Moore explains 'Sniper' fans

Filmmaker Michael Moore said the box office record-setting film "American Sniper" owes its success to "the 'Passion of Christ' crowd." In a long question and answer session published on the website Vice.com , Moore, who was widely criticized by everyone from Kid Rock to John McCain for tweets saying snipers were cowards, said he witnessed firsthand the film's audience demographic when he saw "American Sniper" in the politically liberal neighborhood of Greenwich Village in New York, N.Y. "I went there on the second night of the opening.

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Nobody Asked Me, Buta No. 136; Hotel History: Hotel Albert

The original twelve-story Hotel Albert, a red-brick and cast-iron balcony structure, still stands on the southwest corner of University Place and 11th Street in Greenwich Village. It is now a residential cooperative.

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A 'Faking It' fan reworked the show's opening to match the legendary 'Friends' credits.

Rachel Green, Monica Geller and their Greenwich Village group seemed perfectly content riding out the '90s as a sixsome, but it's time they made some room on Central Perk's comfy couch. The incredibly popular "Friends," which has undergone an Internet rebirth since its addition to Netflix's streaming service , has consequently lent itself to many a meme and GIF, and one " Faking It " fan is such an avowed supporter of Smelly Cat & Co.

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'Kool Kats...Gotham Nights' Transcend Upon The GingerNewYork TV Show in New York City

MC Malik Work, Electronica Lex Sadler and Drummer Sydney Driver Promote their "Allgorhythm Tuesday's" Held Every Tuesday Night at New York City's Hottest New Nightclub - MERIDIAN 23. Check Out The Underground Music Scene with the Kool Kats of NYC! PRLog - Feb. 1, 2015 - NEW YORK -- Lex Sadler: is an Australian-born bass player, keyboard bass player, programmer and producer residing in New York City. As a sideman, Lex has toured both the US and internationally with artists such as Blitz The Ambassador and renowned Cellist/Trombonist Dana Leong.

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Opportunity, hope, and urban cool

... light industry, and housing could coexist - a city would renew itself organically. Her campaign to save Greenwich Village turned the tide in the urbanism battle. A Moses-style megaproject is a rarity these day. But like any big personality, Moses ...

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Punk rocker Sid Vicious dies of a heroin in 1979

Sid Vicious, former guitarist of the Sex Pistols, was found dead from a heroin overdose hours after he was freed in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Sid Vicious from the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols, was found naked in the Greenwich Village apartment of his girlfriend, Michelle Robinson.

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Freshcut

Fans of the Coen brothers' amused, affectionate portrait of the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene and of banjo-playing, guitar-plucking Americana in general will relish this recording of a 2013 New York concert celebrating the music of the movie "Inside Llewyn Davis."

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