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Hooters CEO Doesn’t Understand Why His Manager is a Pig

Hooters CEO Doesn't Understand Why His Manager is a Pig

video On last night's episode of Super Bowl lead-out "Undercover Boss," Coby Brooks, the President and CEO of Hooters learned some important lessons via covert mingling with his rank-and-file. Of particular interest was his "confrontation" with douchebag Hooters manager Jimbo, which has been heavily teased in the show's promos. Jimbo makes his Hooters girls perform demeaning acts to go home early, as Brooks looks on in shock. Where did this guy ever get the idea he could treat women that way? (more...)

Jon Stewart Takes on Keith Olbermann One Day Too Early

Jon Stewart Takes on Keith Olbermann One Day Too Early

This is what happens when your late-night show tapes at 5 in the afternoon.

On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart took on Keith Olbermann's 3-day Scott-war against the newly-elected Republican Senator from Massachusetts, incinerating the Countdown host's Special Comment segment along the way. In a case of life imitating art, Olbermann parodied the Special Comment hours after Stewart taped his takedown, saying that yesterday's Supreme Court decision legalizing corporate campaign contributions was worse than the Dred Scott decision. (more...)

The 375 Worst Actors and Directors of the Past Decade

The 375 Worst Actors and Directors of the Past Decade

The Aughts Rotten Tomatoes has unveiled what it deems its Worst of the Worst, those movies of the past decade that received the worst reviews.

Not surprisingly, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever was the number one worst movie, with a grand total of 0% good reviews. The cast was promising: - Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu - so why so bad? Do you really want to see it to find out? That goes pretty much for all the movies on the list — from Glitter to Swept Away to The Hottie And The Nottie. Which prompted a natural follow-up question: what directors and actors had the worst results on Rotten Tomatoes from 2000-2009? Thanks to computers, we have the answer. (more...)

Mediaite Presents: 35 Great SNL News Spoofs

Mediaite Presents: 35 Great SNL News Spoofs

VIDEO Long before The Daily Show, long before The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live was making fun of the news in a way that no one had ever seen before. Suddenly, establishment journalists like Barbara Walters were fair game. Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd riffed on the seething hostility between co-anchors. Heck, they even took on the 70s trend of sign language interpreters popping up in newscasts. Oprah, Dateline, Geraldo Rivera... SNL's had distinctive takes on almost every major media presence over the years. And SNL's news spoofs aren't just entertainment: it's arguable that more Americans made up their minds about Sarah Palin based on SNL's Katie Couric/Sarah Palin interview than on the original interview itself. Stephen Colbert and John Stewart have done a lot in the news satire biz, but they still have some catching up to do. In honor of the premiere of season 35 of SNL, we've pulled together 35 of SNL's choicest news anchor spoofs and Weekend Updates, spanning all seasons. Shoot us a comment or a tip if you think we've missed a good one. We're seriously counting on a good Glenn Beck skit... Here it is. (more...)

Who Said It? “I’m so heartbroken that the Internet, for the first time, was wrong about something.”

Who Said It? "I'm so heartbroken that the Internet, for the first time, was wrong about something."

"I'm so heartbroken that the Internet, for the first time, was wrong about something. How are we ever going to trust the Internet again?" Who said it? (more...)



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