What Passes for News
In the days of yore, not as long ago as yesteryear and even more recently than back in the day, entertainment news actually had a “news” quality to it. …
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Celebrities
Anti Canadian Rant
I’m about to take an anti-Canadian stance on something. If you see anything Canadian as inherently good and have a small flag waving in your heart at all times, you might not like it. …
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A Kanye West Moment
I don’t know what the critics are saying but I enjoyed the Steve Martin-Alec Baldwin pairing at the Academy Awards. And some of the wins were heart-warming, not the least of which was actual movie-making (The Hurt Locker) over high-tech trickery (Avatar). As much as we’ve all loved Sandra Bullock over the years, who would have pegged her for an Oscar one day?  It’s a nice change on the side of good! …
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No Depp-rivations
Johnny Depp lives an idyllic life in southern France with his family and instead of envying him for it, I am happy for him. Unlike some movie stars who seem to be nothing more than gluttons with a cute smile, Depp appears to be a true artist. …
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I Started a Joke…
Joke writing is hard. I’ve often said that if I had it to do over again I might pursue stand-up comedy as a vocation. But it’s really difficult to come up with original material. …
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You Almost Had Me, Neil
It was so close. I almost understood the fuss about Neil Young as an artist. And then in a flash, it was gone again. …
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Questions, Questions
Do the authorities force famous people who have been arrested to wash off their make-up and mess up their hair and look as if they’ve been sleeping in a ditch just before they take a mug shot?
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Apples and Oranges Rant
Complaints have sprung up from fundraisers for Haiti earthquake relief regarding some comments made by Conan O’Brien on his last Tonight Show. …
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Thoughtful Entertainment
My taste in music is eclectic. I may go loopy over one song by an artist and not like anything else they do. My in-car collection mixes country with rock with classic rock and pure pop. Nickelback lives alongside Def Leppard and Boston and Tim McGraw. …
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A Woman with Class
Last night the pat-ourselves-on-the-back season of award giving continued with the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills. …
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Legal Eavesdropping
Back when I worked at 680 News I was adamantly against playing 911 tapes of distress calls on the air. The only exceptions were those calls from September 11th, released long after the fact, when describing the scenes as they unfolded, first hand, seemed newsworthy. But I thought a call from a frantic person describing the death of a loved one was exploitive and disgusting, and I still think that way. …
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TV Drama
Have you been following the failed experiment of The Jay Leno Show at 10 pm on NBC? The program has performed so poorly that network affiliates have demanded it be taken out of prime time. It was named the Worst Show of the Year by several prominent entertainment writers and it really is a suckfest. But the network is now planning to punish its late-night hosts to appease Jay. …