The fifth season of American Idol is off to an astonishing start with ratings higher than ever through the audition and Hollywood rounds. Will interest continue throughout the season? Will compelling new stars emerge? Will superstar Kelly Clarkson's cooling toward the show that put her on the map — she …

Jessica Sierra, 20, made it to the finals of American Idol last season on the strength of exuberant self-confidence and a powerful country/rock voice. Though she was just the third singer voted out of the final 12, the Tampa native has had a lot more to deal with than being …

Vice President Dick Cheney had a really bad day Saturday.

Ratchets up pressure on cable companies to offer greater pricing flexibility.

A frenetic first weekend of the XX Winter Games is complete in Torino, Italy, with the Tomato flying to halfpipe gold, a Texan with Vulcan eyebrow skaking really fast, Bode a medal bust, Italy a luge winner on its $100 million track, Norwegian cross-country skier making a miraculous last-to-second run, …

Though the mean-spirited might refer to it as Avoiding Injury With the Vaguely Familiar, the show Skating With Celebrities — not uncoincidentally timed with the Torino Winter Olympics — has found an audience among the skate-crazy and/or sadistic as six figure skating professionals including Nancy Kerrigan and Tai Babilonia attempt …

The moon's dust-covered slopes are a skier's paradise.

Is Valentine’s Day an organic celebration of eros, philia and agape made manifest through the spirit of a romantic early Christian martyr? Or is it a crass commercial grab enforced by guilt and manipulation whereby automatons reflexively purchase societally approved symbols of emotional attachment? Do we respond to the call …

Our own televised terpsichorean chroniclers Patfish and Beth Gottfried focus like corybantic laser beams on the second season of ABC’s popular stars-go-dancing reality competition show Dancing With the Stars. Voila: TV Review: Dancing with the Stars – Finals – Woo! Hoo! for Drew! Save a Horse and Ride Drew Lachey. …

First, I propose that we officially change the holiday to “Valentimes Day” since that’s what I hear most little kids call it, and it’s a cooler, more logical name to boot: “What time is it?” “Valentimes.” But whatever you call it, if you’re married it’s pretty stupid. I love my …