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The Passion opens door for the return of Monty Python’s The Life of Brian: The Biblical satire will be re-released in Los Angeles, New York and other US cities to mark its 25th anniversary. Adverts will challenge Mel Gibson’s blockbuster with the lines “Mel or Monty?”, “The Passion or the …

And that dominatrix looks really familiar, too.

Paris Hilton was rejected by a horse and Britney Spears danced into herself – is there a plot against famous young blondes? Paris pummeled: Paris Hilton was hospitalized Friday after a horse she was riding threw her off and kicked her in the stomach during the taping of “The Simple …

I am becoming a bit less sanguine about the new “zero tolerance” broadcast atmosphere. Yesterday the FCC went pretty nuts with the fines and the condemnations: The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday overruled its staff and declared that an expletive uttered by rock star Bono on NBC last year was …

I’m really sad to hear about original MTV VJ J.J. Jackson dying. I can’t believe J.J. Jackson was 62! That means he was almost 40 when he was a VJ. So anyway, I’m sad – what a voice that guy had: Jackson, a longtime radio station disc jockey, died of …

We have about 50 reviews and stories now on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Just when it seems like it’s going away as a major story, something like this happens: A couple who got into a dispute over a theological point after watching “The Passion of the Christ” …

Led by excellent and entertaining ongoing reviews by Scott Pepper and the Raging Critic, we are accumulating a very thorough look at American Idol – Season 3, whose popularity appears to be slowing not a whit: Wither American Idol? For three seasons, American Idol has been Fox’s top rated show, …

Written and Directed by John Carlos Frey Although presented as a fictional drama, The Gatekeeper serves as a factual expose about the plight of illegal immigrants who pass through Mexico into the United States. Their journey is an all-too-common tale fuelled by the hope and promise of a better future …

Directed by Michel Gondry Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth Over the weekend I went on a 45-minute bike ride. It was the only extensive bit of exercise I had performed in months. During the last leg, I had to get up …

The U.S. Census Bureau offers a tribute to the 50th anniversary of color TV: It was described as “the wonderful world of color” in the title of an early television program. On March 25, 1954, the Radio Corporation of America began to manufacture color television sets at its Bloomington, Ind., …