Well, Lance Armstrong’s big confession last night was only the second highest show ever on the OWN network. Oprah’s crazy show with Pat Houston and Bobbi Kristina after Whitney died remains num...
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UPDATE: All of this is probably moot this evening as CurrentTV has been sold to Al Jazeera for $500 million. They’re going to shut it down and start a new American based version of their own channe...
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The days are winding down to January 3rd, and the deadline for Oscar nominations ballots. In 2012, we had too many good movies, and not enough great ones. But we had a surfeit of excellent work, to be sure...
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I was surprised and saddened to read of the death of Lisa deKooning tonight– in the paid obit section of the New York Times. The 56 year old only child of great Dutch born American artist Willem deKo...
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Kathie Lee Gifford’s musical about evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson is not a whitewash–she does tell us that Aimee liked her men, and she popped a lot of pills. But Kathie Lee did leave out on...
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Bruce Springsteen auctioned off a signed guitar, plus six tickets to one of his shows and a backstage tour for $110,000 last night. It does seem that Springsteen may have run out of motorcycles–that&...
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The Oscars are turning into one big freaking musical, that’s for sure. First “Chicago” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron were hired to produce the show. Now Rob Ashford’s coming ...
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“Total Recall,” Arnold Schwarzenegger’s autobiography, is a bust. A couple of weeks ago the Drudge Report noted that the book had sold around 25,000 copies. Things haven’t improved....
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Even though New York and New Jersey were still partially shut down, and a lot of people are still in dire straits, money was spent on entertainment this weekend. Disney’s animated “Wreck it Ral...
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Just a note to explain recent absence and maybe more spotty postings this week. I went to New Haven on Sunday morning for a family birthday party. Wound up staying over night at the family homestead in Fai...
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