Why Read When You Can Watch?
What did I learn from my 3 week media experiment? It's easier to zone out in front of a glowing rectangle than engage in reading.
What did I learn from my 3 week media experiment? It's easier to zone out in front of a glowing rectangle than engage in reading.
John Farr | Posted 06.16.2009 | Entertainment
Prior to this Sunday, why not check out some first-rate DVD titles that examine the distinct challenges of fatherhood, and how we either rise to the occasion or, for a host of reasons, fall short.
Dean Sluyter | Posted 05.19.2009 | Style
But cool as an outer pose, as an attitude you can cop, is dead. When the truly cool people show up in your life, you won't recognize them -- they'll be too cool for that.
John Farr | Posted 02.23.2009 | Entertainment
After last night's dizzying spectacle at the Oscars, let's talk about someone who really defines the word "star". This impossibly beautiful performer was, and is, a true product of Hollywood.
John Farr | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment
2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.
Tom Alderman | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media
TITLE Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando AUTHOR Stefan Kanfer Former Time Magazine writer and editor, author of ...
Stefanie Michaels | Posted 12.10.2008 | Living
Airlines are making creative attempts to win international travelers loyalty. They are constantly seeking out ways to gain a leg up on the competition...
John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.29.2008 | Entertainment
Every year, during the last week of September, people from all across America--and countries as far away as Australia--invade the small Indiana town o...
Larry Amoros | Posted 05.13.2008 | Entertainment
If they're famous, shouldn't I have heard of them? Maybe not be thoroughly familiar with their work, but as a fellow member of the "show biz community" shouldn't I have at least in passing, caught mention of their names?
AP | Posted 10.30.2007 | Entertainment
Elvis Presley is still the King. Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past 12 months, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's lis...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 10.24.2007 | Living
On a certain level, I simply felt bad for this generation of young girls, that this subpar soap opera was their guilty, voyeuristic pleasure.
After a three-night stay in Moscow, the Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President...
Long before $150,000-gate, Sarah Palin seemed to...
Yesterday evening, Greg Sargent reported on The Plum Line that one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's key reasons...
I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The former fiance of Gov. Sarah Palin's...
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
OH NOES! What happened on Fox and Friends today, people?
As our own Jason Linkins pointed out, Letterman is one of the few comedians...
I'm liveblogging the latest Iran election fallout. Email me with any news or thoughts, or follow me...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name,...
It's summer, the time for weddings! A few of my friends are getting married this summer and fall, so lately...
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets...
I get many letters like this from readers...
B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media