Onion News Empire
Genres
Overview
The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
27 min
Release Date
2013-04-19
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6.8
Jeffrey Tambor
David Bryant
Christopher Masterson
Sam West
Aja Naomi King
Jillian
William Sadler
Ed Musgrove
Laila Robins
Helena Zweibel
Cheyenne Jackson
Cameron Grey
Mabel L'Ecuyer
Courtney Carter
Jolly Abraham
Abigail
Jodi Applegate Kay
Daytime News Anchor (as Jodi Applegate-Kay)
Charles Techman
Kip O'Rourke
Jonathan Marballi
Terrorist
Harriett D. Foy
Vivian
Jack Gilpin
Archibald Zweibel
James Caulfield
Father Zweibel
Tanner Flood
Kid
Darrie Lawrence
Old Lady
Therese Plaehn
Producer
Michael Crowe
Kidnapper (uncredited)
0.0
Thema Nr. 1
The No. 1 topic is sex - at least in the group of four women who talk about men, affairs and that one thing in the evening.
2001-08-16 | en
0.0
Breaking News
A sensitive email is accidentally sent to an unsuspecting physical therapist.
2018-08-19 | en
6.7
Infoholic
Maksim, an investing manager, is too busy reading the news in his social network feeds fails to notice his own problems, until the news really start to influence his own life.
2017-03-02 | uk
4.3
Holmes & Watson
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case as all signs point to Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and longtime nemesis of the crime-solving duo. When new twists and clues begin to emerge, the world's greatest sleuth and his trusted assistant must now use their legendary wits and ingenious methods to catch the killer as they only have four days before the queen becomes the next victim.
2018-12-25 | en
6.3
Follow That Bird
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
1985-08-02 | en
0.0
Zombies in Buenos Aires
Paula works as a writer in "PN News", but she's warned that she'll be fired if her articles don't increase engagement. This pushes her to write a fake news story about a zombie invasion. The news goes viral, and the media goes into a frenzy. Paula tries to stop it, but it's already too late.
2024-10-16 | es
0.0
Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal
Comedy that really makes a difference! This is Mark's true story of cake icing as a political weapon, of demonstrations to Defend Surrealism and getting to like the police. Mark turns an 18 month battle over Parliament Square and the right to demonstrate into bizarrely brilliant stand up. This is how Mark fought the law ... with the law's permission! It is a laugh out loud funny world inhabited by anarchists, Goths, artists and the Westminster Constabulary, in which Mark becomes a Guinness World Record holder, organises 2,500 protests in one day and changes the law in the process.
2007-11-05 | en
5.8
Turk 182!
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
1985-02-15 | en
0.0
TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas
Over the holidays, TMZ will be dominated by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Unwrap silly jokes and happy recollections from 2023 with TMZ's third annual retrospective of the year's best stories.
2023-12-05 | en
5.5
Khabardar
Bharat, a reporter, is given the opportunity to pursue the story of an escaped convict, Anna Chimbori. Maruti bears witness to a murder committed by Anna Chimbori and turns to Bharat for help.
2005-09-08 | mr
0.0
Newsworthy
Frederick Wiles, an ambitious, zealous high-school sophomore, with dreams of becoming the next Woodward or Bernstein, tries to find a story worthy of the seniors-only news show.
2011-10-01 | en
4.5
Sincerity
After lunch, David must confess the news to his parents. What he still doesn't know is the impact it will have in them.
2013-03-14 | es
6.6
Browsers
Set in contemporary Manhattan, it follows four young people as they start their first jobs at a news website.
2013-04-19 | en
6.1
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
2013-12-18 | en
0.0
Yesterday's Witness
For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential source of information – and misinformation – for generations of American moviegoers. Television news and public affairs programs became a great improvement over the scanty information offered by the newsreels. This documentary offers insight into a medium which has disappeared.
1976-11-01 | en
7.0
Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike
In 2007, the Writers Guild of America, the Screenwriters Union, hit an impasse in their contract negotiations with the Studios. At the center of the dispute was jurisdiction over the internet. Unable to make progress, the WGA called a strike which brought Hollywood to a halt for 100 days.
2014-01-01 | en
7.8
Network
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
1976-11-14 | en
7.0
Unrest
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.
2017-10-20 | en
4.0
CNN Concatenated
An 18-minute long single-channel video which uses CNN footage cut so that each word is spoken by a different newsperson. The pieces literally asks the viewers questions about media authenticity and give CNN a distinct voice
2002-01-01 | en
7.0
Balloonfest
Mid-Missouri cult hero Nathan Truesdell sifts through a Cleveland TV station's archives and unearths a fancy wrist watch, blistered fingers and other casualties of a misbegotten exercise in civic pride. In September 1986, the city of Cleveland attempted to set a special record: the simultaneous launch of 1.5 million balloons. But fate intervened, and the result was both crazier and more tragic than anyone could have imagined.
2017-06-29 | en