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Being from SoCal, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Angels, but after their playoff melt down in ’86 and lack of success since, I haven’t paid them much attention. That has changed with their brutally satisfying thrashing of the hated Yankees – the best team …

We were not consulted: The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), the international association of the leading Internet-based cinema journalists, is sharing its love with the character we’re supposed to hate. The OFCS has announced its new list celebrating the Top 100 Villains of All Time and the greatest screen villain …

Announced at the AES show today – a press release from Xilinx: Gibson Guitar and Xilinx, Inc. announced a collaboration that resulted in the industry’s first electric guitar to deliver true digital sound. Gibson developed a way, through their internally derived MaGIC digital transfer protocol, to take the traditional analog …

Saturday Night Live returns tonight with Matt Damon hosting and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as musical guests. I expect to see battling reviews from our Blogcritics up tonight or tomorrow. A little play by play action might be nice. Here’s what they have to say about themselves: …

Chairman Michael Powell has already expressed concerns that the deal would create significant concentration in the direct broadcast satellite business: U.S. Federal Communications Commission staff are recommending the agency block EchoStar Communications Corp.’s plans to acquire rival satellite television provider DirecTV and its parent Hughes Electronics, people familiar with the …

Sex columns are popping up in school papers at colleges all over the nation. Ooh, risque. Actually not: in this time of great political and policy turmoil, what could be less controvertial than sex, the great equalizer and of interest to all? It wasn’t Natalie Krinsky’s idea. But the editors …

Jerry Falwell calls Mohammed a “terrorist” tomorrow night on 60 Minutes: In a 60 Minutes interview with CBS News Correspondent Bob Simon, Falwell also affirms the Christian Right’s steadfast support for the state of Israel against its Islamic enemies and hints that right-wing religious groups are influencing U.S. government policy …

Frontline takes on allegations that FBI agent John O’Neill warned about al Qaeda but was ignored. He died in the World Trade Center: When the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and …

Courney Love settled her suit against Universal instead of going to court – here’s why: Rock star Courtney Love strode into the Beverly Hills Hotel in late February for the recording industry’s hippest party: the annual pre-Grammy bash thrown by music mogul Clive Davis. When she walked into the hotel, …

Clear Channel evil, or merely monopolistic and rapacious? Federal regulations prohibit any broadcaster from owning more than eight radio stations in a single market. But here along California’s southern border, industry giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. has figured out a way around the rules–and that has left its smaller competitors …