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Sylvester Stallone on the fight to make "Rocky" (opens the original)
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Long before he became the most famous cinematic fighter of all time, Sylvester Stallone had to fight his own battle to survive in New York. For example, he was living in places where he literally had pizza boxes for his mattress. "I did, yeah. It was very comfortable," he said. His jobs also included cleaning the lion cages in the Central Park Zoo. "That's a rough one, because I felt so bad for these magnificent animals," he said, "and then I felt bad because I smelled like them, you know, going
Remembering 9/11: Robert De Niro on helping revive Lower Manhattan after September 11 (opens the original)
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Film legend Robert De Niro has lived or worked in Lower Manhattan for years. "You know, the East Side is another world to someone like me who's Lower Manhattan," he said. So, for De Niro, the attacks on 9/11 hit especially close to home: "I was just about to fly to California. I was at a meeting in Midtown, and instead of going to the airport, I came back down here, and saw the tower, the North Tower, the smoke coming out, and so on. And then saw the South Tower fall. I couldn't believe, I could
From the ashes arise origami koi (opens the original)
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Starting when he was six years old, Robert Lang has folded life out of paper. Now, at 65, Lang is recognized worldwide as one of today's masters of origami, responsible for more than 800 origami designs. Asked if he is comfortable being an origami rock star, Lang replied, "Yeah, I guess I've been that long enough that I've gotten used to it." Origami originated in Japan more than three centuries ago, but Lang led its renaissance in the 1990s. He showed off some of his proudest patterns to "Sunda
Gracie Abrams: Now center stage (opens the original)
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In the middle of New York City is a spot that Gracie Abrams calls a secret garden: a park where she says she can hang out unnoticed (when TV cameras aren't around, that is). It's a respite from a life where she's very much front-and-center. At 26, Abrams is a reigning queen of so-called whisper pop – her witty, intimate style praised by critics and millions of fans around the world. She's graced the top of Billboard charts, Chanel ads, and the most recent cover of Vogue. Backstage on tour last s
J.K. Simmons: A real character (opens the original)
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Like so many New Yorkers, Jonathan Kimble Simmons was born elsewhere, but this is home. And like so many New York actors, J.K. Simmons once waited tables at the legendary restaurant Joe Allen. Was he a good waiter? "You know what? Not very good," he said. "I worked hard. I was pleasant, you know. I tried to be charming. I was not organized. This would have taken me, like, five trips to set up [this table], yeah. And the butter would already be melting by the time I got it here." Simmons, who's a
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