December 31, 2004

The job creator has become the messiah in our economic doldrums. Some say we need to provide these messiahs with all sorts of economic advantages so the rest of us may have the privilege of working.

May 11, 2004

It is said, only somewhat sarcastically, that the only things Americans invented are skyscrapers and the blues.

The Oscar season is customarily kicked off by the Academy President and a random star solemnly announcing the nominees in a drab ceremony. The Academy decided to shake up tradition this year however, in one of the most cheerful Oscar mornings we’ve ever had.

Society teaches us that only blowhards and boors talk politics at the dinner table. In Hollywood, a slimmed-down version of the same dictum applies to filmmakers: Never talk politics. Period.

NEW YORK - American designers are having their moment in the spotlight at New York Fashion Week and, in the process, they're building a bigger base of fans.

Here’s a quick rundown — complete with bonus factoids — of the movies you’ll see in theaters through the end of the year. As always, release dates are subject to change.

Escape to a theater near you for these coming holiday attractions releases. Here’s a quick rundown — complete with bonus factoids — of the movies you’ll see in theaters through the end of the year. As always, release dates are subject to

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was answering questions at one of his recent mid-week press conferences when a reporter asked why quarterback Tom Brady was almost always listed on the injury report as questionable.

LOS ANGELES - Harry Potter pulled a disappearing act from Hollywood's fall and holiday schedule, his sixth big-screen adventure bumped from this November into next summer.

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's long, dreary summer finally is over. Now it's on to the good stuff. And it better be good, if film studios hope to salvage what's shaping up as the worst year for movie attendance since the late 1990s.

It can’t be coincidence that the word "star" can refer to heavenly bodies either celestial or celluloid. We’re entranced and fascinated by both, catching glimpses through telescopes (or telephoto lenses) in the observatory (or the Observer).

April 8, 2005

VATICAN CITY - Presidents, prime ministers and kings joined pilgrims and prelates in St. Peter's Square on Friday to bid an emotional farewell to Pope John Paul II at a funeral service that drew millions to Rome for the largest gathering of the powerful and the humble in modern times.

Complete list of nominees in 107 categories announced Tuesday for the 47th annual Grammy Awards, to be presented Feb. 13 in Los Angeles:

All the orcs have been killed, all the Matrices hacked, and 2003 — the year of the superfranchise — is but a fading memory.

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