During a single year of the not-great Harding presidency, four great cartoonists came into the world. Two of those 1922-born men died recently -- "The Family Circus" creator Bil Keane in November and the Joker creator (some say co-creator) Jerry Robinson in December.
One interesting aspect of waiting to see certain Hollywood blockbusters on DVD is that you hear a lot in advance from the people who plunk down the bi...
No one was interested in John Curran's ideas to make Stone. Then Robert De Niro attached himself to the project. And suddenly everybody was interested.
New York lawmakers are now considering two very different approaches to address accidental overdose fatalities: One bill will most certainly make the problem worse, while the other will likely save lives.
The 27 Club (also known as the Forever Club) is reserved for those people (specifically famous rock musicians) who died around the age of 27 often under mysterious circumstances.
America's fascination with celebrities, perpetuated by the media, is a hard pill to swallow. Our culture oftentimes seems to thrill at watching a train wreck, but stars are not an alien race.
I've been hearing that Director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth and so much more) has been hard at work on a futuristic water thriller/musical, and I had to get the inside scoop.
It's a genre light week with no new horror, fantasy, or science fiction titles released in cinemas, so we're shining a little much-deserved light on some overlooked and/or under-rated genre titles.
What about seeing a black President of the United States in whiteface? And what if that insult emanated not from a meaningless talent show down under but from the RNC's official fundraising presentation.
It's a basic tenet of good storytelling that whatever plans your characters put into action, it can't hurt if things don't go quite as smoothly as anticipated.
It was a lethal combination of drugs and debt that killed Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, and ruined the life of a doctor.
Every sketchy spot in Casey's life scrutinized by the media since her death are things I dealt with first hand when I used to binge on crystal methamphetamine or go on drinking benders.
Terry Gilliam takes audiences down the rabbit hole, but rarely manages to bring them back in one piece. His visual imagination is strong enough for it to be worth the ride.
I've been a Terry Gilliam fan for a long time. Though I don't think his films always work, I admire his imagination and vision - and his willingness t...
If I ever started abusing substances again it will be because I have an irresistible and distorted urge to enjoy illicit substances 'recreationally,' 'without harm.' The sad thing is River, Heath, DJ AM and Brittany probably thought the same.
The public health burden of insomnia on the US is measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. While we routinely cut calories, or cram in exercise, sleep has not even entered the conversational lexicon.