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Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove' Named Greatest Dark Comedy by 'Entertainment Weekly"
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (295+ words) It might be difficult to find the funny in nuclear war. But Stanley Kubrick did, and now, his deeply satirical 1964 classic has been named the greatest dark comedy of all time. Earlier this week, Entertainment Weekly published its list of…...
The Marriott-Sonder meltdown is a prime example of how not to handle a crisis, 2 public relations experts say
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (856+ words) The Marriott-Sonder fallout led to travel chaos for its customers and eroded trust in the Marriott brand. The meltdown was a lesson in how not to handle a crisis, PR experts said. The companies did not take accountability and lost…...
Why Spoof Movies Are Getting the Last Laugh
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (129+ words) Surely we can't be serious that parody movies " the once-trendy comedy films that seemingly wore out their welcome years ago " are again having a theatrical moment? We are serious, and don't call us Shirley. Will Liam Neeson's 'Naked Gun' Get…...
Beetle Bailey turns 75: the Army's lovable slacker marches on
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1070+ words) When "Beetle Bailey" debuted in 1950, it was a college strip about a lanky underachiever who wanted to do as little as possible. Six months later, creator Mort Walker had Beetle enlist in the Army during the Korean War. From that…...
Flying 5, 700 miles to lament the "climate crisis" perfectly captures our elites" nauseating hypocrisy
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (455+ words) It may only be the first week of November, but I believe the award for Headline of the Year 2025 is already as good as won. It will surely be impossible to beat the following contender from BBC News, published in…...
UNC Newspaper Halts Satire and Implements DEI Training After Backlash Over April Fools' Issue
1+ week, 1+ day ago (980+ words) The Daily Tar Heel, the student-run newspaper at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), announced it would stop producing satire articles for the rest of the semester after receiving. .. - The Daily Tar Heel, UNC's student newspaper, decided…...
How "No Other Choice" Turns a House Into a Capitalist Nightmare
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (759+ words) Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "No Other Choice" didn't endure quite as impossible a quest as its protagonist, but it's close. After he gets laid off, career man. .. - The house in…...
German artist sentenced to prison by Russian court for carnival display mocking Putin
2+ week, 2+ day ago (244+ words) A German artist who created carnival displays mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin was sentenced in absentia to more than 8 years in prison by a Moscow court on Thursday. Jacques Tilly was convicted on charges of spreading false information about the…...
Thousands have swooned over this MAGA dream girl. She's made with AI.
4+ week, 1+ day ago (852+ words) The beautiful Army blonde Jessica Foster has posed with an F-22 Raptor fighter jet, donned camouflage in the desert and walked a tarmac with President Donald Trump on the first day of the strikes on Iran. But Foster is an illusion…...
Daphne parade group mimics Comic Cowboys with political satire
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (564+ words) Sometimes imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But when the original already courts controversy, is imitation necessary? For more than a century, the Comic Cowboys have paraded through Mobile on Mardi Gras Day under the tagline "Without Malice," delivering…...