The MTV’s reality show Real World is holding open casting calls for its 29th season, set to take place in Chicago. While the social experiment has survived on the concept of placing seven or eight individuals in their early 20′s in a house and have them live together for a few months, producers are looking to take(…)
NEW YORK CITY — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell left the stage in delirium after announcing the final pick of the first round of the NFL Draft last night. After a series of examinations, doctors concluded that he had suffered a concussion sometime after the Jets’ number 13 pick. While Goodell himself was unavailable for comment, his medical staff(…)
Star actress Reese Witherspoon was recently arrested for disorderly conduct after she failed to cooperate with an officer who was also arresting her husband for suspicion of driving under the influence. While Witherspoon’s behavior may seem surprising, she has a history of run ins with the law before. Here she is fleeing a looting of(…)
Although a number of Republican officials have called for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be tried as an enemy combatant, the White House has announced that will not be the case. News of the development deeply affected Senator Lindsey Graham, who had already unwrapped and prepped the water-boarding set he got for Christmas last(…)
Reports out of ABC Studios confirm that LOST co-creator Damon Lindelof has indeed pitched the network a spin-off of the hit TV series. However despite the buzz and exuberance of Lindelof’s proposal, the network is expected to pass on the project as they believe it is pretty much the same plot setting for CBS series Hawaii Five-0. According to(…)
In what was undoubtedly the first shocker of the 2013 NCAA basketball tourney, 14 seed Harvard defeated 3 seed New Mexico to move on to the next tier of 32 teams. Widely considered to be one of the easier match ups initially, most did not take into account Harvard’s revamped roster of south side Chicago(…)
When Chappelle’s Show ended in 2006 it not only left the world void on one of the greatest comedy programs of all time, but we also never got to see another racial draft. Now, not to say that we can recapture that pivotal moment in history, but for the sake of what ifs, we are(…)
DETROIT—The city of Detroit has been declared to be in a financial emergency, and Governor Rick Snyder is expected to choose the financial manager in the coming weeks. Mayor Dave Bing, who has made it clear he will not fight the appointment of a manager and will work with them as best he can, has(…)
CHICAGO—As the midwest braces for another winter storm, many teachers are anxiously praying that mother nature delivers enough snowfall to force schools to shut down. The desire to miss as many days as possible may have something to do with national survey’s revealing that most teachers are unhappy with their jobs. “I really need(…)
It seems like no matter who the Academy chooses to host the Oscars, viewers are unhappy or offended. I can’t help but think the root of evil in all of this is comedy. So, rather than keep fighting this ongoing battle to please everyone, I suggest the Academy takes a different approach next year and(…)