Here’s a simple way to tell whether the star you’re following is the real thing. Are the alleged celebrity’s tweets funny and entertaining, with a palpable sense of self-awareness and wit? Full on fake then, and by default, well worth following. Oh, and Twitter, if you’re still confused, the fake celebs are the ones who [...]

Posted April 8, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink. Tags: celebrity, fake, twitter. Be the first one.

What does it mean about the state of democracy when viral video darling Obama Girl Amber Lee Ettinger shows up in NH? And Chuck Norris too? (Chuck Norris political facts.)
It probably surprises no one that Kucinich’s press secretary’s 18 year old daughter is more articulate than Amber and Chuck combined. Ugh.

Posted January 8, 2008 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: Amber Lee Ettinger, bread and circus, campaigning, celebrity, chuck norris, new hampshire, Obama Girl, politics, presidential primary, primary. 4 Comments.

SXSW passes have apparently been sold out for weeks now. So what’s Bob Garlitz, the MaisonBisson cultural affairs reporter, to do? Hunt for celebrities around Austin, of course.

Here’s how he describes his first hit:

…I decide hell, yes, it is Owen and give a tiny decisive blink. He blinks back in acknowledgment. I give him a little punch on his shoulder and say Hey, how’re you doing? I’m doing real good, he says slowly…

Posted March 17, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Style, Fashion and Food, Travel. Tags: austin, austin tx, bob garlitz, celebrity, celebrity citings, cultural reporting, owen wilson, robert garlitz, south by southwest, sxsw, sxsw2006, texas. 5 Comments.