‘God is Not Great’ Flying Off Shelves
Jeffrey Trachtenberg chronicles the success of Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything in today's WSJ. [T]he biggest surprise is a blazing attack on God and religion that is flying off bookshelves, even in the Bible Belt. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," by Christopher Hitchens, wasn't expected to be a blockbuster. Its publisher, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 22, 2007 11:36
Glenn Beck F-Word Controversy
John Aravois is outraged that CNN is defending Glenn Beck's use of the word "faggot" on its airwaves and urging a letter writing campaigns to the network's major sponsors. I'd somehow missed the controversy. It turns out that Beck only used the word in the context of discussing the controversy over Grey's Anatomy co-star Isaiah Washington's use. Here's the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 25, 2007 07:49
Caption Contest Winners
The Lemguins Marching Into The Sea Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko/FILE) The Winners: First: charles austin - Moments later, in Mel Gibson’s Antarcticalypto, the penguins turn on their human benefactors... Second: Mythilt - The Disney corporation decided to go with lemmings after the first attempt at creating a mass drowning suicide failed. Third: ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on January 4, 2007 21:31
Apocalypto Tops Box Office, Gibson Not Done After All
The reports of the death of Mel Gibson's career have been greatly exaggerated: Mel Gibson's bloody epic "Apocalypto" debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie, proving the filmmaker still can deliver a winner despite his drunken-driving arrest and anti-Semitic rant last summer. Let me hereby predict that, Michael Richards' tirade notwithstanding, "Seinfeld" DVDs will sell as well as they ever have ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 11, 2006 14:04
Michael Richards, Seinfeld’s Kramer, Racist Tirade Video
TMZ has a very blurry video of what purports to be Michael Richards launching a bizarre, racist tirade at a black member of his audience. Richards, who played the wacky Cosmo Kramer on the hit TV show "Seinfeld," appeared onstage at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. Kyle Doss, an African-American, told TMZ he and some friends were in the cheap ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 20, 2006 15:07
John Kerry: Get An Education or Get Stuck in Iraq
John Kerry, who came a few thousand Ohio voters short of being Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces: You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, uh, you, you can do well. If you don’t, you get stuck in Iraq. Unbelievable. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 31, 2006 09:57
Caption Contest Winners
The Walk a Mile for a Camel Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (CBS NEWS 60 MINUTES/Handout/Reuters) Winners: First: Greg Tinti - I didn't realize you were that close with Mel Gibson... Second: charles austin - Mike Wallace calms a jittery President Ahmadenijad by telling him that the ticking sound he hears is just the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 14, 2006 21:43
Caption Contest Winners
The Blue Oyster Bikers Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO)) Winners: First: Mark - You guys should have heard the crap Mel Gibson said to us when we pulled him over! Second: charles austin - Bowling for Columbians. Third: yetanotherjohn - Peyote, its not just for breakfast anymore. Honorable Mention: Bithead - "Aw, Jerry...You should ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 3, 2006 18:30
C’mon Jews… Show ‘Em Who Really Runs Hollywood
Classic: Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan for the image. Claude Brodesser-Akner provides the backstory: A comedic capstone on all this comes via an full page, hardcover ad in today's issue of Daily Variety. In a "For your consideration" Emmy Award ad for the infamous Tom Cruise "Trapped in the Closet" episode of "South Park," the text reads, "C'mon Jews... Show 'em ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 2, 2006 18:18
Mel Gibson Charged with DUI
No great surprise here: Mel Gibson has been charged with misdemeanor DUI. Actor-director Mel Gibson was charged Wednesday with driving last week under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said. Gibson, 50, was charged with one count each of driving under the influence and driving while having a 0.08 percent or higher blood ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 2, 2006 17:55
