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Ding Dong Dictator Kim Jong-Il dead (funny video clips from SNL, Mad TV)

The Kim Jong-Il dictatorship was long parodied by comedy television programs in the United States. Mad TV was one hit television show in the West that used to make jokes about the communist leader being obsessed with Western culture and loving to perpetrate human rights abuses. Saturday Night Live (SNL) was another. Here’s a video clip from Mad TV where that kookie little Kim Jong Il shows off as the, “little man with the big dictatorship.” In it, he interviews the, “big deal player” Donald Trump, host of Celebrity Apprentice. We also have a funny link to a video of Kim Jong-Il singing “Wocket Man” by Elton John (sort of). Keep reading…

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George Clooney openly supporting gays and gay marriage (finally)?

The Wrap (an entertainment news website) reports Clooney will star in a one-night-only production of “8”. The theater production will happen at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, 2012. Directed by Rob Reiner, all proceeds from the LGBT civil rights supporting event will go to the American Foundation for Equal Rights, of which Reiner and play writer Dustin Lance Black are founding members. The show “8” will be a rendition of the same production that ran in New York City in September of 2011. That production cast boasts other big name Hollywood star celebs like Morgan Freeman, John Lithgow, Ellen Barkin, and Christine Lahti. Keep reading…

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Does the US government really hold a patent on medical marijuana?

Hollywood celebrities who have advocated strongly for the legalization of marijuana for medical use and recreational purposes include (but are in no way limited to) big name star celebs like Willie Nelson (a country music singer), actress Cameron Diaz, pop music star Justin Timberlake, Twilight star Kristen Stewart, and international singing sensation Sting. Sting has come out in the press numerous times in recent years to tell the press the war on drugs has failed. Saying it is time to move on and accept that drugs like marijuana are essentially good for the mind, body, and soul. Now the government put a patent on it? Keep reading…