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United Against Nuclear Iran Slams Jennifer Lopez for Fiat Collab – Video

Jennifer Lopez is again coming under heavy fire for her collaboration with Fiat but, this time, it goes beyond claims that she didn't even bother to go to her beloved Bronx to shoot the ad. Check out the video above to see what it's all about, but *please note that it contains images of violence that might ...

20 January 2012
08:58 GMT

Zuckerberg Deletes Facebook, the World Plunges into Chaos in The Social Network 2

The Social Network was quite a success, with the critics and at the box office. Successful movie beg for a sequel. But you can't really make a sequel to "the Facebook movie" since all of the story's been told. Or can you? What if the sequel was a disaster movie, focusing less on Mark Zuckerberg and more on...

25 November 2011
08:49 GMT

The Today Mocks the Kardashians in Halloween Special

You know you've got it made when people dress up as you on Halloween – just look at the amount of Charlie Sheen costumes this year. On this note, The Today show, the weekend edition, dedicated an entire segment to the Kardashian. They must have been honored. In fact, they were game for the challenge and ...

1 November 2011
08:56 GMT

New 'Muppets' Trailer Parodies 'Twilight,' 'Paranormal Activity'

As the Muppets are getting ready to take over the world (and its many theaters) this Thanksgiving, a new, final trailer has been released – and it mentions two of the biggest movie franchises of all times. Since no one would dream to compare the Muppets to vampires (no matter how gorgeous or brooding they m...

29 October 2011
06:11 GMT

Weird Al Yankovic Comes Out with Awesome Lady Gaga Parody, ‘I Perform This Way’

Weird Al Yankovic is coming out with a brand new album in a couple of weeks and, even better, he’s already released the leading single off it: a parody of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” called “I Perform This Way,” which you can also find embedded at the end of this article. The annou...

21 April 2011
07:51 GMT

Charlie Sheen Launches Winning for Men Fragrance – Jimmy Fallon Parody

He’s made #tigerblood and #winning trending topics on Twitter for days and, now, he has his own fragrance out. Charlie Sheen has just premiered the ad for Winning – in the latest Jimmy Fallon skit on his show. This is arguably one of Fallon’s best sketches, the only exception being perhaps those fro...

4 March 2011
04:37 GMT

Mike Tyson and George Bush Jr. Spoof ‘The King’s Speech’ on Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel was on fire with his post-Oscars special, “Jimmy Kimmel Live! After the Academy Awards,” and, with the kind of skits he included in it, it’s no wonder. After the Humpilates sketch we also told you about earlier today, he ran a clip recreating “The King’s Speech” for th...

1 March 2011
11:02 GMT

Oscars 2011: The Awesome Auto-Tune Music Video Mash-Up

One of the highlights of the Oscars 2011 was the music video mash-up. Featuring auto-tuned dialog from some of last year’s biggest hits at the box office, the video was considered one of the funniest moments of the night.Since “Auto-Tune the News” went viral, together with videos like the “Bed...

28 February 2011
04:37 GMT

Free Duty Calls Game Parodies Call of Duty, Promotes Bulletstorm

People Can Fly, Epic Games and Electronic Arts, the companies behind the upcoming Bulletstorm first person shooter, have thought of a novel way of promoting the title, and released a free game, called Duty Calls, which parodies modern combat shooters, with Call of Duty receiving the biggest amount of cheeky insults. ...

3 February 2011
03:00 GMT

‘South Park’ Creators Apologize for Plagiarism on ‘Insheeption’ Episode

The latest episode of “South Park,” “Insheeption,” is a spoof of this summer’s blockbuster “Inception.” As it happens, it’s also lifting entire lines word for word from another online parody, from College Humor – and the creators are already apologizing for it.The...

26 October 2010
04:33 GMT

Justin Bieber’s Reflects on Housing Bubble – Jimmy Fallon Parody

He first brought us the hilarious “Robert Pattinson Is Bothered” series – now, Jimmy Fallon is focusing on another teen idol: Justin Bieber and his reflections on his life, career and the recession.In the latest video, Fallon dresses up like The Biebs, with colorful shoes, colorful clothes and the e...

15 October 2010
06:23 GMT

Gaga Is Devil Spawn in ‘Telephone’ Parody by Westboro Baptist Church

Megan Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church is back attacking Lady Gaga for her music and the message she’s sending out to impressionable people who make the mistake of buying her albums. After doing a parody of “Poker Face,” Roper took “Telephone” and turned it into “Ever Bu...

2 June 2010
08:46 GMT

Tiger Woods Is Deeply Sorry – The Remix

This Friday, golfer Tiger Woods made the first step towards getting back into the good graces of the public by issuing a televised public apology. In it, as we also informed you, he did everything by the book, save for showing the honesty and emotion he should have felt given the circumstances. To compensate for that...

23 February 2010
10:05 GMT

Robert Pattinson Is Bothered by Valentine’s Day – Jimmy Fallon Parody

Thanks to the incredible success of the first two installments of “The Twilight Saga” franchise, Robert Pattinson is now one of the hottest and most sought after actors on the scene. As such, it’s no wonder Jimmy Fallon’s parody act of “Robert Pattinson Is Bothered” is also very po...

13 February 2010
03:53 GMT

Harvard University Releases ‘Twilight’ Parody

“The Twilight Saga” is undeniably the biggest movie franchise of our times, as the millions of fans around the world can vouch. The “Twilight” phenomenon also relies heavily on Stephenie Meyer’s four books, which is where it all started. Harvard University is not oblivious to the cultura...

26 September 2009
04:10 GMT

Apple's Latest: the 'iRack' and 'Air Poo'

Mac news readers and users of Apple's products will have no trouble understanding the sarcasm in Madtv's Steve Jobs keynote parody, and the new (yet false) Apple product in the Air family, (techradar.com's) Air Poo. Even though the reality isn't that bleak, the two Apple jokes do reflect Apple...

16 February 2008
11:26 GMT

The Simpsons Game Goes Soft on Grand Theft Auto

The Simpsons is a cult movie and now a cult game, thanks to EA and the title seems to be the perfect parody of all major gaming hits. As such, it also makes fun of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto, by including a level called "Grand Theft Scratchy". However, Rockstar's representatives are not too keen on this t...

25 October 2007
05:22 GMT

EA's The Simpsons Makes Fun of Guitar Hero and GTA

There's not a single person in this world who's watched at least an episode from The Simpsons TV Show and doesn't love those guys. They stand for the American clich, what's worst and funniest in all of us. Obviously, the game's producers, EA couldn't avoid parodying gaming phenomena and ...

5 October 2007
03:48 GMT


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