By Drew Grant 9/07/12 12:26pm

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Last year's Occupy Wall Street zombie protests

The One Question Not Answered at the DNC or RNC: How Real Is the Zombie Apocalypse Threat?

Forget about not looking back, Mr. President. We want to know if we should start taking notes while watching  AMC’s The Walking Dead.

While it’s not news that the Center for Disease Control has been warning us on proper zombie protocol for almost a year now–while simultaneously claiming there is no such thing as a zombie attack … not even when you’re high on bath salts–yesterday a new government office took up a “tongue-in-cheek” zombie cause. It’s those pranksters Homeland Security,  known for issuing fake threats just to rile up people near the holidays.

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By Steve Huff 6/08/12 1:59am

Zombies of Summer

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Bizarre Attacks Prompt Production of Special ‘Zombie Bullets’

A raft of news stories that could pass for harbingers of a zombie apocalypse has apparently even created a need for bullets specially-designed to stop the undead in their shambling tracks. Zombie Bullets, from Hornady Manufacturing, are for those who want to be ready and fully-supplied for, in the company’s words, “the Zombie Apocalypse.” Said Apocalypse will require Hornady’s “Zombie Max ammunition,” which is loaded “with PROVEN Z-Max bullets” which are specially designed to “MAKE DEAD PERMANENT.” Read More

By Drew Grant 2/03/12 1:52pm

Celebrity Internet

Woody Harrelson: answering questions and taking usernames!

Fun Questions to Ask Woody Harrelson on Reddit Today

Woody Harrelson is doing the rounds for his new movie Rampart, but in this age of viral buzz, press junkets just aren’t enough. These days, people don’t want to read the same canned answers asked by reporters and filtered through a PR agent: they want to directly interact with famous people. (Isn’t that why Twitter was invented?)

In less than two hours, Mr. Harrelson will be taking to Reddit’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) subforum, where for an hour he’ll be answering nerd questions about just how much marijuana he likes to smoke and some-such. So to stand out from the crowd and make sure the actor answers your query, here are some awesome questions to ask Woody Harrelson. Read More

By Drew Grant 10/04/11 8:45am

Occupy Wall Street

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The zombie apocalypse has arrived.

“Zombies” Occupy Wall Street [Slideshow]

What better way to engage the pros and cons of the Occupy Wall Street movement than to see it in terms of a zombie invasion? Yesterday, Zuccotti Park’s temporary residents actually dressed — and as the day wore on with its unrelenting marches and rain — began to act like the shambling undead. That’s when the metaphor started melting away to expose something a little more scary.

What started out as a visual play on the mindlessness of corporate drones evolved into an overarching analysis of this whole Occupy Wall Street thing: the group-oriented protesters, the overworked NYPD, the fed-up unions, and the exponentially multiplying press. We’re all infected. Read More