Articles tagged "sarah palin"

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Palin’s much-anticipated book inspires, well, copies

by Erika Bolstad [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[9.Nov.09] :. WASHINGTON — The envy of nearly every other first-time author, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s good fortune includes an advance upward of $1.25 million, an appearance on Oprah...

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William Shatner Poetry Slams Sarah Palin (video)

by Sarah Zupko

[30.Jul.09] :. William Shatner does dramatic readings of Sarah Palin’s Twitter posts… modern poetic classics?...

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David Letterman defends Sarah Palin joke

by Verne Gay [Newsday (MCT)]

[11.Jun.09] :. NEW YORK — Effectively accusing David Letterman of being a dirty old man, Sarah Palin ripped the CBS late night host Wednesday for making crude jokes about her 14-year-old, but Letterman...

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Thinking of creating your own presidential library? New books on the 2008 election

by Alyson Ward [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Jan.09] :. In 2008, we all lived through a spellbinding presidential election. And now we can spend the rest of our lives reading about it. Barack Obama isn’t even president yet, but the books about his...

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Are We the Rockstars We’ve Been Waiting For?

by Aaron McKain

[3.Nov.08] :. Barack Obama may be Radiohead and Sarah Palin a riot grrl punk, but they aren't rockstars. The reason why is that the rockstar is dead.

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Palin and Fey and Blackwell, oh my

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[27.Oct.08] :. I know your attention is elsewhere. There is an important election coming up. The stock market is in free fall, and the fate of your pension, your children’s education and your next Vegas trip...

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Comic books take on McCain, Obama, Palin

by Randy Myers [Contra Costa Times (MCT)]

[27.Oct.08] :. Barack Obama wins the endorsement of a green, scaly superhero with Chicago connections and big biceps. Sarah Palin wields a hockey stick so she can whack at the Crypt Keeper and his cronies on a...

 

Palin, Fey and an election add up to a big buzz for ‘Saturday Night Live’

by Maureen Ryan [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[21.Oct.08] :. NEW YORK - Inside NBC’s storied Studio 8H, which for 33 years has been the home of “Saturday Night Live,” the show’s head writer and Weekend Update correspondent Seth Meyers...

 

The Real Sarah Palin on SNL

by PopMatters Staff

[20.Oct.08] :. The real Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live this week and confused the hell out of Alec Baldwin. Here’s a little extra web fun too. Gov. Palin Cold Open Gov. Palin pays a...

 

Palin boosts ‘SNL’ audience, and its cultural relevance

by Verne Gay [Newsday (MCT)]

[20.Oct.08] :. If not quite Richard Nixon’s “sock it to me?” moment on “Laugh In” almost exactly 40 years ago, Sarah Palin’s TV appearance on “Saturday Night Live”...

 

The Manitobian Candidate

by Bill Reagan

[10.Oct.08] :. Have shadowy forces spent years preparing a puppet candidate who will support their causes? Yes -- and you’ll be surprised who’s pulling the strings.

 

Debate may be pivotal moment in campaign

by James Oliphant [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[1.Oct.08] :. WILMINGTON, Del.—Pity Joe Biden. You gotta feel for the guy. After a lifetime in politics, he was nearing the summit, poised, finally, to assume his place on the national stage. Then some...

 

Katie Couric is having a field day with Palin appearances

by Jonathan Storm [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[30.Sep.08] :. One prominent female national figure is looking pretty good on TV these days, and it’s not vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Palin’s joint appearance Monday night with running...

 

Leno takes aim at Palin campaign

by Aaron Barnhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[17.Sep.08] :. Considering that the largest audience in six years had tuned in to watch “Saturday Night Live,” many of them curious to see what kind of treatment that Sarah Palin would get on the show,...

 

Pop 20: Sophomore slump for presidential campaign? It’s all about marketing

by Aaron Sagers [(MCT)]

[14.Sep.08] :. Fall TV season has already begun, but the one entertainment program many Americans have been filling their TV time with, the presidential campaign, has slipped into a sophomore slump where formulaic...

 

TV’s frenzy over Palin story is no surprise

by Jonathan Storm [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[4.Sep.08] :. Oh, those darn media! Who do they think they are? CNN’s Campbell Brown questioning Sarah Palin’s motherly concern in running for vice president, knowing her pregnant daughter would be...