Extra Extra: What happened with the Miss Immigrant USA pageant?

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Published Nov 1, 2023

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James Ramsay

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It's Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where Daniel Day Lewis is walking around town in some outfits.

Here’s what else is happening:

The NYPD said today that "there are currently no credible or specific threats to the marathon or to our city," but it's nonetheless planning "layers" of protection for Sunday's race.
The action is scripted at this underground Greenpoint art-wrestling event, but people really do cut each other with broken glass.
The Miss Immigrant USA pageant, which was planning to crown its winner with a Times Square ceremony at the end of October, canceled the event "until further notice" after the pageant's co-founder — a guy who contestants say has been a chaotic figure behind the scenes — allegedly got food poisoning (and also after news outlet The City asked what was going on over there).
A Huey Lewis and the News musical is coming to Broadway.
Matthew Perry's "Fools Rush In" was good.
People actually have two noses.
Starfish actually have multiple heads?
Too much Halloween candy sitting around? Melt that s--- down and pour it on a cake!
And finally, tiny house:

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