Traditionally, Amnesty International’s Secret Policeman’s Ball is held in the UK, but for the first time ever, the comedic fundraising event is coming to New York City on March 4th. The showcase will include Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Russell Brand, who presumably will try and redeem himself for remaking Arthur.
Terrible Fox News person Bill O’Reilly is apparently still very upset over the White House inviting lily-white rapper Common to a poetry event and so Jon Stewart ventured into enemy territory to try and help set the record straight. Read more »
Although prominent Republicans are demanding that President Obama release postmortem photos of Bin Laden as an overall strategy to debase the White House, others on the left, like Jon Stewart (and liberal columnist Eugene Robinson), are motivated by other factors. Read more »
Last night, Jon Stewart ripped a Republican politician for adding a provision to the 9/11 Health Care Bill that would require first responders who worked in the ruins of the World Trade Center to prove they’re not terrorists before collecting benefits. Read more »
Earlier this week, Ricky Gervais hit the circuit to to promote his new HBO special, Talking Funny. The comedian appeared on the Late Show and David Letterman told him there was nothing wrong with his now infamous Golden Globe jokes. Last night, Jon Stewart basically said the same. Read more »
Bret Baier, one of Fox News’ more respected “journalists,” appeared on the Daily Show Thursday night and without being rude, Jon Stewart tore out the guy’s heart and consumed his soul. Things got especially bloody, when Baier attempted to argue the network’s reputation as a legitimate news organization based on its ratings, to which Stewart responded, “I was not aware that ratings equal quality.” Exactly, otherwise Rebecca Black deserves a Grammy.
In last night’s episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart and his writers eviscerated CNN for devolving into an entertainment network that pulls content from YouTube and then intersperses it with important news bits that must be voted on to be watched. Their hosts have basically become video bloggers, but worse. Much worse. Read more »
Wikipedia, the 5th most visited website on the internet is approaching its 10 year anniversary and so founder Jimmy Wales appeared on the Daily Show Wednesday night. He restated his promise to keep the site free of banner ads and fielded questions from Jon Stewart about how easy it would be to edit his page and make him Batman. Wales acknowledged that Stewart’s entry could be changed, but probably won’t last more than five minutes. He was right. Read more »
Jay-Z continues his press circuit for Decoded and last night appeared on The Daily Show, only half of which aired. But here’s the full, uncensored version that includes the more illuminating second part of the interview, where Hov discusses the main difference between how success is gauged in rap music versus rock and roll.
Illegal immigrants can now qualify for in-state tuition in California, after a court deemed it so. Your grouchy, xenophobic old uncle is SO going to bitch about this next week at the Thanksgiving dinner table, probably. Read more »
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