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(Reuters photo: Jonathan Ernst) ‘Acting white’ for white people I ce-T never received an Academy Award, which makes sense inasmuch as his movies have been for the most part crap. But as an actor, you have to give the man credit: Along with other gangster rappers such as Ice Cube, he turned in such a…
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Trump atop Trump Tower in 1987. Photo: Harry Benson We didn’t vote for him. We can show you the numbers if you want. We keep explaining to foreigners — meaning anyone who doesn’t live in our city — th
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