I loved the Blues Brothers skits when they burst upon the world with stunning energy and passion on the original SNL in the late ’70s. John Belushi was a maniacally committed performer with a good enough voice to pull off the jump blues/soul/R&B review frontman routine, and Dan Aykroyd was …

Q Television — the 24/7 satellite subscription television network organized to “create, develop and feature television programming for the gay and lesbian community” — has announced a new nightly talk show, QueerEdge with Jack E. Jett, starring our very own Blogcritic Jack E. Jett. I know Jack E.’s the star …

The price of textbooks became a political issue last year when the California Public Interest Research Group released a report that accused publishers of gouging students, which prompted Congressman David Wu (D-Ore.) to request a GAO investigation. The results of that investigation were released today, which found that textbook prices …

As we reported in June, the Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet’s main oversight body, approved a new domain for “adult-entertainment” sites — .xxx — but now the ICM Registry, the not-for-profit group which would operate the .xxx domain name, has …

Cindy Sheehan – one woman, many questions: Is she an unreasonable, malignant gadfly? Righteously indignant grieving mother? Is it anti-American to protest ongoing American military action, or the most American expression of all? Do her efforts undermine the war effort? Should the war effort be undermined? Would quitting Iraq now …

Back in May, The Sopranos creator David Chase hinted on the vaunted HBO mob-opera’s website that the show’s upcoming sixth season — scheduled to debut March 2006 with 12 episodes — might not be its last. “It’s possible,” said Chase about extending the series while speaking at a breakfast for …

Recent American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, 22, was returning to her home state of Oklahoma with the “Pop Tarts Presents American Idols Live! Tour 2005” for a concert last night in Norman, so yesterday Governor Brad Henry whipped some laudatory signage on the Checotah native. As the Oklahoma Department of …

“CBGB has proven itself worthy of being recognized as a landmark — a rare achievement for any commercial tenant in the ever diverse and competitive real estate market of New York City … It would be unconscionable for this court to allow petitioner to proceed with its intent to evict …

So You Think You Can Dance, Fox’s summer reality competition that marries American Idol and Dance Fever is underway. Our Regina Avalos is covering all the gyrations and undulations: TV Review: So You Think You Can Dance – The Finale The winner is announced! Posted to Video by Regina Avalos …

Iconic blues pianist, vocalist and songwriter Emery “Detroit Junior” Williams, Jr. died yesterday at his Chicago home of heart failure at the age of 73. Junior was a raspy-voiced, rambunctious performer who gigged constantly and recorded on scores of other artists’ albums, as well as five albums under his own …