Harry Shearer

You Save Us, We Redeem You

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Colin Powell, Harry Shearer, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Gulf Recovery Czar, Colin Powell New Orleans, Politics News

New Orleans and Colin Powell -- the pairing of a wounded city seeking national empathy and a fallen hero seeking redemption seems to me sort of perfect.

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Palin's 'Bridge To Nowhere' Lament (VIDEO)

My Damn Channel | Harry Shearer | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Shearer Video, Harry Shearer, Palin Video, Sarah Palin, Shearer Palin, Palin Shearer Song, Video, Politics News

Sarah Palin sings a lament to a bridge she's had a love-hate relationship with, in a tone of latter-day exotica. ...

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Preview of This Sunday's 'NYT' Interview with Huff Post's Harry Shearer

Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.05.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Huff Post, Harry Shearer, Media News

Harry Shearer - comedian, writer, cartoon voice, Spinal Tap bassist, Huff Post contributor - gets the Deborah Solomon treatment in this coming Sunday...

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Harry Shearer Mines Gold With Off-Air Videos

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 08.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Harry Shearer, My Damn Channel, Harry Shearer's 'Oh My God' Moments, Harry Shearer Laura Ingraham, Harry Shearer Outtakes, Laura Ingraham Harry Shearer, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — As the red light switched off and her program went into a commercial, Laura Ingraham's face dissolved from a smile into a frown _ the...

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Inappropriate Questions for Harry Shearer

Alex Leo | Posted 07.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Harry Shearer Interview, Breaking Entertainment News, Clear Channel Billboards, Clear Channel, Songs of the Bushmen, Harry Shearer, Harry Shearer Album, Clear Channel Harry Shearer, Bushmen, 236.Com, Entertainment News

Q: Is there anything you could discover about President Bush that would make you like him more?
A: I'd have to think twice if I found out he was a fan of Fountains of Wayne.

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The NBA's David Stern Does Doo-Doo Diligence

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Army Corps of Engineers, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, NBA Referee Scandal, Harry Shearer, NBA Referees, Nba, Entertainment News

Pardon the George Bush 41-inspired wordplay, but what can one think of the NBA's attempt to get a P.R. handle on the refereeing scandal in the league?

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Clear Channel Bans Ads For Harry Shearer's CD Over Anti-Bush Image

Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media

Read More: Clear Channel George Bush, Clear Channel Censorship, Clear Channel, Harry Shearer, Songs of Bushmen, Harry Shearer CD, Harry Shearer Songs of Bushmen, Media News

Clear Channel, the radio station and billboard powerhouse, has banned an ad for Harry Shearer's new CD "Songs of Bushmen" because it depicts George Bu...

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Damn You Harry Shearer!

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 06.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Queen of Spain, Harry Shearer, Citizen Journalism, Democratic National Convention Denver, Media News

I'd missed Shearer's many references to how the media has given up on the search for accountability because I was too busy cursing him for bumping me off the front page of HuffPost.

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25 Getting Hollywood Stars: Tinkerbell, Cameron Diaz, The Village People, Harry Shearer And More

AP | Posted 06.19.2008 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The...

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935 Lies

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: 935 Lies, McLellan Bush Iraq War, Scott Mcclellan, Center for Public Integrity, Harry Shearer, Songs of the Bushmen, Politics News

Just in case Scott McClellan wasn't keeping count, the Center for Public Integrity was: at least 935 falsehoods told by the president and his aides in the runup to the war.

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$500,000 An Episode: "Simpsons" Return Hung Up On Voice Talent Contracts, Claims Report

Variety | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment

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Last week, Fox announced a fall schedule that included animated staple "The Simpsons" in its normal Sunday timeslot. The hitch? There's still no deal...

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The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.19.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, USA Today, John Edwards, Black Belt, Hurricane Katrina, Watergate, New Orleans Leak, When the Levees Broke, Levees, George Stephanopoulos, ABC Debate, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bittergate, Harry Shearer, Bitter, MoveOn.Org, Home News

The scandal this time is that there's no scandal. The leak John McCain should be addressing in New Orleans is the one at the 17th Street Canal Floodwall, the same one that was leaking before Katrina.

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"There's That Stupid Negative Sign"

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Harry Shearer, Army Corps of Engineers, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, Politics News

The new gates and levee repairs by the US Army Corps of Engineers are, it now appears, giving almost no additional protection.

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Hail to the Punchline-in-Chief: An All-Star Panel of Pundits Weighs in on America's Most Comical Presidents

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.11.2007 | Politics

We asked political observers -- including Nora Ephron, Peggy Noonan, Harry Shearer, Conrad Black, Richard Belzer, David Frum, Paul Slansky, and Joe and Jerry Long -- to weigh in on the question: Who was our most comical president?

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Electoral College You Ignorant Slut: SNL and New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.08.2007 | Home

Read More: Lorne Michaels, Chevy Chase, Dennis Kucinich, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Lou Dobbs, John Edwards, New Orleans Musicians, Barack Obama, Naomi Klein, Mike Gravel, Harry Shearer, Saturday Night Live, Darrell Hammond, Gorbachev, Home News

Chevy Chase recently injected some immediacy into the presidential race by going down the Dem's roster and staring down a photo of the Republican frontrunners.

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