The World of Jenks is Close to Home

Written by NYPress on April 3, 2013. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Filmmaker Andrew Jenks on his documentary series that is transforming MTV By Angela Barbuti Andrew Jenks is changing the world. In a recent episode of his MTV documentary series World of Jenks, he paraphrases a famous quote when he says, “Never believe a small group of people can’t change the world, because that’s the only
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Video: Man in Ferrari Runs Over Cop While Trying to Evade Minor Traffic Ticket

Written by NYPress on August 6, 2012. Posted in Blog, Breaking News

File this one in all things absurd and humiliating. Yesterday in Soho, a man in a Ferrari—reportedly the boyfriend of an MTV reality star, according to Gothamist—attempted to speed off while being ticketed by an NYPD officer. He didn’t get far though as, unfortunately, he managed to do even more damage in the process. The
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TV: What’s on This Week

Written by NY Press on July 2, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

By Magdalena Burnham Monday – July 2 Eureka Eureka gets cut off from the world and the entire population might be destroyed. Wow, Eureka is not messing around with the stakes of this episode. Airs at 9:00 on Syfy. Also On: 8:00 – Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) 8:00 – The Bachelorette (ABC) 10:00 –
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From Stage to Page

Written by NYPress on May 2, 2012. Posted in Arts our town downtown, Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

Former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider rocks his autobiography and a new album By Rachel Sokol In the 1970s and ’80s, Dee Snider—the lead singer-songwriter for the heavy metal band Twisted Sister—really didn’t care what anyone thought about him. Who cared if he had long, curly, insane hair? Who cared if he wore leopard-print bell-bottoms,
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Jackass 3D

Written by admin on October 20, 2010. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

By Armond White In 2002, the New York Film Critics Circle came close to naming Jackass the year’s Best Non-Fiction Film until more traditional-minded members (after some audible grumbling) pushed the vote to the since-forgotten Standing in the Shadows of Motown. (Some might call that a cop-out.) Now, Jackass 3D continues the prankster series that
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