Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a homicide on Boyland St. in Brooklyn, a person under a train at 116th St. and Douglass Blvd. in Manhattan, and a body found on West 91st St. in Manhattan. Martha Stewart is still mad over the public spat she had with Donald Trump in 2005 over her The Apprentice spin-off series. We bet she prepares a wonderful cold revenge dish. Police are searching for a man who attacked......

Fridays are bustling on 34th Street, but yesterday was a little different. Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg was spotted with billionaire developer Donald J. Trump and his three adult children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. What were they doing? Walking, talking, and eating hot dogs. Or at least Mayor Bloomberg was eating a hot dog - he loves hot dogs and they love him! And why? Because NBC is filming the celebrity edition of The......

MUSIC: Not long ago we saw the movie Once, and absolutely loved it. Busker meets girl, deep connection through music...you get the idea. Now the two main characters are touring and singing the songs from the soundtrack. The male lead was of course the singer of The Frames, Glen Hansard, and his female counterpoint is Marketa Irglova. Tonight they take the stage at Gramercy, so it's your chance to see them off the big screen......

Rosie O'Donnell made an appearance at BEA this past weekend, though her involvement with the expo was toned down significantly after The View fued. Variety reports: Rosie O'Donnell was rushed in and out of a scheduled appearance at book confab BookExpo America this weekend even as fellow celebs like Stephen Colbert brought a touch of Hollywood glitz to the annual lit gathering. Insiders said that O'Donnell decided at the last-minute to overhaul plans for her......

Every so often, when we are tempted to bemoan the state of NY politics, we remember that at least we don't live in California and haven't been afflicted with Donald Trump's influence on matters of state, even though we can claim him as our own. Governor Spitzor may be the "Steamroller", but he hasn't been accused of accepting cash for appearances on "The Apprentice". Some questions are being raised about a $10,000 donation that billionaire......

It looks like Rosie O'Donnell is leaving daytime television yet again. No, it's not because of her attempts to speak Chinese, but because of contract issues. How mundane. TMZ first reported last night that O'Donnell, the co-host and moderator of ABC's morning talk-show, was set to announce her departure from the show. This morning, ABC News confirms the story in an "exclusive" (side note - shouldn't ABC break news about its own show before TMZ?).......

A look at some noteworthy television programs this week: Nature: Dogs That Changed The World: The Rise of the Dog (Sunday, 8:00 p.m. WNET 13; Wednesday, 9:00 p.m., WLIW 21) The first of a two part look at man's best friend, the dog. Part one looks at the origins of domesticated dogs and inquires about the theory that links domestication to human's trash. A behind the scenes podcast looking into the challenges of filming dogs......

A look at some noteworthy programs this week: NFL Football: AFC Wild Card – New York Jets at New England Patriots/NFC Wild Card: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles (Sunday, 1:00 p.m. WCBS 2 /Sunday, 4:00 p.m. WNYW 5 ) No matter what your New York (ok, technically New Jersey) football persuasion there is a game for you today. At 1:00 CBS served up the Jets playoff game against the Pats and Fox has the......

This week the peacock network released its mid-season lineup. There are is a bit of shifting going on, but none of the Law & Order shows will be shifting timeslots. The first change is yet another Dateline NBC edition taking Friday Night Lights' Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. slot starting on December 26th. Friday Night Lights moves to Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. starting January 10th. Deal or No Deal moves into the Wednesday at 9:00 p.m.......

Far be it for Gothamist to give Donald Trump business advice, but we'd have to say his firing of Apprentice sidekick Carolyn Kepcher is a terrible idea. The Post reports that the Donald fired Kepcher, who quickly rose to fame as the no-nonsense business associate judging contestants on The Apprentice, because she had become a "prima donna" and was more concerned with her own speaking engagements and public persona than running Trump's country clubs. Oh,......

If you watched the finale of The Apprentice, you probably laughed when Donald Trump called SoHo an "artists' enclave" - we think the artists got edged out some time in the early 1990s. But, as both finalists showed, the chance to work on the Trump Soho, a 45-50 story hotel and condo building, was the real prize, versus a yooge building in Honolulu. Anyway, the computer graphic presentation of the Trump Soho was pretty......

Gothamist doesn't know what makes our head explode more, but we do know that we have New York magazine to blame/credit. The city's sewer system might poo up city beaches! Is Daily Candy worth hundreds of millions of dollars? Brooklyn (as in, the hip parts of Brooklyn) merits a big section about lifestyle stuff, including where to buy your very own $5000 duct taped chair, since it's gauche to take the one in Gramps' garage......

The always parenthetical (real estate mogul, media tycoon, friend of Regis) Donald Trump is a father again! Trump's wife Melania Knauss Trump gave birth to a boy earlier today after eight hours of labor. Already, the newest Trump is on board to help ratings for the fifth season of "The Apprentice". It is only surprising that he waited a full twenty minutes before going to the press, but no word if the baby is yooge.......

People, this is yooge: Donald Trump is being sued by a trifecta of real estate brokers over $1.3 million in unpaid brokers' fees. The brokers, Barbara Corcoran, Carrie Chiang, and SusanCara-Madden, claim they were promised $4 million in total for helping broker the $1.8 billion dollar sale of some of his Trump Place/Riverside South buildings to Extell earlier this year, but that Trump has only paid $2.7 million. Clearly, these Corcoran brokers need some more......

Gothamist is not spoiling last night's Apprentice: The Donald Edition for anyone who didn't see it, because what we're discussing happens in the first twenty minutes. The task was to create a potential in-store display for a new Star Wars videogame. Yes, Star Wars is so last summer, but whatever. Anyway, each team needed to meet with executives from LucasFilm and Best Buy (where the display might go). Team Excel had a 10:15AM meeting with......

