For the most part, SNL on March 12 with guest host David Spade was notably flat in a season of general flatness. The show just hasn’t recovered yet from losing in rapid succession Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Tracy Morgan, and Jimmy Fallon. But one sketch on the 12th was assuredly …

The 36th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival arrives April 22 – May 1, and if the music has come to be more, um, “heritage” than jazz, well, that’s still one outrageous line-up of talent (see below). In an effort to explain the bewildering range of musicians, Quint Davis, …

In an exclusive with the NY Daily News, former Democratic presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton said he plans to buy stock in record companies that put out hip-hop music, and then arrive as a shareholder to have his say. “I don’t think too many CEOs want to see me …

A wan Michael Jackson, trembling and in seeming agony, arrived at about 8:35 am PT for his trial today, five minutes late, suspended limply between bodyguards and accompanied by a phyician in surgical scrubs, before being lowered gingerly into his chair in the courtroom. He then grabbed a handful of …

For me, the intense drama, Herculean legal action and international attention focused on one woman, Terry Schiavo, in an incapacitated state for 15 of her 41 years (doctors appointed by Florida courts to examine Schiavo say “persistent vegetative state,” other physicians have questioned that diagnosis – nothing in this case …

CEA rocks rectum declaring a series of principles to ensure that fair use, home recording rights and innovation are protected in legislative, judicial and regulatory debates regarding the “protection” of intellectual property. Damn straight. CEA unveiled the Declaration during its conference entitled “IP & Creativity: Redefining the Issue,” held March …

Since we moved into our house over two years ago we have had the “family” computer down in the basement, which is great when my metal-inclined teenage son wants to loudly rock from his digital playlist or when I want to combine working out with obsessively checking in on Blogcritics, …

Reason number 258 why global trade kicks ass. Could the WTO be the agent of change that finishes off irrational marijuana laws in this country? Tim Wu, who teaches intellectual property and international trade at University of Virginia Law School, thinks it’s a good possibility: The irrationality of U.S. marijuana …

You’re young. You’re passionate. You know technology (and stuff). Microsoft Corp. has launched its second annual You Can Make a Difference scholarship program this week, which challenges secondary school students around the world to design technology-based projects to benefit charitable organizations. Previously available only to students from the United States …

Okay, it’s true, I’ve taken the week off thus far from the MJ affair, the limits of my tolerance having been reached for morbid psychological disorders and tawdry testimony touching upon (no pun intended) groping, masturbation, pornography, alcohol, emotional manipulation, 13 year-old cancer patients and 46 year-old men in the …