Current Events

If you did a Google image search this morning on “Michelle Obama,” you would’ve seen a horribly racist caricature of the First Lady depicted as part monkey.
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By Megan Biddinger and Christopher Cwynar R. Kelly has been in the news of late for his alleged indiscretions, his outlandish serialized ‘Hip Hopera’ Trapped in the Closet, and the baroque 'sexaphors' that drive his self-reflexive club jams. However, during Kelly's recent stop in Milwaukee, salaciousness took a backseat to earnestness and gratitude as he...
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Because nobody watches commercials anymore, Antenna keeps track of what you may have missed while pushing those three triangles rightward. The Gap has long had a knack for exploiting cultural detritus and ruining things you love. To wit: Hey confused Xers and bored boomers, looking for attire to impress everyone else at the community...
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The second installment of the Twilight Saga, New Moon, premieres tonight. With it not only comes the appearances, interviews, and other promotional efforts of the stars, but also the images of Twilight fans. Variety's coverage of New Moon's Hollywood premiere was as much about teen girls as it was about the film, with a...
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I don’t know if I’m the only Jew who watched this episode of Family Guy while residing in the Palestinian Territories, but I’ve got a suspicion that if we all got together we’d have trouble making a minyan. In any case, it’s a good opportunity to offer up a new gimmick for Antenna: ...
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New Oxford American Dictionary, it's over. No more status updates, no more shared photos - you're unfriended.
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The beta version of Copyright Watch was launched recently. The site gives users an overview of national copyright law in various countries across the globe. Each entry on Copyright Watch gives a brief overview of the geographic location and borders of the country, whether the country is a member of supranational organizations like the...
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Because nobody watches commercials anymore, Antenna keeps track of what you may have missed while pushing those three triangles rightward. This week’s ad:  Pizza Hut Tuscani Pasta It’s no secret we are, as Ali G so delicately put it, a nation of “fatty boom-booms”.   And anyone who’s flipped through that Michael Pollan book their...
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Last night's episode of Glee, "Wheels," focused on Artie and put the entire club in wheelchairs for a performance. It also attracted a lot of attention and some controversy. A number of actors with disabilities expressed disappointment that Artie is played by an able-bodied actor, Kevin McHale, rather than by an actor who does...
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For the curious internet user, copies of the buxom self-portrait Meghan McCain snapped to accompany her twitter post last week (which read, “my ‘spontaneous’ night in is my Andy Warhol biography and takeout....I'm getting old”) will forevermore be mere clicks away.
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