Washington State has Bigfoot; the Himalayas have the Yeti. But who cares because Brooklyn Heights has this famous person. Who is it? You be the judge after the jump.
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War Of The Worlds: Robot Lands On Promenade… Danger, Will Robinson!
Late Friday afternoon, amid a flurry of locals, tourists, kids on bikes and dog walkers, a horrifying sight descended upon the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Preceding a blinding flash of light, a menacing robot appeared near the Montague Street entrance. Despite suffering potential harm from the being’s ionized pulse gun, your BHB correspondent bravely approached the […]
Lena Dunham Thanked Chad Lowe at the Golden Globes, What’s the Deal with That?
Brooklyn Heights resident/Girls star Lena Dunham thanked actor Chad Lowe in her Golden Globes acceptance speech last night. Odd, because Lowe has nothing to do with the HBO show or anything else Dunham has done. Why? This how it started: @ichadlowe What a day-maker you are! FYI I will probably mention you if I ever […]
Brooklyn Heights’ Lena Dunham and “Girls” Win Golden Globes
Brooklyn Heights resident and 2012 BHB Ten honoree Lena Dunham tonight was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, and her series Girls took the Globe for Best Television Series–Musical or Comedy. Brava, Lena!
Lena Dunham Talks to David Letterman About Brian Williams and Howard Stern
BHB Ten 2012 member/Brooklyn Heights resident/Girls star and creator Lena Dunham appeared on the David Letterman Show Thursday night. The second season of her series, which co-stars Allison Williams the daughter of NBC News anchor Brian Williams, premieres Sunday night on HBO. Letterman wondered if the elder Williams, a frequent Letterman guest, was comfortable with […]
NY Post’s Linda Stasi and Others Weigh in on Lena Dunham’s Girls Second Season
The NY Post’s Linda Stasi is known mostly for her “opinionated” writing. As Alyssa Rosenberg of Slate notes, Stasi, let it all hang out in her review of the second season of BHB Ten 2012 member Lena Dunham’s Girls, which begins airing Sunday on HBO:
HBO Saturates City With Promos For Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ Season 2
Brooklyn Heights resident—and 2012 BHB Top 10 honoree—Lena Dunham is getting the royal treatment for the second season of her hit HBO series “Girls.” Promos are in overdrive on the network and around the city, spotted in subways, cabs and along streets. The sophomore season launches Sunday, January 13 at 9 p.m. Later this year, […]
The BHB Ten 2012
This year marks a different kind of BHB Ten. Since the first list in 2008, we’ve limited candidates to those currently living in Brooklyn Heights. As you’ll see in this year’s list we’ve opened things up a bit, thanks in part to your input.
This year’s BHB Ten, after the jump.
Here’s A Look At Lena Dunham’s $3.7M Book Proposal
Brooklyn Heights’ resident and actor, director, executive producer, writer and creator of HBO’s “Girls” Lena Dunham sold her narrative “Not That Kind Of Girl,” in October to Random House for $3.7 million based on the strength of an illustrated 66-page proposal. The book, packed with “frank and funny advice on everything from sex to eating […]
Brooklyn Heights Rez Lena Dunham Participates In Two Pre-Election Political PSAs
Brooklyn Heights’ rez and HBO’s “Girls” creator Lena Dunham participates in two political PSAs as the Presidential election looms large. The first is an Obama-sponsored minute-long video titled “The First Time,” in which she muses about her first time… voting… in 2008 for Barack Obama. See it here. Second, Dunham is among more than a […]
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