The Audacity of Dopes

Ian Gurvitz, 11.18.2009

Writer

No one did more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin. She was handed a national platform on which she could dazzle the country with her brilliance. And she winked, smirked, and crapped all over it.

Top 10 Reasons This Woman Can't Write for Late Night Comedy Shows

Catie Lazarus, 11.18.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).

Standing on One's Principles: An Interview With Ron Reagan

Mike Ragogna, 11.12.2009

music biz vet, entertainment writer

Ron Reagan is the son of a president and, weekdays on Air America, he's a voice of reason for many listeners who are trying to navigate the complexities of national and global concerns.

What Do We Want? Change! When Do We Want It? Ten Minutes Ago!

Dan Vickrey, 10.27.2009

Lead guitarist, Counting Crows

Quitting smoking, vowing to get in shape, and sticking to a budget are things that take time to adjust to in order to see results. The president and the nation are no different.

Top Ten Outrageous Sarah Palin Stories Oprah Will Have To Address

Glynnis MacNicol, 10.21.2009

Senior Editor, Mediaite.com

In an effort to help Oprah prepare for her interview we've compiled a top ten list of of outrageous questions about Sarah Palin that will need to be addressed.

Celeb Career Thermometer: Taylor Swift vs. Paris Hilton

Nicole Williams, 10.20.2009

Author of "Girl on Top"

HOT: Taylor Swift to Host SNL The country cutie and Best Female Video winner is slated to host this week's episode of Saturday Night Live. Swift, 19,...

Revisiting Misstressed Opportunities

Meredith C. Carroll, 10.15.2009

Colorado Columnist

If only Monica Lewinsky had made a name for herself a few years earlier, I could have had the perfect role model. After all, Monica and I are the same age, attended good colleges, have loving parents.

The Nobel Prize: A Tool For Shifting Consciousness?

Dr. Judith Rich, 10.14.2009

Now that just about the entire world has weighed in on whether or not President Obama deserves to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the fact remains: he was awarded the prize.

Pilots on Food Stamps

Michael Moore, 10.13.2009

Oscar and Emmy-winning director

You know, maybe it's just me, but the two occupations whose workers shouldn't be humpin' a second job are brain surgeons and airline pilots. Call me crazy.

Michelle Pfeiffer, Biker Chick

Rachel Sklar, 10.13.2009

Mediaite.com

I have always had an appreciation for the mean machines, bred at an early age by Michelle Pfeiffer in Grease 2.

Free David Letterman! Newswitness News Cartoon Ep 2

Marc Singer, 10.12.2009

Marc Singer writes TV, comedy, and webisodes including Newswitness News.

The point is we gotta stop constantly judging other people's sex lives. Unless they produce an amateur sex tape. Then it's fair game. Until then leave Letterman alone!

No Women Featured in NY Comedy Festival! No Joke!

Beverly Wettenstein, 10.15.2009

New York City-based journalist, national public speaker, media critic and women’s historian

The Primetime Emmy Awards showed that women writers on a comedy or variety series are a rare and endangered species. Only seven of the 81 writers were women.

It's Chow Time at the White House, Brother

Aubrey Sarvis, 10.08.2009

Executive Director of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

What gays and lesbians are looking for -- and will be marching for on Sunday -- is nothing special, and that's exactly the point. It's what every other American already has: equal treatment under the law

From Stand-Up Comic to Stand-Up Guy: The Long, Strange Trip of Al Franken

John Eskow, 10.07.2009

Screenwriter, Journalist

It's been a tremendous journey from Saturday Night Live to the Senate floor, from dissing Kissinger to defending veterans, from Gilda Radner to Jamie Lee Jones.

Obama's Big Gay Speech

Wayne Besen, 10.08.2009

Founder of Truth Wins Out, a non-profit organization that debunks anti-gay lies and myths.

Let it be known that the GLBT community is no longer interested in being pals with the powerful or having the famous tell us we are fabulous -- unless it leads to action.

Obama Without Glamour

Giles Slade, 10.06.2009

Recovering academic writer

Obama needs a clear win on something very soon in order to re-energize Americans and refocus them for the difficult and varied tasks that lie ahead during the next three years.

Daryl Hall & John Oates Interview, Part 2: Daryl Hall and the "War" with his Generation

Jon Chattman, 10.06.2009

Founder of thecheappop.com, pop culture/music writer, and author of "Sweet Stache"

Arguably the biggest music duo of all time have said they're able to coexist and churn out hits and perform because they don't drive each other crazy and let each other do their own thing.

SNL: Gaga for the YouTube Moments, but God Is in the Details

Rachel Sklar, 10.05.2009

Mediaite.com

What's more important to SNL, comedy or buzz? When the parade of cameos is over, at the end of the day there's got to be something else there to keep viewers giving a damn.

TV Review: The Cleveland Show

Catie Lazarus, 10.12.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

The Cleveland Show is simultaneously inventive and familiar in how it chronicles the adventures of a loving and garden-variety dysfunctional American family.

Brian Austin Green, It's Nice to See You Again

Annie Stamell, 09.30.2009

pop culture junkie, Jaw Wired Shut

Good for you Brian Austin Green. Unless I've completely misread the situation, you're using your girlfriend/poorly-defined-regular-lady-visitor to get yourself back into the spotlight.

Media Drops the F-Bomb Into Its Headlines

Danny Groner, 09.30.2009

Video Editor/Online Assistant Editor at TheWeek.com

By the looks of it, the "F-Bomb" has been lurking for some time now, but it took the Slate incident on SNL to help propel it further. Call me old-fashioned, but what ever happened to the old, reliable, and charged F-Word?