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Some New Yorker readers are getting not only elaborate, thick-stock advertisements, but an actual DVD of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth! The NY Sun reports that an unspecified number of DVDs were placed into this week's edition, with the tag line, "Own, Watch and Share It." While the New Yorker won't say how many readers will receive it, there are a couple possibilities: The special subscriber list of "1,500 influential members of business, government, and the media" or regional placements in New York and Los Angeles, to drum up Oscar buzz. We imagine the select subscribers to be people who have mailboxes big enough to accept a magazine with DVD inside - that's no regular Netflix envelope. more ›

This summer has been one docu after another in the art house theaters. If you've seen enough talking heads, soft money and political intrigue to last you until the next election cycle, might we recommend a documentary on a topic near and dear to the Gothamist heart: New York restaurants. more ›