Team Obama can breathe a sigh of relief, they officially got the Russell Simmons endorsement. From a letter sent out this weekend, Simmons declared:Today I am announcing my personal endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. During the last nine months, I have closely observed the presidential campaigns, analyzed the issues and platforms of the major candidates, and have had substantive discussions with Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. From the sidelines......

In unsurprising but still headline-generating news, Senator Hillary Clinton has declared herself in the 2008 presidential race this morning. She posted a message on her website, HillaryClinton.com. Here is some of her statement:I'm in. And I'm in to win. Today I am announcing that I will form an exploratory committee to run for president. And I want you to join me not just for the campaign but for a conversation about the future of......

Gothamist loves chocolate. In any form: plain, molded, baked into brownies or a cake. We sometimes justify our love with "It's good for us--its got antioxidants!" or "Today I really need the endorphin rush." (Yes, sometimes we substitute food for sex. So do you.) We'll state the obvious: in baking and molding chocolate, the better quality the chocolate, the better the taste of the final product. We favor a Belgian chocolate, Callebaut, for baking. For......

Hello and welcome to New York City. Today I'd like to introduce you to one of our city's crown jewels: the subway. A glorious municipal means of transport the subway and its siblings the bus and the ferry, can take you almost everywhere in Gotham. Literally from the canyons of Wall Street to the beaches of Rockaway all for the low, low price of $2.00 - even lower if you ride enough and purchase......

Momus, one of our favorite almost-famous rockers from the mid-1990s, has lately been blogging up a storm on Livejournal. He's been living outside NYC, but has been planning to return. Only one problem: he needs a place to stay: As I've mentioned, I'll be spending March to May of this year in New York City, performing the role of an "unreliable tour guide" daily at the Whitney Biennial. Today I just want to ask if......

Dear Gothamist Readers: Today I have some exciting news. On Sundays, Gothamist will now feature editorials and opinion pieces written in the first person singular voice. So emphasis on the word "I"-- no "we think" or "Gothamist believes"-- these pieces are going to be written in each author's unique style, and will feature their uncensored opinions. Topics will include everything from politics (local and national), to arts reviews (theatre, music, books), to food reviews (restaurants,......

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Take a double-amputee beer baronness who wants to raise beer sales, two brothers who want the find the saddest music in the world, and the wild imagination of Guy Maddin and you have The Saddest Music in the World, a film directed by Maddin, that opens at the Landmark Sunshine Cinemas. As A.O. Scott says in his review, "Plot summary is hardly sufficient to evoke the splendors and surprises of this movie," Gothamist is intrigued......