Oct. 18

Carol from East 5th Street found what appears to be a Christmas/holiday tree... freshly plucked from the Earth (there's still some green on it)...on Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue...



Why discard this today? Perhaps the balmy temperatures made it ideal for spring/summer cleaning...

And starring Alan Rickman as Hilly Kristal

Last Tuesday, Roger Friedman at Forbes noted that the CBBG movie by husband and wife filmmakers Jody Savin and Randall Miller was a go.

Now, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that well-regarded English actor Alan Rickman will play CBGB founder Hilly Kristal in the biopic about the club's origins.

And here's Rickman as Hans Gruber inside the Nakatomi Plaza in "Die Hard."

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