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NYC Fox News anchor Ernie Anastos apologized last night for his Wednesday night gaffe, in which he told weatherman Nick Gregory “keep on fucking that chicken.” Fox 5’s general manager issued a statement expressing disappointment with Anastos, but did not mention firing or disciplining him. The NY Daily News polled its readers online, asking what, if anything, should be done …

I was half-expecting something like this.

After a 22 year career, Richard Burns stepped down as executive director of the NYC LGBT Community Center eight months ago. Longtime LGBT and women’s activist Glennda Testone has been named to replace him, making her the first woman to take the post. “At a time when the opportunities and challenges faced by our community are limitless, the Center is …

Food Emporium, Wednesday, 8PM, UES 6 Year-Old Girl: I hate this place! Why do we have to come here! Dad: How do you think all that food gets to our kitchen? Magic? 6 Year-Old Girl: Well, I’m gonna wish that every night everybody’s kitchen fills up with food so nobody has to ever come here ever ever ever again! Dad: …

What the hell does “keep on fucking that chicken” MEAN, anyway?

Head over to Bearotic where they are giving away tickets to the next three Blowoff parties, including tomorrow night’s beer-soaked bacchanal at the Highline Ballroom in NYC, and followed by Saturday’s party in DC and next week’s in SF. Here’s the schedule for the rest of the month: New York — Friday, September 18th, 200911:30PM – 4AM @ Highline Ballroom …

Two of the three openly gay city council candidates from Queens won yesterday’s Democratic primary and are expected to coast to November victories in their overwhelmingly Dem districts. Openly gay candidates made gains in local New York City primary elections on Tuesday, as Daniel Drumm and James Van Bramer [JMG: pictured], both from Queens, each won their district’s Democratic nomination …

Tuesday, 10pm, Chelsea Twink 1: What should I go as for Halloween?Twink 2: A top?Twink 1: Funny. And you can go as “sobriety.”

If you’ve ridden the Staten Island Ferry, you probably know that biggest downside of the voyage is in the ranting street preachers who take advantage of an audience that can’t escape for 20 minutes. Well, no more. After “reviewing legal issues surrounding free speech and how it applies on public transportation” the DOT has established a “Quiet Deck,” where loud …

Best-selling author and early punk singer Jim Carroll died in NYC on Friday at the age of 60. Carroll, who wrote ‘The Basketball Diaries’, died on Friday at his Manhattan home, his former wife Rosemary Carroll confirmed. A heroin addict at 13, Carroll documented his teenage years in ‘The Basketball Diaries’, which was originally published in 1978 and turned into …

The on again-off again plan to turn NYC’s historic Farley Post Office into a massive and grand replacement for Penn Station is on again. After months of negotiations — and years after it first pulled out of the project — Amtrak reached a preliminary agreement to move to an annex of Pennsylvania Station planned for the James A. Farley Post …

Today’s free annual Broadway On Broadway concert in Times Square concluded with the usual snowstorm of confetti and streamers as the casts of every show lead the audience in New York, New York. Along the way we got performances from the casts of 21 musicals, including a few previews of shows yet to open such as Fela!, Memphis, and the …

(This story makes its fifth and final annual appearance on JMG. I just wanted to run it once under a president other than Dubya.) Manhattan, September 11th, 2001 That day, I got to my office on 42nd Street at about 8:55am. About ten minutes later, I got a call from Thomas in Orlando. “Honey, you should look out your window …

Western Queens For Marriage Equality sends us their latest clip urging NY state Sen. George Onorato to change his mind on same-sex marriage. Visit their Facebook group. Gov. Paterson has promised to force a vote in the state Senate sometime this month. If you are a constituent of Onorato (or even if you’re not), please consider contacting him via the …

Via Wayne Anderson at World Of Wonder: On Oct. 3rd Lady Gaga will host a dance-a-thon rally in NY for Equality Across America and the upcoming National Equality March on Washington. With music by Peter Rauhofer and a host of other NY nightlife luminaries such as Larry Tee, Honey Dijon, DJ Lina, and Bill Coleman will bring down the house. …

The NYC district attorneys’ office is having a hard time finding New Yorkers willing to serve on the jury for the murder trial of notorious mobster John Gotti, Jr. That’s a shocker. The Dapper Don is long dead and three of his brothers are in jail forever – but the name “Gotti” still inspires fear. That’s the long and short …

Well, I thought I would blog a bit about next week’s NYC primary election, so I sat down with the fancy 24-page voter guide (sent by the Campaign Finance Board) to see if any quotes or issue positions jumped out at me. Whoops, the guide I got sent is in Cantonese. According to a note in English on the inside …

Gothamist tips us to this clip of two NYC bike messengers confronting a man who was allegedly caught trying to steal their bikes. According to witnesses, the man was spotted in the act of drilling the bikes’ locks. What followed is street justice, NYC-style, and I imagine that the alleged thief might have a case for assault, although I’m unclear …