Month: August 2013
CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently changed his mind about medical weed, has a weed strain named after him, for now. Within 24 hours of the official press release being released, CNN contacted the Helping Hands Dispensary in Boulder, Colorado and requested that it stop the sales of the “Sanjay Gupta Kush” strain, ANIMAL has learned. “We […]
Righteous conmen and activist artists the Yes Men just pranked the city of Amsterdam in a big, furry way. Since Shell has just partnered with Russia’s notorious gas-oil giant Gazprom with plans to drill in the Arctic Circle, the Yes Men impersonated some corporate VIPs and delivered a drugged polar bear in a cage on […]
It stands to reason that the more popular a movie’s Wikipedia page is–that is, the more pageviews it gets, the more people who work on editing it, that sort of thing–the more popular the film itself is. While its true that the Wikipedia crowd probably isn’t a perfect microcosm of a movie-viewing audience, there’s likely […]
For the adult-child in all of you Breaking Bad fans, here’s a collectible Walter White toy from Mezco. The six inch, limited edition figure comes decked out in a green hazmat suit as seen in Season 1’s “A No Rough Stuff Type Deal” episode. Additionally, it comes accessorized with a fifty-five gallon chemical drum and […]
Here are two vintage New York City Subway PSAs, courtesy of the Kino Library (the same folks who brought you this grimy ’80s East Village footage), as dug up by Bowery Boogie. One is from the ’40s; the other from the ’70s. Both are fantastic. The ’70s spot in particular seems angled at tourists, advertising […]
Last year, we spoke to Zack Baker and Adam Abada, two friends who had recently skateboarded from Boston to New York City and planned to make a documentary about the experience. Now, almost a year to the day and a handful of IRL premieres later, here’s Backstreet Atlas the fruit of their labor, finally streaming […]
Please enjoy this video of the Russian Army Choir’s performance on a morning television show in which they sing the “Skyfall” song from James Bond 007 BETTER THAN ADELE. That lead tenor though. OH MY GOD. And the choir “[pum pum pum] I kno / I never be wizout security.” THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. Because Russia’s Big […]
Borje, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
CLAW’s contribution to Bust mag’s all-girl group show could be found both inside and outside of Superchief Gallery. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Great news: the City Council voted today to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s vetoes on two bills known collectively as the Community Safety Act. The bills will create an independent Inspector General’s office to oversee the NYPD, make it illegal for cops profile citizens, based on a slew of factors including sexual orientation and housing status, […]
