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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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The Good Life: Receipt: High-School High

Forget about the balloon-filled gym, dyed satin shoes and virginity clichés that defined your high-school prom. As prom season kicks off around Philly, local graduating […]

Pulse: 60-Second Critic May 2007

MEMOIR Pouring Six Beers at a Time and Other Stories from a Lifetime in Baseball By Bill Giles with Doug Myers (Triumph; $24.95) By Greg […]

The Good Life: Trendspotting: Robo-retail

These days, it’s rare for newfangled retail gimmicks to stand out. But like Daryl Hannah’s mermaid character in Splash’s electronics-store scene, I found myself transfixed […]

Pulse: Kumar Goes to Penn

He may have gotten famous as a stoner in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, but actor Kal Penn — most recently critically lauded […]

As two high-profile partners square off to raise money for opposing candidates, the ’08 presidential election could give new meaning to the term “a Wolf at the door”

Like a lot of high-powered Philadelphia law firms, Wolf Block is no stranger to the intersection of law and high-stakes political fundraising. But this year […]

We all love a little affection from our friends … don’t we?

“I’ve always been a hugger,” says Anne, who lives in Haverford and is the kind of pretty, good-smelling person anyone would want to be hugged […]


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.


Baseball is officially in full swing — meaning yet one more season of high hopes (followed no doubt by dashed ones). Here, some selected shouts and murmurs from the past 50 years.

“They’ve shown me ways to lose that I never knew ­existed.” — Mets manager Casey Stengel, on the Phils’ 23-game losing streak in 1961. “It […]

Pulse: Chatter: The Appreciation: Jeff Lurie

Earlier this year, Eagles president Joe Banner lamented that folks in Philly don’t seem to have much love for Birds owner Jeff Lurie. “I can’t […]

Philly’s food czar eyes the Schuylkill

Is Stephen Starr looking at the waterfront? Bedrock Group, owners of the old Rosenbluth Travel building at 24th and Walnut, along the banks of the […]

As the mayoral primary hogs the headlines, three tight races for City Council could forecast Philly’s future

In a one-party town like Philadelphia, the May primary, not the general election, holds all the juice. But while the five donkeys vying for the […]

Pulse: No sale, T.O.

It’ll be a big commission, but Voorhees realtor Erica Lacey is working for every dime. She’s the listing agent for the region’s most famous (or […]

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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.


The Shadow Traffic guy manages to make morning commuting sound almost … pleasant. As the Garden State native marks 26 years on the air, he pulls over to answer some burning questions.

Why would anyone in his right mind drive the Conshohocken Curve at 8 a.m.? It usually takes about 20 minutes to get through the delay, […]

Like MySpace, Facebook allows kids to “express” themselves. Here are random glimpses of some notable Penn students.

Tyler Ritter, Class of ’07 Not only does the son of the late, lovable Three’s Company buffoon John Ritter boast an impressive 500-plus Penn friends; […]

The 17-year-old pride of Wilmington won $75,000 on his way to being crowned champion of this year’s Jeopardy! Teen Tournament.

How did you prepare for the competition? I had a couple of almanacs — I was more worried about breadth than depth. I focused on […]

The members of Philly’s hottest new social set are young, cute, and dressed to the nines. They’re just not all toilet-trained

It seems it was only a Bur-berry season or two ago that we discovered we had to start strategizing shortly after Lamaze to get our […]

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