Are Celebrities Done With Brooklyn? - Gawker Comments

Are Celebrities Done With Brooklyn?

ireadtoomuch — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:20:46 EDT

The celebs are alive and well in Brooklyn. i saw Michele and Matilda walking up Atlantic Ave near Hoyt on sunday around noon.

ireadtoomuch

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plasticene — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:40:17 EDT

@nicepony: John Turturro's live in Park Slope since before he was John Turturro.

plasticene

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Mary Mouse — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:57:08 EDT

@Clare: I'm actually going back for a few weeks this summer - borrowing a friend's house in the art museum district. I'm really excited!

Mary Mouse

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:37:13 EDT

@I Don't Get It: very nice place... perfect for when L.hearst wants to start procreating.

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Clare — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:22:54 EDT

@Mary Mouse: Oooh, fancy. I grew up south of Philadelphia--Delaware County.

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:15:48 EDT

@TheologicalSong: Who is she? What was it like? Does she have outtakes?

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I Don't Get It — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:50:28 EDT

Michelle Williams must be weekending in Brooklyn. I saw her with child in tow on Court Street Sunday morning. Giant sunglasses covered most of her face but the kid was a chip off the old dead dad block. Couldn't tell if the tallish thin guy with her was Ryan Gosling but, it could have been.

Can't figure out why a celeb hasn't bought this place yet.

[realestate.nytimes.com]

I Don't Get It

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SidAndFinancy — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:19:25 EDT

@GOKOR: Well, there are those 600 acres of Prospect Park right outside the door. And you don't have to rake them.

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EDogII — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:01:01 EDT

I could've told them Brooklyn would always suck.

EDogII

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NobodyLikesMe — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:58:14 EDT

@pureblarney: It was Bklyn Hts., not children'sburg

NobodyLikesMe

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NobodyLikesMe — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:56:57 EDT

@nicepony: Gabriel Byrne moved a year ago. He's had a serious hard time selling the house.

NobodyLikesMe

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Mary Mouse — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:01:32 EDT

@Clare: Glenside/Chestnut Hill area. Feels weird to say something factual about myself on here!

Congrats on buying a place, by the way!

Mary Mouse

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lionel-mandrake — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:58:40 EDT

Considering Jennifer Connelly is from Brooklyn (Heights), maybe she finally got sick of the whole damn thing. If you're going to pay Manhattan prices, you might as well live in...Manhattan.

I'm from "Brownstone Brooklyn" too. I got so fed up I left. Two years ago.

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:55:47 EDT

*your... F.

hypocriteoath

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:54:41 EDT

@GOKOR: IFL/UFC/who really cares? personally, I really like STFU.
fighting leagues are for the blood-thirsty masses and as Barack says, "America: we are better than that".

Listen, if you want to live in the suburbs and fight with other parents [with moves you learned watching IFL!] at your kids' soccer games then go ahead but there are town forums for that nonsense... join one of those and leave the petty, useless gawking/snarking to the rest of us... you wrap around porch awaits you.

hypocriteoath

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Clare — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:54:19 EDT

@Mary Mouse: Where'd you live? I grew up outside of Philadelphia (in case you couldn't tell by my avatar).

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:47:09 EDT

@fiveinchtaint: Wow! Taint has rich friends?! Do keep us posted, love!

@asketchymess: Oooh, servicey! I didn't actually read the listing. But I would certainly imagine that it would have to be private for $7M, right? Also, if I had bothered to even read the Curbed description, rather than merely to gaze upon the pretty, pretty pictures, I might have actually seen this:

"The 4,000-square-foot Tribeca loft has a drop-dead-gorgeous private roof deck."

Sigh. Learn to read, Mantooth!

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asketchymess — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:42:47 EDT

@DorothyMantooth: Listing says "sprawling private outdoor space" - but I see what you mean - the current residents aren't doing enough with it as it looks like any old common rook deck on any nyc bldg.

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TheologicalSong — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:38:50 EDT

@TheHonJudgeSmails: apropos of nothing, I know the gal who was on the other end of that dildo. cool chick. seriously. afternoon, Judge!

TheologicalSong

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marvel girl — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:38:31 EDT

@GOKOR: My boyfriends street in Bushwick had no street lights, and it was on a block where there was a shit/dead animal factory. Lots of dumb hipster kids got robbed here.

marvel girl

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Mary Mouse — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:38:17 EDT

@GOKOR: I'm basing this on the five or so years that my parents lived in the Philadelphia suburbs, where it was pitch black and utterly silent at night. I used to sit out on the porch and want to die.

Mary Mouse

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fiveinchtaint — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:34:06 EDT

@DorothyMantooth: I think I know someone who lives in that building. I'm tracking them down to confirm.

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GOKOR — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:30:31 EDT

@Mary Mouse: No streetlights? Really? Everywhere I've ever lived has been well lit. I do have to say, I like the quiet after a night hanging out in the city. Which is why I prefer the suburbs.

