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BOOOOOO!

April 1, 2008 · No Comments

(In case this vid gets censored, there are a tonne of links to Bush getting booed here on BuzzFeed)

Categories: BOO · Bush · U.S. · monkey · president

Writers as kids

March 5, 2008 · No Comments

Categories: Dr Seuss · Emily Dickinson · Gawker · Harold Pinter · The Birthday Party · U.K. · U.S. · children · literature · writers

“Ha ha! Your medium is dying!”

January 7, 2008 · 1 Comment

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The Simpsons has been none too kind to print media, with the clip above showing Nelson mocking a Washington Post reporter. It’s quite a catchy little taunt. Oh dear.

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Categories: Haha! Your medium is dying! · Media Guardian · Nelson Muntz · News · Newspapers · Roy Greenslade · The Financial Times · The Simpsons · The Telegraph · The Times · The Washington Post · U.K. · U.S. · dead tree media · haha · journalism · online media · print media

Britney comment of the day

January 4, 2008 · 3 Comments

You all know about Britney by now (if not, click on the picture). There’s been tonnes of stuff on this sad turn of events. The best comment on the whole thing that I’ve seen all day is after the jump…

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Categories: Blogs · Britney · Britney Spears · Gawker · Hadley Freeman · Lost in Showbiz · News · Nick Denton · The Guardian · U.S. · blogging · celebs · gurney · pie chart

I like this cover

December 22, 2007 · No Comments

Categories: 30 Seconds to Mars · Jared Leto · Jo Whiley · Kanye West · News · Radio 1 · Stronger · U.K. · U.S. · cover version

2007’s Best Documentaries

December 20, 2007 · 2 Comments

 Peter Bradshaw’s Top 10 of the year. It’s good, go and read.

Categories: Film · The Guardian · Top 10 · U.K. · U.S. · documentary · roundup

1 Winehouse = 6 Grammys

December 6, 2007 · 1 Comment

Despite it all, she still gets nommed silly when it comes to awards. Let’s hope she manages to pick them up if she gets lucky (you just know she’ll win some. The Blake’n'crack saga is making her more famous than ever).

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Categories: Amy Winehouse · Awards · Grammys · News · U.K. · U.S. · news coverage

Bush can do tenses; Iran is, like, so dangerous

December 4, 2007 · 5 Comments

Categories: Bush · Dubious · Dubya · France · Iran · News · U.K. · U.S. · current affairs · news coverage · nuclear enrichment · politics · president · press conference · reporting

Gawker thread creates new trend

November 29, 2007 · 9 Comments

Categories: Gawker · New York · Rodney King · TMZ · U.S. · commenters · film quotes · those who've passed the Gawker audition · trend

ID cards might not be a good idea?

November 22, 2007 · 1 Comment

So say some people, like the leader of the opposition, Lord Webcameron. Best thing he’s said this year, aside from the “rape is bad” bombshell.

There’s been a bit of a losing-people’s-confidential-information blunder. It has made the recipients of child benefit sad, as the photo shows.

The silver lining is that at least it gives our American allies an excuse to mock us… poor Alistair Darling.

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Categories: Gordon Brown · ID cards · News · U.K. · U.S. · Wonkette · child benefit · current affairs · government · news coverage · politics · tax records