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Another bad film? No, bad real life.

Berlin, after a token “preliminary investigation” to appease the outraged masses, has given child-endangerer Michael Jackson a clean bill of legal health over his inexplicable balcony performance with poor little Prince Michael ll (does this idiot think he is George Foreman?): That was the consensus of investigators, who said they …

This fall’s movie boxoffice season was the biggest ever by an astonishing 32% according to the Hollywood Reporter: The national boxoffice was on a blistering pace during the autumn season as four films grossed more than $100 million each — an industry first — and cash registers rang up a …

Michael Artemiw is a photographer and software designer who has combined the two to make a new form of digital art, which he calls “painterly.” Check out the fruits of his labors here, here, and here.

Paramount to release Sunset Boulevard and Roman Holiday on DVD – restoration made from Library of Congress copies: “The whole point is to preserve the films the original way they were done in theaters,” said Phil Murphy, senior VP of operations for the TV division at Paramount. The studio used …

“Mr. Magazine,” Samir Husni, spends more than $4,000 per month on mags. I don’t know, $50k per year seems excessive: Samir Husni arrived in the USA from Lebanon in 1978. ”We had plenty of magazines in Lebanon, but when I arrived here, I was like a kid in a candy …

So you’ve watched football all day, hobnobbed with family and friends, stuffed yourself so full your eyes water and your breath is shallow – what’s left? Music specials on TV: Since 1998, when Celine Dion (news) drew strong ratings for CBS, concerts have become a holiday staple. This year, four …

Yes, a beauty pageant ignited Islamic rioting that has killed an estimated 200 people in Nigeria. Rather than inspiring admiration and appreciation (check out Chris Monks’ meditation on beauty contests here), some of the most beautiful women in the world inspired a maniacal mob to bloodlust. Is there some sort …

Update: In the preceding episode of “Bark Park Musicale,” Bill and his two leashed companions, Dusty & Cedar, had put away Bill’s Walkman when a chance encounter on the Hedge Apple Trail nearly ended in disaster. With the arrival of fall, however, our hero decided to once more pull out …

According to Dennis Hopper, Elvis took that “king” thing seriously: “I REMEMBER going and seeing him once and there were about six girls waiting. These were all young starlets. I saw three of them go in. They went in for about 15 minutes and then I was invited in. I …