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For the the third year running the Yankees have NOT won the World Series, falling to Josh Beckett’s complete game shutout (his second of the postseason), which is cause to celebrate regardless of any other considerations. This is the 100th anniversary of the World Series, and the Yankees domination of …

The 45-year-old daughter of June Carter Cash and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash was found dead Friday – it’s been a very tough year: Officials said Saturday that carbon monoxide from six propane or kerosene heaters on the bus may have killed the two and that an autopsy was planned. The …

My Justin/Britney piece was half showbiz and half an attempt at a serious look at their relative talents and status in the industry: Ultimately, though, the diverging perceptions of Justin and Britney come down to the legitimate matter of music. With similar young lifetimes of performance experience, vocal training and …

As stated in an earlier review, I loved the North Mississippi Allstars’ first CD, released in 2000, Shake Hands With Shorty: the young trio of brothers Luther Dickinson (raging slide guitars and vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums and vocals) – sons of the great producer Jim Dickinson – and friend …

Halloween has arrived, we celebrate All Hallow’s Eve – the night when the dead walk the earth and collect commercial confections for their efforts – with a variety of stories, reviews and reminiscences befitting the occasion. Join in the ghoulish fun. Special screaming thanks to Susanna Cornett for conceiving and …

The MPAA has finally caved to the tidal wave of criticism and contempt over their “screener” ban, but not everyone is happy: Hollywood’s major film studios on Thursday lifted their controversial ban on sending out videotapes of movies vying for Oscars, but the plan met new criticism from groups who …

Yes, this is the industry we should trust with unsupervised subpoena power. The story below is about the film side, but the music people have their own problems with accounting. What do we do with entertainment industry whistle blowers? Fire them, of course: A former Warner Bros. employee has sued …

He deserves “extreme facial distress.” Let’s see if I have this straight: freak stalks Britney, Britney gets restraining order, freak sues Spears because her bodyguards brandished a gun at him causing “extreme emotional distress.” And they say the Japanese aren’t litigious: Masahiko Shizawa, a 43-year-old software entrepreneur from Yokohama, says …

The poll you see at the right asking for you to vote for the scariest movie of all time is merely an exercise in fairness. I posted a list last Halloween – JUST LIKE I WILL THIS HALLOWEEN – that some people felt was lacking in some significant movies of …

Napster is back, but in name only. Back in April I linked to an excerpt from Joseph Menn’s All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning’s Napster, which includes a not terribly flattering portrait of Shawn Fanning’s uncle John Fanning. John Chamberlain objects to the characterization in an …