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Oct 6 2012 05:00 PM ET

Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly's 'Rumble' is on. Talk about it here!

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Daily Show savants and Fox News fans — if any of the latter are actually watching this silliness — prepare yourselves for the fight of the century.

In the red corner, boasting a carb-free belly, a Yeti-esque 6’4″ stature, and a brain filled with facts about assassinated presidents, we have the man with the plan (to reduce the size of government), the Factor-y boy, Papa Bear himself: Biiiiiiill O’Reilly!

And in the blue corner, weighing in at 100-some pounds of pure comedic muscle, we’ve got a silver fox who enjoys his lox, a big intellect in a compact 5’6″ package, the twinkly-eyed most trusted fake newsman in American history: Joooooon Stewart!

Who will be victorious when these two go toe-to-toe in Washington, D.C. tonight?  READ FULL STORY »

Oct 5 2012 10:45 AM ET

Before their 'Rumble,' Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly duke it out -- VIDEO

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In just one day, Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly will go head to head for their historic “Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium” debate. Two men will enter George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium; two men will leave, one slightly before the other. Stewart boasts that by the end of the night, O’Reilly will be “saying my Haftorah.” His opponent counters that the Daily Show host is tiny and unintimidating — no match for his Fox News-approved stature.

In short, it’s going to be a night to remember. And if you’re still not convinced, check out O’Reilly’s guest appearance on The Daily Show last night — a seven-minute stretch of genial ribbing, bragging, and the occasional questionable joke. (O’Reilly quips that his followup to Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy will be Killing Colbert. Stewart’s audience isn’t so into that.) Get your “Rumble” preview right here:

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Sep 19 2012 12:43 PM ET

Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly pull their punches during pre-debate showdown -- VIDEO

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In boxing, when two prize fighter get together to promote their bout, things can get ugly. Punches might be thrown at the weigh-in, insults will be exchanged, and if Mike Tyson is involved, the opponents’ children will surely be threatened with cannibalism. The badder the blood, the bigger the gate. It’s just good business.

Somehow, Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly missed this lesson. The two touched gloves on O’Reilly’s turf last night to promote their upcoming political debate, and it’s clear that the political showmen have a lot in common — including a shared condescension for each other. But beneath those political differences, they clearly have a begrudging respect for each other. (Maybe it’s because they both loathe CNN?)

Watch the entire segment below, as Stewart sets up a Luke Skywalker-Darth Vader analogy that he thinks is complementary to them both, but only makes me worry that Stewart could lose his arm on Oct. 6.  READ FULL STORY »

Aug 23 2012 09:23 PM ET

Style & Design: Alexander Skarsgard's GIFs, 50 years of Bond Girls and more

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Can’t wait for the movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey? Get your motor running with Calvin Klein’s interactive Dare to Encounter campaign. Or just stare at this animated GIF of True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard, the sexy face of the brand’s new fragrance for men. [Refinery 29]

We wonder how Ryan Lochte’s mom would describe 007′s dating habits. See the hottest Bond Girls in the 50-year history of the movie franchise. [InStyle]

Sure they qualify for the early bird special, but there something’s unsettling about seeing Helen Mirren, John Waters and Debbie Harry classified as elderly style icons. [Flavorwire]

What the ? After France’s National Front threatened to sue her for portraying party president Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her head, Madonna has replaced the symbol with a question mark. [NY Times]

Bronzer, lip gloss and hairspray — you’re not backstage at a beauty pageant, you’re in the makeup room at Fox News.  [Huffington Post]

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Aug 16 2012 05:43 PM ET

Joseph Gordon-Levitt hates cable news, loves musicals and Christian Bale

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s recent Playboy interview reads like it was partially scripted by an Aaron Sorkin who doesn’t hate the Internet. During a wide-ranging conversation, the Premium Rush star revealed his biggest disappointment as a child actor (he wasn’t allowed to pet the dog in Beethoven), his love of musicals (“A song-and-dance role is closer to me personally than other characters I play”), and his disdain for the national news media. Here’s his Will McAvoy-esque rant:

My parents are political in that they’re well read and as up on the news as anybody I know. To me that is political activism, choosing to stay informed and not just watching CNN or some bulls– entertainment show. Every time I sit down and watch television news, I think, This is show business. That’s what I do. I say, go on the internet and find news from all over the world through the BBC, the Pacifica stations, newspapers, people’s blogs and tweets. It’s so funny when people say Fox is bad. Sure Fox is bad, but I don’t think CNN and MSNBC are really any better.

One question later, Gordon-Levitt slammed the media again, adding in a dig at a few major corporations for good measure:

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May 7 2012 07:13 PM ET

Why did 'Saturday Night Live' scrap its Obama/Osama anniversary sketch?

