A growing body of evidence is linking lack of sleep with heart disease. What if being sleep deprived is just as bad as having high cholesterol and elevated blood pressure?
The gotcha culture of the media in Washington and elsewhere is occasionally mildly entertaining. But at an event where many people have gone to such great lengths to do something good, what could be more unseemly?
Just hours before the Oscars on Sunday Sean Penn went on CBS TV and put a curse on alleged critics of his charitable work in Haiti, wishing that they ...
The Golden Globes are Sunday. Yawn. And I can't say that I'm all that much more excited for the Academy Awards. Why am I feeling so blasé this year? And why do I get the sense I'm not alone?
the darkness of this season forces us to look into ourselves and our relationships for beauty and delight. Summer's pleasures can make us lazy.
Most people defend the right of actors to play whatever parts they want, and I would agree. But the current reality is that non-disabled actors get to play whatever roles they want whereas disabled actors don't.
It's been more than two years since Sean Penn cast Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild - but Holbrook is still singing his praises. "Sean gave me the most ...
There is no shortage of excellent documentaries that celebrate human creativity -- examining those directors, actors, painters, musicians, and dancers whose efforts infuse our lives with drama, color and meaning.
This week, a few organizations championing same-sex marriage will announce their opinions as to whether to try to reverse Prop 8 in 2010 or 2012.
Something tragic has happened to the American church. They have become a pawn in a game of wicked ridiculousness.
What is extraordinary about Drew Barrymore's involvement with the World Food Programme is that she has truly earned her title as Ambassador. Her life's mission: to make sure that no child is hungry.
The criticisms of President Obama's warm greeting toward President Chavez of Venezuela have been the posturing of our nation's most bitter and humanly impotent voices.
Bloviator Bill O'Reilly says he boycotts Sean Penn's movies because he doesn't like his politics. Well then, Mr. O'Reilly, I guess Sean Penn just won't watch your show.
Sean Penn has been cast in The Three Stooges. This would be great news if Sean Penn was funny.
I'm very, very proud to live in this country that, for all its OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! creates such courageous chowderheads.
While Rihanna and Chris are getting their heads on straight, here's a list of troubled relationships for them to study.