TheOnion.com

Looking back at Shane Black

Obama talks getting stoned and Conan rips GOP at D.C. Correspondents Dinner

On Saturday night Conan O'Brien took on hosting duties for the second time since 1995 at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, and apparently his years on network television have not affected his ability to skewer politicians and pundits with some unrelenting jabs at the most sensitive news ... More >>

Anthony Jeselnik celebrates baby-death, bulimia and domestic violence at DU

The appearance of sociopathic dreamboat Anthony Jeselnik at the University of Denver's Newman Center Saturday was filled with unthinkable rape jokes and reverse-pandering to the backward-hat bros and "Woo!" women who populate the college campus. Despite the fact that nearly half his set was recycled ... More >>

Anthony Jeselnik's five most deliciously offensive moments

Between his standup performances and his Comedy Central show, The Jeselnik Offensive, handsome asshole Anthony Jeselnik has slapped the P.C. button of just about every sociopolitical demographic the world over. Whether you're a liberal female with an eating disorder or a conservative Catholic who su ... More >>

Andrew Orvedahl on Those Who Can't, the Grawlix pilot for Amazon

The Grawlix have been one of the brightest lights on the Denver comedy scene for a couple of years now, most successful comedy team not to come out of Denver -- but to live in Denver. Their crowning achievement thus far, though, has got to be this past weekend's premiere of the Those Who Can't sitco ... More >>

Natasha Leggero goes for the jugular last night at Comedy Works

Dressed in a slinky black cocktail dress and spunky Beatle-boots, Natasha Leggero strutted with sarcasm and sass during the first show in her four-night run at Comedy Works last night. Delivering her characteristic bitter commentary on politics and low-brow culture (sweetened by an Audrey Hepburn fo ... More >>

Kim Jong-Un supports gay marriage: Did SNL steal this from The Onion?

Last weekend's Saturday Night Live cold-open featured a somewhat unconvincing Bobby Moynihan playing the adorably chubby supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un. The sketch revolved around the husky dictator's address to the people of NK, announcing a change in policy on two major fronts. The fir ... More >>

Video: Got the blizzard blues? So do The Grawlix in new teaser for Those Who Can't

Bummed out about the annual spring blizzard that just hit a city that was 71 degrees two days ago? The Grawlix feel your pain. In a timely teaser release for the premiere of their pilot, Those Who Can't (a potential sitcom about three inept teachers in a Denver high school), these three characters d ... More >>

Fred Savage: Horrible romantic advice from Wonder Years to Ladies Night

Last Friday, the news broke that one-time tween-dream Fred Savage will direct Charlize Theron in the upcoming female buddy-pic Ladies Night. The film is being described as Bridesmaids-esque, which means it will most likely be another mildly funny, wholly predictable rom-com attempt at proving that w ... More >>

Chris Tucker: Five reasons why we love him

If it weren't for his recent, surprisingly tender performance in the Oscarific Silver Linings Playbook, Chris Tucker would be in danger of only being known for his massive IRS debt. But now he's back, not only in his first film in years but on the road performing standup, which was what first brough ... More >>

When Obama appears as Satan, where's Stephen Colbert?

Stephen Colbert, as a real human being, is useless to us. Yes, that's a very selfish thing to say, but we all know it's true. When he's stepped out of character in the past for interviews on Fresh Air or Meet the Press, it's mildly interesting, but it's interesting in the same way that it was intere ... More >>

Mara Wiles on her return to comedy following a kidney transplant

Comedian Mara Wiles hasn't had it easy the last few years. After establishing herself as an intelligently goofy performer on the local comedy scene, she was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening kidney disorder that, to say the least, interrupted her ascending career as a standup. And Denver ... More >>

Offended: Why Anthony Jeselnik will never be Joan Rivers, or The Onion

Comedy Central's The Jeselnik Offensive ran its fourth episode Tuesday, characteristically taking on the politically sensitive news of the day with an irreverent send-up of Adam Strange, a recent victim of a shark attack in New Zealand. "Was he killed? You bet your sweet ass he was," Jeselnik laughe ... More >>

Photos: Pope Benedict resignation memes, Twitter Nation reaction

Due to concerns about his health and advanced age, Pope Benedict XVI has announced that he will resign at months end -- the first pontiff to do so since the 1400s. The news created a Pope-size explosion on Twitter, and meme makers are already busy as well. Below, see our favorite early tweets plus a ... More >>

