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Canadian flashes a mighty pen *
As editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter can make or break Hollywood's A-List; now he's trying to make or break the White House.
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Fox sues Al Franken for trademark infringement *
Al Franken, the humorist being sued by Fox News Channel for use of the phrase "fair and balanced," said he doesn't mind the legal action. But he does wish it hadn't happened during his vacation.
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Hey Nostradamus: The massacre motif ***
Douglas Coupland's new novel draws on the memory of the tragic shooting at Columbine High School. And he's not alone. Other novelists and filmmakers are daring to go there too, CAROL TOLLER writes
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Influential author Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84 *
In books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus," Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound.
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Intent on beating the Bushes *
Writer Brian Preston hopes that his serialized, on-line satirical novel will convince the cute Bush P (son of J, nephew of W) not to run for the White House, SANDRA MARTIN says.
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Jon Stewart's pre-Oscar host biography *
Jon Stewart's career profile before he hosted the 2006 Oscars.
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Kurt Vonnegut's list *
Kurt Vonnegut's list -- as partly delivered in his interview on The Daily Show in September, 2005 -- seems to have been removed from Comedy Central's website. So here it is!
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Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election (before) *
Before the Canadian election, this is what Michael Moore had to say to us. . .
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More Yellow Dog: The dog days of Martin Amis *
While the fierce satire Yellow Dog has met with some biting criticism, RAY CONLOGUE finds the renowned author isn't about to stop holding 'the wicked up to ridicule'
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New Frank editor promises satire, pranks *
Frank magazine is ushering in the new year with the naming of a new editor. Journalist Kim Honey has been appointed to helm the magazine starting in January. "I want to poke fun at people, make pranks and roast all my enemies," Honey said.
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The need for snarks and other literary beasts *
Martin Amis's new novel Yellow Dog is now available in Canadian bookstores, so you can judge for yourself whether it's as embarrassing as catching your favourite uncle masturbating in the school yard, to paraphrase one British writer, or a fairly successful piece of Swiftian satire, as it seemed to the reviewer who, with the dignified restraint so common among Canadian literary critics, evaluated it in these pages Saturday.
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Yellow Dog: Swiftian Amis right on target *** 1/2
By the time he published Gulliver's Travels in 1726, Jonathan Swift was presumed by many to be a misanthrope, a hater of his own species...
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* CNN: Bringing new meaning to the term 'Style over Substance' *
During the American election, CNN's Jessica Yellin was recorded as a hologram and beamed into the studio. This triumph of technology begs one obvious question: "Why?"
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Atwood shortlisted for Booker *
In a startling list dominated by works from first-time novelists, Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake is the only book by an established writer to make it onto the shortlist of the prestigious Man Booker Prize, announced yesterday at a press conference in London
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Candidates line up to visit Jon Stewart *
Four presidential candidates are lined up to visit Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" over the next three weeks as Comedy Central's satirical news review ramps up its cheeky "Indecision 2008" coverage.
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Day blames Internet, not Afghan involvement, for terror threats *
Meanwhile, Jon Stewart pokes fun at the concept of terrorism in Canada, saying: "It's like being mad at toast."
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Former GOP Activist says: 'The GOP Brand Has Fallen and Can't Get Up' *
According to former GOP stalwart and current Blue Dog Democratic, Eric Roberson, candidate for Congress in the Texas 32nd District, GOP "rebranding" efforts are too little, too late.
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Klein learns to love medicare *
For 10 years, Ralph tried to convince us that a U.S.-style health-care system was the way to go. But he has finally thrown in the towel, says author GILLIAN STEWARD.
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Political tricksters using online encyclopaedia Wikipedia to smear opponents *
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that can be altered by anyone with a computer, has proved remarkably useful for pulling political dirty tricks.
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Robert Gottlieb: He made Bill behave *
Robert Gottlieb, possibly the world's most famous editor, turned Bill Clinton's notes into a bestseller.
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Stephen Colbert causes Wikipedia chaos *
Stephen Colbert, who hosts the Comedy Channel's nightly show The Colbert Report, has caused bedlam on the popular user-supported encyclopaedia site Wikipedia, by urging viewers to assail its pages with made-up "facts."
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