A brand new full-length trailer for The Dark Knight hit the web today; the last one circulated in December -- just one month before one of the film's stars, Heath Ledger, was found dead. This trailer was originally screened at NYC's Comic-Con late last month, and gave viewers the first glimpse of Aaron Eckhart's Two-Face character. Watch the larger version here. In March, Queens Councilman Hiram Monserrate started pushing New York to lay claim on......

Even though New York City has around 98 monikers, did you know that there is no official city nickname? The Village Voice reports that one Queens Councilman, Hiram Monserrate, is ready for that to change. Monserrate wants us to officially stake claim on the "Gotham City" title, and is pushing the City Council to designate it as our chief nickname (preferably before The Dark Knight is released this summer). He says, “I see that as......

Geez, the weather this winter has been uneventful. There's no letup of dull weather in sight, at least in New York. We took a gander at LAist this morning only to see that Los Angeles has more snow than Gotham City. The massive west coast storm has dropped up to eighteen inches of snow at higher elevations in Los Angeles County. Today is sunny, slightly cool and windy. Tomorrow: Clouds, slightly less cool and not......

The latest in the Batman canon, The Dark Knight, is poised to be next summer's blockbuster hit, and ex-Brooklynite/current Manhattanite Heath Ledger seems to be stealing the show. A trailer recently came out with plenty of focus on Ledger's Joker character, and you can watch it below (MTV also has a shot-by-shot analysis). Does he outshine Jack Nicholson's 1989 Joker? We're excited to see this new take on the crime clown. As with 2005's Batman......

Time Out New York is telling secrets and talking about all the little things that make up this city (for instance, did you know a baby was baptized in the lobby fountain at the Guggenheim?). Some of our favorite items dished include: • Other Music keeps the gold record The Strokes gave them in their store bathroom, where it has hung for many years. • At Carnegie Hall photographers get their up-close stage shots through......

Reader Ben sent us this picture of a cab on fire at West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue. This is odd, but made odder by the fact there was a taxi fire outside Rockefeller Center on West 50th on Tuesday. What's going on with the Crown Victorias? It's unclear if anyone was injured. If anyone knows, can you tell us if taxi fires are fairly normal? Or car fires, for that matter. And a......

At the end of this month, your friendly neighborhood Spider Man will be all over New York for...Spider Man week! A five-borough-wide celebration (marketing ploy) featuring a ton of live events, screenings, parties and exhibits. The city has been central to the Marvel Comics legend since Spidey's beginning in 1962, so it only makes sense to launch the latest movie here. "On one hand, New York is a battleground, and on the other, it's a......

Among the many reasons why we love the stuff that pops up on Gothamist Contribute is that you all are constantly dropping photos in that seem to capture New York moments to a T. Sure, sometimes folks are a bit heavy handed with the Photoshop (*cough**cough*), but we live. For instance, look at this photo and not smile at the ecstatic absurdity of our manmade canyons. What a wonderful town. Detail from 'Gotham City'......

If all has gone as planned, the Alamo cube should have returned to Astor Place at precisely 8am today. Has anyone been by to see it in person? Update: mystery! Word is that the cube has not yet arrived! Where could it be? Developing... Update: Matt Levy, who was planning on throwing an absurdly meta-party at the cube at 4pm (with people dressing up as Mexicans, Cowboys, and Cubist painters... you know, b/c it's......

On Sundays, Gothamist publishes essays about topics relevant to life in New York. The one below is by our favorite poet historian, Matt Levy-- master of the extended metaphor: Welcome back Ladies and Gents, to the hip happening hotspot that’s absolutely not possible: New York City outside the space-time continuum! I am your host and it has been my extraordinary pleasure to allow you, the good readers and citizens of Gotham City, to enjoy......

While perusing flickr's Canon 20D Group earlier today, Gothamist stumbled upon a short that was taken entirely with a Canon 20D. The short, entitled "Between You and Me" is by Patryk Rebisz and won Best Cinematography at the Gotham City Short Film Festival award this year. The result is a movie made of images that reminds us of stop motion animation. Rebisz's site describes the film as:A girl on her day off takes a hike......

Rachel Sklar, co-editor and writer of FishbowlNY...

They are questions Gothamist has often pondered…what would The Daily Show be like if it was a musical? Why aren’t the Post headlines, as deliciously punny and rhymey as they are, set to music? Is Matt Drudge a baritone? Gotham City Improv may have the answers, with their show Weekly Review [Saturday, 10pm, $10], a musical revue of the week’s headlines. Written and rehearsed in six days, the sketches and songs change weekly and cover......

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Trying to figure out what to do this Halloween weekend? We've got some ideas that are just slightly better than *bobbing for PBR... [First off, whatever you decide to do should be done while continually eating candy. Here are a couple of our favorite candy shops: Economy Candy in the LES & Dylan's Candy Bar in fancy pants Uptown.] Now on to the events... All Weekend: Go see Shaun of the Dead. It's a romantic......

- Lyricist of Cabaret, Chicago and "New York, New York" Fred Ebb dies - Cellphones still persist in theaters - Brooklyn detectives killed in the line of duty - Not a complete photo ban, but the MTA thinks about a partial ban and other rules - Mayor makes big recycling deal for NYC - Is Gotham City New York City? - Some great thoughts about tipping at restaurants from our readers - Coins made from......

Because of yesterday's strange and ultimately hilarious for us - since we're not a recognized government or royal figure in Britain - stunt that involved a man dressed as Batman staging a protest at Buckingham Palace, Gothamist thought it a great opportunity to look at the meaning of Gotham City. Wikipedia's definiton:Gotham City is a fictional city appearing in DC Comics, best known as the home of Batman. At one point, DC placed Gotham......