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3 hours ago
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Livvy Dunne reveals she was rejected from purchasing Yankees icon Babe Ruth's $1.59M NYC home
You're out! Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne, the former LSU star gymnast and viral sensation, revealed Tuesday that she was rejected from purchasing Babe Ruth's former New York City home, saying that the building voted 'not to have me live there.' Dunne, who made an estimated $9.5 million through the 'name, image and likeness' rules in the NCAA, claimed she was going to buy Ruth's $1.59 million Upper West Side pad all in cash. However, Dunne said she was denied days before she was set to get the keys to the co-op. 'I get a call. The co-op board denied me,' Dunne told her eight million followers in a video titled, 'I'm just disappointed that's all.'' Pretty much the people in the building voted to not have me live there, which is fine.' If the co-op voted to approve the sale to the influencer, it would have been Dunne's 'first real estate purchase' ever. Dunne said she and her boyfriend, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes, hired an interior designer to decorate the apartment when the sale appeared as it was favoring the couple. 'It got to the point where the realtor was so confident, Paul and I went, I got an interior designer because I didn't want to bring my college furniture to Babe Ruth's apartment, that would be like, criminal,' Dunne said. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model added that she had 'no clue' why residents rejected her from living in the building, which was constructed in 1915. 'Honestly, it wasn't financial. It could have been, for all I know, they could have been Alabama fans and I went to LSU,' Dunne quipped. 'Maybe they didn't want a public figure living there, but I was literally supposed to get the keys and that week they denied me,' Dunne added. The Yankee slugger's seventh-floor, three-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom prewar residence is located at 345 W. 88th St and hit the market in March, the Post reported. 'The Sultan of Swat' lived on the property with his late second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, and their late adopted daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, from 1920 to 1940. The space featured high ceilings, oak floors, numerous storage areas, a modern open kitchen with a breakfast bar, and multiple closets. There's even a commemorative plaque outside the historic home honoring the New York Yankees and baseball legend. 'My fondest memories [of the apartment] are of me and Father listening to 'The Green Hornet' on the radio and looking out to Riverside Park,'' Ruth Stevens told the Post in 2015. 'Mom and Dad loved to entertain there. We had a maid and a cook, and Dad would always invite Yankees who had been traded and were in town with other teams. He knew they wanted a home-cooked meal [while on the road].' Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
3 hours ago
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Livvy Dunne struck out in bid to buy Babe Ruth's NYC home after she put it on social media, ticking off co-op board: neighbor
Livvy Dunne's no Babe. Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne struck out in her bid to buy Yankees' great Babe Ruth's former New York City home because the former LSU star gymnast overshared about the purchase on Instagram, The Post has learned. The co-op board in the Upper West Side building rejected Dunne's purchase — a $1.59 million, all-cash deal — days before she was going to collect the luxurious pad's keys, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model revealed Tuesday in a TikTok video titled, 'I'm just disappointed that's all.' Dunne claimed to have 'no clue' why she was rejected, but one resident in the West 88th Street building said the viral sensation was simply too online for the board's tastes. 'She messed up,' the neighbor said. 'The board got pissed because she put it on her Instagram.' Sure enough, Dunne shared a video to her 5.4 million Instagram followers in May that showed her bikini-clad, skipping along a beach with a caption boasting: 'bought a nyc apt.' The alleged overshare and grumpy co-op board vote now puts Ruth's historic pad — a seventh-floor, three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom pre-war residence at 345 W. 88th St — back on the market. Ruth, the legendary 'Sultan of Swat' lived on the property with his late second wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, and their late adopted daughter Julia Ruth Stevens, from 1920 to 1940. The building even has a commemorative plaque honoring the New York Yankees great. Dunne, who made an estimated $9.5 million through the 'name, image and likeness' rules in the NCAA, entered the picture after the apartment went on the market in March. The building resident said they spotted Dunne and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher and boyfriend Paul Skenes visiting the co-op in the run-up to the aborted sale — which the influencer said would be her 'first real estate purchase' ever. 'I have to admit, when I saw her from behind I didn't think she was an adult,' the resident said. 'I thought she was a little boy. She's so little, like a child.' Things apparently went well enough that Dunne said she and Skenes even hired an interior designer to decorate the apartment. 'It got to the point where the realtor was so confident, Paul and I went, I got an interior designer because I didn't want to bring my college furniture to Babe Ruth's apartment, that would be like, criminal,' Dunne dished in her TikTok video. But the co-op board had other plans. Dunne said in her TikTok video that she learned the board denied her purchase, but she didn't know why other than it wasn't financial. 'It could have been, for all I know, they could have been Alabama fans and I went to LSU,' Dunne quipped. 'Maybe they didn't want a public figure living there,' she said, inching closer to the purported truth, 'but I was literally supposed to get the keys and that week they denied me.' The seller's agent from Compass said they were 'all shocked and displeased' by the board's rejection, and tried unsuccessfully to get them to reconsider. 