GOKOR

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:28:51 EDT

@asketchymess: That's what I was talking about, m'dear. If you actually look at the layout of the new place, it doesn't say "terrace" or anything like that, photo notwithstanding. There's just a "sun room" and "roof access."

All's I'm saying is, unless that roof is for their exclusive use, they're getting hoooooooosed.

DorothyMantooth

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Kublai Yawn — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:28:06 EDT

the shit stench must have wafted to the west, back toward the city. flies follow this, you know....

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GOKOR — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:27:13 EDT

@hypocriteoath: IFL has great fights and a lot of fighters on the cusp of top ten lists. Sorry I'm not a UFC clone, but IFL has a lot going for it, especially with it's new formula.

Oh, and stop the douchiness.

GOKOR

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bittergreen — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:25:30 EDT

I'd imagine that MIA lives in East New York underneath the holding patterns for flights coming into JFK.

bittergreen

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Calraigh — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:25:24 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: Gotcha.I better go and perfect it so.Wriggling 101, HERE I COME.
As in, I'll be there at some stage.
Ahem.

Calraigh

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Mary Mouse — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:25:13 EDT

@GOKOR: I'm terrified of the suburbs. So quiet, and no streetlights...awful. But then I'm also terrified of the city, and as for the countryside...hellish. In short: hold me, Klonopin.

Mary Mouse

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asketchymess — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:22:35 EDT

@DorothyMantooth: Pics of the other place are on Curbed and it does have a pretty nice terrace with a view of the river, but it's nowhere near as awesome as this - just a lousy two guest bedrooms and a library in addition to the master.

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:21:49 EDT

@hypocriteoath: Ha!! Sorry, GOKOR, but I gotta agree.

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:20:39 EDT

@GOKOR: No, no. I got that part, silly! My point was merely that you're not gonna get anything like that in the city, so it's pretty much moot to poo-poo the place for something that's unattainable, anyway.
(Oh, and I'm including all 4 non-SI boroughs in "the city.")

DorothyMantooth

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:17:23 EDT

@DorothyMantooth: no, Gokor is looking to live in the suburbs and should therefore not be allowed to comment for a well-displayed lack of interestingness. also for liking IFL.

hypocriteoath

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GOKOR — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:16:46 EDT

@DorothyMantooth: Uh, no...why do you think I said I'd rather live in the burbs?

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VirusWithShoes — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:15:29 EDT

@Calraigh: It depends on what kind of wriggle it is, I think.

VirusWithShoes

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:13:32 EDT

@GOKOR: So lemme get this straight: You're looking for a yard?
In the city?

DorothyMantooth

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mikedell — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:12:42 EDT

My Grandma grew up in Brooklyn. She was 85 years ahead of the curve.

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DorothyMantooth — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:11:49 EDT

That better be a private roof terrace they have in the new loft, 'cause -- compared to the "mega-mansion" -- that shit is hideous.

Also, @TheHonJudgeSmails: saying "ass to ass" to you simply never gets old!

DorothyMantooth

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zivah — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:10:38 EDT

No celebrities in Brooklyn? Excuse me while I off myself.

zivah

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GOKOR — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:10:27 EDT

@Goober_Pea: I got you now.

@transomist: I'm not talking about inside the home (because there are some large homes in NYC), I just don't like to be crammed right up tight to another house. I'd rather own a little land around my home.

GOKOR

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Calraigh — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:10:00 EDT

@VirusWithShoes: That movie still makes me wriggle whenever it's name is mentioned.As do you,VWS.

That's not too creepy is it?

Calraigh

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Calraigh — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:08:00 EDT

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: Agreed but you could fuck with Wimbledon seed no. 31

[tbn0.google.com]

Calraigh

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VirusWithShoes — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:07:55 EDT

@LeGagneur: Excuse me - I care deeply about Jennifer Connelly.

I have seen "Requiem for a Dream" and approve this message.

VirusWithShoes

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bridgeburner — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:07:51 EDT

It kind of looks like it would creak a lot and have old ladies wearing long white nightgowns floating around at night. And like it might smell like mothballs.

bridgeburner

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Bell County — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:04:58 EDT

@Chaim Gnadelstein: Oh man, chuch wood was always so embarrassing. Thank God for hymnals...

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Goober_Pea — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:04:51 EDT

What would be awesome is if they kept moving east and eventually had a celeb-off with the South Fork famous. No, wait, these bohemian bitches would of course go towards the North Fork and eliminate one of the last bastions of local Long Island living. Bastards.

If I bought that brownstone, I would make the extra bedrooms into one closet for every day of the week and two for Sunday.

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Goober_Pea — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:01:36 EDT

@GOKOR: If the great celeb migration picks up and moves further east eventually their caravan will hit the Flush.

