We almost thought that the NY Post website was offering a game of "Which one of these things is not like the other?" But it turns out that celebrities Christina Aguilera, Nicole Richie, Courtney Thorne-Smith and David Alan Grier all had babies. The four babies - two boys (from Aguilera and Thorne-Smith) and two girls (Richie's and Grier's) - were born at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai, the hospital where Britney Spears was recently hospitalized and......

Staten Island needs some cheerleaders every once in a while, especially after their ice cream flavor was named after their landfill. The NY Times has a piece on the borough's historian, "Brooklyn has Walt Whitman to sing praises of its 'ample hills.' Manhattan has Woody Allen to capture its outsize style and neuroses. And Staten Island? Well, Staten Island has Thomas W. Matteo for a borough historian to chronicle its glories, its goofs and, yes,......

It's not just venues closing down these days, the latest real estate casualty is still music-related, however. AMNY reports that Sony BMG is closing its Hell's Kitchen studios. Not surprisingly, the company alluded to difficult times in the recording industry when internally annoucing the five-story brick building (which resides on West 54th St and 10th Ave) will be shutting its doors this August. Employees received the memo on June 8th, also letting them know all......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a stabbing at the 41st Precinct House in the Bronx, a homicide on Parkhill Ave. on Staten Island, and a double shooting on East 113th St. in Manhattan. Forget aluminum bats, a Staten Island mom is suing her son's former Little League coach for not teaching the then-12-year-old how to slide correctly. The Daily News interviews Jeffrey Hill, the track worker injured by the train that killed his co-worker......

Before we begin, we'd like to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of James Kim. We are not, by any means, trying to discount that tragedy by juxtaposing posts about the Kims with more light-hearted posts. It's the nature of doing a compilation such as this one: we're trying to give a full slice of the goings-on in the Ist-a-Verse: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Londonist wants you to know where to......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: Theater Talk: Prime-Time Spectacular (WNET 13, Sunday, 10:30 p.m.) This Broadway interview show celebrates its 10th anniversary with an hour long prime time special. Lincoln Center Tree Lighting 2006 (WABC 7, Monday, 5:00 p.m.) Channel 7 gives over a good chunk of their 5 p.m.newscast to this annual tree lighting. Expect some Disney corporate synergy in any performances. A Charlie Brown Christmas (WABC 7, Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.)......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (WABC 7, Monday, 8:00 p.m.) The annual showing of this timeless classic Peanuts cartoon is always a must see. Despite being from 1973, the show holds up quite well and is a welcome reminder of simpler times. But would you really eat a Thanksgiving dinner catered by a beagle? He's a Bully, Charlie Brown (WABC 7, Monday, 8:30 p.m.) After the classic Thanksgiving......

Expect a lot of hubbub around Rockefeller Center this morning - an 88 foot Norway spruce is arriving from Ridgefield, Connecticut to be the official Christmas Tree. Owner Rob Kinnaird told reporters how he grew up with the 9-ton tree ("My sandbox and glide ride [jungle gym] used to be next to the tree.") and that he was excited for the tree to will be in New York. The tree should be arriving now;......

After last year's mess of an awards show and this year's joke of nominations (where is love for Lauren Graham, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences?), we were going to swear off this year's Emmys. But then we realized Conan O'Brien was hosting, so we must watch and liveblog. And there's the hope of a good Steve Carrell bit, not to mention awkward reaction shots of Candy and Tori Spelling during the Aaron Spelling tribute.......

IFP’s Drive-In Movies Series at Rockefeller Center returns to showcase some of the best new films before their theatrical release. Each night this week at 9:00 PM, you can catch the free movies on the 40-foot screen above the ice rink (between 49th and 50th Streets, off 5th Avenue). Remember when your friends went to see Garden State at Rockefeller last year? They kept yapping about Zach Braff and the trailer’s Frou Frou song was......

Gothamist was discussing videos filmed in New York yesterday, and today stereogum has photos of Britney Spears filming her new video in, yes, the Big Apple. We can't tell where she is, exactly, except somewhere where she wears an oversized trucker hat that makes her look like she followed Cartman's plan on how to pretend to be retarded for the Special Olympics (episode 803; see also). Snoop Dogg is also in the video, which gives......

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Fred Armisen is familiar from Saturday Night Live, where he plays Native American comedian Billy Smith on Weekend Update or the geriatric, three steps behind Vegas drummer, Mackey (he's also been a real drummer). Gothamist, in search of more things Fred, found this hilarious site on HBO that has clips of Armisen doing wacky comedy bits, like posing as a foreign tourist and asking people questions ("Am I a taxi?") and bringing a stuffed dog......

Ah, last night's Grammys. Yes, Prince opened up the show to a thankless medley of songs (Gothamist would have preferred one whole song) with Beyonce channeling Tina Turner with her dress and hard-working legs. Justin Timberlake apologized for his behavior at the Super Bowl (though making it everyone else's problem that they were offended) and, thank the Lord, he did not rip off Arturo Sandoval's shirt to expose man boob. Christina Aguilera did note......

Some of our favorite blogs freak out about the first New Yorker of 2004: Felix Salmon at Memefirst suspects that the "trademarked Eggers High Ironic" he reads in an article about best of lists comes from Ben Greenman. After thinking, "what on earth is the most venerable magazine in the world doing appropriating a prose style which was cool for about ten minutes in 1997," Felix almost goes over the edge when he discovers the......

Blender tries to mix things up further between dueling Mouseketeers turn sex, er, song peddlers Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears: Christina slams Britney in the December issue, basically saying what every other media critic has written ("She seems to me like a lost little girl, someone who desperately needs guidance.") and Britney answers back in the January issue. The AP reports Spears' amazement: "I can't believe Christina said that about me." Then she relates......

The list of bets on Longbets reminds Gothamist of the classic Late Show with Conan O'Brien bit, In the Year 2000. For example, number 2 on Longbets: "In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five news stories of 2007, weblogs will rank higher than the New York Times' Web site." Maybe Longbets, a non-profit which aims to improve long-term thinking with all bets going to good causes, should work with......

— Christina Aguilera's habit — A music magazine for adults - possibly a new form of Tylenol PM — MTA: Subway at 100 thoughts and slow city buses — Adding the Tribute of Light to the Panorama of the City — The desserts New Yorkers love - hello, chocolate cake — The Murder Burger: food to die by — What happens when your mom reads your blog — The High Line: The center of......

The Sun's Victoria Newton grades the various outfits Christina Aguilera wore when hosting the MTV Europe Awards. One of her favorites is when XTina donned a nun's habit and robe. Newton also gives the skinny on the feud between XTina and Pink which put MTV producers and their publicists' nerves to the test, as Pink was overheard saying, “If that bitch mentions my name once I’m not going on stage — and I’m not kidding.”......

Ah, the Sun. They report this chesnut of a quote from Christina Aguilera: �Call me a slag. If being a slag means being a strong woman, I�ll gladly be that.� Sing it, sister! Now, Gothamist may take the obligatory potshot at Xtina, but we must admit, she can belt a tune. She just has really questionable taste in clothing. As our mother would say, "You're such a pretty girl - why are you hiding that?"......

So Christina Aguilera is going to be in the new Versace advertising campaign. This looks like a picture of Donatella with a Mini-Me. Well, it's not like there's originality in fashion or music.......

The Rick James-Teena Marie tour seems like a warning to all singers. Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera are taking note, but they're just doing it 25 years earlier.......