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No, Manspreading is Not a Thing So Leave Paul Giamatti Alone

In general, our pals at Gothamist are doing the Lord’s work when it comes to pointing out the things that make living in New York City an existential circus. But this obsession with “manspreading” on the site (not to mention the MTA’s current courtesy campaign) is getting out of hand. How insane has it gotten? […]

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Paul Giamatti Speaks!

Paul Giamatti, lovable harumpher around town, granted an interview with DNAInfo where he revealed that he visits local joints Teresa’s and Hanco’s. Unsurprisingly, he said he picked Brooklyn Heights to live in because, “I think it was just something pretty mellow and different from where I had lived, which was in the Lower East Side.” […]

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Paul Giamatti Scores FX Pilot

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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Paul Giamatti Joins Downton Abbey Cast

Brooklyn Heights resident/actor Paul Giamatti will be joining the cast of Downton Abbey, the Wrap reports. He will play the “playboy brother” of Lady Grantham (Elizabeth McGovern) for fourth season of the drama aired here on PBS.

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Comedy Troupe Dinner For One Hosting Theater Workshop—With Paul Giamatti’s Assistance

Pithy comedy troupe Dinner For One—which readers may recall in January filmed a “Girls” robot parody on the Promenade—is hosting a Brooklyn TV Teen Workshop this summer at PS 261 in Boerum Hill, looking to involve some 45 area teens interested in theater. The group is in the midst of raising funds via Mobcaster.com for […]

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Heights’ Resident Paul Giamatti Filming ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2′ In DUMBO

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ is filming in DUMBO this week, as the neighborhood was taken over by police cars, the “Midtown bus,” crowds of extras and all sorts of whacko action. McBrooklyn offers pics, including lead Andrew Garfield—and Brooklyn Heights’ own Paul Giamatti, who plays villain “The Rhino.” In the film, his alter ego is […]

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Paul Giamatti Rumored to Play Rhino in Next Spiderman Flick

Actor/the Most Famous Man in Brooklyn Heights Paul Giamatti is rumored to be in talks to play supervillian Rhino in the next Spiderman movie according to the Hollywood Reporter:

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Robert Pattinson Talks Giamatti, Brooklyn Heights in GMA Interview

Heartthrob Robert Pattinson’s shambolic interview on Good Morning America today featured a quip about Brooklyn Heights resident Paul Giamatti, who as reported here was on the program earlier this week plugging their movie Cosmopolis. Watch the interview after the jump.

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Brooklyn Heights Rez Paul Giamatti Promotes Film ‘Cosmopolis’ On ABC’s ‘GMA’

Emmy- and Golden-globe winner actor—and Brooklyn Heights’ own—Paul Giamatti appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Monday, talking with George Stephanopoulos about his new film with Robert Pattinson, “Cosmopolis.” Giamatti describes the film as “science fiction, black comedy, satire.” Also appearing in the flick, which is in theaters now, are Juliette Binoche and Sarah Gadon. See […]

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Scotland On Sunday’s In-Depth Interview with Heights Resident Paul Giamatti

Scotland On Sunday featured an in-depth, nearly 2,000-word interview today, with our fave local celeb and nabe Paul Giamatti. The story opens, “He has made a career out of playing life’s unlikeable oddballs—the needy losers and the creeps—but Paul Giamatti is fine with that. (His) identity is unusual for a Hollywood star: He’s an abrasive […]

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