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Ten Funny Fakes to Follow on Twitter

When Phil Spector was under trial and subsequently imprisoned for murder, some media pointed excitedly to his supposed Twitter account to get some prison updates. Apparently, Spector was busy befriending a cockroach he named Wilson, as well as ranting that the authorities took his wig, all tweeted on top of a custom background of prison cell photos. The account was later removed, but it exemplifies the potential hilarity of parody Twitter accounts Whether they actually try to dupe their audience or not, these faux celebrities play up the best and worst of their doppelgangers. Although some of the best have...  read more

Clinton biopic The Special Relationship to star Quaid, Moore

We're pretty sure that if only Oliver Stone had followed our advice and cast Renee Zellweger as George Bush in his largely forgettable biopic, W, the movie would have attracted a bit more buzz, even if it was only in praise of Zellweger's dead-on "I just ingested an entire pack of Sour Patch Kids" facial impression. It looks like Hollywood has ignored our invaluable casting advice once again with the recent buzz about the new and improved (and tightened, and tweaked, and probably tanned) Clinton couple that will appear in an upcoming biopic directed by Peter Morgan. Dennis Quaid and Julianne...  read more

The Story of the 2008 Presidential Election in Song: A Playlist (Part 1)

In honor of this Friday night's presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama (the first of three)—and my obsession with politics as full-contact sport—I've compiled the following playlist to tell the story of the 2008 election so far. Whether you're red, blue, independent or other, enjoy.Part I: The Primaries  “Changes” - David Bowie The Thin White Duke sings about what us young (and old) Americans want in Washington this year....  read more

Politician wears wig, writes Clinton/Lewinsky musical

Here at Paste, we are committed to Truth and Accuracy. (You can see how committed we are because we just capitalized both of those words.) But what if we told you about a movie that probably doesn’t exist and acknowledged its probable non-existence? Is that still Truthful and Accurate? We hope so, because we simply could not respect ourselves if we didn’t tell you about Bill and the Silk Box. In his own words (and according to the Wikipedia page that is suspiciously similar to his own profile), Daniel Vovak is a successful ghostwriter and prolific non-ghostwriter. Among his other...  read more