Word: pranksterism
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...Virtues and Somber-Presence-at-Large for the Republican right. His new book, Why We Fight (Doubleday; 170 pages), is a continuation of the culture wars framed as an attack on critics of the war on terrorism. And in this corner we have Michael Moore, the left-wing prankster and filmmaker (Roger & Me) whose new book, Stupid White Men (HarperCollins; 277 pages), is a smart-aleck rampage through the world made by CEOs and the G.O.P. It quickly hit the top of the New York Times best-seller list. Just behind it on that same list are Bias, Bernard Goldberg...
...Williams, who directed videos by Missy Elliott ("The Rain - Supa Dupa Fly") and Mary J. Blige ("Everything"). There was the elegantly creepy work of Floria Sigismondi who directed videos for shock-rocker Marilyn Manson (one featured him shaving his own armpit) and trip-hopper Tricky. And there was also prankster auteur Spike Jonze, the man behind Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" (a video that explodes into a technicolor musical), the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" (a take-off on '70s TV cop shows), and Weezer's "Buddy Holly" (a good-natured "Happy Days" sendup). Jonze also showed that videos could...
When hunky George Clooney and Brad Pitt were filming Ocean’s Eleven together, Pitt got really nervous that Clooney, the notorious prankster, was going to get him. Every night he searched his hotel room for bugs and cameras...
What's the difference between a militant extremist who sends anthrax in an envelope and a nitwit prankster who sends cornstarch? Both are terrorists, sowing fear and wreaking havoc. Their actions have malignant and far-reaching consequences. Hoaxers should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. ALEXANDER J. WERTH Farmville...
...waiting for my train when a prankster called a bomb threat into the station. I found myself once again running frantically out of the building with everyone else. Once we were reassured that it was merely a cruel joke, I returned to the station and boarded my train to Boston, where I was met by my boyfriend and finally stopped worrying that I would never see him again...