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In response to the outcry against his “We Owe the Arabs Nothing” editorial we mentioned a couple of days ago, the BBC has suspended the morning talk show of Robert Kilroy-Silk. What do you expect from the stridently PC BBC, who leave no “oppressed” people uncoddled? The TV presenter said …

Besides casting further doubt upon the cherished hope many harbor that bin Laden is dead, the latest bin Laden tape has given rise to an interesting critique of the American media by Russ Baker in the LA Times: Well, he’s back. Another audiotape from Osama bin Laden has just been …

Alan Dale is a peerless reviewer and a treasured asset of Blogcritics – his erudition and range of references, which appear to be effortlessly on hand, are staggering. But regarding Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, this time, I do believe he (to be cliched) missed the point. His …

American Idol 1 winner Kelly Clarkson reacts poorly to finishing second on World Idol: STUNNED “American Idol” champ Kelly Clarkson (news) abruptly left the set of “World Idol” New Years’ night after fans snubbed her in favor of a gap-toothed plumber from Norway. Clarkson, who had been favored to win …

Never thought I’d be comparing Crocodile Steve and Michael Jackson, but it seems the old croc hunter lost his fucking mind as surely as did Michael with the baby dangle. Having a three-week-old son myself, I feel particularly inclined to feed Steve to something: Steve Irwin outraged child welfare groups …

I assure you most Norwegians are less ugly and have better teeth than this pumpkin head. Apparently he can sing, though: Bergen plumber turned pop singer Kurt Nilsen repeated his national success on a global scale, becoming the convincing winner of the first “World Idol” competition on Thursday night. Nilsen’s …

Although it’s only been a couple of weeks, it seems an eternity since The Return of the King came out, so I feel compelled to add “finally” when I say we saw it last night. I am still trying hard to get my head around such a huge slab of …

Every once in a while life stops being process and everything comes into still focus, like a telescope trained on a tableau. Even though I am 45 and have had children for 19 1/2 years (!!!), inside I still usually feel like a kid, my self-image stuck at about 21, …

It would appear the “strategy” of having Michael Jackson defend himself on 60 Minutes last Sunday yielded mixed results at best. In addition to re-creeping out the nation by insisting that it’s hunky dory to sleep with children, his chief spokesperson has resigned over “strategic differences“: Michael Jackson’s chief spokesman …

We finally snagged The Pirates of the Caribbean DVD and watched the film portion last night – it is exceptional. The casting couldn’t have been much better, especially an extravagant, Peter O’Toole-like Johnny Depp as a surprisingly multi-dimensional pirate with a conscience, and Geoffrey Rush as his piratical nemesis and …