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As discussed at some length here, Love was hospitalized last week for a drug overdose after she attacked a friend’s house trying to get in. Now she’s been charged: Singer-actress Courtney Love was charged with a misdemeanor drug count Tuesday, less than a week after she allegedly tried to break …

“Up next on Antiques Roadshow: Hitler’s gonads!” When is an “antique” an antique? Meaning, when is an object transformed into a curiosity, stripped of its original context and turned into a product? Like in this case: FEDERAL officials want to know how an Ohio man got hold of a controversial …

Crawling across the country, American Splendor (HBO) finally opened in my neck of the woods this week. I’ve been anticipating this film with much the same fervor that your average X-Men junkie reserves for Hollywoodizations of Claremont’s World, so I was more than eager to see it. Being a comic …

Oh wait – just kidding: The wife of Gov. Robert Ehrlich made an “inadvertent figure of speech” when she said she would shoot pop singer Britney Spears if she had the chance, the first lady’s spokeswoman said Tuesday. While speaking at a domestic violence conference at Hood College in Frederick, …

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band wrapped up the second most lucrative North American tour ever last weekend. But that isn’t what was important about it. I have a commentary on MSNBC about it: With the benediction, ‘Till we meet again,” the Boss and his band strode off the …

The NBC-Universal deal announced on September 2 has officially gone through: Vivendi Universal and General Electric Co. have reached an agreement to merge the French company’s Hollywood studio, cable TV networks and theme parks with GE’s NBC business, creating a media giant with about $13 billion in annual revenue. ….The …

I agree with Glenn Reynolds on political matters far more often than not, but I definitely have a different perspective on this: the networks were going to call it for Schwarzenegger the minute the polls closed, and then turning on the TV just before they did and seeing the talking …

Arriving just in time for the election, we have its theme song: Listen to “California Uber Alles” In light of the silliest election EVER taking place today in California, the artist formerly known as Dramarama has jumped into the studio and recorded a blistering version of the Dead Kennedys’ “California …

Regardless of how you feel about the legality or morality of file sharing, there is no question it has forced the recording industry to increase the value of CDs with add-ons and bonuses, and reduce the price of CDs in general. Check out all the bonuses on the new P.O.D. …

No matter what you think about the arc of Bruce Springsteens’ career – my favorite album of his came out 30 years ago, The Wild the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle – there is still nothing like a Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert. On the 14-month …