Rhino humps car, occupants barely escape with their reputations: Sharka, a two-ton white rhino, got amorous with Dave Alsop’s car when he stopped with three friends to take pictures of the animal mating with his partner Trixie at the West Midland Safari Park. The 12-year-old rhino tried to mount the …

New Yorkers get to have all the fun – you get the Sam Bisbee CD release party at the Mercury Lounge tonight, and then you get this: The International Reggae and World Music Awards produced annually by Martin’s Inter-Culture announced today the performance line up, which will include the legendary …

The Onion has spoken on the subject of online music stores: I can’t believe the idiots at the labels are talking about RAISING their prices: iTunes has been hailed as the first successful online music store, with over 50 million songs downloaded. Its success has been due largely to Apple’s …

This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the recording of “Rock Around the Clock,” the closest approximation we have to the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Rock didn’t die before it got old, but its meaning has changed. My musings on MSNBC.com on the topic: When the clock strikes twelve, …

Our 4 year-old was so excited to hear about Shrek 2 coming out that she burped then turned into an ogre at sundown. The people at Cannes are revved about it too: The sequel to animated hit Shrek will, like its predecessor, be in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. …

The Joey Ramone Birthday Bash is back: An all-star line-up has been announced for “LIFE’S A GAS – THE ANNUAL JOEY RAMONE BIRTHDAY BASH” 2004 to take place Wednesday, May 19th at Irving Plaza in NYC (doors open at 7:00PM). The legendary lead singer of the “Hall Of Fame” Punk …

Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the killings at Columbine High School in Colorado, the worst school shooting in U.S. history: One by one, students, parents and neighbors arrived at Columbine High School on Tuesday ….Retirees Les and Vi Fast, who live nearby, walked across a field near Columbine in …

Ella Enchanted, the new family film starring Anne Hathoway (The Princess Diaries), is getting a favorable response from many reviewers, although so far it has just cracked the top 10 at the box office, doing $13.7 in its first two weeks. Dave Kehr wrote this in the NY Times: One …

Mickey Mouse – Disney’s 75 year-old corporate symbol – has, as a result of being that symbol, been drained of personality, personal history, context, anything specific enough to narrow his generic appeal. Disney, which moved legislative mountains to retain the copyright over its mascot until at least 2023, is conflicted …

A 1922 Rudolf Valentino film, long considered lost, has turned up – tell that one to Antiques Roadshow: The Dutch national film archive discovered the copy of melodrama Beyond the Rocks in a private collection left to the Filmmuseum. The movie, also starring Gloria Swanson, is in good condition apart …