Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'addiction'
August 22, 2008
While doorman turned million-dollar lottery winner Richie Randazzo has become a bit despicable to some, there's one person who really hates him. Or at least Randazzo's dumb luck: Building superintendent Ray Otero, who worked across the street from Randazzo, tells the NY Times he spent $30,000 last year on the lottery, which clearly means he should have won the big payday, not Randazzo who spent in the two-digits on tickets per week. Otero, who spends......
Continue Reading "Spending $30,000 a Year on Lottery Tickets"June 2, 2008
Actress Tatum O'Neal hasn't kept her battles with addiction a secret, but just when things in her life seem to be on the straight and narrow, the NY Post is reporting she got busted buying crack and cocaine on the Lower East Side. Seems the neighborhood still has its drug roots, the addicts just have Oscars on their mantles now. Last year O'Neal landed a role on Rescue Me playing Denis Leary's alcoholic sister, and......
Continue Reading "Tatum O'Neal Busted on LES's Clinton Street"January 2, 2008
At the stroke of midnight on January 1st, New York comedian Amy Borkowsky began her cellibacy project, a temporary resolution that she explains is "not about giving up sex. I’m giving up something much harder than that.” She's casting aside her cell phone, after questioning how much her dependency on it has affected her quality of life.She also notes that the so-called communication device often keeps her from truly communicating, citing the familiar scenario of......
Continue Reading "One New Yorker Becomes "Cellibate" for 60 Days "