'The managing agent got back to me days later and said the board decision was final and that was it,' the seller's agent said. 'The seller's real estate attorney liquidated (Dunne's) deposit and that was it and we're back on the market.' The board doesn't have to disclose why they turned Dunne down, the agent noted. 'This is New York City, this is co-op stuff,' said another building resident who declined to give her name. 'It's different than condo. It happens all the time.' One resident who only heard about the rejection from an online article from The Post was bummed to learn she was almost neighbors with the social media star. 'I wish her well,' she said.'Who knows why they rejected her.' Dunne summed up her misadventure with a warning to her eight million TikTok followers. 'Long story short: don't try to live in a co-op,' she said. 'You might get denied and you won't get Babe Ruth's apartment.' Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
3 hours ago
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Livvy Dunne back on apartment hunt in NYC after being blocked from buying Babe Ruth's pad
Olivia 'Livvy' Dunne is determined to find her dream apartment in New York City. The retired NCAA gymnast, who was denied by a co-op board from attempting to purchase Babe Ruth's former Upper West Side apartment, was scouting real estate, as seen Sunday in a video on her TikTok. 'What the nyc realtor's hear when I'm back in nyc looking for an apartment,' Dunne, 22, wrote, including a clip of her skipping on the sidewalk. 'It isn't Babe Ruth's apartment but it'll do,' added the former LSU champion gymnast. Dunne, a native of New Jersey and the girlfriend of Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes, didn't elaborate about her apartment search. Former Playboy model Holly Madison commented with, 'You deserve Babe Ruth's apartment!!!!!!!!!!' The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model made waves after she struck out in her bid to buy Ruth's former New York City home — a seventh-floor, three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom pre-war residence at 345 W. 88th St. The co-op board in the Upper West Side building rejected Dunne's purchase — a $1.59 million, all-cash deal — days before she was set to pick up the keys, she said in a TikTok video. 'I get a call. The co-op board denied me,' Dunne told her eight million followers in a video titled, 'I'm just disappointed that's all.' 'Pretty much the people in the building voted to not have me live there, which is fine. It got to the point where the realtor was so confident, Paul and I went, I got an interior designer because I didn't want to bring my college furniture to Babe Ruth's apartment, that would be like, criminal.' Dunne explained that she had 'no clue' why she was rejected to purchase the apartment, which she said would've been her first real estate purchase. However, The Post learned from one resident in the West 88th Street building that Dunne's online presence was too much for the board. The seller's agent from Compass told The Post their team was 'all shocked and displeased' by the board's rejection, and tried unsuccessfully to get them to reconsider. 'The managing agent got back to me days later and said the board decision was final and that was it,' the seller's agent said. 'The seller's real estate attorney liquidated (Dunne's) deposit and that was it and we're back on the market.' The board doesn't have to disclose why they turned Dunne down, the agent noted. Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
7 days ago
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Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin in first look at Season 5 of ‘Only Murders in the Building': Everything to know
Only Murders in the Building is back for more sleuthing. On Wednesday, Hulu announced that Season 5 of the award-winning hit show, starring Selena Gomez, Martin Short, and Steve Martin, will premiere on Sept. 9 with a three-episode debut. New episodes will then roll out weekly. The streamer also shared a first look at the new season. More from Gold Derby 'South Park' creators strike deal for 50 more episodes, streaming on Paramount+ 2025 Emmys: These are the episodes every Best Comedy Guest Actress/Actor submitted Here's everything we know so far. The case According to the official synopsis, the new season kicks off with a shocking death: Lester, the beloved doorman, dies under suspicious circumstances. Refusing to believe it was an accident, Charles, Oliver, and Mabel launch their own investigation, soon uncovering a dangerous web of secrets tied to powerful billionaires, old-school mobsters, and the eccentric residents of their Upper West Side apartment building. The cast Aside from Gomez, Martin, and Short, and kitty-loving costar Michael Cyril Creighton, the Season 5 ensemble will feature the usual impressive roster of guest stars, including Meryl Streep, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Richard Kind, Nathan Lane, Bobby Cannavale, Renée Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Christoph Waltz, Téa Leoni, Keegan-Michael Key, Beanie Feldstein, Dianne Wiest, and Jermaine Fowler. The awards The show is up for seven Emmy Awards this year, including Best Comedy Series and Short for Best Comedy Actor for his portrayal of Oliver Putnam. Earlier this year, Short received the comedy acting prize and the cast received the Best Comedy Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Overall, the show has been nominated 57 times over the first four seasons, winning seven total, including Lane receiving the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Teddy Dimas. Best of Gold Derby 'Five new life forms from distant planets': Everything to know about 'Alien: Earth' as new trailer drops Everything to know about 'The Pitt' Season 2, including the departure of Tracy Ifeachor's Dr. Collins Everything to know about 'Too Much,' Lena Dunham's Netflix TV show starring Megan Stalter that's kinda, sorta 'based on a true story' Click here to read the full article.
