Film Series this Weekend: 75 Years of 20th Century Fox

It’s time for another great film series through the Film Society of Lincoln Center.  20th Century Fox is celebrating its 75th year casting its iconic searchlights on movie audiences throughout the world, and the Film Society plans to celebrate this historic anniversary with a weekend of screenings and special appearances, including newly restored prints, 70mm [...]

UWS Filming Location

Blue Bloods, the upcoming CBS show that revolves around a family of New York City cops and stars Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bridget Moynihan, is filming on the Upper West Side tomorrow.  Signs have been spotted on 85th and Broadway and 81st between Central Park West and Columbus.  Thanks to My Upper West tipster [...]

Kelsey Grammar Plans a Move from 15 CPW

Kelsey Grammar is starting to look for a new home, according to The New York Post’s Page Six.  The article reports that the actor, who currently lives in the posh 15 Central Park West (near 62nd), has been house-hunting with his pregnant girlfriend, British flight attendant Kayte Walsh (he divorced his wife, Camille Donatucci, in [...]

Lincoln Center Prepares for Fashion Week Mania

Lincoln Center’s campus is bustling with crews to prepare for one of the Upper West Side’s biggest events of the year, the first-ever Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the complex.  At left, Curbed snapped a photo last week of the tents going up at Damrosch Park (62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam), and progress has been continuing [...]

Central Park Photo of the Day

Above, the HBO film Cinema Verite, starring Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini, and Diane Lane, shoots scenes in Central Park last week.  As movie and television production on the streets and in the parks of New York City rise, the debate continues as to whether NYC filming productions are beneficial or not.  311 complaints against the [...]

Upper West Side Filming Location

Jeremy Fink & The Meaning of Life, a film based on a novel of the same name, will be filming today in the vicinity of 77th between Central Park West and Columbus.  The story is a “coming of age adventure that warmly depicts parental love and wisdom, a boy growing into his own understanding, and [...]

Central Park Celeb Photos of the Day

Even if you aren’t into celebrity news and gossip as much as we are, you have to admit that Jennifer Garner and her family are one adorable clan, and you can’t be mad when they come to town.  The whole family (Affleck included) has been spotted in various parts of the Upper West Side since [...]

Liam Neeson Sells UWS Apartment

Actor Liam Neeson had a lightning-fast NYC real estate experience when he sold his Upper West Side apartment after only five days on the market.  The two-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 91 Central Park West (between 69th and 70th) sold to Alan and Jill Holtz for $1.352 million, slightly under the $1.375 million asking price, according [...]

Friday: Final GMA Summer Concert

Another summer series is winding down, so time to get out and enjoy a Central Park outdoor event while the weather is still warm… the Good Morning America Summer Concert Series concludes this Friday with one more free early-morning show in the park.  Come to Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield (SummerStage, mid-park near 69th) to see [...]

Upper West Side Celebrity Sightings

Former NFL star and current Fox NFL Football Sunday correspondent Michael Strahan was spotted in the neighborhood last week.  My Upper West tipster Mary R. spotted the athlete where else?  At the gym… he was reportedly working out at the Equinox at 76th and Amsterdam on Thursday evening.
Another recent neighborhood celebrity sighting is one that [...]