Move over Louis CK and Sons of Anarchy, here comes Brooklyn Heights resident Paul Giamatti. The actor will play a detective – and by the way Vulture describes it sounds like Columbo and Monk meet Luther and that friends is not a bad thing:
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Watch This New Version Of The Beastie Boys’ Sabotage Video Not Only Does It Have A Brooklyn Heights Connection But It May Save Libraries Everywhere
The Mike and Duane Show, based out of a co-ed private school in Chicago, is known for their annual wacky takeoffs of video classics. Their latest release is a version of the Beastie Boys’ legendary video ‘Sabotage’ featuring librarians.
Talk about citizens saving libraries – this video is already going viral and it makes librarians look AWESOME.
Of course there’s the obvious Brooklyn Heights connection – the late Adam “MCA” Yauch grew up here and Mike D. attended St. Ann’s School.
However, there’s one more very subtle Brooklyn Heights connection in the video – can you name what it is?
Watch the video after the jump.
Brooklyn Heights Is A Good Place For Celebrity Spotting
Oh! Internet! How you entertain us! We found this passage on Crushable today:
Heights History (A Slight Return): Henry Miller’s Henry Street Hellhole
Over the years, Brooklyn Heights has been home to enough writers, actors, musicians, and visual artists to rival its not-too-distant neighbor Greenwich Village as a Bohemian community. Many, including novelist Norman Mailer, playwright Arthur Miller, and sculptor John Rhoden, seem to have liked living here. Horror fiction master H.P. Lovecraft, by contrast, found the neighborhood […]
Pundits A-Twitter As Lena Dunham Drops F-Bomb And Talks Gentrification At Stringer Fundraiser
Brooklyn Heights resident/actress Lena Dunham appeared at a fundraiser for NYC comptroller candidate Scott Stringer at the Maritime Hotel Tuesday night. Dunham’s friend and ‘Girls’ guest star Audrey Gelman is the spokesperson for the campaign. Dunham is also supporting Christine Quinn for mayor.
Dunham’s comment about gentrification at the event set off some interesting Twitter comments between Capital New York’s Azi Paybarah, the New York Daily News’ Josh Greenman and web producer Brian Van Nieuwenhoven.
Read the NSFW banter after the jump.
Brooklyn Heights’ Theater 2020 Nominated for Four Awards
Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional theater company, with Montague Street residents Judith Jarosz and David Fuller as producing artistic directors, has been nominated for four New York Innovative Theater Awards this year for its production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which played at St. Charles Borromeo Church in late May, then had several […]
Nate Silver Leaving New York Times For ESPN And Olbermann Show
Brooklyn Heights resident (or to be technically correct Downtown Brooklyn resident)/ writer/statistician Nate Silver will be joining ESPN according to the New York Times’ Brian Stelter:
Emmy Nominations For Brooklyn Heights Resident Lena Dunham
Brooklyn Heights resident Lena Dunham received several Emmy nominations for her work on HBO’s ‘Girls’. The actress and creator of the show got nods in the Best Actress in a Drama category, for directing the episode “On All Fours” with the show itself nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series. The New York Times featured a Q […]
Leonard Garment, Former Brooklyn Heights Resident, Jazz Expert, and Nixon Adviser, Dies at 89
Leonard Garment, who for some years in the 1960s and ’70s lived at 40 Willow Place, died on Saturday, July 13, at the age of 89, according to The New York Times. Garment, a Brooklyn native, became a successful Wall Street lawyer and eventually partner of future President Richard Nixon. According to reader Derek Adler, […]
Cooking Channel Star Kelsey Nixon Stars In Video Love Letter To Brooklyn Heights
Cooking Channel host/neighborhood resident Kelsey Nixon is the subject of a YouTube video from Small Fry showing her enjoying life in “adorable” Brooklyn Heights. The clip shows her bopping around the area with her son Oliver.
Watch it after the jump.
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