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  1. The Onion: ‘You Haven’t Seen ‘Frances Ha’ Until You’ve Seen It In IMAX’“Movies like Frances Ha are why IMAX was invented in the first place.” -A piece from The Onion , in which filmmaker Noah Baumbach makes a plea […]
    By Bradford Evans
  2. ‘The Onion’ Covers a Web Series Reaching the Unprecedented 100 Views Mark Here’s a new video from The Onion about a couple of friends whose web series has the rare distinction of having 100 people watch it – the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  3. The Onion: Woman Thinks All Her Friends Should Be Comedians The Onion put out this video yesterday, which really sticks it to that one annoying friend of a friend you have.
    By Bradford Evans
  4. Watch a Nice, Long Interview with the ‘Onion News Network’ Writers Here’s a never-before-scene, hour-long interview with the Onion News Network team, recorded at the Paley Center in 2011. Representing ONN are […]
    By Bradford Evans
  5. ‘The Onion’ Is Going on Tour Over the years, The Onion has branched out into TV, film, web video, and books, and now the franchise is taking on another piece of new […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    Here’s The Onion’s Report On the Quvenzhané Wallis Incident“The trusted news outlet has never been more popular, more admired, or more respected among Americans.”
    By Zach Dionne
  7. ‘The Onion’ Draws Criticism for a Tweet About Quvenzhané Wallis During last night’s Oscars ceremony, The Onion fired off a controversial tweet about one of the nominees before quickly deleting it an hour […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    The Onion Apologizes to Quvenzhané Wallis“No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.”
    By Margaret Lyons
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    The Onion Drops a C-Bomb on Quvenzhané Wallis, Enrages So Many PeopleYikes.
    By Zach Dionne
  10. Jeffrey Tambor to Star in a New Amazon Pilot for The OnionLast year, online retailer Amazon began developing six comedy pilots to be released streaming a la Netflix’s recent push to produce its own […]
    By Bradford Evans
  11. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: The Onion’s ‘The President of Vice: The […]If you have a Kindle and enjoy laughing at The Onion’s unique brand of political satire, specifically its depiction of ‘Diamond Joe’ Biden as a […]
    By Jenny Nelson
  12. ‘The Onion’ Is Publishing a Joe Biden Autobiography Because It Would Be […] Some of the best stuff The Onion has published in recent years has been their stories about VP Joe Biden, depicting him as a sleazy party […]
    By Bradford Evans
  13. Amazon Orders Six Comedy Pilots from The Onion, Kristen Schaal and More Amazon.com is continuing to develop its slate of original TV series, with a strong emphasis on comedy. The online retailer just announced six […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. ‘The Onion’ Has Tips for Avoiding Your Friends’ Political Facebook Posts Logging onto Facebook this week is like stepping onto a minefield, but instead of mines, this minefield is full of self-satisfied “I Voted” […]
    By Bradford Evans
  15. Talking to New Onion News Network Head Writer Andy MiaraLast year’s news of the Onion’s relocation from New York to Chicago and the resulting loss of staff brought with it several questions about the […]
    By Phil Davidson
  16. ‘The Onion’s New Video Series ‘Onion Talks’ Is Full of Important Ideas Today, The Onion is unveiling this important new web series, “Onion Talks,” a string of lectures from leading experts that will drop via The […]
    By Bradford Evans
  17. Ex-Onion Staff and Adult Swim Launch Thing X, “All the Internet You’ll […] Thing X, the new comedy website from Adult Swim and a bunch of former writers for The Onion went live today, and it’s full of exciting comedy […]
    By Bradford Evans
  18. Fun Thing to Buy of the Day: ‘The Onion Book of Known Knowledge’The Onion has a new book coming out a week from today, and it looks pretty amazing. The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive […]
    By Adam Frucci
  19. ‘The Onion’ Launching TED Talks Parody ‘Onion Talks’ Highfalutin lecture series TED Talks are ripe for mockery, and who better to do it than the folks at The Onion? America’s finest news source […]
    By Bradford Evans
  20. ‘The Onion’s Joe Biden Beats Paul Ryan and the Real Biden at the Debate Beloved Onion character “Vice President Joe Biden” live-tweeted real-life person Joe Biden and real-life Republican Paul Ryan’s big debate […]
    By Bradford Evans
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    The Onion Launching Its Own Version of TED TalksWhat is the biggest rock?
    By Zach Dionne
  22. ‘The Onion’ Character Joe Biden Will Be Live-Tweeting the VP Debate TonightBeloved fictional character Joe Biden, made famous via a series of sleazebag news stories on The Onion, will be live-tweeting the Vice […]
    By Bradford Evans
  23. Everything We Know About ‘The Onion’ Writers and Adult Swim’s New Website, […] Earlier this year, we reported that the former Onion writers who stayed in NYC instead of moving back to Chicago are working on a new web […]
    By Bradford Evans
  24. The Value in ‘The Onion’s’ Response to the Empire State Building ShootingYou can read the full post here. (Before you react, I just want to point out that this was originally a post they had up yesterday. They had to […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  25. President Obama Is Totally Starring in the Next Apatow Film Oddly enough, Barry Obams wasn’t the first choice for the role. Albert Brooks passed. Then Morgan Freeman passed, as to avoid being typecast. […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  26. Adult Swim and Former ‘Onion’ Writers Are Teaming Up to Produce Comedy […]With The Onion officially all moved to Chicago from NYC, a bunch of writers who had no interest in moving to the midwest were left without an […]
    By Adam Frucci
  27. Olympic Gymnasts Are Weird, Broken People“‘This trip has been incredible, but really I’m already starting to miss home and being a weird kid who doesn’t have any friends,’ said the […]
    By Adam Frucci
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    Watch Episode Two of Sex HouseBeware the vents!
