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Extra Extra: Private Restaurants Are A Thing In NYC Now


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Published Jan 13, 2020


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  • Model Gigi Hadid was called as a potential juror at Harvey Weinstein's trial.
  • Exclusive, private restaurants are becoming a big thing in New York.
  • I've never heard of Tfue before now, but he is apparently the most-watched gamer and entertainer on the video game streaming platform Twitch, and insanely popular as a result.
  • Your dog or cat could live forever... if you turn them into YARN.
  • Wired explains how Slack has ruined work.
  • The Houston Astros fired general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch after Major League Baseball announced they would be suspended for the 2020 season for sign-stealing during the regular season and playoffs of their World Series-winning 2017 season.
  • Jared Leto plays a bat man (not Batman) in the trailer for Morbius, who apparently will exist in the Spider-Man universe (hence the Michael Keaton cameo), even though Marvel isn't really involved with this film.
  • It took dozens of security officers, hundreds of cameras and a vow of secrecy for Tiffany's to move 114,179 items to temporary quarters while it renovates its flagship store on Fifth Avenue.
  • A yoga instructor in Iowa is accused of beating up a man for using a cell phone during a screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.
  • Absolutely fantastic news for the workout-averse: going to a movie theater counts as a light workout according to researchers in England.
  • The Best Show host Tom Scharpling will host a reading of his hilarious script for Grown-Ups 3 at The Bell House next week.
  • Sugar might be ruining your sleep.
  • Listen to a new single from Dan Deacon's upcoming album, which is filled with his most intimate music yet.
  • And finally, if you see him, pet him:
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Ben Yakas

Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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