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Corey Feldman May Have Killed Osama Bin Laden... In His New Comedy!

Corey Feldman May Have Killed Osama Bin Laden... In His New Comedy!

Corey Feldman, The Iron Sheik, Daniel Baldwin, and Frank Stallone are in a movie together that you probably would never have heard of if Osama bin Laden didn't die. Huh? According to the press release, sent out promptly after the historic moment was announced by President Obama, Operation Belvis Bash follows a "Jewtastic" comedian and two rock n' rollers through their trip to Afghanistan, where they meet and presumably kill the world's most hated terrorist. The trailer pretty much says it all: more ›

New Yorker Obama Cover Controversy Enters Day 2

The political news cycle yesterday was dominated by the controversy surrounding this week’s New Yorker cover; called “The Politics of Fear,” it depicts Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as America-hating radical terrorists gloating in the Oval Office. New Yorker editor David Remnick, who celebrates his tenth anniversary helming the magazine with this issue, spent the day making the interview rounds and getting some great publicity for the magazine; speaking to Wolf Blizter on CNN, he defended the cover as “Colbert in print.” more ›

New Yorker Obama Cover: Ironic or Offensive?

New Yorker Obama Cover: Ironic or Offensive?

Barack Obama’s campaign spokesman Bill Burton is calling this week’s New Yorker cover art “tasteless and offensive.” The illustration by Barry Blitt depicts the Illinois senator in the Oval Office wearing traditional Muslim garb while doing a “terrorist fist jab” with his wife Michelle, who is dressed in fatigues, with an Afro and an AK-47 slung over her shoulder. To complete the scene, there’s a portrait of Bin Laden over the fireplace, in which an American flag is ablaze. more ›

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