Armed Liberal points us to this alarming report of a wife gone feral: A Modesto man has died after his wife held him down and bit him repeatedly when he refused to have sex with her, police said. Kelli Pratt, 45, was booked on suspicion of elder abuse, domestic violence …

Followed by: Polka Idol. I lied, maybe. The USA Network wants to do for country music what Fox television’s “American Idol” did for pop. The cable network announced on Friday a nationwide search for the next great country music artist, with open auditions for “Nashville Star” kicking off in Nashville …

Many free words will be spoken: Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Shawn Colvin, and Public Enemy frontman Chuck D are among the artists set to appear at the Creative Coalition’s Seconding The First Gala Concert at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom October 29. The event celebrates freedom of artistic expression. Others appearing …

Queen in the news again: Queen became the latest band bestowed with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Friday, October 18. The unveiling of the star, installed on Hollywood Boulevard, took place near the cross street of Ivar. The honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant, called it a …

Time flies in the absence of Spanish dance crazes involving lateral hand movements. Yes it’s been six years since the Macarena swept like a tsunami over an unsuspecting earth. The Spanish have struck again: along comes “The Ketchup Song” – and dance. The Spanish pop tune with gobbledygook lyrics is …

Insurance companies may be our salvation from reality shows, especially massively retarded dangerous shows: A woman has sued cable TV network MTV, its parent company Viacom Inc., and a cast member of its daredevil show “Jackass,” claiming she suffered injuries in a stunt performed while taping a program. In the …

Elements still trying to ban music in Afghanistan resort to violence – it may be the police: Two people were killed and dozens wounded when two hand grenades were thrown into a wedding party at a popular picnic spot northwest of Kabul, police and state television reported on Saturday. Kabul …

If you have been following the webcaster royalty bill, you know that its path has been serpentine. Just when it appeared that everything had been resolved and the path was clear for final passage in the Senate, antebellum dinosaur Jesse Helms put a hold on the legislation Thursday night, stopping …

The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association held its Wireless IT show in Las Vegas this week: U.S. users sent almost a billion text messages between January and June 2002 compared to just 30,000 during the same period of 2001, according to new figures released by the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet …

Richard Johnson would appear to disapprove of the new and improved Christina Skaguilera even more than I do: CHRISTINA Aguilera’s skanky new video “Dirrty” has turned the singing strumpet into a punchline for bad taste. In the David LaChapelle-directed clip, nearly naked Christina tarts herself up even more by wearing …