Woody Allen: A Long History of Odd (Casting) Choices

Written by NYPress on June 6, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Woody Allen is no stranger to quirky choices. Allen just announced the cast of his latest, currently untitled film, which will be set in San Francisco and New York. Controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay is among the bunch. Dice Clay is famously known for being banned from MTV for life after cussing during a live
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New Yorkers Mesmerized by Transit of Venus

Written by NY Press on June 6, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

By Robin Elisabeth Kilmer To regulars at Riverside Park South, the gathering of people and telescopes under a cloudy sky seemed inexplicable. Confused park goers quickly learned that something special was happening. Behind the curtain of clouds Venus was following its orbit as it has for eons, only this time its path placed it directly
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Man Plans to Play Piano Across America: Starts tour in NYC

Written by NYPress on June 5, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

by Adel Manoukian Dotan Negrin decided to fulfill his dreams of playing music, seeing new places and meeting new people by taking his piano and dog named Brando across America, traveling with few belongings in a 12-foot Box truck the 25-year old bought off eBay. This year, Negrin is taking his upright 88-keys and
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Title and Deed: Top-level drama, with little entertainment

Written by Doug Strassler on June 5, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

There are plays in which plenty of stuff happens but little gets said and there are plays where not a lot is said but plenty happens – and there is actually huge difference between the two. Will Eno’s Title and Deed, currently playing at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at the Signature Center in
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Could We Build The U.S.S. Enterprise From Star Trek?

Written by Carib Guerra on June 5, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive, Technology, Uncategorized

At least one dude thinks we could. Some total random known only as BTE-Dan has put together a surprisingly large website detailing (really really detailing) what it would take to Build The Enterprise over the course of 20 years. As BTE-Dan sees it, all the main technologies we’d need to construct a real life
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Conversation with The Onion’s Editor-in-Chief Joe Randazzo

Written by City & State on June 4, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

After four years as editor in chief of The Onion, comedian Joe Randazzo is leaving the paper, and America’s self-proclaimed “finest news source” is relocating its offices from New York to Chicago. City & State editor Morgan Pehme talks with Randazzo about his tenure at the helm of the popular satiric publication and asks him
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How Much Soda Do New Yorkers Drink?

Written by NY Press on June 4, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

We have all heard about Mayor Bloomberg’s administration’s latest plan in their ongoing battle against obesity. The new law, which might into effect as early as March 2013 after a series of public hearings, will effectively prohibit restaurants, delis, food carts and movie theaters from selling sodas in quantities exceeding 16oz. The ban will not
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Summer Guide: What Whoopi Goldberg is up to this summer

Written by NY Press on May 31, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive, Uncategorized

What’s your favorite thing about New York in the summer? New York is like a party—all kinds of music everywhere, the smells of street fairs and carnival food wafting through the city, open hydrants offering a way to cool off. (From our 2012 Summer Guide.) What’s your favorite summertime activity? Coney Island, Atlantic City, Central
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The Big C: Making Cancer Funny

Written by Doug Strassler on May 30, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Never has television programming had such commitment issues as it does when concerning the issue of cancer, which, according to late comedienne Gilda Radner, is “the most unfunny thing in the world.” First, as I wrote about yesterday, Walt White’s cancer went into remission on Breaking Bad. Then, in the second season of The Big
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Mindwave Mobile: Control Apps With Your Brain

Written by Carib Guerra on May 30, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive, Technology

It felt a little strange the first time I put it on. The battery pack on the headset was light as the single AAA inside, but its square weight ove my ear wasn’t, like, uncomfortable? Just maybe unnatural. Once I got the Neurosky Mindwave Mobile set up, though—and started controlling my computer with my brain—it
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