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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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Opinion

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)
Q&A

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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Will Penn’s Smoker Ban Even Work?

Back in October, the University of Pennsylvania held a massive conference extolling the virtues of the class of drugs known as psychedelics. Finally, I thought, […]

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Philly Evades Forbes’s “Most Miserable Cities” List

Who is Forbes to tell us we’re not miserable? But we’ll take it. Forbes’s annual misery index is out, and based off factors like unemployment, […]

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Tom Corbett May Have Just Cost the State 40,000 Jobs

According to a new report, Tom Corbett’s decision to reject Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion could cost the state as many as 40,000 jobs by 2016, due […]

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What the GOP Should Learn About Donuts, Water & Hip-Hop

Republicans gathered last month at their winter meeting for a postmortem regarding their defeat last November, and what Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal called their “stupid […]

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Gentrification Hasn’t Really Made Graduate Hospital Boring

By the time you read this, it is my sincere hope that I will be eating—or digesting—breakfast from the new Honey’s Sit n’ Eat at […]

Throwing Shade Live in Philly

Listen to the uber-gay podcast.


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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PA Justice Joan Orie Melvin Found Guilty of Corruption

Politics PA reports: “Pa. Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin is guilty of 6 out of 7 counts of corruption, a jury found Thursday afternoon. She […]

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New Yorker Charged With Running “Violent Prostitution” Ring in Philly

CBS Philly reports: “Federal authorities in Philadelphia have arrested and charged a New York man with running a violent prostitution business here. According to federal prosecutor […]

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AP Calls Gay Spouses “Man” and “Wife”

The Associated Press today modified its stylebook to include the following definition of marriage: husband, wife Regardless of sexual orientation, husband or wife is acceptable in all […]

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Obama May Urge Overturn of Prop 8

The president considers weighing in.

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WATCH: Young Bradley Cooper Ask Sean Penn For Acting Advice

Philly homeboy Bradley Cooper is ever closer to his big night at the Oscars, where he’s nominated for Best Actor. Probably because of that, this […]

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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.


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Pennsylvanians Pine for Torrid Love Affairs at Wawa, Sheetz

Via Buzzfeed, Psychology Today has come up with this map of where “missed connections” occur on Craigslist—those entries that say, essentially, “I saw you from […]

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Joe Biden’s “Shotgun” Advice: Illegal in Delaware

We’ve had some fun this week with Vice President Joe Biden’s unexpected advice to a mother to buy a double-barreled shotgun “and fire two blasts […]

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Penn Students Compete: Who Has the Toughest Schedule?

From those bright kids at The Punch Bowl comes a demonstration of what happens when bred-for-hypercompetition Ivy League students take it all much, much too […]

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The Attic Youth Center Does Drag

Plus: Details on February’s QOTA and more!

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