Jon Stewart Talks Videogames: Funny, If A Bit Unfair
It stands to reason that if the Supreme Court is going to talk about videogames, so is Jon Stewart. In a funny bit on last night's Daily Show, Stewart talked a bit about the recent decision—which upheld a ruling qualifying games as speech worthy of protection under the first amendment—then showed a fatality from the new Mortal Kombat in which Noob Saibot and his clone grab Sonya Blade and tear her in half up the crotch.... read more
Found in: Games, NewsPrincess Di Documentary to Release in Theaters?
Nearly 14 years after the tragic car crash in which Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Al-Fayed were killed, the details surrounding the event are still being discussed.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBBC Commissions Film About Life of Brian Controversy
The BBC has commissioned a comedy-drama focusing on the controversy surrounding Monty Python’s Life of Brian.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCommon Caught in White House Controversy
The White House has been receiving a lot of criticism from conservatives recently for inviting rapper Common to a poetry event. Fox Nation called Common a “vile rapper,” referring to the purported vulgarity of his lyrics.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsStart Press: Herding Scapegoats
Once upon a time, rock ’n’ roll was controversial. To concerned parents and clergy, Elvis Presley’s dance moves on late-night television prefigured some hip-swiveling apocalypse that would bump traditional moral values right off the planet's outer rim. In 1985 there were even Senate hearings (Senate hearings!) in which Frank Zappa, John Denver and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister were forced to answer for rock’s moral transgressions before Tipper Gore and her colleagues in the Parents Music Resource Center.... read more
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