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The Times has a good article on James De La Vega, a graffiti artist who was arrested last July for painting a mural on Willis Avenue in the Bronx. De La Vega is one of the city's best known graffiti artist, thanks largely to his sidewalk chalk works. Gothamist first noticed them about six years ago. Lots of memorable quotes like "Your Thumbs Are More Important Than You Think" and "The Rich Control The Destiny Of The Poor, But An Intelligent Man Controls His Own." De La Vega also does murals, mostly in upper Manhattan near his studio on East 103rd Street. In 1999, he was arrested while doing a permission piece on the side of a supermarket in Spanish Harlem, and ended up pleading guilty before the owner could get there an back up his story. That led to a probation sentance, which created the possibility of real jail time after the Bronx arrest last year.

The possibility of Field Day Fest happening in Riverhead, NY, is becoming even less likely, with the Riverhead town board tabling a the resolution to have Field Fest there. Dude, it's clear to Gothamist that all the town board members' children were harrassing them not to deny Field Day Fest, but really, there was no way the town board was going to have that kind of chaos on their records, especially with the Suffolk County police not being able to help out with handling crowds. It looks like Giants Stadium will be the new venue, but more information is scheduled to come from Field Day Fest organizers.

Edgar Ortega was charged with manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend, Sheila Cordell. Ortega, a DJ at Suede, and Cordell, a stripper/part-time real state student, were fighting the other night when she fell from their four story apartment.

Kim Masters is one of the best Hollywood investigative reporters today. She's been writing features for a number of publications (like the recent one in Esquire about Scott Rudin or the one on Harvey and Marty) as well as a great book about Hollywood excess in the form of Jon Peters and Peter Guber, Hit and Run with Nancy Griffin, but this past weekend's piece about what really happened with Tobey Maguire and Spiderman is amazing: She gets Tobey Maguire's first comments about his arrogance, firing, re-hiring, and subsequent humility over the experience. Tobey probably realized what an agent says about the possibility of losing the Spiderman role: "Tobey Maguire the actor would have survived. But Tobey Maguire the multimillion-dollar movie star? I don't know."

There have been questions about whether reporters' deaths are getting too much attention, rather than focusing on the soldiers. Gothamist understands that point, it's important to focus on the men and women doing the job, but if you have watched or read a certain journalist on a regular basis, for many years, inevitably, you develop a relationship with him/her. And that's the case with David Bloom, whether we watched him report from the White House or rode toy cars on Weekend Today, we felt like we knew him. And that's why it seems, just seems, to cut harder than hearing about a soldier die.

Apparently, along with plagues, terrible attitudes, and da funk, Gothamist is bringing Tinkle.

Elvis Mitchell reviews Better Luck Tomorrow. He also reviews the other film I want to see the weekend: Anger Management.

All the McDonald's around the world get the cool products. Like Australia's toasted cheese and tomato sandwich. Damn!

The Times profiles a New York City police detective who spends time undercover in internet chat rooms, posing as a teenage boy or girl, to find pedophiles. The article reveals that some of the adults trying to lure young kids are trying to figure out if they are really corresponding with a teenager, necessitating the need for other resources:

Newsday focuses on the Black Hawks patroling New York. "The Black Hawks, normally assigned to counter-narcotics operations with the Customs Department, are airborne most of the day above New York and Washington. If one isn't aloft, members of New York's 50-person team can be airborne within eight minutes."

Much to our pleasure, Daily Candy reports the opening of Rice to Riches, the Mulberry Street rice pudding joint. There are flavors like Strawberry Floozy, Stubborn Banana with hint of Coconut, Chocolate Carnivore with a trace of Dark Raisins, and Obscene Orange with a tinge of Carrot. I'm a rice pudding purist myself, but I'd be up for Stubborn Banana with a hint of Coconut.

Gothamist is a big fan of Stencil art- the last time we were in Londres we think we saw some of Banksy's stencils around the city. Previous Gothamist posts about stencils and graffiti.

Page Six says about Gina Gershon at an Oscar party: "[She] wore a painted-on, floor-length gown. 'I was going to wear a shorter dress, but my knees are banged up,' she confided. Gershon had taken a test-drive on the new gyroscopic Segway invention and managed to fall off."

Previous Gothamist post on Bernie Mac

The Brit Awards, sort of like the UK's answer to the Grammys, but infinitely cooler, were held last week. What overshadowed any awards news was Justin Timberlake's dalliances with the Minogue sisters: a sexy duet with Kylie, then hanging out with Danii post-show. Gotta love the British tabloid, The Sun, for finding out from Justin that he wanted to duet with Kylie because she's sexy and added that on a scale of 1 to 10, Kylie's ass was a "58." Kylie is huge in the UK, and they love tracking her lovelife. In other Brit Awards news, Coldplay won two awards and happens to be the only reason why I'm tuning into the Grammys tonight. Previous Gothamist Grammys coverage. [Jen, post-Grammys]: Justin asked Kylie if he could grab her ass again. Kylie, thankfully, said no. Justin's just trying too hard to be a player.