Artist Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, who is best known for her collaborative environmental arts installations with husband Christo Javacheff, died today in Manhattan of complications stemming from a brain aneurysm. Jeanne-Claude, 74, is survived by her husband and son Cyril Christo.

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I’m glad I was running too late this morning for breakfast because the following news is enough to make we want to vomit, swear excessively and then vomit some more. While perusing the normally fun-loving photography of Miss Heather on NewYorkShitty.com, I came across a story that is both disgusting and disappointing. Brooklyn has Nazis.

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The Beastie Boys said it best: You've got to fight for your right to party—or, in this case, Pool Parties. The free concert series and summer pool party that is Jelly is facing an uncertain future after the New York State Parks Department and Open Space Alliance announced the summer series might not be able to return to East River State Park next summer.

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Air Waves addicts can check out the pop trio tonight with Bright Lights at Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave. (at N. 11th St.), 718-963-3369; 9, Free.

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Superdive opened its doors this summer just in time to earn its place in our Best Of Issue infamy as this year’s Best Bar Idea With the Worst Execution, but unfortunately the execution was worse than even we projected because the frat-boy frequented space on Avenue A just went up on the auction block.

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Is there such a thing as a better nervous breakdown? Absolutely according to TheNervousBreakdown.com founder Brad Listi. The online literary collective launched a bigger, better Breakdown yesterday with its new site expansion. We found out from Listi about all TNB’s new bells and whistles and just what literary lovers can expect from the new site after, as he put it, lunatics take over the asylum and do a little redecorating.

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If you had to sum up Playgirl’s plan for Levi Johnston’s pending photo shoot in one word, it would be cheap. Two words? Cheap and classy—or at least that’s what the magazine editors would have you believe. But the cost of class was just too high for the legendary skin mag—plans to shoot Bristol Palin’s baby daddy at the Hotel on Rivington penthouse this Friday were dashed when, as The Post reported, the magazine couldn’t cough up the cash for the space. Fortunately for Johnston, a bevy of New York’s sexiest minds were glad to offer advice on extending his 15 minutes of fame.

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On Friday we reported about a male erotic massage demonstration in the windows of The Chelsea Blue we knew would surely draw a crowd. Well we were right—though it doesn’t take a genius to figure out nearly naked men massaging each other in a store front might catch an eye or two. Not only did the event attract the attention of passersby, but also that of the boys in blue, who shut down the man-on-man masseuse show!

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Joe Perry seems to be confused about something, and it’s not whether or not that grey streak in his hair is sexy. The guitarist actually thinks there can be an Aerosmith sans Steven Tyler.

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Cex is always welcome, even when we weren't planning on him. Indeed, he performs tonight with The Shams, Narwhalz, synt.tofs and Mark Brown at Market Hotel, 1142 Myrtle Ave. (at Broadway), Brooklyn, no phone; 8, $TBA.

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