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Even as a teenager working at a Manhattan theater, Irving Brecher, who died Nov. 17 at 94, peddled his comedy writing to anyone who would have it. The Bronx, N.Y., native sent one-liners to columnists Walter Winchell and Ed Sullivan, some of which would occasionally make it into print...
...That was 1939, when Ackerman and his friend Myrtle R. Douglas attended the first World Science Fiction Convention in Manhattan - both dressed in space suits. (Trekkies, now you know who originated that imaginative eccentricity.) In a 1996 interview with Ed Grant of the New York City cable access show Media Funhouse, Ackerman recalled that 165 people attended the confab. "We had a banquet so expensive that only 29 of us could afford it," he told Ed. "I couldn't even afford to lend the money to Ray Bradbury, 'cause it was one dollar a plate. Of course no food...
...Tourism and Travel: California and New York - home to the country's two largest cities - both suffered dramatic declines in the number of visitors this fall. Hotel revenues in Manhattan plummeted in November, as did Broadway ticket sales. Atlanta, one of the nation's busiest hubs, experienced a drop in business travel. So too did Silicon Valley, which reported an increase in canceled corporate meetings. Restaurants in San Francisco are struggling as well; some predict they will close their doors completely in the new few months if conditions don't improve. The only upbeat tourism officials around are those...
...After accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, 31, was charged with two counts of felony weapons possession. If convicted, Burress--who lacked a permit to carry his firearm--faces at least 31/2 years in jail. He has been suspended by the Giants for the rest of the season...
...father, my roommate, and I entered the Film Forum–a nonprofit theater in lower Manhattan that mostly shows independent films–last Friday right about when the previews had started...