The new season of the Apprentice premiered on Thursday with its celebrity (or "celebrity" - if you consider Omarosa from the Apprentice's Season 1 a celebrity) twist. The show received its best ratings in two years, winning the 9PM timeslot for viewers ages 18-49. The Donald said, "I was really happy. I wasn't expecting this." We missed watching it, but NBC offers episodes online - you can see the premiere here - so we......

Earlier this year news of new clubs opening doors in Chinatown emerged, and it seems "clubland" is steadily growing in the 10013. The latest duo to stamp their name on a future hotspot are none other than ex-porn star/savvy-businesswoman Jenna Jameson and Heatherette designer Richie Rich. Though an exact address hasn't been released, the NY Post reports that it will be called The General Store and it will be housed in an old whorehouse. Sounds......

Controversial publisher Judith Regan dropped a 70-page lawsuit on her old bosses at Harper Collins and News Corp yesterday. The $100 million defamation suit claims she was the victim of a smear campaign in order to protect Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid (read: Rupert Murdoch's political agenda). She states they asked her to lie to federal investigators about her one-time lover and former police commish, Bernard Kerik (who at the time was working with Regan on......

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......

It's very easy to find lots of guides on the Internet to choosing a tattooist. Hygienic blah blah friendly blah blah make sure you etc etc. Thing is, I'm lazy, and I don't want to go around dozens of tattoo parlors trying to work out which one is the best. I want Gothamist to do that for me! Or, failing that, just tell me which places have the best reputation. What is the cleanest,......

Finally, the game we've all been waiting for: "Are You a Porn-Star or a Society Princess?" The Post looks at how a lot of society girls are looking more Playboy-Penthouse than Park Avenue. Party scenester Tiffany Durbin tells the Post, "You're not a slut anymore if you dress [like a porn star]. There used to very defined rules that gave away your identity. Now, it's hard to tell. But I do think showing the midriff......

News from Page Six that porn star Jenna Jameson was having her autobiography ghostwritten by NY Times rock critic Neil Strauss instantly made it a must-read for Gothamist whenever it does come out. Yes, it should be a wild and crazy book about being the hottest porn star today, but more importantly, Neil Strauss is ghostwriting it. Strauss' last contribution to pop culture memoirs was with the one of the best books about living the......