NEW YORK — Liberty Media Corp. says former HBO boss Chris Albrecht is joining Starz as its president and chief executive. He will oversee all t...
AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | Media
GREENWICH, Conn. — Home Box Office Inc., a provider of cable television programming, is taking part in an effort to give free DVDs to U.S. milit...
Tom Gregory | Posted 12.17.2009 | Entertainment
With the intertwined shirts from Brokeback Mountain holding fast on its walls, Museum of the American West has opened up a line of progressive, informative, bigot-fumigatin' dialogue.
Catie Lazarus | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy
What Did You Learn in 2009? Test your knowledge by answering these objectively scientific questions about the celebrities, politicians and fifteen minute famers who made headlines.
Reno | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics
If we're going to throw Barack Obama out as a phony power-monger just like all the rest, I have one question: Who is going to replace him?
Bill Mann | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment
Here's this critic's holiday "gift" to readers: my Top 10 shows of the almost-past decade, from The Sopranos' uncommon excellence to Jon Stewart's comedy gold.
Variety | Posted 12.11.2009 | Media
Flight of the Conchords" will not be airborne for a third season. HBO's quirky comedy about Kiwi musicians Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement has be...
Wendy Diamond | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment
Has your furry friend been naughty or nice this year? These animal loving superstars are just a few of the celebrities who appear in a new calendar sponsored by Pup-Peroni® and the ASPCA that promotes local animal shelters.
Posted 12.03.2009 | Impact
With the recent release of "New Moon," it's all the "Twilight" diehard fans who've gotten the attention with their undying acts of devotion. But fans ...
Rich Nadworny | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media
Unless we are all willing to settle for user generated content of various and dubious quality, how will we get that great content we've grown used to?
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living
I was taken aback when a CNN commentator conjectured that New Orleans residents are now looking for their "Pound of flesh." Our diaspora is not Shakespeare's Shylock character.
Michael Pina | Posted 11.19.2009 | Sports
The fans fortunate enough to be on hand at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas last Saturday night bore witness to boxing's best absolutely dismantling an over-matched Miguel Cotto.
Hollywood Reporter | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media
HBO has renewed "Real Time With Bill Maher" for an eighth season. The political talk show will return Friday, Feb. 19 when it will move from its pr...
Gordon Marino | Posted 11.16.2009 | Sports
If boxing was down, it got off the canvas this weekend. On Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao's performance was absolutely jaw dropping, a fistic work of art.
Barry Levinson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media
I am about to do something that, for the most part, is never done. I am going to criticize a critic. Filmmakers are never supposed to respond to a critic about their work. But in this case, I feel compelled.
Timothy Cooper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment
A new basketball documentary, Poet Pride, takes a look at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. This famed East Baltimore institution has produced some of the greatest basketball players in the country.
AP | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — TV Land and TV Guide Network say they are jointly acquiring basic cable rights to air "Curb Your Enthusiasm," the HBO comedy series p...
Rahim Kanani | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
With a litany of crises to deal with, now more than ever, President Obama needs his army of advocates once more to continue the fight for change.
AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Pivotal presidential campaigns are frequently defined in retrospect by documentaries. "The War Room" chronicled Bill Clinton's polit...
Dan Siegel | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
One year since an historic election, where the Obama administration has fallen short in our hopes for a truly new direction, one finds the central conflict to be between public good and private gain.
Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment
**UPDATE** HBO has sent us the following response: "Anyone who follows Curb Your Enthusiasm knows that the show is full of parody and satire. Larr...
Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment
HBO will premiere their documentary on Tuesday, November 3rd their documentary film "By The People: The Election of Barack Obama." The cable channel ...
animalnewyork.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York
Personally, as a HUGE fan of Ames' writing, I find him enormously endearing, and his using Twitter to find a kindly stranger willing to let him come o...
Bruce Raynor | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment
Anyone who cares about maintaining the middle-class in this country should see Schmatta. The film tells a storied history and raises questions that are central to the future of the American Dream.
Tom Gregory | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
GLSEN is battling cold-blooded hate of children against children -- and it is rampant. Time and time again, that hate is against children who are perceived as homosexual.
AP | Posted 12.22.2009 | Media