Celebrities

When Dirty Is A Compliment

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.10.2008 | Living


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Getting caught doing this during the Spanish Inquisition was a one-way ticket to the iron maiden. In medieval times doing it was believed to infect you with the Black Death. What is it?

Top 10 Celebrities Who Need A New Cause

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

Once she's bounced back from her latest crack-up, I'd love to see Amy Winehouse put her beehive'd head to work on raising awareness of colony collapse disorder, the mystery disease that's killing bees all over the U.S. and Europe.

What Is Your Best?

Jennifer Cohen | Posted 03.01.2008 | Living


Jennifer Cohen

If you can imagine, HGH usage has become so rampant in some circles that even the term performance enhancement is considered a misnomer and is replaced by the quaint and kitschy "performance enablement."

The Oscars: A Lesson or Just a Bad Show?

Shelly Palmer | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

There is simply too much competition for the show's unique selling principle to remain star-gazing, gown-rating and gossip-mongering.

Exploiting Celebrity Tragedy On Spec

Michael Drucker | Posted 02.07.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Drucker

In an effort to earn money off the probable tragedy of others, I've written some headlines that you're free to buy once these future Celebastrophes (that's also for sale, VH1) happen.

Urgent Memo to J.Lo: Rethink Those Baby Names!

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 02.03.2008 | Living


Pamela Redmond Satran

C'mon J.Lo: After going through life as one of six Jennifers in every room, why would you want to give your daughter a name that's so close to Emily and Emma, the Number 1 and Number 2 names in the country?

Find the Cost of Freedom (of Speech)

Evan Handler | Posted 01.30.2008 | Entertainment


Evan Handler

A recent film posits that it's the lack of immediate threat in the form of a military draft that keeps many people from forceful resistance. I doubt it's a complete explanation.

Amid Heath Ledger Fallout, Has Media Ignored Young Male Stars in Crisis?

Eric Deggans | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media


Eric Deggans

The hysteria over Ledger's death and the imbalance of coverage for women highlights an important need -- not for less journalism about troubled celebrities, but better journalism.

Sundance: The Celebrity Mood Map

Darrell Hartman | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment


Darrell Hartman

After a whirlwind week of (mostly) film-related activity and ubiquitous bold-faced names, things are finally starting to slow down at Sundance. Now is...

Heath's Death: We Have Lost "One of Our Own"

Christine Hassler | Posted 01.24.2008 | Living


Christine Hassler

Celebrity does not protect one from the angst and inner turmoil that many experience. And professional success does not equate personal fulfillment or satisfaction.

Toxic Hollywood

Steven Weber | Posted 01.24.2008 | Entertainment


Steven Weber

The media's fixation with celebrity reflects a sick cycle of cannibalism; the young, ripe celebrity is flattered and fattened for his or her inevitable downfall and ritual slaughter.

Sundance: Let the Names Begin

Darrell Hartman | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment


Darrell Hartman

Movies have started unspooling at Sundance, and the gears of the festival's other big machine -- the celebrity-fashion juggernaut -- have started turning too.

Sundance: the Tao of Swag

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment


Howard A. Rodman

The true purpose of swag is to make you wonder whether, just down the street, someone else isn't getting better swag, at a swag suite just a bit too exclusive for you to gain admittance to.

LAPD Beginning Paparazzi Crackdown

Los Angeles Times | Andrew Blankstein | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment


As paparazzi become ever more competitive in their quest for the perfect tabloid photo, complaints about their tactics are intensifying. TMZ.com reg...

Child Psychiatrist Questions Whether Mental Illness or Celebrity Caused the Britney Debacle?

Rosalie Greenberg | Posted 01.16.2008 | Entertainment


Rosalie Greenberg

Let's just hope that Britney's angst is acknowledged for the pain it is creating, not just the revenue it produces.

The Red Carpet and Luxury Brands: Selling the Dream

Dana Thomas | Posted 01.09.2008 | Entertainment


Dana Thomas

The industry that will suffer the most from the rolling up of the Globe's red carpet is the international luxury fashion and jewelry business.

New Celebrity Laws For 2008

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 01.01.2008 | Entertainment


Ian Gurvitz

The Normal Name Law: It will no longer be legal to give your child a name that normal people don't consider a name, just so you can play "I named my child Quixote. I am truly an iconoclast."

Remembering Artists And Entertainers Who Died In 2007

AP | Polly Anderson | Posted 12.29.2007 | Entertainment


World War II service shaped the lives and careers of authors Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut, and in turn their works were profoundly influential in t...

Celebrities Know Best!

Byron Williams | Posted 12.23.2007 | Entertainment


Byron Williams

Taking a recommendation for which cosmetic to buy or which athletic shoe to wear is not the same as picking a president.

The Rise Of TMZ & The Celebritification Of Media

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 11.09.2007 | Media


Anastasia Goodstein

I read Jon Fine's column about the insane growth of TMZ and couldn't help but ponder what this obsession with celebrity screw ups means to youth culture.

The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 11.05.2007 | Media


Eric Burns

Alexander Hamilton was no less ambitious than Ryan Seacrest, but to Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers, fame was different then from what it is now.

Oprah, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Jessica Lange...Faces of Fear?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.04.2007 | Living


Bella DePaulo

Like the nagging relative or the smug married friend, this inquiring mind was asking of each of these unmarried couples, "So why aren't you married?"

There Must Be 50 Ways to Say They're Sorry....

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.26.2007 | Media


Tom Alderman

We need a Sorry Guide to the various apology life forms alive in the media. Many of them seem to fall into a set of basic categories.

FOX News vs. Celebrity Sound Bites

Alex Leo | Posted 09.21.2007 | Media


Alex Leo

Is it more dangerous to have Sally Field decrying an unpopular war at the Emmys? Or passing off pretty ladies as serious journalists?

If Stars Hire Stylists for their Hair, Make-Up, Jewelry and Gowns, Why Not for Their Words to Spare Us Such Uninspired Drivel?

Jill Brooke | Posted 09.17.2007 | Entertainment


Jill Brooke

Helen Mirren was able to charm and delight within the predetermined time limit. It wasn't hard for her. Why was it for the stumbling Sally Field?


 

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