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Stallone Outpaces Roberts in Movie Box-Office Race

Sylvester Stallone's star-studded action film The Expendables opened unexpectedly strongly...

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The Productive Class and the American Aristocracy

For those who may have missed it, here is S. T. Karnick's recent essay on the nation's cur...

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Barnes & Noble Sale Decision Suggests End of Printed Books

"High-priced, printed books are done for"—as readers turn to cheaper electronic editions...

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‘Other Guys’ Draw Big Crowds

Riding a wave of positive reviews, the star-studded buddy comedy The Other Guys opened ato...

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Eastwood, Others Pressure UK to Continue Wasteful Govt. Program

Actor/producer/director Clint Eastwood has joined the transatlantic parade of celebs press...

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Actress Patricia Neal Dead at 84

Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal, widely admired for her acting and her determined, har...

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Olbermann Bounced from ‘Sunday Night Football’

The odious political hack and professional circus clown Keith Olbermann has been removed f...

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Hammer Films Returns to Action

The legendary British cinema production company Hammer Films—purveyor of horror, suspens...

manners-and-morals
NFL’s Urlacher Not Bothered by ‘Neo-Nazi’ Slur

Brian Urlacher of the NFL's Chicago Bears showed yesterday how a gentleman handles being t...

mysteries
Weak Resolution Mars ‘Rizzoli and Isles’ Episode

Yesterday, you may recall, I pointed out two TNT crime dramas with overt political message...

mysteries
TNT Crime Dramas Push Political Points

I have long argued that contemporary U.S. entertainment offers a much greater variety of i...

journalism
Klavan on Media Diversity

Well-said by novelist, screenwriter, and essayist Andrew Klavan, on who's really for diver...

music
Asia on DirecTV

DVR alert: The original lineup of Asia performs in concert in a broadcast on DirecTV tonig...

comic-books-graphic-novels
‘Hellboy’ to Don Purple Robe

The new Hellboy graphic novel arc hits the newsstands August 4, and the story takes an amu...

commerce
‘Inception’ Gets Big Reception at U.S. Box Office

Christopher Nolan's mindbending sci-fi thriller Inception opened spectacularly at the U.S....

manners-and-morals
Kathy Griffin Reaches New Low, Boycott Suggested

The professional snotty bore and antinomian terror Kathy Griffin, who bills herself as a c...

television
‘Adventure Time’ Is Good, Clean, Surrealistic Fun

W. S. Moore III recommends 'Adventure Time' for ten-year-old boys of all ages and either s...

manners-and-morals
Woods Shows Good Character in Spontaneous Gesture

A classy gesture by Tiger Woods at the British Open in St. Andrews, Scotland: Woods steps ...

manners-and-morals
Jackson: LeBron Treated Like ‘Runaway Slave’

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the nation's foremost professional race-card player, said billiona...

books
Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Attacked, Defended

Author Harper Lee and her groundbreaking novel To Kill a Mockingbird have received a well-...

commerce
Entertainment Prices Outstrip Inflation

Entertainment prices are rising much more rapidly than the overall inflation rate. (more...

music
Musician Shawn Phillips on U.S. Tour

The brilliant folk-rock singer and songwriter Shawn Phillips is on a U.S. tour. See him if...

books
U.S. Publishers Head Overseas for New Crime Novels

Foreign menace strikes! Overseas crime novels are flooding U.S. shores, as American publis...

manners-and-morals
Another Gibson Tirade Claimed

Mel Gibson has reportedly been caught in another profanity-laced tirade which included vil...

mysteries
‘Law and Order: Criminal Intent’ Imagines Christianity Disproven

Law and Order: Criminal Intent, the long-running spinoff of the recently canceled TV crime...

movies
UK Film to Depict Israelis as Terrorists

A forthcoming British film will portray post-World War II Israeli Zionists as terrorists, ...

omniculture
‘James May’s Toy Stories’ a Fun Show with Good Ideas

Premiering tonight on BBC America is a very entertaining and informative documentary serie...

journalism
WaPo ‘Conservative’ Blogger Dumped

The Washington Post's phony house conservative has resigned under fire. Good bloody riddan...

commerce
Court Gets It Right in YouTube Case

A U.S. District Court has ruled that copyright holders have to point out actual alleged vi...

music
New Miley Cyrus Album Cuts Cheer Quotient

The latest album by megastar teen vocalist Miley Cyrus, Can't Be Tamed, is a bid to create...

commerce
Report: Audience Interest in 3D Films Declines

The box office appeal of 3D films is waning. (more…)

commerce
Traditional and Christian Themes Dominate U.S. Cinema Ticket Sales

It was a solid weekend for traditional-themed movies at the U.S box office. The entertain...

manners-and-morals
LA Riots, Late Coach Wooden Exemplify Extremes of Sports Character

How we participate in athletic competitions and react to sporting events can tell us a goo...