy network of hackers have claimed credit. Anonymous (a group that Gothamist.com has no beef with!) Tweeted "CIA Tango down." ("Tango down," the AP notes, is an expression used by the US... continue reading on Gothamist

An MTA engineer spent three days in jail after being arrested for reckless endangerment, and he faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. John Hockenjos, 55, was arrested last Sunday by cops who were called to his property by his Sheepshead Bay neighbor who's been feuding with... continue reading on Gothamist