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Birds 24/7

Jason Kelce, Sweatpants And $37.5 Million

Jason Kelce was asked Thursday afternoon why he opted for a seven-year deal instead of something shorter. “Why seven years? I don’t really know,” Kelce […]

Restaurants

Tommy Up’s Tiki Bar Gets a Name

Tommy Up is opening a tiki bar at 1444 Frankford Avenue. The Yachtsman takes over the former Grady O’s on the now booming stretch of Fishtown. […]

Things to Do

The World Has No Idea How to Translate American Hustle

American Hustle — up for Best Picture at this weekend’s Academy Awards ceremony and starring Philly’s Bradley Cooper — is giving linguists around the world […]

City Life

LGBT Black History Month Spotlight:
7 Questions With Drag Artist/Rapper Icon Ebony Fierce

In partnership with Philadelphia Black Gay Pride, every day throughout the month of February we will spotlight an influential black mover and shaker in the city. Fittingly, […]

Things to Do

MORNING TEA: Bradley Cooper’s Leaving Suki at Home, Taking Mom to the Oscars

Don’t expect to see supermodel Suki Waterhouse draped on Best Actor nominee Bradley Cooper’s arm on this year’s Oscars red carpet. The Philly star is […]

Birds 24/7

Eagles Wake-Up Call: How Would WR Pieces Fit?

Update: The Eagles announced Friday afternoon that Jeremy Maclin is in the fold on a one-year deal. From earlier: The Eagles’ wide receiver situation got […]

Be Well Philly

The Checkup: 3 Super Effective Machines at the Gym You Should Stop Ignoring

• When’s the last time you did a really good workout on a rower? Scratch that: When’s the last time you used a rower at […]

Birds 24/7

Riley Cooper: ‘I’m Proud Of Myself’

The backdrop behind Riley Cooper had changed from where he stood on July 31. On that day, he was outside the NovaCare Complex with a […]

Shoppist

Organize Your Life! Day 4: How to Organize Your Jewelry

Maybe it was the 72-hour stint of warm weather last week, but we here at Shoppist are ready for a little spring-cleaning. Each day this […]

Property

Audio: Spike Lee Crushes Gentrification

No preface needed, though go here if you’d like some context. Audio below.

Riley Cooper
Birds 24/7

Cooper And the Value Question

The question when it comes to Riley Cooper and the receiver position at large is about resource allocation. DeSean Jackson is slated to make $10 million […]

Property

Adventures in Homebuying: Down to the Wire

The very night I stood on the regional rail platform at Temple and found out we’d lost the house on which we intended to make […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Why You (and Your Videographer!) Have Got to Legally License the Songs in Your Wedding Video

This post on Glamour’s bridal blog about a wedding videographer who freaked out when a bride of hers shared her wedding video on their site […]

Property

Partial Boyd Demo Recommended By Committee

The latest from Inga Saffron’s live tweeting of the hardship committee hearing on the Boyd Theater: Philly committee recommends demo of Boyd theater, last golden […]

Things to Do

ICE BREAKERS: Son of God Stars
Roma Downey and Diogo Morgado,
and Producer Mark Burnett

Before interviewing movie stars in town for press junkets, Philly film critic Piers Marchant warms them up with a list of themed, rapid-fire questions. This […]