Google Now Has The 8th Largest Lobbying Budget In Washington [THE BRIEF]
Googlehas ramped up its lobbying efforts to become the eighth biggest spender in Washington. It is moving its Washington office closer to Capitol Hill, and spends $18.2 million on lobbying, more than...
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Scottish City Council Has Plan To End An Infamous Prank That Has Been Going...
Since the mid-1980s, pranksters have frequently placed a traffic cone on top of a statue of the Duke of Wellington in the city's Royal Exchange Square. For local residents, it's been a way to show off...
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Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks BAFTA Awards By 'Killing' Old Woman
Sacha Baron Cohen loves to pull a good awards show prank — remember when he spilled Kim Jong Il's "ashes" all over Ryan Seacrest on the Oscar's red carpet?The comedian/actor's latest stunt was just as...
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George Clooney Got Letterhead With Brad Pitt's Name And Pranked A Bunch Of...
Best buds George Clooney and Brad Pitt have an on-going prank war.In a new interview with Esquire magazine, Clooney reveals one of his latest stunts:A few years ago, he even had some stationery made up...
View ArticleA Knife-Wielding 'Chucky' Doll Terrifies Bystanders In The Most Extreme...
There's been a global fascination with prank advertising, or "prankvertising," in the ad industry lately, suggesting some marketers think the best way to get consumer's money is by absolutely...
View ArticleHarvard Students Epically Pranked Yale By Giving Prospective Yalies A...
The annual Harvard-Yale football game — known simply as "The Game"— is one of the most eagerly anticipated events each year for students at both Ivy League universities.In anticipation of this year's...
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How A Group Of Harvard Students Made Everyone Believe Their Ridiculous Fake...
An epic college prank video showing a group of Harvard University students leading an unsuspecting tour group around Yale's campus went viral yesterday and with good reason — the video is as hysterical...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Pranks Pedestrians On Ridiculous People Being Named TIME Person...
Pope Francis was named TIME's Person of the Year yesterday, so obviously Jimmy Kimmel took the opportunity to prank people on the street about the decision.Kimmel sent his "Lie Witness News" team to...
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'Caller ID Spoofing' Makes It Scarily Easy For People To Impersonate You On...
I just called a friend using Mick Jagger’s number and sang Wild Horses to him down the phone. Then I called a political reporter from Boris Johnson’s number and leaked a new policy giving city kids...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Sent 'Bachelor' Juan Pablo On The Street To Ask People What They...
Not everyone knows that Juan Pablo Galavis is this season's "Bachelor" on the hit ABC reality show.Jimmy Kimmel used this to his advantage Monday night, when he sent Juan Pablo onto Hollywood Boulevard...
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People Freak Out Over Marketing Campaign That Unleashes Remote-Controlled...
This Friday, Fox is releasing horror movie "Devil's Due." If you haven't heard of it, the movie follows a newly married couple Samantha (Allison Miller) and Zach (Zach Gilford) who are expecting a...
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10 Insanely Scary Marketing Pranks From Around The World
A great advertisement sells something and strikes a primal emotion. Last year, advertisers from around the world became obsessed with marketing through fear.The trend of using a terrifying hidden...
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'Walking Dead' Actor Norman Reedus Pranked By Zombie Co-Star And Superfan
As one of the stars of AMC's The Walking Dead, Norman Reedus is used to dealing with zombies on set. But he wasn't prepared to come face-to-face with one of them in real life -- which he did when...
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Ex-Trader: If You Want A Job On Wall Street, Build A Time Machine And...
**Editor's Note** This is a transcript of an interview Turney Duff, the author of "The Buy Side", did for the Short List in the UK. Interview questions begin below in italics, with Duff's responses in...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Asks Pedestrians What They Thought Of The State Of The Union —...
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night, but prankster Jimmy Kimmel took the opportunity to interview people on the street before the speech asking what they thought of...
View ArticleComedian Trolls Everyone At The Apple Store By Pretending To Be An Employee
This might be my new favorite prank video of all time. Comedian Tyler Fischer put on a blue Apple Genius shirt and headed to an Apple Store in New York City. He ends up trolling Apple customers with...
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People Suspect That 'Dumb Starbucks' Is A Prank By Comedy Central Show...
A faux coffee shop called "Dumb Starbucks" is baffling people everywhere after popping up over the weekend in Los Angeles' Los Feliz.The shop, and drinks served, are identical to the real Starbucks —...
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Police Are Investigating 'Walking Dead' Zombie Prank In NYC
Last week, ahead of the season 4 return of "The Walking Dead," AMC released video of a zombie prank in NYC. The video shows a group of people-turned-zombies hiding under subway grates waiting to scare...
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Comic Behind 'Dumb Starbucks' Tells Kimmel He Could Face 6 Months In Jail For...
On Monday it was revealed that prankster Nathan Fielder was behind "Dumb Starbucks" as part of his Comedy Central show "Nathan For You."While the real Starbucks was not so happy with"Dumb Starbucks,"...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When Jimmy Kimmel Told People On The Street That FDR...
Jimmy Kimmel premiered a special edition of "Lie Witness News" Monday in honor of President's Day."There are a lot of presidents who we don't know much about so we sent a camera crew out to Hollywood...
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