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Eastwooding: Empty-Chair Meme Explodes After Actor's RNC Speech
The biggest story to come out of Thursday's conclusion of the Republican National Convention was not Mitt Romney's acceptance specch, but #Eastwooding. Eastwooding being the Twitter hashtag for parodies, jokes and memes at the expense of acting ...
(Sep 1, 2012, The Hollywood Gossip)
Week in Pictures: Battle of the Memes
But, the Oscar-winning director gave meme-makers some new material to work with when he interviewed an empty chair (that was supposed to be President Barack Obama) at the Republican National Convention Thursday. But, celebrity memes weren't the ...
(Sep 1, 2012, E! Online)
Clint Eastwood and the chair: 'Eastwooding,' 'This seat's taken' become new ...
Clint Eastwood and the chair: 'Eastwooding,' 'This seat's taken' become new ...
(Sep 1, 2012, Newsday)
Clint Eastwood empty chair fallout: Tweets, quotes, memes and more
It is a wonderful time to be an empty chair in America. Following actor Clint Eastwood's appearance Thursday night at the Republican National Convention, in which he pretended President Barack Obama was sitting in a chair next to him, the nation became ...
(Sep 1, 2012, Chicago Tribune)
Weekend Meme: Stevie Wonder Was Misunderstood, David Koch Supports ...
Weekend Meme: Stevie Wonder Was Misunderstood, David Koch Supports ...
(Sep 2, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Best of the Land Mass Between New Orleans and Mobile meme
Hurricane Isaac brought a lot of rain, flooding and tornadoes to the Mississippi Gulf Coast this week, and amid all the devastation, frustration and memories of Hurricane Katrina a meme was born. Many on social media say that on August 26, 2012, The ...
(Sep 2, 2012, Mississippi Press (blog))
Clint Eastwood's RNC speech spawns 'Invisible Obama' and 'Eastwooding' memes
Know Your Meme reports that “Salt Lake Tribune reporter Robert Gehrke posted the first Eastwooding image on Twitter of his coworker political reporter Thomas Burr (@ThomasWBurr) pointing to an empty chair while attending the Convention.” The hashtag ...
(Sep 2, 2012, Examiner.com)
'Scumbag Gina Rinehart' Memes Go Viral after 'Less Drinks, Less Smoke' Remarks
The "Scumbag Gina Rinehart" memes are mostly personal attacks, but given the weight of the controversial heiress' recent remarks, web users are not surprised by the unpleasant reaction. Twitter reactions. Ms Rinehart's statements did not skip Twitter ...
(Sep 3, 2012, International Business Times AU)
Morning Meme: PETA Slams Lady Gaga Again, "The New Normal" Finds a New ...
Morning Meme: PETA Slams Lady Gaga Again, "The New Normal" Finds a New ...
(Sep 3, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Meme Monday Labor Day Edition
It's Labor Day! We hope that everyone is having a fabulous, long weekend. To add some fun, here is our Meme Monday Labor Day Edition that is dedicated to all the workers, in the U.S. and beyond! As they say, work hard, party harder! Have a great and ...
(Sep 3, 2012, Search Engine Journal)
10 of the Best 'Keep Calm' Memes for any Situation
"Keep calm and carry on," is one of the most popular memes permeating social networks today. Its varieties are typically witty if not notoriously hilarious. Who would have thought in these modern times that the phrase was actually taken from a Second ...
(Sep 4, 2012, International Business Times AU)
Feminist Ryan Gosling Meme Book
Ryan Gosling is the second coming of Marlon Brando. I'm sure the comparison has been made, but I've never seen it, so I'm claiming it. While he got his feet wet in small roles like Remember the Titans, he has quickly distinguished himself as someone ...
(Sep 4, 2012, Bangstyle)
Morning Meme: Farewell Michael Clarke Duncan, "Modern Family" Considers ...
Morning Meme: Farewell Michael Clarke Duncan, "Modern Family" Considers ...
(Sep 4, 2012, AfterElton.com)
Photoshopping Dissent: Circumventing China's Censors With Internet Memes
Liu Bo is famous. One of many police officers assigned to quash recent protests over a planned molybdenum copper plant in Shifang (什邡), Sichuan province, Bo was famously pictured with a riot shield strapped to his forearm, baton raised, charging at ...
(Sep 4, 2012, The Atlantic)
Meme Me: How Funny or Die Convinces Celebs to Make Fun of Themselves
Though he is known as the hunky boy next door that made certain girls weak in the knees in the early aughts, James van der Beek, the titular star of the popular teen drama Dawson's Creek, is an embarrassingly ugly crier. In season three, episode 23 of ...
(Sep 4, 2012, Betabeat)
Top Three Clint Eastwood Empty Chair Memes
The Interwebs are all abuzz after Clint Eastwood's speech at the Republican National Convention. However you lean in the political rodeo, Bronco Billy certainly got people talking, tweeting and meme-ing. Before he even left the stage, the Reddits and ...
(Sep 5, 2012, Reel Life With Jane (blog))
Japan's Meme Monster Is Somewhat Cute and Totally Offensive
In Japan, the meme character doesn't quite have a name yet—it's that new. In a pure visual sense, the character is cute, but this isn't a purely visual character. It's portrayed as a four-legged crawler, who goes around saying "Homoo..." or "Gimme ...
(Sep 5, 2012, Kotaku)
An Anatomy of #Eastwooding
Thusly a new “meme” was born. Within less than a day, @InvisibleObama has attracted over 55,000 Twitter followers. Newsweek/DailyBeast has posted an #Eastwooding “best of” list. CNN covered it as well. Participatory engagement with Eastwood's odd ...
(Sep 5, 2012, OUPblog (blog))
Morning Meme: Prince Phillip Flashes the Jewels, Bob Barker Snubbed, and ...
Morning Meme: Prince Phillip Flashes the Jewels, Bob Barker Snubbed, and ...
(Sep 5, 2012, AfterElton.com)
The New GOP Meme and The Tools To Fight It
The New GOP Meme and The Tools To Fight It. The GOP machinery seems to be gearing up and I hear the familiar workings of their engine. Their new meme: Barack Obama failed to unite Politicians in Washington. I've heard this recently on the talk shows, ...
(Sep 5, 2012, Democratic Underground)