On his radio show this afternoon, Rush Limbaugh slammed last nights Golden Globes for giving awards to HBOs cartoon version of Sarah Palin s 2008 VP run and thus allowing its cast and crew to have a platform with which to repeatedly bash the former Alaskan governor. This show [ Game Change ] won three Golden Globes last night, and you know why? Limbaugh asked. So that everyone involved could walk up to the stage and once again bash Sarah Palin, knowing full well there wouldnt be anyone there to defend her. Knowing full well there isnt going to be anyone today to defend her. He continued: Once the left targets anybody for destruction, theres no standing in their way. So this is the procedure, this is how it happens. - RELATED: Conservatives Whine About Liberal Hollywood And Palin Bashing At Golden Globes, Ignore CIAs Big Night Limbaugh also went after Golden Globes co-host and former SNL cast member Tina Fey , lamenting what he sees as her inclusion on Barbara Walters 2008 Most Fasci...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- The taut political thriller "Homeland," the coming of age comedy "Girls" and "Game Change," the movie about Sarah Palin 's rocky campaign for the vice presidency in 2008, were the big television winners in the Golden Globes . The biggest losers? Commercial broadcast networks ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox none of which aired those shows. One award for PBS saved broadcast television from a complete shutout. Premium cable rivals HBO and Showtime battled for supremacy throughout Sunday night's telecast. In the end, HBO pulled out a 5-4 victory. "It's the only place to have made a show like this," Lena Dunham said backstage after the series she created for HBO , "Girls," won two Globes. "Cable television is the only place where I'm going to get the kinds of stories I want to tell funded." "Girls" was named best comedy and Dunham, who stars as Hannah Horvath in the series about y...

The HBO film tooks home three awards at Sunday's ceremony. | Reuters Close HBOs Game Change, based on the 2008 campaign book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, took home three Golden Globes at Sundays ceremony, including in the category of best television miniseries or television movie. Julianne Moore, who portrayed Sarah Palin in the film, took home a Globe for best actress in a miniseries or TV movie, as did Ed Harris in the best supporting actor category for his portrayal of Sen. John McCain. ( PHOTOS: Political winners at the Globes ) Continue Reading In her acceptance speech, Moore thanked Tina Fey, whose impersonation of Palin was a feature on "Saturday Night Live" during the 2008 campaign, as well as Katie Couric, whose backstage interview with Palin proved seminal. Jay Roach, the executive producer of Game Change, praised Moore during his remarks. Now with you and Tina Fey, we have three of the most incredible impersonations of Sarah Palin, counting...

* "Homeland" takes best drama actor, actress * "Girls" creator Lena Dunham wins best comedy actress * "Game Change" reaps awards for portrayal of Sarah Palin BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan 13 (Reuters) - Post 9/11 psychological thriller "Homeland" was the big winner of the Golden Globe awards for television drama on Sunday for the second season running, while brash newcomer "Girls" and its struggling New York 20-somethings took home top comedy honors. "Homeland" won best drama and best actor honors for Damian Lewis who plays a returning Iraq veteran turned by al Qaeda, and a best actress award for Claire Danes in her role as a bipolar CIA agent. "All of us killed ourselves to live up to the hype of the first season, and this tells me that maybe we did not screw this up," said Alex Gansa, executive producer for the series that is in its second season on cable network Showtime. "Homeland" had won best drama at Se...

Chuck Heath, Jr., brother of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, hinted he'd support the creation of a new political party featuring "persons of every race, religion, economic status, and whoever else is interested." Health Jr. took to Facebook Monday to make the proposal: "Lets face it. As it stands now, its impossible to be elected to a high national office without being a part of the Republican or Democratic Party. I propose that the disgruntled citizens of the United States Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians persons of every race, religion, economic status, and whoever else is interested, join together and form a new party. Id simply call it, the American Party." Heath Jr. called America's current political system "a mess" and said it's causing the country to become "unraveled at the seams." "The divisiveness be...

Home > News & Events > News Releases > New Research Shows 'Death Panel' Myth Hard to Correct print Researchers examine the effectiveness of fact checking January 08, 2013 DURHAM, N.C. -- More than three years after she coined the phrase "death panel," Sarah Palin's remark continues to inflame the debate over health care. Her claim was that President Obama's plan would allow bureaucrats to determine whether seniors are "worthy of health care." Three researchers -- Peter Ubel of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Brendan Nyhan of DartmouthCollege and Jason Reifler of Georgia State University -- set out to discover whether media fact-checking could debunk the myth of death panels. What they found is that while! there is nothing in the plan resembling a death panel, the myth is unlikely to go away any time soon. Their study,

David Letterman sat down with Oprah Winfrey Sunday night and discussed everything from Paris Hilton to Sarah Palin . In the interview, Winfrey asked Letterman about the apology he made to Palin for a joke about her then 14-year-old daughter Willow . Lettermen said he apologized because he wanted to continue to make fun of the elder Palin and if he didnt sincerely express his regret, he would not be able to go forward making fun of her. RELATED: Jay Leno To Joy Behar On Current TV Sale: Osama Bin Laden Is Your New Boss? Letterman made a sex joke about Palins daughter after she was photographed attending a baseball game with her mother. Letterman said that he thought it was Palins older daughter, Bristol, at the game, who made headlines for becoming pregnant at 17. After he realized his mistake, Letterman said he truly felt bad ! for the 14-year-old and thought to himself, Nice going, you got the wrong daughter. It was a stupid joke that fell into dumb luck and got worse, he added. ...