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Onion parody lacking in taste?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If there is indeed a hell, the editors at theonion.com surely booked first-class, one-way seats on Tuesday. The satirical news Web site posted a seemingly amusing sports story with the headline “Millions of Americans Travel to Attend Barbaro’s Funeral.” The parody on the recently deceased Kentucky Derby winner was an obvious wink at the country’s spate of lengthy public goodbyes for beloved presidents and Godfathers of Soul. Alas, the story was accompanied by a snapshot of a public memorial chronicling an open casket with mourners filing past. Onion designers had altered the image by Photoshopping a horse’s head into the casket.
Funny? Sure.
The problem? The original source photo appears to be a photo of Coretta Scott King’s memorial at Ebenezer Baptist Church that was held one year ago Tuesday.
An e-mail to Onion editor Scott Dikkers seeking comment had gone unanswered by deadline Tuesday.
Coupling
MTV prankster Bam Margera, 27, star of “Viva La Bam,” married childhood friend Missy Rothstein, 26, Saturday in downtown Philadelphia.
The couple wed in front of about 350 friends and family members — and an MTV crew.
Margera is making his path to marriage into a nine-part reality television series called “Bam’s Unholy Union.” The wedding itself will be shown in the final episode in April.
The festivities included a performance by rocker Iggy Pop, as well as appearances by skateboard legend Tony Hawk and James Iha, formerly of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins.
The couple will honeymoon in Dubai. It was not immediately clear whether they were booked into the Dallas Austin suite.
Overscene
“Wild Hogs” actors Martin Lawrence (right) and Tim Allen taking in the Hawks-Lakers game Monday night at Philips Arena downtown with rapper Bow Wow, Green Bay Packers’ Charles Woodson, Cleveland Indians’ Victor Martinez, Seattle Mariners’ Horacio Ramirez, “Sister Act: The Musical” actress Dawnn Lewis and Hawks hall of famer Dominique Wilkins.
Celebrity docket
Keith Urban, the Nashville country singer, has filed a lawsuit against Keith Urban, the painter from New Jersey, claiming the painter’s Web site violates federal trademark laws.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Nashville, says Keith D. Urban of Wayne, N.J., is using his keithurban.com domain in a deceptive manner and for commercial purposes.
The Web site includes the statement: “You have reached the site of Keith Urban. To those who don’t know, oil painting is one of my hobbies.” It then directs viewers to a gallery of paintings and offers limited-edition prints for sale.
The singer — whose Web address is keithurban.net — argues that the New Jersey man is misleading people.
The New Jersey Urban didn’t respond to an e-mail sent Tuesday.
The lawsuit doesn’t specify monetary damages, but it seeks transfer of the address to the singer and an injunction barring the painter from operating a Web site that suggests any relationship with him.
Celebrity birthdays
“Crossing Jordan” actor Miguel Ferrer is 52. “Boston Legal” actor James Spader is 47. Country singer Garth Brooks is 45. Comedian Chris Rock is 42. Actor Jason Gedrick (“Windfall,” “Boomtown”) is 40. Actor Ashton Kutcher (“That ’70s Show”) is 29. Actress Tina Majorino (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “Veronica Mars”) is 22.
Contributing: news services
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