June 17, 2013

HBO, Game of Thrones ‘Sorry’ for Bush’s Head on a Spike

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*HBO and producers of “Game of Thrones” apologized Thursday for a scene that depicted former President George W. Bush’s severed head on a spike. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The scene first aired last year and appears on a DVD released in March. Ironically, the scene made headlines this week — when the network premiered [...]




Condoleezza Rice Fires Back at Dick Cheney Over Book

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*Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney’s contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea. “I kept the [...]




Video: Common Performs at White House; No Mention of Controversy

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*Without mention of the controversy surrounding rapper Common’s participation, President Obama welcomed an audience to the White House’s “Evening of Poetry” Wednesday night, revealing that he, too, considers himself a poet. “I have actually submitted a couple poems to my college literary magazine and you will be pleased to know what that I will not [...]




Fox News Slams Common’s Invite to White House Poetry Event

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*Fox News is questioning rapper Common’s invitation to a White House event this week celebrating American poetry – all because one of his poems included wordplay the suggested the burning of former President George W. Bush. President Obama and his wife Michelle will host the gathering of poets, musicians and artists at the White House [...]




Conservative Columnist Blasts Obama’s Handling of Bin Laden

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*You knew this was coming. DC’s conservative newspaper The Washington Times is running a column on its website today that accuses President Obama of inappropriately “taking credit” for Osama bin Laden’s death, and suggests the entire victory should go to President George W. Bush. In his first column, On Deck with Decker, editorial page editor Brett [...]




Video: John Forte Brings Brooklyn to Russia…’With Love’

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“Club B2 in Moscow showed LOVE LOVE LOVE last night!” . . . “Next up: a collaboration w/the lovely Alina Orlova.” Those are just a couple of the Twitter musings John Forté has posted during his latest adventure: a tour of Russia billed as “From Brooklyn to Russia With Love,” reports Billboard.com. It’s one of [...]




Video: Kanye Blasts Swift, Lauer, Bush in Latest Rant

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*Usmagazine.com is reporting that Kanye West took another swipe at Taylor Swift during a surprise performance of his new album at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The 33-year-old rapper, who famously hijacked Taylor’s acceptance speech at the 2009 Video Music Awards, seemed to suggest that the 20-year-old country star used the VMA incident [...]




Jacksons, Bush Give Oprah Highest Rated Week in 3 Years

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*A number of recent high-powered guests have given “The Oprah Winfrey Show” its best ratings week in nearly three years. The daytime talk show drew a 6.1 rating from Nov. 7th-14th. That’s the highest rated week for the show since February 2008, reports the Huffington Post. The week included the four highest rated episodes of [...]




Video: Kanye Calls out Matt Lauer over Bush Interview

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*After Kanye West fired off a series of tweets Wednesday complaining of being “misused” in his “Today” show interview about George W. Bush, co-host Matt Lauer responded this morning by playing a longer version of West’s pre-taped interview to explain his actions. During Lauer’s live interview with President Bush on Wednesday, the co-anchor played a [...]