‘This Is No ‘Homage;' It Is Theft': Carnegie Hall Sues Carnegie Diner
Carnegie Hall Corp, the company that manages the historic 100-plus-year-old venue, said the owner of Carnegie Diner, Efstathios Antonakopoulos, has 'traded off its image and brand to promote his Carnegie Diners' in Manhattan, New Jersey, and Virginia, with plans to franchise nationwide over the next several years. Inside, the diner features images of the stage and performers along with merch including references to 'appearances by singer Bob Dylan, soprano Maria Callas, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King' at Carnegie Hall. The filing noted that Carnegie Hall has been trying to resolve this 'amicably' for years without success. Antonakopoulos allegedly says it's an homage to the venue. 'This is no 'homage;' it is theft,' reads the complaint.
The lawsuit seeks 'unspecified damages unspecified damages, a halt to further alleged infringements, and the cancellation of Carnegie Hospitality's registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for Carnegie Diner & Cafe restaurants.' Where to watch the Knicks
Bars and restaurants across the city will broadcast the Knicks playoff games starting tonight, Wednesday, May 21. But perhaps the closest option to the action is Roberta's, which is adjacent to Madison Square Garden (One Penn Plaza, 33 East). It's $120 per ticket that includes a pizza and two drinks on the rooftop, with 'a loud, proud, Knicks-loving crowd,' rain or shine.
Other options include a watch party at Slate (54 W. 21st Street at Sixth Avenue). Doors open at 6 p.m. with half-price drinks for the first hour. In addition to the game, ping-pong tables, pool tables, skee-ball, and a foosball table, among other games. Tickets are $55. And Clinton Hall is hosting is hosting pre-game specials also starting at 6 p.m. in all four locations with items like $3 Jell-O shots and $3 sliders. Corima collab at the James Beard food hall
On May 31, Chinatown's Corima from chef Fidel Caballero will cook a five-course dinner at the James Beard Foundation's Platform at Pier 57 in partnership with Mexico City's Masala y Maiz. Tickets are available online from $165 to $205 for seats.
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Joan Anderson, unsung heroine of hula hoop history, dies at 101
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20 facts about Walt Disney that even his biggest fans may not know
Disney was born in 1901 on the second floor of a wooden cottage designed and built by his parents in Chicago. He was the fourth child of Elias Disney, a carpenter, and his wife, Flora. It's widely reported that it cost them $800 to build the house, which was not an insignificant sum as Elias Disney was making a dollar a day. The house still stands today and has been restored to how it looked when the Disney family lived there. Disney was a high-school dropout. Before founding his studio, he worked as an artist for a Kansas City advertising agency. When he returned to the US after serving in the Red Cross in Europe, Disney found work as a cartoonist in a Kansas City advertising agency. His first animation studio went bankrupt in less than a year. In 1920, Disney started his first animation studio, Laugh-O-Gram, in Kansas City, Missouri, where he produced animated cartoons based on fairy tales. 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Thelma Howard was the Disney family's longtime housekeeper, who became an important part of the family throughout her 30 years of employment, the LA Times reported. Walt often referred to her as the "real-life Mary Poppins." Every year, for the holidays, he would gift her shares of Disney stock. By the time she died in 1994, she had amassed a fortune of millions. At one time, he came close to opening a major ski resort. The success of Disneyland, which opened in 1955, prompted Disney to set his sights on another potential project: a ski resort in Mineral King Valley, near California's Sequoia National Park. The initial plans involved creating a vacation spot centered on a Swiss-style village with six ski areas and the capacity to house 20,000 people, 14 ski lifts, 10 restaurants, two hotels, and more, SF Gate reported. The project almost came to fruition, with Disney even gaining approval from the Forest Service and creating a deal with the then-governor of California, Ronald Reagan. However, after Disney's sudden death in 1966, the company chose to focus on Disney World, which had just opened and cost much more than budgeted. Not all of Mineral King Ski Resort was lost, though. The Country Bear Jamboree, an attraction planned for one of the resort's restaurants, was given a new home in Disney World. Contrary to popular belief, Disney was not cryogenically frozen. Many believe that Disney's body was preserved through cryogenics, frozen in a cryonic chamber containing liquid nitrogen to be later revived. In early 1967, a reporter for a tabloid newspaper, The National Spotlite, claimed he saw the deceased Disney suspended in a cryogenic metal cylinder, PBS reported. From there, the rumor went rampant and eventually became an urban legend. However, there is no truth to it: All available documentation states that Disney was cremated. 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