Cindy Adams
The Archive
Remembering my late friend Maryanne Trump Barry
This week Donald lost his older sister Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, 86. I knew her well. We visited one another, dinnered together. We once lived in Fifth Avenue’s same building.
Barry Manilow's musical 'Harmony' debuted on Broadway after years of fine-tuning
Barry Manilow’s musical “Harmony” just opened on B’way after his years and years refining it.
Holidays allow us to enter our grace period as a nation: Be grateful
Today perjury’s unpunished. Evil is legion. Hate is acceptable. Dishonesty’s our daily basis. Stop. Be grateful. Give thanks for our blessed country.
Charlotte is a nice town — but it's no New York
A friend recently went to Charlotte. It’s in a state named North Carolina. Culture shock. Despite returning to us here where the cost is as high as an elephant’s eye,...
Sean Young is back in an off-Broadway renaissance
Former '80s movie star Sean Young is back in an off-Broadway show called "Ode to the Wasp Woman" at the Actors Temple theater.
The Met's new opera is the latest take on the life of civil rights icon Malcolm X
The Met just premiered the opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.”
Meet TV's new 'Housewife Erin Lichy: 'Lots of juggling'
TV’s new “Housewife” is Erin Lichy. Pronounced like the “lychee” nut. NYU master’s degree, lawyer husband, three kids, real estate specialist, Manhattanite and social butterfly.
Cardinal Dolan blesses the animals for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Our Music Hall is one of a kind. So’s the Cardinal. We’re blessed to have both.
New book 'Bigot' gives us celebrities to hate watch
Hate crimes have been on the rise, notably much more on college campuses since Hamas's terrorist attack against Israel last month.
Expect a few 'mis-steaks' when going out to eat in NYC
Eat out, takeout. NYC’s a restaurant town. It has the best bagels, best steak, best cheesecake, best pizza, best pastrami on rye, best sidewalk pretzels.
The world's on fire and all the haters want to do is go after Donald Trump
The universe is crumbling. Middle East hatreds are killing Middle Easterners. Russia wants to swallow everyone. America’s no longer wealthy. China’s looking to devour Taiwan. Iran is a sewer. Also,...
Remembering Nuremberg trials as Israel-Hamas war rages
July 2002 I sat in the precise Nuremberg, Germany, courtroom -- formerly called Hitler’s court -- where once WWII Nazis were on trial for orchestrating the massacre of Jews.
Diana Nyad goes the distance in new film on Cuba-Florida swim feat
“People later said she cheated and really didn’t do that whole swim. Please. I was there. I’ll testify she didn’t cheat."
Halloween is the time to get spooky and meet some spirits
Oct. 31 coming soon. Thrillist.com lists National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 25 hotels where Halloween spirits also check-in.
Martin Scorsese’s 'Killers of the Flower Moon' lights up dark dealings
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” — with De Niro and DiCaprio — lights up dark dealings with this land’s Native Americans.
Just like her father Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie was gone too soon
January brought the sudden loss of Elvis Presley's only child Lisa Marie Presley, 54.
Alexander Payne reunites with the 'brilliant' Paul Giamatti for 'The Holdovers'
Paul Giamatti is playing a professor stuck with misfit students in Alexander Payne's new movie "The Holdovers."
Devices dominate our daily lives so much couples don't even enjoy breakfast together
Also clouding conversation — devices. Trying to focus on a face when the person’s only facing his palm? Learned was that the choice is either looking at a shloompy housecoat...
Help wanted: NYC needs it as rental market goes down the tubes
NYC’s rental market now? Soft. Florida already has more seniors than alligators. Wall Street has offices down there.
The RealReal is hanging on by a thread
Savvy once — the Kardashians unloaded stuff at the RealReal — the place turned. In-house arguments. Staff heavy turnover. Paid-out money arriving slowly. Lawsuits. They opened brick and mortar shops....