The Post is furious that former stripper and sex worker-turned-P.S. 70 art teacher Melissa Petro has tenure, which means that it will probably be near impossible for the Department of Education to fire her. Though Petro has been reassigned (she's doing administrative work somewhere), kicking her off DOE payroll involves 83 steps, and this Post editorial offers some of them: "Stage 1: Principal recommends firing. Stage 2: Committee reviews principal. Stage 3: Chancellor reviews committee. Stage 4: Hearing reviews chancellor." However, the paper is hopeful, "The Office of Special Investigations is reviewing her case, and city conduct codes and state regulations on "moral character" may prove grounds for firing." more ›

For the past few years, Melissa Petro has been teaching art at P.S. 70 in the Bronx—and more recently, she's been writing about her past as a former sex worker in various publications. Earlier this month, she wrote on the Huffington Post, "From October 2006 to January 2007 I accepted money in exchange for sexual services I provided to men I met online in what was then called the 'erotic services' section of Craigslist.org." Now, the Department of Education has reassigned her during its investigation as P.S. 70 parents say things like "She's not a good role model." more ›

In a recent interview, James Franco discusses that SNL movie (it just got picked up for distribution), and yadda yadda yadda his favorite activity: masturbating. When asked about it, he says: more ›

Flight 1549 captain Chesley Sullenberger has opened up about his life after his heroic landing of a US Airways plane into the Hudson way back in January. But are we ready to know all the details of his personal life? In an NBC "People of the Year" TV special, his wife Laurie tells Matt Lauer, "He doesn't know I'm going to say this, but I had joked the other day that ... the hero sex really helps a 20-year-old marriage." Sully clarified, "Rock star sex." more ›