Yes Virginia, Step Brothers is better than Citizen Kane because Step Brothers is much funnier than Citizen Kane -- and shorter too.

For the record, cineastes, yes, I have seen both of films in question. I saw Step Brothers just last night at the ArcLight in Hollywood, and Citizen Kane...

Product placement is finally on the FCC's radar, and pro-industry magpies are out in force trilling a consistent message: "Back off, Big Brother." We should not be surprised. Nor is it any wonder that a press release urging the FCC to take action, issued by 23 watchdog groups, including Campaign...

With The Dark Knight shredding one box office record after another and even casual fans talking about second weekend box office drops ("Hey, 60% for a front-loaded spectacle like Iron Man is not bad!"), it's easy to forget that some movies can still slip under the radar, pile up money...

Dear Alex:

I know you have been very busy since you fractured my collarbone. There's your devotion to Kabbalah, the birth of your new little princess and the pending exit of her mother, C-Rod. You have another 80+ baseball games, and then the playoffs. November 30th, you'll also need to...

Barry Bonds is a free agent. He wants some team to sign him, to play one more season. According to this week's Sports Illustrated, Bonds is willing to play for the MLB minimum, prorated for the rest of the season. That's about $150,000 for the rest of the season. What...

Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart (a.k.a. Don Van Vliet) was born in Glendale, California, in 1941. He has a jaw-dropping vocal range. By the age of...

Hi, my name is Ken and I'm a Free Cell addict.

For years I blamed my assistant. She was the one who introduced me to the game. But over time I've come to realize I have to take responsibility for my own actions. I still should have fired her sorry...

What is it that everyone sees in Alex Rodriguez that I don't? And please, don't say, "Just look at his numbers." I know A-Rod consistently puts up MVP numbers. He is the "greatest living ball player," right? But is it at all possible that a lot of those numbers are...

When Western leaders are talking about the human rights issue in China and boycotting the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, China's response is always like "the Olympics are merely sport events. No politics should be involved." Such responses often encounter critical skepticism not just in the West and but...

Sunday night marks the return of Mad Men, the AMC program that is now without dispute the best program on television. What's most interesting about this series is that even though each episode emphasizes different characters having different experiences and feeling different emotions, one prominent element of every episode is...

I am shocked. Will's Samba this week completely blew me away, as did his slow Hip Hop. As did his solo. He hasn't done a thing this season that hasn't been excellent. I really thought it was going to be Twitch to go, though I have to admit I got...

The life of a touring rock group isn't all glitz and glamour, especially a group that acts as their own roadies. "We sometimes do our own lighting and we unload the equipment, smoke machines, projector, and make sure everything works. Then we rehearse and do a sound check," says guitarist...

One summer day when my nephew was around the age of six, we rode from Brooklyn to Manhattan on the "C" train for his first Central Park Zoo adventure with his uncle. I fished around his (okay, my) Batman knapsack, where I had stashed a variety of snacky treats, child...

A slate called Unite for Strength has arisen to challenge the hard line Membership First faction of the SAG Board. Their goals: unseat Membership First, make a deal with the studios, and merge SAG and AFTRA. The move was first reported by the Los Angeles Times yesterday, and in...

David Chang is chef/owner of Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ko and Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York City. Chang has taken the food world by surprise, he has already won two James Beard awards and both Bon Appeitie and GQ named him chef of the year in 2007. Here is...

The New York Post hit a new low on Tuesday when they deemed Britney Spears having a cigarette in the company of her son worthy of front page news. Wars rage on in Iraq and Afghanistan while Americans face losing their jobs and houses at home but The Post...

Another collection of the trivial, the inane, the entertaining, and the viral.

1. At this year's Glastonbury Music Festival, the campervan-centric crowd was treated to a star-studded, diverse lineup of rock n' roll acts. Everyone from Neil Diamond through Kings of Leon and Ben Folds -- all typical festival favorites....