It's funny that Jeremy Piven is in so much trouble for pretending to have mercury poisoning, because somehow we feel like his Entourage alter-ego Ari Gold would never put up with that shit. Ari is a take-no-prisoners kind of guys.
That's why it was so awesome to find this music video about Jews who love our new chief-of-staff, Rahm Emanuel, whose brother was the basis for Gold. Because our people finally need someone to look up to besides Woody Allen. Please, enjoy:
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Barry Diller and Arianna Hufflebuffleton's collaborative effort, 23/6, has been producing good rainy day mash-ups this season. But we were worried that, post-election, there wasn't going to be enough talking heads to warrant those "In a Minute" videos we've become so fond of.
Not to worry! When in doubt, just remove the anchors altogether and turn network graphics into a Girl Talk-fueled rave. Click for the video. CONTINUED »
Darth Lord Diller is having a good chuckle at the expense of all those CEOs that are panicking and cutting large swatches of their workforce. NBC Universal? Viacom? Conde Nast? Barry Diller eats pieces of shit like you for breakfast (gross).
The IAC chief is especially irate at Hollywood execs who are dropping entire departments left and right while already suffering from a dearth in creativity, and television networks *cough*CNBC*cough*CNN*cough* that are showing margins of growth but are still hitting the red button and letting the floor drop indiscriminately throughout the employee break room.
“The idea of a company that’s earning money, not losing money, that’s not, let’s say ‘industrially endangered,’ to have just cutbacks so they can earn another $12 million or $20 million or $40 million in a year where no one’s counting is really a horrible act when you think about it on every level. First of all, it’s certainly not necessary. It’s doing it at the worst time. It’s throwing people out to a larger, what is inevitably a larger unemployment heap for frankly no good reason.”
But does Diller follow his own advice to the letter, or is the old man writing checks with his mouth that his company can't cash? Let's take a look: CONTINUED »
Who says there won't be anything funny to riff on in an Obama administration. Did you think all those racist homophobes are just going to give up and slink quietly away, with their Jackson Pollack hate-message posters tucked under their arms?
There is a whole series of these In a Minute videos on 23/6, but this is my favorite of the batch. It just encompasses every trope in Olbermann's playbook, which is
a) Calling people fascists
b) Disdainfully calling people "sir"
c) Being super incredulous
Did I get them all? Wouldn't want to miss one of his other emotions besides ironic smugness and constipation that allowed him to get that huge re-up on MSNBC.
So last night was faaaaantastic. I got to annoy all my old coworkers at the 23/6 / Huffington Post party (unfortunately, no sign of Arianna) where there were kegs and the cups had a weird plastic smell. Saw writers from Variety, Observer, and the guys from Thrillist (whose offices are across the hall), so the site can't be doing too badly for itself.
Come 11:00, people were dancing on tables, crying, and hugging random strangers because this was the one night where sexual embarrassment in the workplace is acceptable.
What were you doing for your election coverage? Staying at home under a pillow and biting your nails? Getting wasted at Galapagos? Tell us!
23/6, the more than occasionally funny Barry Diller/Arianna Huffington project, has produced its fair share of good election videos. The McCain Girls? That was them. Swift Jews for Truth? Done.
But these mash-ups they do every week have hit their stride and this "Presidential Campaign In a Minute" is the best one yet. Save as your YouTube favorite now so you can show your grandkids what life was like before The One ascended to his throne 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
The witty fellows at 23/6 put together a chart of Hillary Clinton's thought process. She concludes, "Sí se puede." A fitting, if delusional end, since Hispanic voters are the only ones who believe that these days.
Mary-Kate Olsen's relationship to Heath Ledger is under some scrutiny now that he's dead. Why the masseuse would call her four times before 911 is anyone's guess. We're going with she really wanted to speak with Michelle Tanner.
But how did Mary-Kate react to the news? 23/6 has an idea: CONTINUED »
