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Tamara Reynolds, star of Unique Eats, Sunday Night Dinner parties in Astoria, co-author of Forking Fantastic, and all-around amazing person, kicks off a new Cooking Channel show tonight called Married with Dishes. Tamara co-stars with her husband, Karl Wasserman as they travel across the country throwing their signature dinner parties. Tonight's…

There's a new reality show on A&E based in Astoria called "Last Chance Driving School". The show takes place at Sven Ruppaner's driving school and follows the instructor as he teaches students of all backgrounds to drive in NYC.

The show airs Saturdays at 10p on A&E.

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Council Member Vallone has arrived! Forget the Daily News or a soundbyte on NY1, that's small-ball. Astoria's representative in City Hall has stepped up his game.

Take a look at this article quoting Vallone on his opposition to ABC's controversal new show, GCB. What's your take, Astoria? Will you be boycotting the show? Was the title given in poor…

After an impressive 4th place finish in Season 9 by Big Mike Lynche, two Astorians are back on the stage this season. Creighton Fraker and Dilia Jelen both secured golden tickets to Hollywood Week on American Idol. Stay tuned for more updates as Creighton and Dilia's journeys unfold. Go Astoria!…

In case you missed our tweet yesterday, WLA member, Tony Hightower was on Jeopardy last night...and won! Way to go, Tony! He'll be on again tonight at 7p on WABC, so tune in and cheer him on. Here's his shout-out to Astoria:

The new CBS television show (with episodes produced by JJ Abrams), "Person of Interest" will be filming today at Silvercup Studios and also on 34th Ave. in Astoria between 38th St. and 41st St. Gossip Girl is also shooting today at Silvercup.

Person of Interest summary from IMDB:

A computer genius named Finch developed a machine for the government that is used to…

Just saw over on WeHeartAstoria that tonight's episode of Unique Eats will explore Queens. Astoria's Tamara Reynolds hosts the weekly show that explores America's most exciting modern cuisines from five star to hole-in-the-wall.

The episode airs at 10p on the Cooking Channel. 

Time Warner: 51 (HD = 751)

Dish Network: 113

RCN:…

We broke the story yesterday and now it's all over the news. Local restaurant chain Canz has taken one step closer to stardom--landing themselves smack-dab on the front page of international gossip site…

When we got wind of the pilot--shot about about six months ago, we were skeptical that it would actually come into fruition. Judging by this press release, it sounds like Astoria's favorite breastaurant, Canz, is…

You know her best from the daily blood, sweat, and tears she puts into this site every day, but you soon may know her for another reason. Our lovely and multi-talented (while also incredibly humble) editor, Brandi Thompson has quietly moved on to …

Recently, WABC reported on a local parent who was pulled from his car, maced, and arrested for double parking while picking up his children from P.S. 122 on Ditmars and 21st St. 

According to the school, they issued a notice to all parents not to double-park or they will be issued a parking violation. However, that didn't stop Ronald Grosso for tearing up the ticket he was issued in front of police--as you might assume, his actions led to the cell phone video…