Movies
Director-Actress Penny Marshall Dead at Age 75, Star of “Laverne and Shirley” Made “Big,” “A League of their Own”
Very sad to report the death of Penny Marshall, at age 75. She was just great. For many years we were very friendly. Twenty...
Music
Paul McCartney’s New Video for Catchy “Who Cares” Stars Emma Stone, Has Anti-Bullying Message
Paul McCartney's cool new video is for his catchy "Who Cares." It's a song from Paul's "Egypt Station" album with anti-bullying message. It also...
Politics
Donald Trump Foundation Agrees to Dissolve Per NY Attorney General– See Our Original Stories About This Fraud
I first wrote about the fraud at the Donald Trump Foundation in 2011.
Today, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has secured a stipulation from...
Television
EXCLUSIVE UPDATE CBS Soap “Young and the Restless” Exec Producer Mal Young Confirms Departure as Ratings Continue to Waffle
NOW: Mal Young confirms exit from "Y&R" : "Just arrived in London for the holidays. I felt like it was a good time to...
Music
RIP Galt McDermot, Award Winning Composer of All Those Hit Songs from “Hair”: “Aquarius,” “Let the Sunshine In,” “Good Morning Starshine”
Is there a popular musical that spawned as many hits as "Hair"? The Fifth Dimension had the medley of "Aquarius" and "Let the Sunshine...
Books
Literary Firestorm as “The Color Purple” Author Alice Walker Endorses Infamous Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorist in NY Times
A literary firestorm has been set off, and a famous writer may never be regarded in the same light again.
Alice Walker, author of "The...
Media
Rachel Maddow Has Beaten Sean Hannity For the Last Two Weeks– Including Last Friday, When Joy Reid Filled in For Her
UPDATE: Rachel Maddow is steamrolling Sean Hannity.
On cable news, Maddow's 9pm MSNBC show has now beaten Hannity's Fox News show at the time for...
Music
UPDATE: Pop Star Zayn Malik Has Sold Just 1,800 Copies of New Album “Icarus Falls,” Drops Number 73 on iTunes
FRIDAY UPDATE: "Icarus" has fallen to 76 on iTunes. Buzz Angle shows 5,500 in sales including streaming of singles, and just 1,800 albums sold....