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Greening Hollywood Gets Serious Play

Paige Donner | Posted 05.13.2008 | Life

Read More: 2nd Life, Sustainable Design, Helen Hood Scheer, Pasadena Art Center, John Oliver, Nada Zeidan, Oreo Pizza, Aimee Mullins, Serious Play, Copolyester, Google, Jump the Movie, International Design Magazine, Life News

Think like a child and everything gets easier," chanted the speakers at Pasadena Art Center's Design Conference 2008, Serious Play. The conference took place May 7th-9th at the Raymond Avenue campus.

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Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.11.2008 | Media

The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious com...

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The Daily Show Looks Back At Stewart's Lewinsky Coverage

Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, John Oliver, The Daily Show, Monica Lewinsky, Jon Stewart, Media News

The Daily Show's John Oliver looked back at Jon Stewart's coverage of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky on last night's show to mark the scandal's 10th...

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"Daily Show" Filling Time With Pre-Strike Scripted Footage

Time | James Poniewozik | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Our Dead Planet, Daily Show Planet, John Oliver Our Dead Planet, John Oliver, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Media News

Last night, on The A Daily Show, John Oliver filed Our Dead Planet, this brilliant, and seemingly news-pegged report on the imperiled Earth: That Joh...

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Hillary Repackages Herself as a Black Man

Andy Borowitz | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mitt Romney, Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Charlie Rose, Iowa, Barack Obama Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama, Politics News

"This election is about whether or not America is ready to elect a black man President of the United States," she said. "I believe I am that black man."

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Edwards Blasts Obama for Criticizing Hillary's Claim That Obama Criticized Edwards

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Barack Obama, Iowa, Iowa Caucuses, Politics News

The former North Carolina senator said that the Illinois senator's criticism of the New York senator for claiming that the Illinois senator had criticized the North Carolina senator was "an attempt to confuse the voters."

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How to Talk to Your Child about Jamie Lynn Spears

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.23.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Kevin Federline, Jamie Lynn Spears, Miley Cyrus, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Jamie Lynn Spears Pregnant, Zoey 101, Entertainment News

Q: Will Zoey, the character Jamie Lynn plays on TV, get pregnant, too? A: No. Nickelodeon is owned by an angry old man named Sumner Redstone who doesn't let people get pregnant.

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Attempting to Destroy CIA Tapes, Cheney Burns Down White House

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Dick Cheney, Politics News

The vice president went to his office and put a blowtorch to a pile of CIA interrogation tapes which the White House had feared might be subpoenaed in the near future.

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Clinton Says Being Married to Hillary 'Has Never Influenced My Behavior'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Charlie Rose, Mike Huckabee, Satire, Politics News

The former president said that those who accuse him of favoritism towards his wife "have got it all wrong, because I've pretty much lived my entire life as if I wasn't married to her at all."

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Hillary Accuses Obama of Bed-wetting

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Barack Obama, Politics News

Sen. Clinton went to great lengths to show that the bed-wetting incident, while occurring when the Illinois senator was only three years old, was "relevant" to the current campaign.

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Lou Dobbs' Head Explodes

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.12.2007 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Lou Dobbs, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Media News

Immediately after the broadcast, Mr. Dobbs was rushed to the Head Explosion Unit at George Washington University Hospital where the CNN anchor continued talking for an additional five hours.

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In Speech on Religion, Obama Explains His Faith in Oprah

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Oprah Winfrey, Amy Sedaris, John Oliver, Barack Obama, Politics News

"My religion is a personal matter to me," Sen. Obama told his followers. "Having said that, let me make this clear: I have accepted Oprah as my host."

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Kim Jong-Il Kicks Iran out of Axis of Evil, Calling it 'Not Evil Enough'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Axis of Evil, National Intelligence Estimate, Kim Jong-Il, Politics News

Kim said that when Iran was admitted into the Axis of Evil in 2002, "they knew the rules: no nukes, no membership."

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Huckabee Chooses Jesus as Running Mate

Andy Borowitz | Posted 12.02.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pat Robertson, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Mike Huckabee, Rudolph Giuliani, Jesus Christ, Fred Thompson, Politics News

The Reverend Pat Robertson said he was "blindsided" by the news of Huckabee's decision: "I talked to Jesus last night and He didn't mention anything about it."

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Cheney's Doctors Detect Signs of Heart

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics

Read More: Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Ted Kennedy, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Doctors struggled to contain their excitement about the medical anomaly of the century: the sudden appearance of a human heart in a 66-year-old man.

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China Says It's 'Too Late' To Recall Huge Shipment of Turkeys

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.25.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pervez Musharraf, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, George W. Bush, Politics News

Wuhan Food Exportation Company officials revealed that the birds had been fed an experimental combination of birdseed, lead pellets, and date-rape drugs.

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White House Turkey in Thrill-Kill Rampage

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Amy Sedaris, Christian Finnegan, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, Thanksgiving, Politics News

Moments after Bush pardoned the turkey, the 18-pound bird eluded its Secret Service escort, stole a White House vehicle and sped off down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Bush Issues "Thankfulness List"

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Rosie O'Donnell, Jon Stewart, Nancy Pelosi, Osama Bin Laden, George W. Bush, Thanksgiving, Politics News

"Let's be thankful for Guitar Hero III, which really helps you get through those long Cabinet meetings when they're going on and on about the economy."

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Gotta Write! Daily Show Writers Just Can't Help Themselves, Smack Down Studios From The Picket Line

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media

Read More: Daily Show Writers, Tim Carvell, Kevin Bleyer, The Office Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Writers' Strike, WGA Strike, The Daily Show, Writers' Strike News, Rich Blomquist, JR Havlan, Rachel Axler, Jason Ross, John Oliver, Daily Show, Rudy Giuliani, Wga, Bernard Kerik, Jon Stewart, Sumner Redstone, Sam Means, Writers Guild Strike, Scott Jacobson, Rob Kutner, Daily Show Writers' Strike, Media News

Have you missed your Daily Show fix? Well then enjoy this, the latest creative effort by the striking TDS writers as they clearly can no longer keep t...

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Satan Refuses to Take Sides in Regan-Murdoch Lawsuit

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media

The lawsuit "leaves me feeling very much caught in the middle," Satan told reporters.

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Hillary Refuses to Answer Paper-or-Plastic Question

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Prince Harry, Bill Clinton, Christian Finnegan, Hillary Clinton, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Politics News

Calling the inquiry "totally hypothetical," Mrs. Clinton said, "this paper-or-plastic business is one of those 'gotcha' questions that I'm not going to get into."

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Pat Robertson Says Giuliani Presidency Appears in Book of Revelation

Andy Borowitz | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Pat Robertson, John Oliver, Amy Sedaris, Rudolph Giuliani, Politics News

Rev. Robertson said that he was "confident" that within weeks of his inauguration, Mr. Giuliani would usher in the "end days" that are a staple of Bible prophecy.

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