Yesterday's Knicks practice was cancelled so that the entire team could attend the funeral for Don Marbury, father of Knicks captain Stephon Marbury. Don Marbury died during the Knicks' Sunday night game. Despite being a team often criticized for lacking chemistry, they all stood together at the Coney Island Gospel Assembly on Neptune Ave. to support their point guard during his difficult time. Malik Rose spoke on behalf of the team to the 600-plus......

Former Westchester County District Attorney - and one-time Attorney General candidate and potential Senate candidate - Jeanine Pirro and her husband Al Pirro have announced they are separating. Their statement to the press: "We have agreed to amicably separate. As always, our priority remains our two wonderful children. We ask that people respect our privacy. There will be no further comment." The couple has been married 32 years and have weathered through many years of......

Democratic presidential frontrunner and New York Senator Hillary Clinton is feeling bruised from the Tuesday night debate, where the big moment was when Clinton gave meandering support of Governor Eliot Spitzer's controversial driver's license plan for illegal immigrants. Spitzer's most recent iteration of the plan involves a three tiered system that neither state Democrats, Republicans or illegal immigrants' rights advocates seem to like very much. Anyway, here's what Clinton said during the debate when questioned......

A welcome break from the "what is this growing on my [insert body part here]" type of questions we're used to, Gothamist Health is happy to answer what all of our friends have been asking us for weeks: "Do I need a flu shot?" For most people, the answer is no, you don't need one. But the Department of Health released a statement yesterday suggesting that ALL New Yorkers go right ahead and take the......

The most powerful suggestions in this week's NY Times Weddings & Celebrations? If you write about dating or a hapless love life, all is not lost! Actually, we got that idea from Candace Bushnell's Sex and the City, too, but not everyone can end up with Mr. Big or marry a hunky principal dancer at the NY City Ballet. Anyway... The most intriguing meet-cute is that of Kristina Grish and Scott Mebus, who were......

The pseudonymous Lux Nightmare burst onto the alt porn scene as a college student at Columbia where she launched the naked-guy-and-girl site That Strange Girl, featuring stills and video of herself and numerous other models who looked like they could be her fellow classmates. At a time when Suicide Girls and Burning Angel were coming to prominence, That Strange Girl (who, full disclosure, this interviewer posed for) was a homegrown, indie entry in the genre.......

The story about Wesley Autrey jumping into the subway tracks yesterday afternoon to save a fellow straphanger at the 137th Street downtown 1 platform gets more amazing. It turns out that Autrey and two other women had helped 20 year old Cameron Hollopeter right before the fall - Hollopeter had a seizure and Autrey used a pen to keep his mouth open. They called for a station agent's help, but Hollopeter got up and......

It's so funny, we were watching WNBC 4 yesterday and there was a segment about engagement rings. If a woman receives an engagement ring on a holiday (Christmas, birthday, etc.) and then later breaks off the engagement, she can keep the ring because it was be considered a gift. So experts suggest that women request their engagement rings on holidays and that men not give them on holidays. And now there's this instant classic NY......

Finally, Al Pirro speaks! The wheeler-dealer, who wife and Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro suspected of having an affair and found herself under federal investigation after discussing possibly bugging Al's boat, gives an interview to New York magazine, and boy, it's like "The Shaming of the Shrew." He really goes off on her! The Post and NY Times gives bits from the interview. For instance, Big Al says he wasn't having an affair - he......

The man stabbed on an uptown 2 train early Saturday morning tells the Post what happened. A strange man was "throwing potato chips at a passed out drunk woman," and when the chips hit Antonio Ramirez, who was headed back to Washington Heights after working at Il Buco, Ramirez asked the man if he was all right. "Do I look OK?" the maniac snarled back at him. Ramirez said a police officer walked by and......

It's starting to look increasingly likely the Hillary Clinton has made a pact with the devil, because all of her opponents' campaigns seem to go down in flames before they even get started. We all remember what happened last month with Jeanine ("Do I Have Page 10?") Pirro-- things were looking so bad that Pataki forced her to pull out of the race. Now it looks like a similar fate is about to befall KT......

The MTA forced transit beat reporters to a very special New Year's Day press conference to explain that, yes, their settlement with the transit workers union was good. With reports of a pension refund to union members that would total somewhere around $100 million (give for take tens of millions here and there - the reports totally conflict on that point) and an "extremely upset" Governor Pataki (props to the NY Post for supplying this......

