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  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Will Smith's Violence With Male Kisser Is Sad!

    As you know, Scientologist Will Smith was greeting the press at the Moscow premiere of the esteemed Men In Black III the other day when he was approached by a male reporter who double kissed the star on the cheek, which is apparently the guy's shtick. At first, Will smilingly went along with it and ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 11, 2012

    'Turrbotax' w/ Brackles+Slava

    As you know, Scientologist Will Smith was greeting the press at the Moscow premiere of the esteemed Men In Black III the other day when he was approached by a male reporter who double kissed the star on the cheek, which is apparently the guy's shtick. At first, Will smilingly went along with it and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    New York Public Library and Causa Artium Honor New Russian Authors

    Alfredo FloresIgor, Dmitry, Alisa, and Irina​Russian literature has fascinated the world for generations. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a fresh generation of talented writers has emerged to depict the nation in a new light. The New York Public Library and Causa Artium recently pres ... More >>

  • Film

    February 22, 2012

    Hipsters

    Alfredo FloresIgor, Dmitry, Alisa, and Irina​Russian literature has fascinated the world for generations. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a fresh generation of talented writers has emerged to depict the nation in a new light. The New York Public Library and Causa Artium recently pres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2011

    New York is Nothing But Green Screen

    The above video demonstrating visual effects in movies and television proves what we've all secretly known for years: New York City doesn't exist. Times Square, the Hudson River, and the UN building are just post-production illusions. Instead, we live in a world made up of nothing but green walls.

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Moscow Cops Find Suicide Bomber's Head in Airport Rubble

    Cops in Moscow think they've found the head of the suicide bomber who blew up the city's busiest airport today, killing 35 people and wounding at least 168 others. As a Russia Today talking head puts it, it's "the head of a man wth an Arabic appearance." The mid-afternoon (Moscow time) attack "spr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Vladimir Putin Declares Leonardo DiCaprio "a Real Man" for Getting on a Plane and Making It to Moscow

    ​This has been a big week for Leonardo DiCaprio. He was on that Delta flight to Moscow that had to make an emergency landing when an engine blew. A dog named after him is involved in a dramatic and bitter custody battle. His second flight to Moscow, where he is attending a conference on tiger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    To Think, We Might Have Lost Leonardo DiCaprio Last Night

    ​Surely by now you've heard about the Moscow-bound Delta flight that blew an engine upon takeoff last night and then circled JFK for an hour dumping fuel until they could make a safe emergency landing. Close call. Even closer: National treasure Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the 200 people on bo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Legendary DJ Headed to Russia

    ​ Moscow does not believe in tears, but it does believe in good DJs, so they're spending many a ruble to import a good friend of mine, legend Anita Sarko, to spin there. And not only will she spin, but she'll DJ, too!

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    The Ten Very Worst 9/11-Themed Ads

    Click to Enlarge.Via CopyRanter.​Yesterday, Copyranter caught an advertisement (pictured right) for French weekly Courrier International. The conceit of the advertisement, by Saatchi & Saatchi France, as put by Copyranter: "The World Trade Center architects should have stopped at about 50 floo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Will America Swap Sexy Topless Spy for a Bunch of Middle-Aged Nerd Spies?

    ​In the movies, when one country has some of the other country's spies, and the other country has a few captive spies of their own, sometimes they can work out a nice little trade in which all the spies return to their respective homes. Which sounds nice, but often comes to no good at all, esp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Real-Life Russian Spies Arrested in New York Area

    ​A bunch of tri-staters hailing from New Jersey, Yonkers, and Manhattan were arrested this weekend for being spies. Russian spies. How very James Bond. According to the Justice Department, as part of a multi-year investigation in four states, eight people were arrested on Sunday for allegedl ... More >>

  • Theater

    April 13, 2010

    A Trip Inside the Chocolate Factory's Cooler

    ​A bunch of tri-staters hailing from New Jersey, Yonkers, and Manhattan were arrested this weekend for being spies. Russian spies. How very James Bond. According to the Justice Department, as part of a multi-year investigation in four states, eight people were arrested on Sunday for allegedl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2010

    From Moscow to Riverhead, Twisted Sisters at Large

    ​Every now and again, it seems like there's an open competition going on for best example of mass derangement -- an opportunity for those colossally bent out of shape to vent their real or imagined demons on the rest of us. The leading example is Moscow, which witnessed the apparent return of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Can't We All Just Take the Subway Without Killing Each Other?

