2011 Philebrity Predictions update: A judge has ruled that A&P, the parent company — presently in bankruptcy protection proceedings — of Pathmark, has until July 10 to decide whether or not it’s going to open its all-but-ready-to-go new store at 2nd and Girard. The decision comes as a result of developer Bart Blatstein filing motions [...]

O.G. Philebrity/legendary punk rocker/outsider artist/alternative mayor Mikey Wild is currently in hospice care at Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse, having been suffering from lung cancer for the last three years. Wild, arguably the city’s first punk rocker, has been a fixture in the Italian market for decades, where he writes songs and draws pictures; there’s even [...]

Get Schoolled: A weekly dispatch to the city of Philadelphia from the original gangster, Schoolly D. Philadelphia native Schoolly D is widely considered the original gangster rapper. Schoolly has recorded nine studio albums, including PSK, Saturday Night, Smoke Some Kill and Welcome to America. He has scored numerous films, such as King of New York [...]

Or so the Twitter is telling us, which at the very least provides the only time in the history of man that Patti Labelle trended on Twitter. No footage available yet, except for the above. Call your mom to find out if this really happened.

We like this guy’s dedication: Not just to staying true to his roots, but also to gaming the system like a motherfucking PIMP and eventually getting banned from every casino in the area.

Here’s some shit-talk absolutely none of you will care about: Former PhillyMag editor/current Daily News editor and all around ripped-from-the-pages-of-Neil-LaBute creep Larry Platt (pictured) seems to be making some waves at The People Paper. Having stepped into the editor’s chair at DN back in January after a controversial parting from PhillyMag that involved that old [...]

This just in: Mayor Michael Nutter has signed an executive order to make the more than 200 city owned recreation centers, playgrounds, and pools 100% smoke-free, including all outdoor spaces. “We’re making this change so that recreation spaces can be healthier, safer, and cleaner for the tens of thousands of kids and adults who learn, [...]

One man’s trash Is another man’s nightmare. Found this on Craigslist. You can be the owner of this one-of-a-kind, mixed media installation that has captivated every person who has experienced it. Chicken Birthday was first displayed at a private function on May 20th, 2011 and is only now being offered for sale. Chicken Birthday is [...]

The state budget vote is coming up, and with a proposed 70% cut to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) packaged in the proposed budget, the Greater Philadelphia Culture Alliance would like a word with our Representatives. According to the Greater Philadelphia Culture Alliance (the same people responsible for that culture index we told [...]

Philadelphia Americans from David Urbanic on Vimeo. They’re only Philly’s premiere pro paintball team, doncha know. (God, people are so weird. They’re miracles.)

The Kimmel Center is calling for local singers, bands, and musicians to partake in that most modern of dues-paying efforts: A YouTube talent search. The winning act (which will be voted on by the public on Facebook) will perform at The Kimmel’s Summer Solstice Celebration on June 18th. Voting on the top 5 finalists will [...]

NBCUniversal — that little company now owned by Comcast — announced this morning that it is seeking applications from non-profit, locally-focused news organizations “interested in entering into cooperative news gathering and reporting arrangements with NBC owned-and-operated stations.” In many cities, including Philadelphia, NBCUniversal will be willing to share news footage, technical facilities and personnel; grant [...]

You know the ones I’m talking about: Those well-intentioned ads that are part of the Love The Arts In Philadelphia campaign, where they grab whatever famous person is around that day — which is usually Danny DeVito or Guy Fieri — and make them talk about how they really dig going to the ballet here [...]

This is something completely different than Philly’s next generation of White Flight, which is set to happen any minute now when all your friends who’ve had babies in the last few years who swore they’d never leave up and relocate to whatever surburb, glazey-eyed and repeating the mantra “the schools, man, the schools.” Although it [...]

And he left us all of these LOLBOLARIS-es! Look at them! Can you even believe them? Two of them will be good enough for Willie Nelson tickets; the rest will be forgotten. You probably shouldn’t send us any more of them because we feel like the story’s dead already, but you know, we say this [...]

The end of the world may be coming, and we just lost our best soldier in fighting it off. Rest in Peace Randy Poffo a.k.a. Macho Man Randy Savage. FRIDAY: >>> Odd Future at the First Unitarian Church. Sold Out, but guaranteed to be nuts. >>> Radiohead tribute band Meeting in the Aisle at the [...]

Brian K. Davis and Rev. Richard Cobb (Reverend? Oh come on) have been arrested on multiple theft-related charges. According to the Office of the Inspector General, Davis posed as an L&I Inspector and collected more than $10,000 from a property owner on the 5300 block of Wayne Avenue in Germantown. Cobb, a Brookhaven native and [...]

Will Bunch over at Philly.com seeks to remind those who have forgotten about what John Street really did. In the midst of talks of Street’s possible Independent mayoral campaign, it’s a worthy read.

A few weeks ago, when Dick Ebersol announced Comcast SportsNet would soon change it’s name to NBC Sports, we assumed he be around for the switch over, but he’s calling it a day. Ebersol has resigned as chairman of NBC Sports group, a post he had held for 22 years. Current NBC Sports Cable Group [...]

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