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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)
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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Don’t let Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright’s handsome face and sharp wardrobe fool you, he is old-school Philly.

Madison Square Garden, October. An annual loose-ball scrum called Big East Media Day. Each of the 16 basketball teams in this college athletic conference has […]

Philadelphia schools head Arlene Ackerman arrived over a year ago with a strong résumé but an unwillingness to play politics.

ARLENE ACKERMAN, OUR schools CEO, is small and sturdy, with large, soft, maternal eyes and a short bobbed haircut that is at once modern and […]

“You’ll know when it’s time,” friends assured me when our dog was diagnosed with cancer.

NOT LONG AFTER my dad died a few years back, our vet announced that my dog had colon cancer. “If you don’t mind my asking,” […]

The newlywed Wharton grad talks Celebrity Apprentice and her debut book.

FIVE YEARS AGO, Ivanka Trump was just your average real estate heiress schlepping to classes at Wharton. How things have changed since the Donald’s daughter […]

When Philly socialites fly to Palm Beach for the season, they take along the most important people in their lives.

IT’S WELL KNOWN that in Palm Beach, Florida, there is a town edict on Perfect Hair. It’s not permissible, actually, to not have hair that […]

Amy Korman hears the tales and chronicles the making of the place we call the Gayborhood.

1960s“There was this electricity in the air.” Ed Hermance, owner, Giovanni’s Room bookstore: There’s a book downstairs about Bill Tilden, the tennis player and Penn […]


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.


The new CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Age: “Ageless” (52 this month). Known best as: The new CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra, fresh from the Atlanta Symphony, where the trained soprano earned […]

How trains could reinvent the Girard corridor — if Amtrak would fork over the cash.

It’s a sunny Saturday. The kids are restless. So you round ’em up, start the car, and head to the Zoo. Where you find … […]

U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy on appearing on the November cover of the LGBT magazine The Advocate.

U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy—-Democrat, decorated Iraq vet, onetime Altar Boy of the Year—on appearing on the November cover of the LGBT magazine The Advocate, for […]

Got the winter blahs? Forget the gym membership, and try these six intrepid activities.

You need: To bond with your crew.Try: MasterJay’s roller-skating dance class. You’ll relive that happy-tired, damp-haired feeling of your youth, except you’ll be targeting all […]

Brooke dishes the latest gossip.

After feasting ourselves silly this holiday season (starting with a gorge on cornbread stuffing at Tory Burch’s swanky Valley Forge Thanksgiving), Edgar and I are […]

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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.


Why the city’s best kitchens are going against the grain.

That Philly’s best pasta chef is now serving wheat-free meals may seem a sign that End Times are nigh. But it’s really just smart networking […]

PennDOT’s spot-on electric signs.

At first we ignored those huge new electronic signs telling us how long it would take to navigate the Schuylkill Expressway from, say, KOP to […]

PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE FITNESS CHALLENGE – OFFICIAL RULES

Official Contest Rules By entering this contest, the entrant agrees to be bound by these rules and to accept as final all decisions of the […]

The 239 restaurant dishes that define Philadelphia’s food scene.

SCORE A SNEAK PEEK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE! Here’s the problem with having an increasingly rich food scene like ours: It’s hard to know what […]

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