Guess who comedian Lewis Black is rooting for in 2012? Yes, it's The Donald! Black took up a possible Trump candidacy on The Daily Show last night, pointing out, "You might say the guy would make a terrible leader. I mean, the guy bankrupted his own casino.... a casino—where the HOUSE ALWAYS WINS—unless it's Donald Trump's house. And you're right, he'd make a terrible leader. But we're done with presidents—we've tried every option, dumb president, smart president, white president, black president—DOESN'T WORK. What this country needs is a third world dictator—and Donald Trump has what it takes to be that." more ›

Last night the 59th Annual Emmy Awards took place on the left coast, but New Yorkers made out very well. New York productions/creative types that took home the gold: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (writing), The Daily Show (variety-comedy show series), 30 Rock (best comedy), and Dick Wolf (for producing Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee). In the would-have-been arena, America Ferrera won best actress in a comedy, Ugly Betty, which was originally supposed to shoot in the Big Apple but shoots in L.A. because it's cheaper. We'll also count Rob Marshall, who won for directing the Best Variety-Musical Special, Tony Bennett: An American Classic, since he has Broadway roots. more ›

Gothamist was happily in the middle of watching four hours of The Dog Whisperer (Will and Jada's dog Luigi hangs out with Cesar and the dogs when the movie stars are out of town!) over the weekend when we saw this horrible ad: The 2001-2006 World Trade Center Gold and Silver Clad Commemorative Coin. Oh, yes, a coin claiming to be mined from silver "found under tons" of Ground Zero debris is being hawked yet once again. Back in 2004, National Collector's Mint marketed a Freedom Tower September 11 coin, which is probably worth something now that the Freedom Tower has been totally redesigned, only for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to halt the company's actions. While Spitzer's suit didn't dispute the claim of whether or not the silver was from Ground Zero, he was able to fine National Collector's Mint for claiming it was pure silver - when the coin was really just silverplated. The anniversary coin is "silver clad" and features a WTC skyline that pops out - all in all, it's pretty horrifying. Let's hope Spitzer can find something to nail them on this time. more ›

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Passover is considered the highest of holidays in Judaism, commemorating the Jew's Exodus from Egypt. And via Egypt many of them ended up in New York working the comedy scene. This year marks fifth annual Downtown Seder, held Thursday night. Among the 400 expected celebrants will be comedian Judy Gold, Daily Show writer Eric Drysdale, singing duo What I Like About Jew and via video, Al Franken and Lewis Black among many, many other performers. more ›

Still haven't ironed out your New Years Eve plans yet? It's okay, we think that holiday is over-rated anyway. We suggest you gather some good friends, resolve in '05 to buy tickets before they sell out and get over to one or more of the following shows: more ›

We saw this ad on the Daily Show, during Lewis Black's segment about the commercialization of September 11, but we thought it was a joke: How could there be a coin created from silver ? Besides being unspeakably tacky and horrible, it just didn't compute. Luckily, reader Dan emailed us to with a link to the actual site about the Freedom Tower silver dollar coming from National Collectors Mint, which also traffics in an A-Rod quarter and a Ronald Reagan silver dollar. Dan even posted the MPEG of the Daily Show clip so you can see for yourself that the shilling of September 11 has created new markets not just for the street vendors selling Patriot Day t-shirts on Church Street but also for opportunists across the country. This makes Gothamist sick, angry, and wondering about a NYC secession. more ›