The ugly American Manila Times, Philippines - My good friend, the lawyer Juliano "Jelly" Nacino, former legal counsel of the National Press Club, emailed me an open letter by a certain Art Bell, a radio ... Fired local radio stars take to the streets News14.com, NC - GREENSBORO, ...

Quote of the Week: He’s Korean, I’m from Encino. (Miles, Lost) Song of the Week: Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers (as sung by Raj, The Big Bang Theory) Big News of the Week: I’m Sorry Alex Rodriquez, You’re Just a Tool: I’m not sure what was less surprising, that Michael Phelps got...

Tune in to VH1 tonight at 11 for an all-new Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins! This week's special monster-themed episode features creatures big and small, from The Octomom to the Lost Smoke Monster to Idol's Tatiana to Joaquin Phoenix (SHUDDER). Can you think of a better way to get ready for Val...

The Modern Gal: Alls I'm saying is where's my swimsuit edition, SI? How hard would it be to put a couple of baseball players in Speedos? Yes, I know we got the Phelps cover a few months back -- and that was good. Very, very good. But the theme of nearly naked hot dudes did not continue past the fron...

Just had a read of Shaun Rein's latest Forbes column. Inspired by the fall-from-grace of uber-swimmer Michael Phelps, Shaun writes about the risks of using celebrities as spokespeople, especially in China: The Michael Phelps pot fiasco may blow over in the U.S., where attitudes about marijuana are c...

How hot is Brooklyn Decker from 2009 Sports Illustrated? [Bastardly] Blake Lively Shows Some Cleavage [HollywoodTuna] Usher’s Wife Put Into Induced Coma [I'm Not Obsessed] Courtney Love leaving The Groucho Club [Celebslam] Angelina’s Already Trying to Get Pregnant [Yeeah!] Miley Cyrus is sor...

Two days after Sports Illustrated reported that Alex Rodriguez appeared on a list of over 100 pro baseball players to test positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003 while he was a member of the Texas Rangers, the superstar decided to come clean about his drug use and today apologized in an in...

People need to lay off Michael Phelps. Hitting the bong isn't exactly a performance-enhancer - nor does it make the swimmer a lying, cheating disgrace. New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, the best player in baseball, normally only makes celebrity gossip headlines for his actions off the f...

In your lovely Monday media column: Bill Keller speaks on the NYT's future (it'll be fine!), New York's least fun media Super Bowl party revealed, papers advertise, and more! NYT editor Bill Keller, is answering reader questionsand the first sixtyeleven were basically: "Is your paper dying or what?"...

This is the fifth annual selection of my favorite things I've linked to on kottke.org. This year's list includes games, photography, top-notch journalism, time-related material, architecture, design, and even politics, about 100 links in all. The format of the list is a bit different this year. Spri...