Photos: Top ten Colorado mentions in The Onion

Next week's edition of The Onion will be the last in Denver, thanks to the Denver Post's decision to stop printing the paper. To mark this awful sign of the times, and to echo Onion CEO Steve Hannah's call for local readers to switch to the web version, we've photo-illustrated and compiled excerpts ... More >>

Say "goodbye" to Instagram -- and six other Internet goals for 2013

It's that time of year when we start to let go of what has happened over the last twelve months and look forward to doing things in a better way over the next twelve. Or if you're like me, it's just that time before the total hysteria of another year sets in and you proceed to re-up your diet pills, ... More >>

The official Ask a Mexican holiday gift guide

Sara Century on Ladybug 2012, the Titwrench-style festival she's bringing to Fort Collins

In response to the overwhelming success of Denver's Titwrench Festival -- the award-winning female-centric, three-day rock and noise fest -- local riot-grrrl icon Sara Century has been tapped to bring a version of the event to Fort Collins. Dubbed Ladybug 2012, the freshly minted festival is slated ... More >>

2012 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

Update 3/14/12: The polls are officially open. Please feel free to make your way to the 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot and register your vote! The 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot is here -- no more waiting. Well, that's not entirely true: You will have to wait another day or so before the ... More >>

Halloween Events: Great American Taxi, MiM0Sa and Designer Drugs (win tickets!)

This weekend is huge. It's one of those, "If you aren't here, then you aren't having as much fun as me" kind of weekends. The deck is stacked with amazing things to do, so pick a card -- any card. We've got some passes to Designer Drugs at Club Vinyl to give away, so leave us a comment on a memorabl ... More >>

Ted Haggard on Celebrity Wife Swap: What five reality shows will he sign up with next?

Ted Haggard.​Disgraced pastor turned media whore Ted Haggard has agreed to appear on Celebrity Wife Swap -- and will trade significant others with Gary Busey. And no, this isn't a post from The Onion. Having failed with his own reality-show attempt, Hag's apparently now open to all comers, as ... More >>

Josh Grier of Tapes 'N Tapes on the important role of humor and handling the critical backlash

​Shortly after graduating from Carleton College and moving to Minneapolis, Josh Grier and some friends started the band Tapes 'N Tapes (due tonight at The Bluebird Theater with the Chain Gang of 1974). Within a year of the band's existence, the group recorded its first EP, and those recordings ... More >>

Boulder Today: Magazine plans to go after CU students old-fashioned way -- with print

Big pics below.​We keep hearing that young people don't give a damn about print products -- but Dan Kennedy begs to differ. The CU-Boulder junior is the publisher of Boulder Today, a magazine aimed at his fellow Buffs -- and while it's available now, he's planning a major redesign and circula ... More >>

Yo La Tengo's Ira Kaplan: "It's much easier to play for strangers"

Dan Haley's satirical goodbye front page from his colleagues at the Denver Post

Front page below.​The Denver Post isn't exactly known as a laugh-out-loud publication. But there are plenty of people at the paper with a great sense of humor, and we've got proof courtesy of a satirical front page produced as a goodbye gift to editorial page editor Dan Haley, who left the Pos ... More >>

John Hickenlooper calls out state patrol to look for missing ski in Aspen, The Onion "reports"

​We have surfed near and far to harpoon these Denver blog posts. 5280's AJ Vicens tips his cyber-hat to The Onion for its incisive reporting about Aspen's search for a missing ski, and John Hickenlooper's decision to mobilize the state patrol to help with the search. Nice call, gov! Colorado ... More >>

The Stapletonion: Stapleton gets The Onion treatment on new website

​Did you know Denver cops have expanded DUI enforcement in the Stapleton neighborhood to bicycles, skateboards and even strollers, which are being used to transport obscene amounts of liquor in addition to toddlers? You would if you check out The Stapletonion, a new website that advises reader ... More >>

Denver Post publishes first-ever ad on editorial pages -- because agency asks

SE2's logo.​In these days of declining print revenue, newspapers are more willing than ever to print advertisements where none have gone before. Case in point: Yesterday, the first-ever ad appeared on the Denver Post's editorial pages -- an accomplishment SE2, the agency that packaged it, comp ... More >>