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Utopia’s Arthur ‘Red’ Vanwinkle mug shot photos and arrest history

ByAsa Hawks

Utopia‘s “Hillbilly Handyman” Red (real name Arthur Vanwinkle) has alluded on the show to having troubles in his past, and apparently some of those were legal troubles as we managed to turn up mug shot photos from three different arrests since 2000! Keep reading to check out the photos and find out the charges.

Top questions about Fox’s Utopia: Where is it filmed? Do the colonists get paid? Etc.

ByEmily

While watching Sunday’s premiere of Fox’s Utopia, a lot of questions went through my mind: Why is alcohol flowing more freely than fresh water? (TV ratings.) Why is the water that they are drinking tinted orange? (Red’s supply of Tang.) Is it scripted? (My colleague effectively answered that.) Then, of course, there were the practical…

Utopia’s Red is reality star Arthur VanWinkle from Blue Grass Boys on Discovery

ByAsa Hawks

If you watched the series premiere of Fox’s new Big Brother meets Survivor reality series Utopia Sunday night then you may have found yourself wondering where you had seen Kentucky hillbilly handyman Red before. That’s because Red (real name Arthur VanWinkle) is no stranger to reality TV! He was the main character in Discovery’s Blue Grass Boys about marijuana farmers in rural Kentucky late last year.

Meet Hex Vanisles, the Katniss Everdeen of Utopia

ByStarcasm Staff

The premise of FOX’s new reality show Utopia seems to be influenced by the Hunger Games. At the beginning, the participants are given the rules in front of a hologram, and while they aren’t fighting to the death, they are asked to fight for their ideals, which is an intense situation. Another Hunger Games reference is the casting of Hex, a 6ft tall, 25-year-old huntress who has a striking resemblance to Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen.