Webbys give parody good name
Sabotaging Wikipedia, supporting Obama, Sweding and social satire dominated the Webby Awards, announced today.
Stephen Colbert, he of the Google-bomb, was named Person of the Year by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which is kind of a step down from "Greatest Living American," but what isn't? He's being honored for his, um, liberal use of the Web to rally his fans to do his bidding, from pushing his short-lived presidential bid to having their video way with his Star Wars Green Screen Challenge. (And raising a boatload of money for charity).
Other winners include will.i.am for the Barack anthem, "Yes We Can," filmmaker Michel Gondry for his worldwide Sweding referendum, and The Onion, which came in just a hair under the New York Times in total trophy count. Take that, Gray Lady.
See the official list of approximately 3,627 nominees and winners here, and get ready for the June ceremony, in which winners' acceptance speeches must be limited, haiku-like, to five words. If only that would set a trend.
That Naked Cowboy sure does get around. (Airport screening must be a breeze. Or totally gross.) Here, he's in Australia in all his partially-clad glory to entertain at a New York-themed retail promotion for department store giant Myer. Back home, he's appeared everywhere from the audition for "American Idol," (he didn't get far) to an ad for M&Ms (the tiny blue piece of candy made to look like him, complete with tighty whiteys, won him a chunk of cash for the unauthorized use of his likeness). We expect he'll be back in Times Square just as soon as it warms up a bit. (Getty Images)
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