Category Archives: Entertainment

“The Persian Version” of Jersey Shore

I don’t think the producers know what they’re getting themselves into. They are going to get flooded by hundreds of thousands of chest-shaving, eye-brow plucking, momma’s-boy Iranians who will fulfill every stereotype and then more. This is going to be hilariously embarrassing! “The producers who made Jersey Shore are now working on literally-named spin-off The [...]

Oscar Results

I flew back from Cali to Ann Arbor tonight (had a marvelous spring break – thank you for asking) and I caught the latter half of the show… thought the Baldwin-Martin ‘Paranormal Activity’ spoof was laugh-out-loud funny and I enjoyed the Ben Stiller Na’vi act, though I generally do NOT like Stiller, not at all. [...]

The Daily Show: Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti

In Jone we trust… see part 1 here, and part 2 here.

The Christian Bale Rant… and Family Guy

Here’s your weekly dose of pop culture.

Olbermann: 8 Years of Bush in 8 Minutes

See the video here.

Jon Stewart on the Gaza War

See the video here.

George Carlin, American Radical

I wish I had taken more interest in him while he was alive: “Now, there’s one thing you might have noticed I don’t complain about: politicians,” he explained in a routine that challenged all the premises of today’s half-a-loaf reformers. “Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians [...]

Fusion

I can’t stop watching this performance on Britain’s version of American Idol. It’s pure entertainment and it’s already received more than 5 million views. Enjoy. Oh, and here’s the newest trailer to The Dark Knight. It’s the film I’m most excited about this movie season.

Def Poetry Jam (Scene 2)

See the video here.

Def Poetry Jam

Suheir Hammad

Post-Annapolis

In the first of many post-Annapolis failures, here we have Israel’s declaration to build more illegal settlements in occupied Arab East Jerusalem. I wonder if those who blame the Palestinians for the continuation of the conflict will remember these events. Probably not. And here’s George Galloway punking someone over the idea of war with Iran. [...]