I guess 15% of any group of people are idiots. James Traficant, a convicted felon who campaigned from his prison cell, still received over 27,000 votes for the new U.S. House District 17 seat in Northeast Ohio. What other explanation is there other than brain damage? Young Democrat Tim Ryan …

Live in 1991 and coming from my son's room in 2002.

No, I’m not talking about the elections: I’m talking about a cool online survey comparing CD and digital music download usage: This is the first page of a questionnaire designed by Aram Sinnreich, a doctoral student at the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. I am …

As a sign that the national mood has begun to shift away from the zero tolerance, “just say No” mantra that first took root in the late ’70s, voters in three states and Washington D.C. (too late for a former mayor) vote today on measures that will decriminalize drugs or …

Jon Stewart’s Daily Show will make it up as they go along in “Indecision 02” special: To ready himself for election night coverage, CBS News anchor Dan Rather has been studying the issues for weeks. To prepare for his completely made-up election-night coverage, comedian Jon Stewart jokes that he starts …

The gliteratti showed up for a special small theater performance by the Rolling Stones to conclude their LA engagement: Rock stars among the 2,200 fans at the Wiltern Theater included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek, Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood, Dwight Yoakam, …

Letterman to simulcast on radio: Starting Nov. 11, the “Late Show with David Letterman” will be simulcast each weeknight on 15 major-market radio stations owned by the Infinity Broadcasting network, a corporate sibling of CBS, marking a new avenue of cross-promotion for Letterman. Both CBS and Infinity are owned by …

In conjunction with the forthcoming Bond flick Die Another Day, AMC is going Bond-girl crazy: From Dr. No’s Ursula Andress to Halle Berry in the new movie Die Another Day, Bond Girls were once portrayed as angels with broken wings, yet now emerge as strong, sexy and intelligent women who …

Industry suck-up watch. The question isn’t whether the elections are entertaining – only a masochist could be entertained by the ritualistic onslaught of poorly-made, repetitious, negative campaign ads – but what do the elections mean for the entertainment industry: If the GOP prevails, they will take over all of the …

Richard Johnson of the NY Post’s PageSix.com really, really hates Christina Aguilera. I mean I think she has gone crazy with the whole “I’m an adult now and I can out-trash any ghetto ho whoever humped homeless lepers in a dumpster” routine, but maybe she’s just young and stupid. Well, …