Goober_Pea

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transomist — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:37 EDT

@GOKOR:

Are you looking at the same palatial house that I am?

transomist

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Chaim Gnadelstein — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:59:48 EDT

Too much church wood.

Chaim Gnadelstein

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Bell County — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:56:34 EDT

@fiveinchtaint: And Bob Zmuda!

Bell County

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Botswana Meat Commission FC — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:56:25 EDT

@Clare:
No worries. When the mood strikes you, just put your keys in the mail and hitchike to burning man... It'll sort itself out.

Botswana Meat Commission FC

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PickleTitsTurner — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:54:29 EDT

Red Hook's pretty great. Too bad they're building an Ikea, like, right on top of it.

Every time I go to New York, I find it looking and feeling more and more like everywhere else.

Sad. Shed a tear. Move on with life.

PickleTitsTurner

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Clare — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:54:28 EDT

@GOKOR: Because all the cool shit is in the city?

Clare

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Clare — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:53:53 EDT

Timely! I looked at a one-bedroom condo last night. I think I can steal it from the bank (it was a foreclosure and it needs a shit-ton of work) but the idea of spending six figures and tying myself down to one place for the next 30 years makes me hyperventilate.

It must be nice to be rich.

Clare

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LeGagneur — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:52:31 EDT

I think a more apt name for this article would be "Celebrities We Pretend to Care About Leave Brooklyn." Do I really care about Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany?

LeGagneur

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CaptainFantastic — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:52:13 EDT

@GOKOR: Easier to do what?

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AuntPeniston — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:50:59 EDT

@GOKOR: I don't know, that place looks pretty fucking spacious to me. Just enough room that you never actually have to see your spouse.

AuntPeniston

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nicepony — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:50:43 EDT

@GOKOR:

What?

nicepony

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pureblarney — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:50:23 EDT

@nicepony: The Irish Silver Fox lives in Williamsburg? Please say it ain't so. I don't need another reason to shoot myself.

Park Slope is becoming one of those scary Toon Town-like developments from the West Coast.

pureblarney

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fiveinchtaint — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:49:31 EDT

@Bell County: He'll always be Pig Vomit.

fiveinchtaint

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Unfun — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:49:21 EDT

@Unfun: I'll be he's hung too. Face it, your life is a cruel joke compared to hers. The sooner you realize it, the more bitter you can acceptably be.

Unfun

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4Cats — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:59 EDT

That is a nice place. Shit furniture

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:52 EDT

@GOKOR: woah woah woah... the outskirts is just a nice way of saying the suburbs. and for saying you would rather live in the suburbs I will say his name thrice... Jack Ketch, Jack Ketch, Jack Ketch! Come and execute. also... IFL? come on.

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Unfun — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:46:18 EDT

@Dusty in the Wind: Alright, fine. I was ready to make an offer...you talked me out of it. That, and not having $8.5 million to spare right now.

It's not fair, does Jennifer Connolly really need all that money and beauty and tall British husband? Can she spare ONE of them at least?

Unfun

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GOKOR — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:46:04 EDT

@Goober_Pea: What celeb lives in Flushing? That's pretty much Chinatown.

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hypocriteoath — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:45:13 EDT

@riskybusiness: if it confused you, how do you get home everyday?

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Botswana Meat Commission FC — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:43:38 EDT

@TheHonJudgeSmails:
Don't fuck with Gangster No. 1!

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nozzle — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:43:36 EDT

That looks like a nice place. Might I trade in my efficiency?

nozzle

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GOKOR — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:43:30 EDT

Even if I was rich and famous, I'd rather live in the burbs. Seriously, why would someone wit ha lot of money choose to be crammed into a tight space like the middle of a overly populated city such as NYC? Live in the outskirts, it's easier.

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:43:12 EDT

@In Other News...: Hah.

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nicepony — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:42:06 EDT

Rufus Sewell In Williamsburgh I think.

Steve Buscemi. Gabriel Byrne.

nicepony

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Goober_Pea — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:42:00 EDT

Queens is next. Flushing better watch the hell out.

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In Other News... — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:41:57 EDT

@Bell County: "Don't look at me like that. I'm just plain old John Adams now, living in Brooklyn."

In Other News...

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flossy — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:41:05 EDT

If a well-manicured, picturesque tree grows in Brooklyn but there are no bourgeois-bohemian celebrities nearby to confer status upon it, will it wither in the shade of its irrelevance and if so, what sound will that make if it does, indeed, make any sound at all? Please submit your answer in the form of slapping yourself in the face.

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Chaim Gnadelstein — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:39:19 EDT

I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn...

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riskybusiness — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:38:59 EDT

Hi Richard. Is it too much to ask that you change the wording of the second sentence to "mansion on Prospect Park West." Otherwise folks might think that their mansion is in the mansion-filled neighborhood of Prospect Park South West. Nit-picky, I know, but it confused me & I live there.

riskybusiness