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Brian Wilson’s New Album Pays Tribute to SC

Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson is about to release a new album that pays tribute to Souther...

commerce
Hollywood Veterans, New Film Challenge Industry’s Far-Left Orthodoxy

Hollywood conservatives are increasingly coming out of the closet and defying the McCarthy...

movies
Audiences Resist Boycott Call Against ‘Tropic Thunder’

The public's reaction to protests against the new comedy film Tropic Thunder confirms that...

commerce
Populist Films Dominate Late-Summer U.S. Box Office

 The top three current U.S. motion picture box office draws all share a populist poin...

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‘X-Files’ Movie Tanks at Box Office

With real conspiracies taking real lives around the world, this summer's X-Files movie jus...

music
The Terror of Katy Perry

The Number One musical hit "I Kissed a Girl" has raised a good deal of controver...

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The Push for Same-Sex Marriages

TV talk-show hostess Ellen DeGeneres is getting married to a woman. So where's the oppress...

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Olympic Record-Setter Phelps Blasted for Cereal Endorsement

Michael Phelps's endorsement of Frosted Flakes cereal has raised the ire of food nazis who...

comic-books-graphic-novels
Barbie Wears Fishnet Stockings, Civilization Totters on Brink of Catastrophe

A British organization's crusade against a new Barbie doll is an embarrassment to Christia...

movies
Another Nice Mess: Laurel and Hardy on TCM

This Saturday brings a full day of Laurel and Hardy films on Turner Classic Movies. Rest a...

commerce
Oprah’s Magazine Tumbles

Sales of her O magazine are falling much faster than in the rest of the already-moribund m...

commerce
movies
John Woo’s ‘Red Cliff’ Sets Chinese Box-Office Record

Legendary action director John Woo's historical drama Red Cliff is already the most succes...

commerce
Music Industry’s Current Travails Are a Very Good Thing Indeed

The recording industry is in a panic as album sales continue to drop. Is this really a pro...

books
Dr. Seuss: Christian Author?

A new book claims the author of the Dr. Seuss stories intended them to convey Christian id...

television
ABC Tries Hand at ‘Life on Mars’

ABC's new fall series based on the BBC time-traveling police drama Life on Mars debuts Oct...

manners-and-morals
A Classical Liberal View of Divorce Laws

Can government strengthen marriage?  (more…)

movies
‘Star Wars’ Fans Doubtful About Forthcoming Film

Audience interest in the forthcoming Star Wars: Clone Wars is rather muted as the film's r...

manners-and-morals
Yes, There Really Is a World Air Guitar Championship….

A new competition proves Americans aren't the only ones with too much time on our hands.&n...

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Obama’s Grand Tour

Gerard Baker of the Times of London presents simply the finest analysis of Obamania yet of...

commerce
‘Dark Knight’ on Record-Setting Pace

Although The Dark Knight achieved the biggest opening weekend and opening week U.S. box of...

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The Agonizingly Slow Tidal Change in U.S. Academia

The last bastion of statism and the passion for political coercion, the American academy, ...

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Obama’s Ethnic, Gender Inadequacies

The Democrats' presumptive candidate for president is not black enough, nor feminine enoug...

genres
The Limits of Human Creativity—More on ‘The Dark Knight’

In a comment on our article titled "'Dark Knight' Evokes Interesting Philosophical, T...

genres
The Limits of Human Creativity—More on ‘The Dark Knight’

In a comment on our article titled "'Dark Knight' Evokes Interesting Philosophical, T...

movies
Abba Movie Musical Surprises with Box-Office Record

The movie musical Mamma Mia! finished a strong second to The Dark Knight in the weekend bo...

movies
‘Dark Knight’ Evokes Interesting Philosophical, Theological Ideas

The main villain of The Dark Knight has interesting theological implications.   ...

commerce
Will Smith Is Most Consistently Popular Actor Today

A side note in a story about a new study of Hollywood actors' salaries shows that Will Smi...

commerce
Sherlock or Schlock?

Two new Sherlock Holmes film adaptations are taking very different approaches to the class...

sports
Chess, Boxing a Great Match?

A new sport combines two of the most intense individual competitive pursuits: chess and bo...

manners-and-morals
A Tale of Two Romances in Primetime TV

Two episodes of TV drama series on the same night showed a mature, thoughtful understandin...

commerce
‘Dark Knight’ Sets First-Day Box Office Record

The Dark Knight, the new Batman movie, brought in a record-breaking $66.4 million in its f...

mysteries
New Episodes of Monk, Psych Start Tomorrow

New episodes of USA Network's excellent mystery-comedy series Monk and Psych start tomorro...