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Sad Keanu Wants to Make You Sad Too With His New Sad Book
Sadness for everyone! Seemingly it's not enough for Keanu Reeves to sit alone, glumly eating a sandwich, contemplating life, love, his career or anything else that might or might not be depressing him; he wants to pass that sadness around. Enter his new book, the ironically titled Ode to Happiness, where "blotchy, black-ink drawings" (NewsFeed [...]
Music Monday: Weird Al Goes Gaga With 'Perform This Way'
Weird Al Yankovic has written songs about bologna, a homicidal Santa Claus, rocky road ice cream and the Amish. He has churned out 12 albums of parody songs in 28 yearsâ€"on June 21, the release of Alpocalypse will bring his album tally to 13â€"that politely mock everyone from Nine Inch Nails to Billy Ray Cyrus [...]
Comedy or Activism? Jon Stewart Spars With Fox News' Chris Wallace
Jon Stewart faced off against Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday yesterday, debating whether The Daily Show is a form of activism that is pushing a liberal agenda. It was a heated 25-minute interview, where at times Chris Wallace sounded like a shrink trying to figure out what makes Jon Stewart tick, while the Comedy [...]
The Onion: We Demand a Pulitzer Prize
Today, The Onion published (what they think is) its thousandth issue, and the editorial board of self-described “America's Finest News Source" is demanding recognition of its excellence. Simple accolades, however, will not suffice for the makers of The Onion. A Pulitzer Prize is the only acceptable acknowledgement of a news source that published such political headlines as [...]
'Jackass' Star Ryan Dunn Dies in Car Accident
Sad Monday news alert: one of our favorite Jackasses has died. Ryan Dunn, the bearded prankster from the MTV series and subsequent movie franchise, Jackass, where he became intimately acquainted with a toy car (we'll say no more on that incident), has reportedly died in a car accident that happened early Monday morning in Pennsylvania. [...]
'Gamesmanship' Leads to Sudden Halt in Casey Anthony Trial
Hats off to Belvin Perry, the judge in the Casey Anthony trial, for trying to keep things moving along. It's just too bad he had to grind it to a halt to do so. As the trial entered day 23 of testimony, things got off to a slow, jerky start that concluded with Perry dismissing [...]
'The Hangover Part II' Is Now the Biggest R-Rated Comedy of All Time
The Wolf Pack may have a habit of forgetting what happened to them last night, but they'll never neglect this piece of movie trivia. According to Deadline Hollywood, this past weekend's global box office grosses of $21.4 million (accumulated from roughly 5,800 screens in 55 markets) means that the successful sequel has created a significant [...]
Watch: 21-Year-Old California Model Wins Miss USA Beauty Pageant
Alyssa Campanella is the newly crowned 2011 Miss USA. And she's just as tan and shiny as you expected her to be. Wearing an aquamarine trumpet-style Sherri Hill gown, Campanella, repping the Golden State as Miss California, trembled with excitement as Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih placed the nation's highest tiara on her head. The [...]
Introducing SpongeBob SquarePants â€" The Fungus
A newly discovered mushroom species has been named after the beloved cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants. It's official title: spongiforma squarepantsii. The cartoon seemed like a perfect choice for this fungus that looks more like a sea sponge. It is bright orange (or sometimes purple) and  smells "vaguely fruity or strongly musty," reports MSNBC. (MORE: One Nation Under [...]A newly discovered mushroom species has been named after the beloved cartoon, SpongeBob SquarePants. It's official title: spongiforma squarepantsii. The cartoon seemed like a perfect choice for this fungus that looks more like a sea sponge. It is bright orange (or sometimes purple) and  smells "vaguely fruity or strongly musty," reports MSNBC. (MORE: One Nation Under [...]
Reading While Eating For June 20: The Famous, The Funny, and Duckies
Today's links feature some funny people, some famous people, and some ducks who strut like famous people. He's Baaack! Keith Olbermann's new Current TV show debuts tonight at 8:00 pm, with guests Michael Moore and The Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas. (Huffington Post) The Miss Creationist Pageant? Only two of the 51 Miss USA contestants support [...]
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