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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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Mac Mart Wasn’t Even Supposed to Be Open During the Philly Boycott Ride. Here’s Why It Was

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Rival gossip columnists Stu Bykofsky of the Daily News and Michael Klein of the Inquirer have a tough job: delivering the dish in a town devoid of celebrities. Somehow, they manage

For two months last summer, the on-location filming of JERSEY GIRL gave Philadelphia what may have been its all-time high-water mark for gossip potential. The […]

What happened on a best-selling novelist's latest book tour? Jennifer Weiner reveals all–including how the Inquirer told her secret.

September 13th: Philadelphia The doctor squirts clear goop on my belly and rubs the ultrasound receiver on top of it. On the television screen, a […]

Four former Inky staffers who've moved on give Walker Lundy their two bits on how to fix his newspaper.

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Dear Walker, Here's my Pick 6: 1. Call a rabbi and have him put out a contract on the Ridder family. 2. Schedule a nice […]

New Inquirer Editor Walker Lundy is facing a newsroom full of whiners, a product in a tailspin, and boneheaded management above him. Is there any reason to think he'll succeed?

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“You poor bastard.” Those were the first words I heard from Walker Lundy. I'd sent him an e-mail, proposing to write about him and his […]

Democrats moved to take control of the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Sen. James Jeffords (news – web sites) announced he would leave the Republican Party, throwing

Democrats moved to take control of the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Sen. James Jeffords (news – web sites) announced he would leave the Republican […]

Philly Novelist Karen Quinones Miller landed a big time book contract to write a murder mystery. Instead, she ended up solving the mystery of her own family

Karen Quinones Miler was supposed to be working on the second novel in the six-figure, two-book deal she'd signed earlier in 2000 with Simon & […]


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.


Can This Man Be Straight

In this Queer Eye era and this city of brotherly love, where even neighboring governors are coming out, why would one gay man try so hard to like women? For him, it's either that or going to Hell

People to Watch: The It List

EXCERPT FROM “People to Watch: The It List” November 2003 Who will be Philly's next Georges Perrier? Who has the refined Main Line taste to […]

Why last month's endorsement of Sam Katz was a boneheaded move

I don't know many people who were as depressed as I was the morning after John Street won the mayoralty. Now, four years later, I'll […]

Sizing up the candidates for mayor-in 2007

Tired of the dynamics of this year's mayor's race — pro-business reformer vs. loyal politics-as-usual Democrat? Steel yourself. You're in for a replay in 2007 […]

Both of these men have been snared by Megan's Law. One is fighting it. The other needs it to control his urges. Which would you rather have as your neighbor?

Cape May County doesn't appear to be the sort of place where a battle over Megan's Law would begin. This is where families rush to […]

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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.


Twenty-five years after leaving town, our writer, who grew up in Logan, came back to walk all 13 miles of our grandest boulevard. The landmarks he remembered are largely gone, but it's still a street overflowing with stories, dreams and danger.

The Big B was at least five stories high, ruby by day, aglow at night, so you could see it from miles away, bright and […]

A new family resort in the Poconos is all child’s play—until Dad hits the black-diamond waterslide

We arrived later than we’d expected—seven-ish on Saturday evening, having spent what seemed like six days caught in a Poconos traffic jam—and so we immediately […]

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