Forbes
18-07-2025
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'Bad Shabbos' Creators Talk Influences Behind Jewish Comedy Film
'Bad Shabbos' The commonly cordial greeting you're likely to hear every Friday night and Saturday as Jewish people around the globe observe the Sabbath goes comically wrong in director Daniel Robbins' Bad Shabbos (now playing in select theaters nationwide). One of the funniest Jewish-themed comedies ever made, the movie centers around an engaged interfaith couple, David (Jon Bass) and Meg (Meghan Leathers), whose parents are about to meet for the very first time over a traditional Friday night Shabbos dinner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. As if tensions weren't running high enough, the evening affair becomes even more hectic with the unexpected arrival of a dead body, turning the weekly day of rest into one of side-splitting tsuris and sparking a mad scramble to figure out what to do with the corpse before Meg's straight-laced Catholic parents (Catherine Curtin and John Bedford Lloyd) arrive from Wisconsin. The end result is a hilarious and heartfelt exploration of faith, family, and foreskin. Yes, really. 'There's a whole tier of comedies I love like Meet the Parents, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Birdcage. And this movie pulled a lot from those," Robbins says over a joint Zoom call with co-screenwriter, Zack Weiner. 'The impetus," the filmmaker explains, "was to make an amalgam of the comedies we loved [as kids]. We've grown frustrated that the comedies recently just have such an air of fake-ness. I like SNL, but a lot of them just feel like an SNL sketch. The movies we grew up watching have a real grounded-ness to them and more of an edge. They also have more visual jokes, they don't just rely on improv-ing dialogue.' Weiner also cites Death at a Funeral, Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, a pre-problematic Woody Allen, and his own family mealtimes as inspiration. In fact, the idea for the project began to take shape after Bad Shabbos producer Adam Mitchell heard about Weiner's mother playing a harmless prank on an unsuspecting dinner guest. 'We had a friend and his girlfriend come over," Weiner recalls. "My mom was serving my friend's girlfriend with progressively smaller plates and cups, while everyone else was eating off normal cutlery. Our producer heard about it and thought it was pretty funny. He called and said, 'That's an interesting [setup] for a movie. What if the prank went wrong and there was a accidental murder instead of a slightly offended girlfriend?'" 'When you find writers [to work on] something that's personal and so in their world, it always comes across on the screen,' adds Mitchell on a separate call. 'It was just the perfect match of writers and material.' Weiner continues: 'Daniel and I had been talking about an accidental murder movie in an apartment before that, but we couldn't figure it out. And when it was [decided that it would be]Mitchell proved instrumental in getting the acting ensemble together through New York-based casting directors Seth White, Cody Beke, and Daniel Frankel. 'It was just a process of getting people to read the script,' states the producer. 'Jon Bass came on board early. We got it to him, and he really liked it. Once that happened, other pieces started to fall into place." From there, Bad Shabbos was able to enlist the talents of David Paymer (Ocean's Thirteen) and Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) as David's parents, Ellen and Richard; Milana Vayntrub (This is Us) as David's sister, Abby; Ashley Zukerman (The Lost Symbol) as Abby's jerk of a boyfriend, Benjamin; Theo Taplitz (Little Men) as David and Abby's younger brother, Adam; and a scene-stealing Cliff 'Method Man' Smith (Power Book II: Ghost) as quick-thinking doorman Jordan. 'The agents liked it and then shared it with [their clients],' Robbins says. 'Kyra said it was one of the only times she laughed out loud reading a script. It was really that simple. None of us had an in and thankfully, these actors had faith in us, because we haven't made anything at a big scale. So it was nice that they trusted the material and their gut. They all deserve so much credit for signing on.' 'There was something for each character to do, and that was really the strength in it — of each character being really funny and quirky in their own way, [while] bringing something different to the Shabbat table,' adds Mitchell. 