This column is writing itself. I really don’t know how this happens. I think my new editor Jen must have typed in the wrong CGI script or something. No, that’s not it either. Actually, it’s because I’m suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome and am acting on doctor’s orders not to …
Read More »Drug Ads: Education or Endorsement?
NEW YORK – The young woman in the TV commercial moves as if in fast forward. She flies through city streets on a mad shopping spree by day and feverishly dances and paints her walls red by night. But alternately she is sad and listless. “This is who your doctor …
Read More »Jacko Single Raising Funds for Scientology
Michael Jackson | Anthony Hopkins | Mia Tyler | Rosie’s Star | Campbell Scott | No Break for Rock Jacko Charity Single Raising Money for Scientology A lot of big name stars are unwittingly about to start raising money for Scientology, thanks to Michael Jackson. At 3 p.m. PSTMonday, Jackson …
Read More »Public Reaction to Saddam's Capture
And now the most arresting two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Public Reaction to Saddam’s Capture A new poll taken yesterday, just after Saddam Hussein’s capture, shows the president’s approval rating on Iraq is now 10 percentage points higher than it was last month. What’s more, …
Read More »A Sopranos Clue?
A Sopranos Clue? | Matt Dillon’s Deposit | Lisa Marie’s Blues | Jazz Singers: Simone and Edwards A Sopranos Clue? Since The Sopranos is still filming, we may wonder what happened to Furio, the Italian mobster whom Carmela Soprano flirted with last season. Pony-tailed actor Federico Castelluccio plays Furio, or …
Read More »A Big Break for the Bush Administration
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. A big break for the Bush administration. That’s the subject of this evening’sTalking Points Memo. Before the Iraq war, I told you that the removal of Saddam Hussein …
Read More »Who's Laughing Now?
I was driving home and heard a radio discussion, featuring foreigners commenting on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s run for California governor (search). I think they included a couple of French guys, some woman from England and a teenager from Germany. Almost universally, they were amused. The British woman actually said something like, …
Read More »What Peace Process?
Music videos are big all over the world, there’s one circulating in theMiddle East (search)that has nothing to do with entertainment. It has to do with war and peace and the immediate future of a lot of people. The video was broadcast on August 10 on Palestinian television. It begins …
Read More »Scott Peterson Defense Team May Change
Individuals close toScott Peterson (search)tell Fox News there are discussionsgoing onabout possibly diminishing the role of lead attorneyMark Geragos (search ). Several members of Peterson’s family are said to be frustrated with his representation ofPeterson and believe they are “paying a lot of money and not getting a lot in …
Read More »'Anything Else' Would Be Better
Woody Allen | Wyclef Jean | Sightings ‘Anything Else’ Would Be Better Tomorrow, Woody Allen tests his faithful core audience in an unexpected way. Forget Mel Gibson — the new anti-Semitism is coming from Woody. In “Anything Else,” his absolutely dreadful new comedy (and I use that term loosely), Allen …
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