Are you feeling sick to your stomach, as if a giant weight is on your chest and the room keeps spinning and you're just can't seem to regain control? Relax, you're probably not pregnant: Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump are currently in the Trump Tower. A spokesman for Gingrich tells CNN that Newt "will seek Mr. Trump's advice and endorsement." Also probably on the docket: how much mileage to put on their wives before trading them back to the dealer, and a roundtable interview with Jowls Quarterly. more ›

Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy, a "fired" candidate from Donald Trump's show "The Apprentice," is accusing the business mogul of making sexually inappropriate comments toward women and favoring those female contestants he found more attractive. The accusations are really nothing new, but Saeidi-Azucy has been making a lot of noise since she got "fired" on last week's episode, and is threatening "to pull the curtains back on the cover-up." So what is she talking about? more ›

Isn't former assistant Brooklyn district attorney Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy just the cutest?! She quit the Brooklyn DA's office to pursue her lifelong dream of debasing herself for working with Donald Trump on national TV. That takes serious guts from a serious professional. But the DA wasn't happy that she credited the rough and tumble world of Brooklyn law with her insufferable in-your-face attitude: "Brooklyn has rubbed off on me. We tend to be outspoken," she said, referring to Ivanka Trump saying she was "unprofessional" and had a "terrible attitude" on The Apprentice. more ›

Let's say you are a vivacious young lawyer with an international background, multiple degrees and a healthy sense of ego. At the age of 29, you have worked in the Brooklyn DA's office for a year as an assistant district attorney, and your star seems to be on the rise. Would you keep working as a prosecutor under DA Charles Hynes, the man you say inspired you to become a lawyer, or jeopardize everything by appearing on a second-rate reality TV show run by a megalomaniac who runs his business like a high powered car salesman? more ›

It turns out that Thursday's "The Apprentice" tryouts drew their fair share of Wall Street castoffs. “I thought I might have a better shot at this than getting a job through the traditional means,” Matt Karnes, a former Bull Path Capital Management employee, told Bloomberg News. Casting agents were looking for people who were affected by the recession, either by losing their jobs or getting stuck in a low-paying position. Former Bear Sterns employee Milissa Martin said casting agents "keep on asking how the recession’s affected you. I probably make 8 percent of what I used to make. It affects me a lot." more ›

Over 800 people showed up at Trump Tower yesterday, hoping to get cast on "The Apprentice," and maybe fare better than Sinbad. Instead of celebrities, the new season will feature 14 "normal" people looking for jobs. Many of the show's hopefuls had been recently laid off and saw this as an opportunity to get their careers back on track. One laid off software designer told the Daily News, "I wanted to make a statement and show Mr. Trump how important this is to me." more ›

Donald Trump, the man who once said that Kevin Federline was "fantastic" and "doesn't get enough credit" is back in the news for sharing his thoughts on current events and pop culture icons. In an interview with NY1 that began airing last night and will continue tonight, he called President Bush "so bad, so evil that I don't think any Republican could have won." To explain his political insight, he added, "He'd go into a country, attack Iraq, which had nothing to do with the World Trade Center and just do it because he wanted to do it." more ›

• 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 a 17-year-old woman in Jamaica, Queens, forcing her at knife point to a secluded area where he sexually assaulted her. The attacker may be the same man responsible for four other similar assaults recently.

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! more ›

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 and right before your very eyes. We wonder if they'll stay in character? more ›

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: more ›

Some questions are being raised about a $10,000 donation that billionaire Donald Trump gave to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to help pay off his campaign debts. more ›

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?). more ›

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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. more ›

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, she was just taking a page out of the Trump playbook! We know that the Apprentice's blush has faded, but there are far too classy, smart ladies on TV who don't take BS, so Carolyn was a breath of fresh air. But apparently Trump had enough - from the Post:

Insiders say that when Trump tried to reach her recently, she was off on a trip to make a speech. Another time, while giving a tour of the pro shop at the Briarcliff club, she didn't seem to know the prices on any of the merchandise. more ›

- The time Hong Kong - the building will adhere to all feng shui practicesThe Donald Jr. told the Post, "You're going to get incredible 360-degree views from about the 12th floor up. They're almost like the views in Jersey City of Manhattan, but you're still in New York." Is that a diss to the Jersey City Trump development?
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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. more ›

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 money for their holiday shopping lists! Trump tells the AP, "The agreement is very clear. I only pay them when I get paid. We haven't gotten the money yet. For her to bring a lawsuit against me is insane." The brokers' lawyer says that Trump can't pay since he immediately reinvested money from the sale into other real estate, to avoid taxes. Well, that's the smart thing to do. We'd like to see Corcoran and Trump litigate this in a reality TV realm - perhaps the People's Court? more ›

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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 needed to shake things up for ratings, but this was totally worth it. First, he goes off to play golf/monitor the Trump golf course in Los Angeles and lets Carolyn be in charge, with crazy, tousled bedhead. Second, Bill Rancic gets annoyed. Third, well, click below if you want to know what happened (you've been warned!): more ›

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 in the steamy summer weather - so if you go, you might want to get there before 6: more ›

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) 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 without ethnic characters. There were some we think the article forgot, most notably the Olsen twins heading to NYU and The Apprentice, which, while annoying, has an opening that's like a Valentine to the city. Anyway, Gothamist felt both proud that New York City has that must-have cache but also wary, because what do these other people really know about New York? Do they get sweaty from waiting on the subway platform, because it's 100 degress there while it's at least 20 degrees cooler outside? Do they agreeably wait an hour for a table at the latest brunch place? Do they pay $15 for a cocktail? Do they have their toes run over by all the baby carriages on Seventh Avenue? Maybe the city has a point in trying to show what is made in NYC... more ›

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 also where the Apprentice contestants are living! In the current issue of In Touch (uh, yes, we're ashamed), there are pictures of how the warehouse space has been converted for reality living; it all seems very tasteful and Martha, though the sleeping areas might not have windows (but we can't totally tell). We remember the Starrett-Lehigh Building when it was a hotbed of dot-com activity, most notably Inside.com, and the jobs offers were flying out of there...but Gothamist still wasn't convinced that the late-night shuttle van would really be that effective in pre-Crobar 2000. We're partial to the SLB, but what would you pick, living on West 26th and 11th Avenue or at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue? more ›

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 Cru, Inc. did original art, since the tag has been spray-panted over as you can see in this picture. more ›

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 the U.N.'s plan to pay $1.2 billion for redevelopment is too much and explained it with his usual brio:

We have major slime in New York, and much of that is in the form of contractors. Isn't that a sad thing to say? And every one of them, I guarantee you, will find their way to the United Nations."

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