This just in, the Michael Jackson show continues, even in death.

The family is reporting that there will soon be a public viewing at his Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara. I'm sure it will be a tasteful affair. No one would be so crass as to sell t-shirts, jackets, posters,...

Guys, if you plan on dating actresses make sure you have a good video camera. Spend the extra money and get HD. It's a good investment. Yes, she may make it and leave you for Brad Cooper or Al Pacino but you'll still have the sex tape. Riches and notoriety...

I was talking to someone at lunch about the Rush Limbaugh show. My companion sneered and said, "With talent on loan from God... the audaciousness of that!" He also couldn't believe some listeners actually thought there was an EIB building, or even that an Excellence in Broadcasting network existed. Who...

I didn't watch them. I was covering the Dodgers-Phillies game instead. However, my brilliant but twisted daughter Annie Levine and her writing partner, Brock Wilbur did and filed this review. And if you were part of the 99% of America who didn't watch the show either, no problem. You'll still...

What's more implausible, time travel or a summer blockbuster that doesn't disappoint? Star Trek kicked ass -- on both accounts. Okay, some of the rocking in the theater might have been from the 4.7 earthquake but the effects were good too.

J.J. Abrams, who understands that the key to a...

Wow! What an upset! Kris Allen won. The All-American fresh-faced boy next door beat a theatrical guy who wore leather and eyeliner. Who knew??? This country is not yet ready to crown a young man who looks like Liza Minnelli their next American Idol. Not that Kris didn't deserve it...

Some idle Idol questions:

How do they schedule only six songs in 64 minutes and still go over? Especially when, in years past, they'd do nine songs and finish on time.

Was Simon and Ryan in the tanning booth too long? Their skin was the same shade as Bob Evans'...

It will sure be interesting hosting Dodger Talk on KABC tonight. Manny Ramirez has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and has been suspended for fifty games. Uh, there goes Mannywood. Big sale on those dreadlocks at the concession stands. And of course there are the thousand Manny billboards that...

American Idol is the one competition where the closer you get to the end the less suspenseful it is. When there's twelve it's fun. You still have the psychos, the fake Rolex Arethas, tattooed beauty queens, nerds from other lands, sad sacks, and teenage Joe Cockers vying for your affection.

Thank God for Twitter! Without that invaluable service I could never share with friends the really important moment-to-moment details of my life. In case you're not following me I've reassembled the Tweets you most recently missed.

Having a colonoscopy tomorrow.

Going out for magazines.

Is it just me or does...

Get out your aerosol spray cans, they're not the problem after all!! Scientists now know the real cause of Global Warming.

Fat people.

Well, maybe not all scientists, but certainly Dr. Phil Edwards of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - one of the more prestigious of the...

When I think of the Disco era I think of Clive James dead-on description:

"Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail."

Disco was the theme this week and Paula was the moron. After several weeks of near lucidity even, Paula was...

Wait a minute? The judges had to double up because they were taking too long? We only get Simon's critiques half the time? That's like the producers of Mork & Mindy trimming an episode down to time by keeping Pam Dawber and cutting out Robin Williams. It's insane! The show...

This week's theme was "Songs we can make more money from". They could be anything as long as they were available on itunes. Next week will be Coca Cola themes from the 60s and 70s. The following week - songs with the word Ford in them.

A few initial thoughts:...

And one of the Top 10 contestants was even African-American!

Smokey Robinson served as the guest mentor. Younger people didn't recognize him. I'm sure older people who know what he used to look like didn't recognize him either. Do not go to Diana Ross' plastic surgeon! You didn't find it...

Shaping up to be as controversial an issue as Roe vs. Wade or even more, New Jersey (a state so free of crime that it has time to address such issues) is considering banning bikini waxing. Two women have sustained the heartbreak of infections. Why it's almost an epidemic!

Now that the kids not attractive enough for FOX have been weeded out we can get down to business. This was Country Night and the guest mentor was Randy Travis (or, for you non Country fans: Thomas Hayden Church).

By and large all of the vocals were good. I must...

I use Twitter to alert my followers of new blog posts and occasionally a tidbit or two extra about one of the posts. But I can see I'm not using this social network for its intended purpose - to bore the crap out of my readers by sharing the minutiae...

To win on American Idol you have to have a good voice, personality, and poor birth control. It seems like every contestant has at least one child.

Flamboyant Nathanial Marshall's only chance would have been if he stuffed a pillow inside the front of his shirt....

On Friday night I signed off my radio show on KABC at 7:00 and was followed by Paul Harvey News and Comment. It wasn't actually Paul Harvey, it was someone filling in for him doing a woeful impression. But I drove away feeling very proud that I was on the...