Ellen DeGeneres wins top US humor prize in DCEllen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.
Ellen DeGeneres to receive top humor prizeEllen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Ellen DeGeneres Wins Top U.S. Humor PrizeWASHINGTON (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.
Christie uses humor video to connect, but could Romney follow suit? A new viral video starring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker (a potential future rival of Christie's) helps underscore the value for politicians in being able to navigate new media and contemporary culture. The video, released on Tuesday night by …
Cartoon prompts severe loss of humorNEW DELHI - As the parliament of the world's largest democracy commemorates 60 years since its inception, the august institution is in uproar over a 63-year-old political cartoon.
Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network.
The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO.
The social network formerly known as Greece [...]
A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors:
Dear Potential Investor:
For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too.
Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you [...]
Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant.
The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top [...]
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My School DaysNEW YORK – (The Borowitz Report) – Today, presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney released the following open letter to the American people:
Dear Friends:
This week, The Washington Post reported an incident from my high school days in which I bullied a gay classmate by pinning him to the ground and cutting his hair off. This story [...]