I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out who Michael Jackson (the “pop oddity” in the words of E!’s very funny Julie Keller) looks like. It has been driving me crazy. But look closely at this picture of Jackson in court yesterday, and then this picture of equally peculiar …

Richard Gere’s odd serenity leads me to believe he either knows a lot more or a lot less than most of the rest of us. Maybe it’s less: Actor Richard Gere’s animal magnetism has won him the unwelcome accolade of being declared the year’s worst celebrity waffler by Britain’s Plain …

We just talked about the Whitney Houston-Bobby Brown TV interview on tonight where they both admit to drugging it up on a regular basis. Now check out the drugstore cowboy list of narcotics Winona Ryder had on her person when apprehended for shoplifting at the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue …

No airport chaos over the Thanksgiving weekend, but still some interesting confiscations: Some passengers still haven’t gotten the word about what they can and can’t take on planes. Seized at airports during the Thanksgiving crush: 15,982 pocket knives, 98 boxcutters, six guns and a brick. ….Since the Sept. 11 attacks, …

I hate reality shows – hate ’em hate ’em hate ’em – and as the grandaddy of them all The Real World holds a special, contrived, insipid, banal place in my heart. Now the production company behind TRW, Road Rules and Making the Band – particularly loathsome all – is …

Our good friend with the long horns Cindy Chaffin informs us of a good show for a great cause this Saturday, December 7, in at the Barley House in Dallas: Friends of Amy McClure Pomykal $10.00 Donation at the Door 3:00 PM until 10:00 PM Proceeds from this Celebration of …

Thanks to our own Ross S, public health policy maven extraordinaire, for the heads up on the CDC’s webcast of CDC Bioterrorism Update: Smallpox Preparedness via their website tomorrow and Friday, December 5 and 6, at 5:30 PM ET: BROADCAST INFORMATION “CDC Bioterrorism Update: Smallpox Preparedness” A National Immunization Program …

P2P service Aimster (aka Madster) told to “cut it out and we’re not kidding this time. Don’t make me stop this car. I know Santa Claus’s phone number.” A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order against peer-to-peer file-sharing service Aimster (now known as Madster) to protect the copyrights …

Joining Movielink in the biz, the new service will offer video-on-demand online: The new online movie subscription service, Starz On Demand, will have robust copyright protection and also allow users to enjoy high-quality video playback, said RealNetworks Chief Executive Rob Glaser. “I would call it a natural progression, videos on …

I like Whitney Houston – she’s about the only current diva I can stand. She has a great voice, good (but not great) musical sense, charisma, beauty, and a sense of humor well-displayed on her 1996 SNL appearance. I even used to like Bobby Brown when he was the King …