Month: December 2014
After announcing back in November that it would begin allowing users to generate animated GIFs from YouTube video, the mammoth internet video company has reportedly begun rolling the feature out. ARS Technica points out that “intrepid YouTube user Andy Baio found the GIF menu hidden in the “share” portion of a PBS Idea Channel video.” A quick […]
WHITE GOD took home the Un Certain Regard prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, meaning it was the best movie with an innovative and strange approach. After watching the trailer, we can definitely confirm that it looks strange. In a country where mixed-breed dogs are restricted, a girl’s father abandons her pet and leaves it […]
Several subway lines were severely delayed on Thursday evening due to all sorts of problems, reports, well, everyone. There was a manhole fire that caused signal problems near the West Fourth Street station, a track fire on the 7 line, more signal problems on the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 lines, and even […]
Sega has announced its plans to begin turning its games into full fledged feature films, TV shows and digital series through it’s production arm Stories International. Titles that have been mentioned for the motion picture treatment include Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Virtua Fighter and Crazy Taxi. While Altered Beast could be cool, Virtua Fighter just reminds us how bad Street […]
The months-long demolition project taking down the 132-year-old Domino Sugar Factory is almost complete. In April, ANIMAL explored the inside of the abandoned refinery, and in December we returned to observe the entrails of the building that at one point housed the largest sugar refinery in the world. The sight is surreal: the letters from […]
Erica Garner’s father, Eric, died on July 17th after being put in an unauthorized chokehold by the NYPD. She says that she’s gone to the Staten Island location of the incident and laid down twice a week ever since. Garner’s daughter tells the Daily News: I felt his spirit when I was walking down to […]
The Citi Bike program has been a boon to New Yorkers and for the city’s congested streets, but an audit has found that there’s “shoddy oversight” over the program and that the bikes suffer from “poor maintenance.” A Friday press release from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office stated that Citi Bike program operator […]
Prudish lawmakers in the UK recently banned several sex acts from being portrayed in porn and in response protests flared-up outside Parliament on Friday morning, complete with a mass face-sitting. Among the prohibited porn acts are: strangulation, whipping, face-sitting, female ejaculation, urination and spanking, which are no longer legal to do on film. Lawmakers claim those sex […]
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 37°F LOW 30°F In theaters: Paul Thomas Anderson revives the 70’s in our highly recommended pick Inherent Vice, Ridley Scott gets biblical on your ass with […]
In a month that has brought increased criticism of the NYPD, the New York Times has released a report that gives even more reason to be wary of police officers. The Times writes that a string of arrests for gun possession in Brooklyn in recent years “suggest a pattern of questionable police conduct and tactics” […]
