realitybites coverage by

Ethan Hawke Knows You Had A "Reality Bites" Poster In Your Dorm Room

Move over, James Franco and Ryan Gosling—a 1990s heartthrob is trying to usurp your place in the current zeitgeist. Or at least it seems like someone is trying to make Ethan Hawke the man of the moment—did you realize there have been three mentions of Hawke in the NY Times in the past ten days? more ›

Arts & EntertainmentJen Chung 4 Comments

New Studies Show Depressing Job Prospects For College Graduates

Sure, NYU graduates, you may have had former President Bill Clinton give your commencement address at Yankee Stadium yesterday, but today is another day, one where you get to read about your crappy job prospects! The NY Times reports, "The median starting salary for students graduating from four-year colleges in 2009 and 2010 was $27,000, down from $30,000 for those who entered the work force in 2006 to 2008, according to a study released on Wednesday [PDF] by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. That is a decline of 10 percent, even before taking inflation into account." more ›

NewsJen Chung 17 Comments

Pencil This In

READING: The reclusive "Lemony Snicket" (known to grown-ups and non-believers as Daniel Handler) will be showing up - hopefully in a cloak and mustache disguise! - at Barnes and Noble tonight to celebrate the release of The more ›

Arts & EntertainmentJen Carlson 0 Comments

Gothamist Band Interview: Project Jenny/Project Jan

Project Jenny/Project Jan first caught our attention with the Chinatown Bus song, of course. Their experimental take on pretty much every genre of music will make even the most reserved person in the crowd dance. Rock and hip hop blend with projections in their mixed media dance party. more ›