As NewsBusters reported Thursday, auctions mocking actor Jim Carrey's attacks on gun owners mysteriously disappeared from eBay last week. On Friday, eBay issued a statement via email to the Hollywood Reporter admitting that it had indeed removed these auctions and was reversing this decision: read more Source: NewsBusters blogs
Posts Tagged: Mocking
Politicians Can Take A Lesson From Jennifer Lawrence’s Mocking Post-Oscar Press Conference
Actress Jennifer Lawrence, winner of the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook, could teach the political class a thing or two – and not just about acting. Lawrence’s post-Academy Awards press conference was artful, funny, flippant and endearing – at least, it was for the viewers at home. For the… Read more »
WaPo Writer Rewrites History On Late Night Comedian’s 1995 Shtick Mocking Clinton WaPo TV Critic
So, I take it that Lisa De Moraes didn’t go through her paper’s archives before she penned today's TV column in which she re-wrote history regarding Conan O’Brien's turn as emcee for the White House Correspondents Association dinner in April 1995. Yesterday it was announced that the late-night comedian would return this year as the… Read more »
Complaining About The Complainers: Maddow, MSNBC Mocking Of WH Press Corps Is Comedy At Its Finest
In the controversy surrounding members of the White House Press Corps getting grumpy about access to the President during a recent golf getaway with Tiger Woods, MSNBC’s reaction has downright Kevin Baconian: “Remain calm! All is well!” The aforementioned line comes from Animal House, the greatest campus comedy of all time. But it almost pales… Read more »