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. ‘The Onion’ Weighs In on This Daniel Tosh BusinessThe Onion on Tosh: Daniel Tosh Chuckles Through Own Violent Rape.
    By Adam Frucci
  30. sex house
    Watch ‘Sex House,’ a Reality-Show Spoof From The Onion“Meeting new people is always a wonderful treasure.”
    By Eliot Glazer
  31. Let’s All Move Into The Onion’s ‘Sex House’ The Onion has just debuted the first episode of their new “reality” series, Sex House, and it’s amazing. As pitch-perfect a parody of MTV […]
    By Adam Frucci
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    Woman Attacks Husband Over ‘The Onion’This is real news but it sure reads like fake news. A Wisconsin wife was charged on Monday with one count of disorderly conduct domestic abuse […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. My Five Favorite Onion News Network Videos of the Hundreds We MadeThis is my last week as head writer of the Onion News Network. The business side at The Onion, you may have heard, has decided to relocate the […]
    By Carol Kolb
  34. Baratunde Thurston Leaves ‘The Onion’; Argues for the Importance of Comedy“…in an increasingly noisy world of information and digital interactions, comedy can still deliver the truth in a way that captures people’s […]
    By Jesse David Fox
  35. The Sad Details of The Onion’s Exodus to ChicagoJeez, the Onion’s editorial staff is really leaving New York. Well, uh, five out of the sixteen of them are. This story has the details of […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  36. The Onion News Network Is No MoreA day full of such IFC joy cannot avoid bringing with it a little IFC sadness. The Onion News Network has made its last broadcast and will not […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  37. Got $10,000? Buy the Writers Room Table From The Onion’s New York Office[blackbirdpie id=”181864748978151424”] Now that the Onion is moving to Chicago, the staff has some priceless memorabilia to unload. Like their […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  38. What Does the Onion Think of Recap Readers?“Sometimes me and another guy or two will be on there for hours, commenting back and forth about what’s happening with the show. It’s one of my […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  39. The Onion Fools Another One, and This One’s in CongressAnother day, another Congressman thinking an Onion article is real. Fight the abortionplex, America! Call your congressperson (and ask if his […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  40. It’s That Episode 3: Seth Reiss/’Studio 60’ - The Friday Night SlaughterOn “It’s That Episode,” Craig Rowin (UCB Theatre) invites guests over to his apartment to watch any episode of any TV show they want. They […]
    By Splitsider Editors
  41. We Were Promised Flying Slaves“During those First Continental Congress sessions we spent full days imagining how crazy life would be in the 21st century: holograms of […]
    By Hallie Cantor
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    Learn About the Witch Who Tried to Steal Beyoncé’s BabyEvil witch Grisora wants Beyoncé’s “babe,” and she’ll stop at nothing. Nothing!
    By Eliot Glazer
  43. The Year’s Best Humor Writing 2011It’s a good thing I enjoy humor because, if I had to estimate, I’d put the number of humor pieces I’ve read this year somewhere in the low […]
    By Rebecca O'Neal
  44. Hitchin’ a Ride: John Murray Drives SNL’s Chris Kelly Around New York City What happens when you give 30 Rock’s/UCB’s John Murray a shiny new Ford Focus and then have him go give rides to his comedy buddies? That’s […]
    By Adam Frucci
  45. The Onion Has Released Its Fortune-Telling Magic Ball to the MassesAha! An answer to the age-old (well, forty-minute-old) question of how Oscarologists tell the future! They must use the Onion Magic Answer […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  46. The Onion Takes On the Jerry Sandusky ScandalThe Onion shows characteristic directness with its take on the recent sex-abuse-by-coaches epidemic: “Nation’s 10-Year-Old Boys: ‘If You See […]
    By Adam Frucci
  47. Clueless Parents Believe The Onion’s Childbearing AdviceThis week in People Thinking Onion Articles Are Real, people think an Onion article is real. The California Parenting Institute has been […]
    By Hallie Cantor
  48. The Onion Writers Aren’t Too Psyched to Be Forcibly Moved to ChicagoIt was announced last month that as a cost-saving measure, The Onion would be packing up its NYC offices, where all the funnies are written, […]
    By Adam Frucci
  49. ONN Offers a Sneak Peak at the New Steve Jobs 2 There’s too soon, and then there is impressively soon; this video is from the ONN episode airing this week. In it, the Onion News Network […]
    By Halle Kiefer
  50. ‘Last American Who Knew What The Fuck He Was Doing Dies’Here’s The Onion’s take on the death of Steve Jobs: “Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Computers and the only American in the […]
    By Adam Frucci
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