Gothamist is fond of wine in its many forms, flavors and frangrances. (Do I taste tobacco? I think I smell freshly cut grass!) And, we don't discriminate based on birthplace. Heck, we're happy to partake in a glass of wine with its roots - literally - in Queens. But, that said, French wines can most assuredly claim a special je ne sais quoi. And, where can Francophiles find the finest selection of vin in the......

I am the only name on the lease and after 8 years my roommate situation is ending up VERY ugly. What right do I have to ask my roommate to move out? Do I need to give him 30 days to move out? He is making things very difficult and being extremely difficult. He is being very rude and argumentative! What are my legal rights? I HATE that it is ending this way! But my......

My friend is in a band, and he thinks they’re really going to “make it” but I think they’re awful. Of course, he’s always inviting me to go see them play live and I keep having to think of excuses not to go see them. Do I just tell him that his band is great, or do I tell him that I think they blow? - Not Into It Ask Gothamist has many friends in......

Serena Williams lost a wild one to Jennifer Capriati last night in the women’s quarterfinals at the US Open in Flushing. Williams was serving at deuce in the first game of the third set when her backhand passing shot was incorrectly called out by the chair umpire. Capriati took advantage, going on to win the game and eventually, the match. Understandably, Serena was none to pleased with the call. "No!" Williams shrieked. "No, no, no,......

Dear Gothamist: What do I do about my friends not going to my website? My website, updated almost daily, is a source of great pleasure to complete strangers but apparently not my friends (and I use the term loosely these days). I look at their dumb kid/wedding/family reunion photos when I go over to their houses. I feign interest in their doomed love affairs/castles-in-Spain job interviews. Why can't they look at my website once in......

I am generally a decent neighbor in my apartment building - I smile, say thanks when someone holds the door open for me, slip mail under someone else's door if I get it by accident. Unfortunately, I've worked myself into a tricky situation with my next-door neighbor. He introduced himself to me a while back, but I can't remember his name - at all. I remember that he works in psychology and probably thinks I'm......

Few clues have been found in the case of Juilliard student Sarah Fox's murder. The CD player, which was found during Friday's search, did not turn up any fingerprints and the clothes found in the park were not Fox's. Mayor Blooomberg made a statement about the murder, lamenting the tragedy but trying to put the park murder into perspective:Bloomberg, who called Fox's death "a terrible tragedy," said New Yorkers should not feel threatened. "You're safer......

Newsweek' Newsmakers column decides to ask Sarah Jessica Parker a couple questions and she gets feisty! There’s a fire at your home, God forbid, and you can save only one pair of shoes. Manolos or Jimmy Choos? I don’t wear Jimmy Choos. I only ever wear Manolos. [While Gothamist has heard that Manolo Blahnik (or his manager) doesn't give out free shoes, we're sure there's a little kickback to Sex and the City.] OK. A......

Ah, the halcyon days of being able to justify clothing purches under $110 are now over ("Do I need this crappy shirt? Well...it is tax-free..."): Accompanying a citywide tax hike from 8.25% to 8.625%, clothing under $110 will be taxed 4% and then the tax may go up to the 8.625%. In this instance, the blame for a tax hike doesn't fall on Mayor Bloomberg: The City Council passed the measure 47-3. NY1 reported the......

One aspect of living in New York is that you barely know your neighbors. Sure, I smile and say hi, but everyone is busy with their lives...it's not like we're all hanging out in front of the building...people are rushing in, rushing out. Also, it's not I have all that much in common with my neighbors (except I love the S's golden retriever Mozart), since most are married with families and I'm the girl......

In previous Gothamist Oscar coverage, Stephen Daldry's half-gay status was noted. Page Six has this quote from the Advocate where Stephen Daldry, Oscar-nominated director of The Hours clear things up...a little: "I REFUSED to be boxed into the idea that, 'Oh, no, I can't have kids 'cause I'm gay.' I can have kids if I'm gay. And I can also get married and have a fantastic life. To all questions with my marriage, the answer......

Recently, there have been a couple events that have made Gothamist wonder where to turn for twentysomething etiquette. Our parents or Miss Manners can help us, but they would probably blanch at some of the reality of the situations. For example: What do I do when my ex is having serious surgery and I want to visit - but my ex's family still hates me. How to act when you've slept with your friend's best......

Why isn't everyone up in arms about the new 11-digit dialing that starts February first? You'd think that Gawker or someone would be covering it. It seems like a crime that dialing up Ollie's for chinese food will take just as long as calling up someone in Nebraska. I'm an old pro at 11 digit dialing, because my parents live in Brooklyn. For those of you who are new to it, just dial 1,......