• Did anyone think those naked people at the MoMa exhibit wouldn't be groped? [NYDN]
• Whither the Hollywood sign? [Gizmodo]
• The Tribeca Film Festival is about to touch down. [NYT]
• Fed approves betting on movie box office. Somehow, this will just make Tyler Perry richer. [Deadline]]
• Shy, reticent Chuck Schumer finally speaks out. [Gothamist]
• Jay-Z sues David Ortiz over nightclub name, but really because he plays for Boston. [MyFox]

• No more NYC schools rubber rooms! Mike Bloomberg will now just step on bad teachers' heads. [Post]
• Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt (Poug? Parig? Dougris?) have ended it after 14 months together. [NYDN]
• Preview clip of the Eliot Spitzer documentary is way uncomfortable. [Gothamist]
• Robert De Niro says "We're doing our best" to make this year's Tribeca Film Festival mind-blowing. [NYMag]
• The Times compares tax day at NY post offices to The Hunchback of Notre Dame, because Victor Hugo instantly tarts up weak ledes. [Times]
• Justin Bieber puts Egg McMuffins before all else. [Post]

• Man makes Mario figure out of toast, putting whole new spin on carbo loading [BloggingViaTypewriter]
• Speaking of carbs, a New Jersey lady is eating 12,000 calories a day with the goal of becoming world's fattest woman. [DailyMail]
• The Tribeca Film Festival lineup takes shape. [NYP}
• If these beer halls could talk: a fascinating look at 150 years in the life of one Bowery building. [NYT]
• Drunk teens cause $200,000 worth of damage at high school kegger. Rock star potential, kids. [1010]
• Scorsese to meet Borat/Bruno/Ali G in his next movie. [Deadline]
• Billboard announcing New York's bedbug epidemic rises above Times Square strip club. Puts you in the mood, no? [Wirehead's Flickr]
• I woke up with the power out...[NYDN]
• Even classy Hollywood couples are bound to divorce: Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes are donezo. [EW]

[Actresses Samantha Mathis and Juliana Margulies joke around. All photos via Getty.] Although director Raymond de Felitta's latest dramedy already premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in late April, City Island received another screening for so-called "special sponsors" of the festival. While we haven't exactly figured out what qualifies one to be a special sponsor, we're almost sure they enjoyed the movie, seeing as it won the 2009 Heineken Audience Award and has received positive reviews at Variety and Newsday. The story follows a quirky family living on City Island, a small harbor community in the Bronx, as the various secrets and lies that they keep from one another unravel before their very eyes. More»

[After party for Kassim the Dream.] GO HERE for more photos by MICHAEL JONES and TAG YOURSELF and YOUR FRIENDS!

Last Friday, Undercover Hamptons, a social networking site for jet-setters who vacation out east, and Quintessentially co-hosted the launch party for the indie flick Kassim the Dream at 1920s-ish lounge Antik. More»

[Photos via Getty] The Tribeca Film Festival wasn't just for scarlets and movie buffs. Residents of this Manhattan neighborhood took the chance to celebrate the festival with an outdoor street fair last Saturday.  Free and open to all, there were puppeteers, storytellers, face painters, stilt walkers, hoola hoops, and more goodies to go around!  THIS was the party not to be missed at the Tribeca Film Festival. More photos below... More»

[Sharon Badal, Mary-Kate Olsen, Cecile Vernant and Maggie Kim.  Photos courtesy of Amy Sussman/Getty Images]

The ladies of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival were honored with a Women's Filmmaker Brunch yesterday at City Hall Restaurant.  Actresses Mary-Kate Olsen, Debra Messing, and Parker Posey were spotted mingling and enjoying brunch with the festival's co-founder Jane Rosenthal, among others.  More photos below... More»

[Photos by CLINT SPAULDING for PMc]

Natalie Portman can add social media founder to her resumé. The acclaimed actress, along with co-founder Christine Aylward, launched MakingOf.com-- a networking site for screenwriters, directors, actors, and anyone else involved in movie industry -- at Marblehouse Friday night. The event, hosted by Interview magazine and Alex and Ani with Stuart Parr, attracted the likes of rocker Debbie Harry, Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway, and Rashida Jones and featured Moet & Chandon champagne bottles with the company's logo. More story below More»

[Hilary Duff and boyfriend Mike Comrie. All photos by Michael Loccisano for Getty Images] What better place for Hilary Duff to have a screening of her new movie (and show off her latest boyfriend) then the Tribeca Film Festival? Stay Cool, a comedy with a noteworthy cast (besides the Duffster, the big names include Chevy Chase, Winona Ryder, Sean Astin and even Josh Holloway) is getting thumbs up so far.  More»

[Photos by JIMI CELESTE fo PMc] Last night  CHANEL hosted their annual dinner in support of the Tribeca Film Festival Artist Awards program. Mary-Kate Olsen did her hair for the occasion. As did Debra Messing -wow. All of the ladies were dressed in Chanel of course. The evening honored ten contemporary artists, who will donate pieces to the Festival's 2009 Artist Awards Program. More»