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The popular '60s-era “Mad Men” TV series has become firmly rooted in the mainstream, and now another stream as well: Twitter, where fans portray various characters on the show.
There’s deadpan humor, and then there’s “is this even funny?” The cast plays it so straight that to respond with laughter almost feels like chuckling at a funeral.
Argentines are furious. They're blaming their soccer team's most recent World Cup qualifying loss squarely on coach Diego Maradona. Now the two-time world champions are in danger of missing their first World Cup since 1970.
Yes, the world of "Mad Men" contains bigotry, adultery, and sexism, but the talented cast and writers make such concepts easier to deal with. By Andy Dehnart
An unfortunate encounter with a fan and a mild Christian Bale moment, and suddenly Susan Boyle might back out of “Britain’s Got Talent?” No f---ing way.
It's always been a mad MAD world for Neil Cuadra. The 55-year-old Internet entrepreneur has photographed a portrait he made of MAD magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman's head using junk mail CDs and DVDs and sent it to the magazine, a feat that landed him in the magazine's 500th issue, published in April.
It will come as something of a shock to persons of a certain age that this year marks the 25th anniversary of Tom Hanks’ ascension to screen stardom in “Splash” and, to a lesser but still important extent, “Bachelor Party.” And yes, I know, he appeared in the 1980 slasher flick “He Knows You’re Alone,” too, but it was only in retrospect that anyone noticed.
A northern Idaho man convicted of a traffic violation in Bonner County was ordered to spend two days in jail after he spit on the courthouse floor in anger. First District Court Judge Justin Julian found 59-year-old Daniel Malone in contempt on Wednesday.
Police say a 55-year-old man tossed a computer monitor through a glass door after being refused a cash refund at a Casper movie theater. The man faces charges of felony property damage and disturbing the peace.
A spurned Chinese wife set fire to more than 400 cell phones owned by her and her husband after he walked out on their marriage, a news agency reported Friday. The official Xinhua News Agency said the 37-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Wang, was arrested for arson.
Deer probably spread a brain-destroying illness called chronic wasting disease through their saliva, concludes a study that finally pins down a long-suspected culprit. The key was that Colorado researchers tested some special deer.
Investigators could not determine whether beef slaughterhouses and packing plants obeyed safeguards designed to keep mad cow disease from reaching humans, an Agriculture Department audit found.
Pittsburgh linebacker Joey Porter isn't scheduled to talk publicly again before the Super Bowl. There's some question about which team is happier: his Steelers or the Seattle Seahawks.
Steelers linebacker Joey Porter minded his manners and said nothing derogatory about the Seahawks during his first two days at the Super Bowl. That changed Wednesday after Seattle tight end Jerramy Stevens effectively guaranteed a victory.
Looking at all the posts and/or the replies to posts across the blogsphere including Newsvine, it appears that everyone who critizes, questions or challenges the Jews or Israel must be stupid, a certified madman, a veritable lunatic, a blooming idiot, stark raving insane or someo …
Why Obama Should Stop Worrying and Learn To Love The BombA growing and compelling body of research suggests that nuclear weapons may not, in fact, make the world more dangerous, as Obama and most people assume. The bomb may actually make us safer.
Northern California Media Say Forget election results we know Best!!!Listen to the voices of the Media and you hear Madness in it's pure form. Example:
The question of whether or not Israel is experiencing an existential threat revolves around one of the most problematic theories of political science in the nuclear age: Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD).
13-Year-Old Virginia Boy Mad at Parents, Drives 1,300 Miles to TexasA 13-year-old Virginia boy apparently loaded his family's pickup truck with food, clothes and his dog, hitched up a trailer with two horses in tow and drove nearly 1,300 miles to Texas, police said. The teen's parents found him safe Friday.
The Congress is out of Control (Video) - CNBCChilling effects are descending on firms upon the realization that the Congress is now wielding the IRS and taxes on citizens.
9.7 Trillion in the Real cost of the VoteThe $9.7 trillion in pledges would be enough to send a $1,430 check to every man, woman and child alive in the world. It's 13 times what the U.S.
First drunken driving offense shouldn't be crime, Van Hollen says Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said Friday that he opposes making first-offense drunken driving a crime and would like state law changed to give judges the option of sentencing second-time offenders to probation rather than mandatory jail time.
Obama to Offer Israel 'Nuclear Umbrella' Against IranPresident-elect Barack Obama will offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.
Britney's (life) circusExcerpt: My favorite recording artist since 1999 has been Britney Spears. Until the past few years, she was just some bubblegum pop artist, dancing around with boa constrictors, kissing Madonna – the usual. But then something happened.
Why I Will Not Vote for John McCainAs some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is a man I respect and admire in some ways.
Judy Blume Supports ObamaJudy was one of the first authors to sign up for YA for Obama because she is eager to get out the message of hope and change. This fall she will be out working for the Obama campaign. She has some words of wisdom to put this year's election in perspective:
NEW JUPITER IMAGE: Sharpest View Ever From EarthOctober 2, 2008—Jupiter looks sharp in the crispest whole-planet picture of the planet ever shot from Earth
Roger Cohen: Palin's American exceptionSarah Palin loves the word "exceptional." At a rally in Nevada the other day, the Republican vice-presidential candidate said, "We are an exceptional nation." Then she declared, "America is an exceptional country." In case anyone missed that, she added: "You are all exceptional A …
John McCain has used every page of the Karl Rove playbook this campaign season. To everyone's amazement, he's even added some of his own.
It's Bikini Time! 18 Iconic Swimsuits - EW.comHello! What about Bo Derek in "10" - You guys are mad for not including her!.
The pictures that horrified America "(CNN) -- World War II was over, but as the 1940s gave way to the 1950s, a new evil lurked in the land. It attracted a youthful audience -- boys, mostly -- who fell victim to its colorful images, dripping in red, and gave money to its purveyors.
Angry Punter Loses Cool (NSFW AUDIO)Here in Australia, the TAB regulates and operates gambling for a number of sports. One of the methods to place bets is through your TAB phone account.
Mad cow disease kills two in Spain - Infectious diseases- msnbc.comMad cow disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, first emerged in Britain in the 1980s and has been found in herds in several European and other countries. Scientists believe it is transmitted through infected meat and bone meal fed to cattle and may cause vCJD in humans.
Is Sledging an Art form?Hayden said Indian complain because they're losing every game they are playing.
Mad Magazine Uses Pulitzer Winners to Tweak BushMad magazine enlists the talents of 10 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists for its two-page exposé, "Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming."
Froedtert warns of rare brain illness risk Wow- surgery may have spread mad cow disease and/or chronic wasting disease to other patients..
Fresh Doubt About Suicide Theory: Was 'Mad' King Ludwig Murdered? For over a century, Crazy King Ludwig's death has been ruled a suicide. But now, a new theory, based on a mysterious, bullet-ridden coat, has it that the Bavarian monarch, builder of Bavaria's fairytale castles, was actually shot. And maybe he wasn't insane after all.
Frankrig sætter nye økologiske målFrankrigs præsident Nicolas Sarkozy har samlet miljøgrupper, virksomheder, fagforbund og politikere i én stor tænketank, der skal gennemføre en grøn revolution på baggrund af en hvidbog om miljø og klima. Tænketanken anbefaler blandt andet, at 20 pct.
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