For others, it was proof of an opposing view; dastardly collusion between the green tea left and the CIA, working together as always, so as to spread fake news to unseat president Trump. “I think it’s just Moby crying for attention” said @Gary_Batey, “If it were really someone from the CIA, you’d think they’d be smart enough to find a celebrity that still mattered”. John Carpenter rises from the deadAnother artist declared dead this week was John Carpenter, although in an altogether more literal sense, when Rotten Tomatoes memorialised the veteran director in an errant tweet. Carpenter, who made horror classics such as Halloween and The Thing, won the week when he showed up to declare his very own resurrection in person. “To Rotten Tomatoes”, he croaked from deep within a mist-drenched crypt deep under a native American burial site, “despite how it appears, I’m actually not dead” – a response gets a certified fresh rating from us.

Source: The Irish Times January 20, 2018 05:02 UTC