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Guy Zoda as “King Henry.” (Source: Facebook)By Jerry Del Priore It’s good to be the king. Just ask Guy Zoda, 47, who has been performing his character “King Henry” at Brooklyn Cyclones games since the 2003 season, entertaining fans with an undeniable, affable style all of his own.
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Alexander Sokovikov and Robin Wright in the now-famous “bathroom scene” of House of Cards.A Sheepshead Bay cabbie is turning heads as a fictional Russian ambassador at the center of a five-episode story arc on the hit Netflix series House of Cards. Alexander Sokovikov, a 40-year-old Russian immigrant who lives
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The internet is abuzz this morning after the big-budget debut of the reenvisioned Cosmos series last night, starring Neil deGrasse Tyson. The original series aired in 1980 and was accompanies by a book of the same name. It’s perhaps the most lasting work by cosmologist Carl Sagan, oft-hailed as
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Source: hillelatvirginiatech.comThe late, great Maurice Sendak is receiving a rare honor in his home borough, as the Department of Education has approved plans to name a new school after the legendary illustrator and children’s author. Unfortunately, the school will be in Park Slope, miles away from his childhood
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Who would have guessed that Marv Albert, one of America’s most famous and distinguished sports broadcasters, is a Brighton Beach native? Albert, who is set to call the action for the Nets’ inaugural game in Brooklyn against the New York Knicks next week, reflects on his childhood growing up
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Source: AVRO via Wikimedia CommonsMulti-Grammy winning musician, children’s storybook author and former Brighton Beach resident Neil Sedaka has never forgotten his roots. With his second children’s book, Dinosaur Pet [http://www.amazon.com/Dinosaur-Pet-Neil-Sedaka/dp/1936140365%3FSubscriptionId%3D0JJEH4PKQM4ZHS8QY102%26tag%3Dthehuffingtop-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1936140365]
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An early block print by Maurice Sendak, published in his high school yearbook. See the image above? It could be Maurice Sendak’s first-ever published illustration, a block print created to run alongside the touching personal essay of a friend in their Lafayette High School yearbook. That same year, Sendak,