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Saturday Night Live‘s most recent cold open — a sketch that satirized Fox & Friends — was such a nonentity that EW’s recapper didn’t bother mentioning it in his postmortem. But here’s some background: According to Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller, Saturday’s show was originally supposed to open with a sketch starring Fred Armisen as Barack Obama. The scrapped opener criticizes Obama for politicizing the death of Osama bin Laden; the opener that aired instead criticizes Fox’s on-air personalities for being too quick to slam the president.

In the rejected sketch — written by SNL veteran Jim Downey — Obama addresses the nation on the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. He declares a new celebration called “Killing Osama bin Laden Day,” tries to take all the credit for taking out the terrorist, and suggests that Mitt Romney may share some “special bond” with the fallen al-Qaeda leader. (After all, “Mitt and Osama were both members of the One Percent.”) The Republican presidential candidate made headlines last week when he accused Obama of milking bin Laden’s death for his own political gain.

So, why did Saturday Night Live‘s deciders replace a sketch that took aim at a liberal president with one that skewered the conservative media?  READ FULL STORY »

Apr 24 2012 10:44 AM ET

Bill O'Reilly calls 'Simpsons' Fox News jab 'a cheap shot'

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The Simpsons have never been afraid to bite the hand that feeds them — or the right-pointing hand of their brother network. As part of its 25th anniversary celebration on Sunday, Fox re-aired the long-running comedy’s pilot episode. The program’s credits included a cheeky card that read, “Congratulations FOX on 25 years… We still love you.*” The asterisk pointed to a caveat: “This doesn’t include Fox News.”

In that night’s new episode, Lisa Simpson also mused about why she loves Fox: “I like how the network is a daring liberal antidote to the right-wing network it gave birth to.”

All in good fun, right? Well, not according to Bill O’Reilly, who featured the show’s gentle gibes in his own program’s “Reality Check” segment last night. “How predictable,” he sniffed after airing the clip and calling the jokes “a cheap shot.” See O’Reilly’s segment, courtesy of Mediaite, below. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 18 2012 02:27 PM ET

Sunday news shows too conservative, says liberal media watchdog

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Liberal bias in the media? Not so, says FAIR. The left-leaning media watchdog (formal name: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), claims that Sunday morning news are “failing miserably” at booking diverse guests, politically speaking. In looking at Face the Nation on CBS, ABC’s This Week, Fox News Sunday, and NBC’s Meet the Press (moderator David Gregory pictured, right) from June 2011 to February 2012, FAIR found that 86 percent of guests in one-on-one interviews were male, 92 percent were white, and 70% of the guests with avowed ties to a particular political party identified as Republican. Said Peter Hart, who authored the report, “The Sunday morning shows are the showcase debate programs for the national news networks. It’s a shame they aren’t interested in having many actual debates.” READ FULL STORY »

Apr 17 2012 11:35 AM ET

Bob Beckel is sorry (not really) for dropping the F-bomb on Fox News -- VIDEO

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Sean Hannity may have started a segment on Monday night’s edition of Hannity by tossing the football around, but by the end of the block, he found himself playing referee. Hannity was caught off-guard after a heated debate between Fox News contributor and former Democratic strategist Bob Beckel and Tea Party activist Jennifer Stefano ended with Beckel dropping the F-bomb on live TV.

It took much convincing for Beckel to even acknowledge he was on-air before he issued a halfhearted apology — one that he quickly nullified by pointing fingers at Hannity — and effectively turned his back on the group to pout. Though it was a different kind of tantrum, I think it may have been the best display of petulance since… well… another famous face from Fox News. See the Beckel clip (NSFW, of course) after the jump. READ FULL STORY »

Apr 6 2012 12:56 PM ET

Sean Hannity shells out six figures to see Obama burn the Constitution

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No, it wasn’t a subversive fundraising drive for the upcoming presidential campaign. The cash in question went to Utah artist Jon McNaughton, who confirmed to EW that Fox News pundit Sean Hannity bought one of three originals of “One Nation Under Socialism” (pictured, right). While the amount Hannity paid wasn’t disclosed, McNaughton’s reported asking price was $300,000.

The conservative painter, who appeared on Hannity last month, has been known to criticize the president in his work, including a national debt-themed piece called “Wake Up America” and a six-foot creation called “The Forgotten Man” that shows Obama standing on the Constitution as he turns his back on both the Founding Fathers and the downtrodden Average Joe.

“I’m a very unconventional artist,” McNaughton told EW. “Those in art circles in New York and other in-the-know people really do not like my paintings. They go to great lengths to criticize them, but I think that 100 years from now when people look back on our time in history, some of these paintings are going to resurface as how the right felt about what was happening.”

Indeed, in his description of “One Nation Under Socialism,” McNaughton names Obama as a Constitution-compromising purveyor of socialism — “an ideology, which will lead to the destruction of America.” He concludes, “At this very moment, our Constitution is literally [sic] going up in flames. What will you do to preserve the Constitution and save America?”

While this is an important question, we at PopWatch have another one: Where should Hannity hang his new artwork? READ FULL STORY »

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