Joan Rivers arrived in Sydney for the Annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade and she had a few things to say. She hates Mel Gibson, says Nicole Kidman is "way too skinny" and thinks the Mardi Gras has been poorly organized.En route from New Orleans, where she featured... ...read full story...

The Passion of the Christ # Rating: R # Studio: 20th Century Fox # DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009 # Run Time: 127 minutes A depiction of the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. The story opens in the Garden of Olives where Jesus has go...

It’s a tough time for out-of-work Republicans to land a job these days in Washington, but one of the Bush administration’s top Latin America advisors has landed a position: with Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez. Dan Fisk, who was President Bush’s Special Assistant and Senior Director...

The last full throttle attempt to mount a live-action Mad Max IV stalled in 2003. Pretty much every year since then Mel Gibson has done something - either professionally or, not to put too fine a point on it, unprofessionally - to convince me the film would never get made. Turns out I was wrong. Geo...

Just got this in my inbox and since it's happening tomorrow, I thought I'd better post it fast. Here it is: 6 Hours of Cycling to Benefit the Cool Kids Campaign is Coming Up this Friday, March 6, 2009 Body Styles by Mel sponsors a Bike-a-Thon to raise funds for children with cancer ( Forest Hill, MD...

This is likely to be removed soon, so hurry: When you click on Mel Kiper's page today, you don't get Mel's NFL draft take. Unless the Matt Stafford debate includes a profane car ad (NSFW). A tipster just alerted us to the fact that when you click on the Tuesdays with Mel link, it takes you not to Me...

Many people think that a movie needs to avoid an R-rating in order to become a blockbuster. Most recent top earners have followed that dictum, with only four R-rated movies among last year's top 25 at the box office. Zack Snyder's 300 was a defiant exception in 2007, earning more than $456 million w...

“Prime Minister” March 1st, 2009 There are two stories in “Prime Minister,” and each of them is absolutely perfect for this surrealist world we’ve created. The show has leaned heavily this season on the humour to be found in New Zealand’s low level of cultural awa...

“I’m Not Wearing That Girls Leotard!” March 1st, 2009 The major change that we’re getting during this season of The Amazing Race is that there is no rest for the wicked - while before there were often legs which were constructed so as to require no planes at all, staying with...

All you need to know about Matera in Basilicata Italy in 60 seconds....