Today is going to be a pretty great day … this afternoon, David and I are planning to see Watchmen (since I opted out of seeing it at midnight last night) in the middle of day to avoid the crush of movie-goers who will be showing up at around the 7 o’clock hour … but that ain’...

Still of Ricardo Montalban as Khan courtesy Brattle Theatre. Forgeries The MFA hosts a talk with Jonathan Lopez, author of The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren. The book was covered last October in The New Yorker; catch up on the details here and you c...

I've been into comics for as long as I can remember, but to be honest, I've never been into Wonder Woman. I rarely caught the old TV show with Lynda Carter (although the theme song is all kinds of awesome). In fact, the only time I really found her interesting is her animated appearances on Justice ...

By Debbie Schlussel This weekend's box office is largely a garbage dump. And, ironically, the best movie is about a homeless vagrant woman and her dog, with a short 3D movie for kids as the runner up. Sad to say, it's probably best to stay home and rent a great movie like " The ODESSA File ," or, if...

It's hard for me to admit this about my childhood, but the 1970s was a pretty crappy decade for sci-fi TV and movies. As much I like some of the stuff -- the good stuff -- I can't pretend that much of it was representative of the genre at its finest. In the pivotal summer of 1977, I bounced ...

Was tagged for this on Facebook by southplains ; figured I'd do it here. I've done similar memes before, but it's been a while since the last one, so... (Sort of splitting this up by era...) 1. The first crush I can remember having was on Barry Gibb. This was followed shortly by Daryl Hall, Shaun Ca...

Let's start our week with song.   Saturday Night Live's Will Forte sums up his feelings for the BCS.   Ode to Bob. Football Texas safety Earl Thomas blocks a Florida Atlantic punt. Harry Cabluck, AP Photo. Congratulations to Earl Thomas. Thomas picked up three Freshman All-American honors ...

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Coalition to Salute America's Heroes PO Box 96440 Washington, DC 20090 Providing Emergency Aid to Severely Wounded Troops and Their Families in Crisis Key Programs: Kids Camps Emergency Financial Aid Homes for Wounded Heroes Wounded Hero Career Network Family Support Network Road to Recovery Confere...

Pauly & Rico, the famously flamboyant hosts of BlogTalkRadio’s Fruit Salad, don’t just interview celebs in cyberspace – they party in person with them, too! Here they are (Rico left, Pauly right) last month whooping it up with the always outrageous Margaret Cho at The Improv Comedy Club in...