They may know she was "F-ing Matt Damon," but Emmy voters may not know that much else about the surprise entrant into the exclusive club of the funniest women on television. Sarah Silverman nabbed one of the now six coveted…
The most outstanding nomination of the day: “The Family Guy” as most Outstanding Comedy Series. I also liked the nomination of “How I Met Your Mother” in that category. Well-deserved. I’m pissed about the overlooking of “The Shield” and “Battlestar…
Discovery is airing a tribute to the late pitchman Billy Mays tonight (Thursday, July 9th, 9 pm ET/PT), and I’m eager to see it. Mays was indeed a pitchman extraordinaire. Like many of us raised on TV, we’ve come to…
Not since young JFK, Jr. saluted his slain father’s coffin has a child’s reaction to the loss of a parent so moved a global television audience. Paris Michael Katherine Jackson’s spontaneous, heartfelt tribute to her father was the highly emotional…
It ‘s summertime, which means it’s “Big Brother” time. Here’s today’s beach read: One of the wilder stories that garnered a lot of publicity in the gossip columns last fall was the one about Raffella Fica, the beautiful 20 year…
It happens only a few times in a lifetime – when presidents die and state funerals are held, when a beloved princess is killed in a sudden accident, or when men walk on the moon. And now, the memorial service…
The media madness surrounding the sudden death of Michael Jackson continues unabated, fueled by the public’s nearly insatiable decades-long appetite about the talented and troubled King of Pop. One can get whiplash trying to keep up with all the latest…
Today is the 108th anniversary of the birth of prolific soap creator Irna Phillips (on TV alone, she concocted “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns”, and had a hand in “Days of Our Lives” and “Another World”, among others)….
Can’t stop thinking about Michael Jackson today, like everybody else. Not much I can add, except for this. The second record album I ever owned was the Jackson Five’s ABC (the first was Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing the Beatles…
It’s a crime! Over the past 75 years or so, American culture has generated a breathless portfolio of extraordinary pop songs from Tin Pan Alley, to the Golden Age of Broadway, to Rock N’ Roll, Country, Rap, Jazz and on…