George Kuchar, a prolific filmmaker whose campy yet heartfelt low-budget films inspired legions of followers like John Waters, died in San Francisco. His twin brother Mike confirmed the news last night, saying the cause was prostate cancer. Kuchar was 69. more ›

A new Vanity Fair article takes a deep look into the Letterman extortion scandal, and what it finds out is kind of weird. It turns out that 62-year-old Letterman has a certain "electricity" that drives many female staffers crazy. “It’s like a cult,” says one former insider "It’s like Jesus Christ saying, ‘Hey, let’s go to dinner!' You’re going to go, ‘Wow! He chose me!’" more ›

Less than a week after it was revealed that the Department of Education paid $374,000 for a hypnotherapist consultant, it's being reported that the city has paid $400,000 for 44 schools to participate in the "PowerBrain Education" program, run by a yoga group that's being sued by former members. What's next, hiring some Breatharians to consult on the lunch program? more ›

Trick or treat, it's chocolate Michael Jackson! That Cult that began around the late performer opened their first chapel "praising the life and teachings of Michael Jackson" in Brooklyn earlier this season, and now they're chocolatizing their leader. more ›

Stuck somewhere in purgatory, with luxury condos stalling mid-development and local gangs slashing hipsters with machetes, Williamsburg might as well just be opening up its gutter punk track-marked arms to religions of any kind. And it is! more ›