    ​Public transportation is not seeming so fun lately. We woke to the news of 37 or more people being killed this morning in coordinated terrorist attacks on the Moscow subway system during rush hour -- an act thought to have been orchestrated by Chechen rebels.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Your Moment of Sigh: Other People's Subway Stations

    Designboom has a nice spread of dazzling subway stations from all over the world -- a cavelike, leaf-printed Stockholm entrance, a ribbed tube leading into the Bilbao Metro, a Rubbermaid theme in Prague, Imperial splendor in Moscow, these giant heatlamps in the U-bahn, etc. Glean it and weep; as w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Coyote Ugly to Open in Moscow

    ​We were shocked to discover that Coyote Ugly -- that nice little drunkards' warren on First Avenue -- was part of a national empire of saloons, mostly in the south (the shot here is of the Coyote Ugly in Austin, where we thought girls danced on the bar without the encouragement of marketing e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Tomorrow is Today: Cartoon Genius Back in the Voice

    ​We neglected to mention in our This Week in the Voice roundup that Tom Tomorrow -- a cartoonist favored by traitors and other fans of political entertainment -- is back in the paper. (We offered our own cartoon services, but were declined.) Tom will be running in the Voice till the money runs ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 18, 2009

    Aelita: Queen of Mars

    ​We neglected to mention in our This Week in the Voice roundup that Tom Tomorrow -- a cartoonist favored by traitors and other fans of political entertainment -- is back in the paper. (We offered our own cartoon services, but were declined.) Tom will be running in the Voice till the money runs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Dans Le Noir? to Broaden List of Acceptable Things to Do in the Dark in Public

    Darco TT/flickr​The Post reported yesterday that Dans Le Noir?, the Paris-based restaurant chain that hires blind waiters to serve "surprise" menus to diners under the veil of total darkness, is planning to open a New York outpost. The chain, which was founded in 2004 with funding from the Pau ... More >>

  • Film

    December 17, 2008

    Clichés Firmly in Place, Moscow, Belgium Still Won't Leave You Feeling Dirty

    Darco TT/flickr​The Post reported yesterday that Dans Le Noir?, the Paris-based restaurant chain that hires blind waiters to serve "surprise" menus to diners under the veil of total darkness, is planning to open a New York outpost. The chain, which was founded in 2004 with funding from the Pau ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 3, 2008

    SANTA'S PARTY HOUSE

    Don't let the kids out!

  • Books

    December 3, 2008

    Susan Orlean, David Remnick, Ethan Hawke, and Others Pick Their Favorite Obscure Books

    On to Chapter Two! We ask another round of authors for recommendations.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    The Most Overrated Destinations in the World

    On to Chapter Two! We ask another round of authors for recommendations.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Moscow's bear market mars Georgian war

    On to Chapter Two! We ask another round of authors for recommendations.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2008
  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2008

    Beware the Soviet Corpses!

    A sardonic Russian, and other summer book highlights

  • Voice Choices

    February 19, 2008

    CAN THIS BIRD FLY?

    Great casting may make this one soar

  • Film

    January 15, 2008

    Moscow on the Hudson

    Lincoln Center celebrates 100 years of Russian cinema

  • Film

    August 21, 2007

    The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun

    Lincoln Center celebrates 100 years of Russian cinema

  • Film

    March 28, 2006

    Another Russia

    A hooker, a meat dealer, and a skinhead walk into a bar . . .

  • Film

    February 7, 2006

    Altered States

    The power of nightmares: Russian thriller and Southern mock-doc imagine scary dystopias

  • People

    October 11, 2005

    From Russia With Cats

    Talking with Yuri Kuklachev, lead clown and creator of the Moscow Cats Theatre

  • News

    February 1, 2005

    Stadium Issue? What Issue?

    An open letter to the international Olympic committee

  • NYC Life

    February 24, 2004

    Moscow on the West Side: Going from Cold War to hot jazz

    An open letter to the international Olympic committee

  • News

    February 18, 2003

    The Dirty, Dirty Bomb

    An open letter to the international Olympic committee

  • Theater

    November 12, 2002

    All's Rewrite With the World

    An open letter to the international Olympic committee

  • Theater

    July 30, 2002

    A War on Love

    An open letter to the international Olympic committee

  • News

    January 15, 2002

    Bushido—The Way of Oil

    America Goes Into the Energy Business With the Former Evil Empire

  • Theater

    September 11, 2001

    Theater

    America Goes Into the Energy Business With the Former Evil Empire

  • Film

    July 31, 2001

    Tiny Tears

    America Goes Into the Energy Business With the Former Evil Empire

  • Columns

    June 26, 2001

    NY Mirror

    America Goes Into the Energy Business With the Former Evil Empire

  • Theater

    March 27, 2001

    Tuner Salad

    Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are What’s Going On

  • Film

    November 7, 2000

    Pagan Energies Make Crazy Babies

    Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are What’s Going On

  • Film

    October 17, 2000

    Weather Forecasts

    Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are What’s Going On

  • News

    June 22, 1999

    We are the World

    Good, Bad, and Recycled, Musicals Are What’s Going On

  • News

    January 19, 1999

    Moderately Republican

    The Power of the Maine-stream

  • Film

    November 17, 1998

    Different Strokes For Different Volk

    The Lost World Of Custom-Made Endings

  • News

    September 8, 1998

    Bear Markets

    Scenes from Russia's ruble crisis

  • News

    May 26, 1998

    The Most Dangerous Mobster in the World

    According to the FBI and Israeli Intelligence, Semion Mogilevich Rules Over an Arms-Trafficking, Money-Laundering, Drug-Running, and Art-Smuggling 'Red Mafia'

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