Results tagged “leno”

The Red Sox has permeated nearly every facet of Bostonist's lives. When they're not live-blogging the games, waxing poetic about the games, thanking Curt Schilling for his splendid work, or telling Dane Cook to watch his hair, they're watching certain presidential candidates hop on the Red Sox bandwagon (sorry, Gothamist). The Sox are so branded on the local brain that people are using the Series to spice up their sex lives. Speaking of spice, Bostonist...

Protest over national vs. regional chains, the never-ending debate over the place of cars and bicycles in our metropolises, professional sports scandals, remembering a solemn day, and being issued a search warrant - it all happened across our sites this week! Another banner week at Chicagoist started off with daily reports from food writer Lisa Shames on her attempt to eat only locally grown and raised foodstuffs all week as part of a farmers market...

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Indie: Sunshine A group of astronauts are on a suicide mission to save a dying Sun, lest the earth perish as well. While it may sound like a plot suitable for Michael Bay's Armageddon 2: Bigger and Hotter, in the hands of director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting) and his 28 Days Later screenwriter, Alex Garland, it may...

FRIDAY:

If you didn’t muster the courage to apply for the D.C. Comedy Fest back in January, then at the very least, watch the people who did. Starting tonight, the fest will feature three night’s worth of shows, including an ode to what Bush did right, finalists in a short comedy film fest and auditions for Leno and Lettermen where big-deal bookers like Bob Read of Last Comic Standing will hover in the audience, sniffing out...

The creators of the ubiquitous political flash film This Land have released another work, this time declaring It's Good To Be In D.C. While we appreciate the subject matter (It is good to be here!) the flash doesn't quite measure up to This Land - which the brothers readily admit on their blog: "In truth, we’re a couple of whores. Jay Leno asked if we’d be interested in making another one to debut on The...

Popular culture and politics are, indeed, strange bedfellows. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry appeared last night on CBS's Late Show with David Letterman and treated viewers by reading the Top Ten List. Kerry has also appeared on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Comedy Central's Daily Show with Jon Stewart. According to AP reports, candidate Kerry wasn't all laughs last night: The Massachusetts senator spent much of his appearance discussing serious topics ranging from...