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How Five Days in Philly Changed Movie History Forever

On the 50th anniversary of Rocky, the never-before-told story of the crazed, chaotic, and clandestine filming of the city’s most famous movie.


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Dear Josh Shapiro: Now That You Have the Votes, Here’s Our Wish List

Mac Mart owner Marti Liberman, whose business was targeted by the Boycott Ride in Philadelphia on Sunday, November 8th (photo courtesy Marti Lieberman/Mac Mart)
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Mac Mart Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be Open During the Philly Boycott Ride. Here’s Why It Was

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14 New Books by Philly Authors to Add to Your TBR List

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Watch T.O. Do the Weather Forecast

If you were a former football great with a honking big IRS lien, how might you look to pay it off? In Terrell Owens’s case, […]

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Monday Kickstarter: Pride, Cazwell and Putin

Rounding up the weekend’s LGBT headlines.

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Is Brian Sims’s Gay Marriage Bill a Publicity Stunt?

The day after the Supreme Court struck down a crucial provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, Philadelphia state Representative Brian Sims and colleague Steve […]

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People Are Still Smoking Weed at the Liberty Bell

The marijuana menace apparently has not yet been eradicated from out fair city. On Sunday, radical group of protestors, united under the “Smoke Down Prohibition” […]

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Enjoy Living in Abject Poverty, Millennials!

This time on “No, really, we have your best interests at heart,” the Senate has gone on summer vacation and left America’s college students to […]

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The Real Reason Obama Went to Africa

As the Obama family’s first official trip to Africa wraps up tomorrow, ignore all the fanfare and try, for a moment, to wrap your head […]


Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Best of Philly 2026: Best Philadelphians

Brainiac scientists. The city’s most fanatical fans. A Mister Softee aficionado who stole our hearts — and more of our favorite neighbors this year

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


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Philadelphia, Let’s Secede From Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, it’s time: Let’s secede from Pennsylvania and make our own state. Sound crazy? Maybe. But as we neared the legislature’s budget deadline in Harrisburg […]

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My Electric Kool-Aid Adderall Test

One of the best parts of being a writer is that the job lets you be nosy professionally. If I’m curious what all those new […]

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WATCH: Footage from This Week’s Decision Day Celebration

A live-action peep at the rally.

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Sarah Murnaghan Gets Second Lung Transplant

10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, who has cystic fibrosis, received a much-publicized lung transplant on June 12th this year. Soon after the surgery, her mother said today, […]

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Main Line Realtors Accused of Planting Dead Critters on Neighbor’s Driveway

Andrea Straub, an agent at Prudential Fox & Roach, along with her fellow realtor husband Jonathan, has been accused by police of depositing a dead snake […]

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76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

76 Other Ways Philly Changed the World

Sure, Philly gave America democracy. But, from bubble gum to the world’s first computer to life-saving medical breakthroughs, Philadelphia’s greatest export is actually our influence.

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

Our Petition Worked — Ona Judge Day Is Now Official

We launched a petition to urge the Mayor and City Council to make May 21st a day to honor the brave former slave who escaped from George Washington — because no one tells Philadelphia to keep the truth to ourselves.


WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The Official SCOTUS-Ruling Dance Party

Slip on those boogie shoes.

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Chesco-Based QVC Presses “Pause” on Paula Deen

Several high-profile companies have already cut ties with the food world’s latest bete noire, Paula Deen. (No pun intended.) West Chester-based home shopping giant QVC, […]

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Drexel Desperately Trying to Make Campus Look More Like Penn

Drexel has tired of its orange-bricked buildings and would now prefer the statelier red that graces Penn’s campus. “You were immediately able to tell when […]

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The Single Dumbest Reaction to the New Yorker’s Gay Ernie and Bert Cover

Here’s this week’s New Yorker cover, which for obvious reasons is generating a fair amount of internet buzz right now. There you have it: Ernie […]

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