'There's no weak roles, really, because everybody was funny in their own way." 'Bad Shabbos' The producer adds that casting as many Jewish actors as possible was of the utmost importance because the entire goal was 'to paint a picture of a dysfunctional, but authentic, Jewish family in Manhattan, with characters that people can relate to. People have been coming up to us and [saying how they relate] to every one of the characters in some way; seeing their mother in the mother or their father in the father." That commitment to authenticity is what imbues Bad Shabbos with a universality that appeals to everyone, not just Jews — much in the same way My Big Fat Greek Wedding tackled Greek Orthodox traditions. 'The goal was to do that in a Jewish setting,' says Robbins, who also wanted to present a different viewpoint on everyday Judaism beyond the usual 'Hasids doing crimes or treating it as a light joke. Seeing authentic portrayals, where religion does add warmth and meaning to life was nice. Christians love the movie, because they're really relating to that aspect of it." 'Whether you're Jewish or not, you can relate to having these family dynamics," agrees Mitchell, '[from] sibling arguments to parents bickering … It's not trying to say too much. It's just an old school, chaotic hijinks, family comedy that we don't see as much of anymore." Bad Shabbos debuted to rave reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival last fall and even went on to nab the event's coveted Audience Award. 'It was only supposed to be three screenings, and then we sold out all three. It was such a hit, that they gave us two extra screenings,' Mitchell says. 'That kickstarted [the whole thing] and gave us the belief that it's a film that should be seen in the theaters … If we could hit the targeted market, then we could do enough business. So far, it's coming to fruition.' After Tribeca, the title began a limited theatrical release in southern Florida last winter (in order to take advantage of 'the snowbird season,' notes the producer) before landing a nationwide rollout deal from Jewish-focused distributor Menemsha Films. As of this writing, Bad Shabbos is closing in on $1 million at the domestic box office — a seriously impressive feat for any small-scale indie production, especially one made by filmmakers in their early 30s who don't have access to a multi-million dollar marketing budget. "We're don't have Super Bowl ads or any major advertising in that way,' Mitchell says. 'So it's been inspiring to see people in cities across the country coming and selling out shows, just [through] old school word of mouth.' ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 19: Adam Mitchell and Daniel Robbins attend the 25th Atlanta Jewish Film ... More Festival "Bad Shabbos" opening night premiere at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on February 19, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by) Seeing the film in a theater setting isn't just financially advantageous to the makers, it also enhances the experience for the viewer. "Some movies are twice as good if you see them in a crowd," says Robbins. 'This one is like five times [better] because it was [rigorously] tested in the crowd … We probably did over 10 test screenings and then a lot more smaller ones. We'd have Google Sheets, getting responses, having a lot of non-Jewish audience members to figure out what's clicking, what's not, where they might get lost. And we got to a place where play is equal in both crowds." Should the film up doing gangbusters — or 'supernova," as Robbins puts it — the team isn't opposed to making a sequel, which would most likely revolve around 'everyone traveling to Wisconsin for the wedding and what goes on there,' muses the director. 'We'd have to change the genre. So while this one was a dead body thriller, the next one might be more of a mystery-type film. But we'll see…' 'There have also been calls about … remakes in certain ways or stage adaptations; people who are interested in buying the rights in other areas,' Mitchell concludes. 'So you might see some sort of spinoff, or adaptations in other countries or other formats coming as well. There are conversations being had right now. I think because of how strong the concept is, it will live on through this movie, and potentially through a couple other formats or languages or remakes — and maybe a sequel as well. But yeah, I think there will be more to come.' Bad Shabbos is now playing in select theaters. Click here for tickets!