Or, at least, we think it does - but in the most awesome way ever. While The Apprentice (don't click if you don't want the episode spoiled) has sputtered as Donald Trump has tried to maximize his TV-appeal with Apprentice seasons coming fast and furious and with the Martha version, we feel sorry for anyone who didn't see or TiVo last night's episode because it was off the hook crazy. We suppose Donald felt he......

Beloved memoirist Augusten Burroughs will be giving a reading next Tuesday of his latest book, Magical Thinking, at Coliseum Books. And he's going to dish about the new film adaptation of Running with Scissors (Annette Bening will play his mom, Gabrielle Union his mother's girlfriend; Brian Cox is his mom's shrink and Gwyneth Paltrow, Kristin Chenoweth, and Evan Rachel Wood seem to be play his daughters). His last event, at Cooper Union, was totally packed......

The NY Times looks at how the Time Warner "Don't Call Me a Mall!" Center is doing, a day after news that famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter won't be opening a restaurant there. The Whole Foods and the Borders are doing well, as is the Williams-Sonoma, but no word on the other stores who are tucked into the sides or on upper floors, which would be more interesting to learn about, since whenever Gothamist......

Earlier this week, the NY Times looked at how the "New York brand" is co-opted into many more products these days, from brand names (Maybelline New York) to product names (the Subaru Tribeca SUV, Seven for All Mankind jeans' New York Rinse). And why does everyone want a piece of the Big Apple? Mayor Giuliani "cleaning up" the city, September 11, and TV shows Seinfeld, Sex and the City, and Friends - you know, shows......

With Martha Stewart's new morning show debut this morning, as well as her version of The Apprentice - with more fresh flowers! - next Wednesday, Gothamist has been thinking about how her offices at the Starrett-Lehigh Building on West 26th Street (the massive brick and windowed structure that takes up a block at West 26th Street and Eleventh Avenue) have been transformed into television heaven. Because it's not just the studio for the show, but......

About a month ago, Gothamist noticed a new mural in Williamsburg. Not your typical mural, but "street art" for Hummer's new H3. The mural has since been "defaced" by others in an amusing fashion. Gothamist has spotted another one of these murals somewhere in Manhattan, but we can't recall exactly where. We do remember that the Manhattan version was not yet altered. If it weren't for this AdRants entry, we wouldn't have known Tats......

Life takes on insanely surreal proportions when the local real estate egomaniac/ punchline about hair/ reality star goes to Washington to testify about real estate development. At least, Gothamist thinks so. Donald Trump testified in front of Congressional leaders to explain why the U.N.'s plans for their redevelopment are terrible. The U.N. has been contemplating various options, including moving its headquarters to Brooklyn, in order to secure enough space for its offices. Trump thinks that......

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In the cozy pink travertine womb of Trump Tower, Donald Trump has put the model of his dream buildings for the World Trade Center - essentially replicas of the old WTC - for the public to see. Yesterday, the real estate tycoon and casino tyfool http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/310833p-265945c.html">took some time in a press conference that was conveniently the day before the season finale of The Apprentice to call Freedom Tower a piece of "crap architecture," and......

Gothamist was pretty wary about NBC's version of The Office, but the commercials and previews have make it look very watchable. And we love shows that touch upon how insanely soul-crushing the office life can be. The American cast even looks pretty schlubby - a rarity this side of dumb-oaf-male leads on some sitcoms (you know, the ones where you're wondering "How did he land Leah Remini?") - which must have been an answered......

Clearly, someone at Newsweek must miss The Gates, because the cover of Martha Stewart busting out of what looks like are saffron colored curtains! The AP is all over the cover illustration, because Martha "appears to be sporting a model's body." A Newsweek editor says, "Anybody who knows the story and is familiar with Martha's current situation would know this particular picture [was an illustration and not a photograph]." Well, it sure is a flattering......

Last night, the producers of The Apprentice" href="http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Apprentice_3/index.shtml">The Apprentice tried to mix business with one of the most non-business forms in NYC - graffiti. The two teams were supposed to promote Sony Playstation's Gran Turismo 4 by painting a mural on a Harlem wall that would appeal to an urban, hip demographic (Sony Playstation was mentioned throughout the show, ensuring that Nintendo executives are gnashing their teeth). The team leaders were Alex for Magna (aka......

For the love of suspicious combovers: What does it mean when Gothamist gets an email from Expedia, excitedly announcing the Apprentice Legend Cruise? Join former cast members of the hit series The Apprentice, and sail from New York City aboard Carnival’s Trump World Legend September 26 – October 4, 2005! After a VIP bon voyage party featuring “The Chairman” himself, Donald Trump, you’ll leave the Manhattan skyline in the distance, sailing for exotic Caribbean......

*Look, Gothamist wants to talk about The Apprentice. So there are spoilers. Stop reading.* Last night, as Gothamist watched the finale of The Apprentice, we kept thinking that both Kelly and Jen M. were complete idiots and that both should be fired. Kelly couldn't manage his employees, whereas Jen seemed to miss the big picture of being the face of the project. And we hate to admit it, but Jen did a pretty good job......

There's nothing quite like a billionaire with a popular TV show having his casinos file for bankruptcy, but that's exactly what happened to Donald Trump. Despite running his casinos into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Trump will remain chairman and CEO of his casino group. In the restructuring plan, Trump's ownership of the company will be reduced to 27% from 56%, while the company can restructure its debt. A sheer business move for a group of casinos......