You probably already know what a kolache is if you’re a Texan given the snack’s popularity in the region. For those of you who have never traveled to the Lone Star state, first things first: this portable pastry is pronounced “ko-la-cheese”. Now, this hand-held Czech dish can come round, long, or even square, and tends to get stuffed with savory ingredients including eggs, cheese, sausage, and jalapeño. Sweet kolaches also exist and come in a variety of flavors like apricot, blueberry, sweet cheese, and poppy seed.

I've been a busy bee of late and have missed so many events that I would have loved to attend. Most notably, I couldn't attend the Magadeth-Rob Zombie concert at the PNC in Jersey. That hurt.

After spending the last five years waiting with baited breath and clinging to Daniel Plainview’s shirttails, Paul Thomas Anderson has finally given us a brief respite. The teaser trailer for his 1950s-era religious psychodrama, The Master, debuted today on the film’s website and needless to say, it sent our cinematic senses abuzz. However, this is just a taste of what’s to come and after watching the teaser we’re left just as confused as we were before.

This week, we’re bringing you video interviews with some of the biggest and most-respected names in New York comedy. While many think of comedy shows as cheesy affairs featuring lame stand-up comics and two-drink minimums, a new crowd of performers are changing the game by hosting their own shows to showcase their own talents as well as those of their friends, colleagues, and heroes. Today, we check in with Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunhohler, hosts of Hot Tub.

It's a particularly crappy day in New York with what feels like a unending downpour already ruining our happy hour plans. With our socks and pants still soaked from running the four blocks from the subway to our office, it's hard to forget the terrible weather outside as we sit in the toasty BlackBook offices. Never fear! We shall order our lunches to be delivered (and, yes, we will give generous tips), and we'll spend the day listening to our favorite rainy-day songs. Come on, gang! Don't let the miserable weather outside ruin your day! 

The British electro-rock group Hot Chip might still be best known for their output in the earlier part of the aughts, with rock-club dancefloor tracks like “Ready For The Floor,” but there’s increasingly proof that the band shouldn’t be remembered as one that had a moment, but paid attention to as one having a string of them.

Summer blockbuster season is upon us, and returning this summer are those famous alien-hunting bureaucrats, who are back in Men in Black 3. This time, Will Smith's Agent J goes back in time to work alongside a young Agent K, played by the brilliantly gruff and rugged Josh Brolin. Brolin's no stranger to that kind of role—if anything, it's a stretch for him to be in a comedy. Brolin, of course, has had a decades-long career, starting out as a teen heartthrob in The Goonies. But his roles in recent years—as Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men, Tom Chaney in True Grit, George W. Bush in W.—have defined him as the go-to guy to play the modern cowboy. Has Josh Brolin sparked the return of the American Man? In the cover story of our upcoming June/July issue, BlackBook Editor-in-Chief Joshua David Stein explores Brolin's career and how he might be one of the last great American men. 

Adult film star Houston—a Guinness World Record holder for her work in The World’s Biggest Gang Bang 3: The Houston 620—is adding another role to her resume: author.

Romans, despite many other flaws in their society, knew how to bathe. Their thermae were temples to relaxation and hygiene. Bathhouses in New York, however, have generally had a more checkered, though no less fun, reputation. Now Aire, a Spanish company that already operates baths in Seville and Barcelona, is bringing brand-new ancient baths to Tribeca.

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