The Oscars are in town! Well, at least some 8-foot Oscar statues for the official New York Oscar night celebration at the Carlyle hotel, where east coast industry folk will come together Sunday night as the show goes down in Hollywood. Nominees were announced on January 22nd with Best Picture nods going to Michael Clayton, Atonement, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men and Juno. The love and buzz continues to surround the......

What’s worth watching on food-relatedTV this week? Tonight on No Reservations--in another repeat--(10pm on the Travel Channel), Bourdain goes to Brazil. ">Martha Stewart has Chef Tom Colicchio on Tuesday making Cornish game hens. The show airs Tuesday through Friday this week at 1pm (NBC). Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares is on Wednesday at 9pm (Fox). This week, Ramsay makes over Seascape in Islip, NY. The LA Times calls the show “noisy and dissident.” All the TV......

A 28 year-old actress-playwright, Nicole duFresne, died from gunshot wounds during a robbery on Clinton Street near Delancey early Thursday morning. The Brooklyn resident had left Max Fish with her fiance, Jeffrey Sparks, and two friends at 3:15AM when they were approached by two teenagers, demanding their money. Sparks pushed past one of them, who hit him in the face with a gun. Then, according to the police, it seems that the would-be robbers demanded......

Gothamist likey: New York City has struck up a partnership with The History Channel where the cable channel will, among other things, give NYC about $15 million in national advertising (to promote tourism), commit $3.5 million to preserving buildings and landmarks, and create $1 million in programming. What The History Channel gets in return is being the sponsor of this program and free media space at bus shelters and the like. Now, Gothamist is wary......

PR Newswire and Yahoo! Business announce the distribution of Lick'Em Lights at 7-Eleven stores across the country: Lick�Em Lights(TM), the patented glowing popsicle from Poppin� Glows, Inc., is available nationwide through local participating 7-Eleven® stores, currently the exclusive retail outlet for the product. Featured on "The Food Network" and in USA Today, this popular premium frozen treat with the unique handle offers hours of glowing fun for kids of all ages, no matter what time......

Isolated Thunderstorms this evening. High around 84. The difference between "scattered" and "isolated"? Scattered refers to a 30-40% chance of rain, while isolated means a 10-20% likelihood. (Thank you, Cleveland!) Gothamist has only had lemonade from scratch a handful of times in her life, but if Paula Deen says it's easy, then it must be. Even if you aren't already loving her show on The Food Network at 10:30 every Saturday morning, you've got to......