I find it fascinating that some blacks aren’t defended by the civil rights establishment or other advocacy groups if they do not happen to hew to a designated set of political positions, as if taking political positions outside of this designated dogma somehow renders them fair game for racism. It’s …

I am more saddened than usual to hear of the death of Terry Melcher at the all-too-young age of 62 from a melanoma. I had the fortune of speaking to Melcher at some length in the late-’90s and we had kept in touch periodically since. I was unaware of his …

U2 SNL video of “I Will Follow” here. As Randy Reichardt and Lono have already ably and passionately described, U2 brought down the house last night on SNL, first blowing through the greatest rock single of the year, the effervescent and elevating “Vertigo,” then easing things down for “Sometimes You …

Oscar nominated writer, director, producer Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) and his favorite leading man Bill Murray — looking every inch the paterfamilias in paunch and gray beard — return December 10 (NY/LA, December 25 nationwide) with Touchstone’s The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, which looks to …

John Mayer — the Grammy-winning, triply talented, hugely popular jazzy pop-rock singer, songwriter and guitarist — has a new TV show coming to VH1 called John Mayer Has A TV Show. A peculiar hybrid, it’s one part documentary, one part travelogue and one part sketch comedy, shot guerrilla-stylee on the …

Ozzy and Sharon say their MTV cash cow ($85m), I mean reality show, The Osbournes is finished after three seasons, and frankly, what’s left to do at this pont? You probably don’t want to revisit cancer, pet incontinence and family-wide substance abuse. But thumbs up to the dysfunctional dynasty for …

With so much new stuff coming out over the holiday season, how — other than reading tbomedia.co.uk, which is now mandatory in 31 states and most of Canada — can a diligent popular culture consumer keep track? One efficient use of time might be Fuse TV’s Amplified Guide to the …

Disney’s National Treasure opens tomorrow. Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage stars as Benjamin Franklin Gates, an archaeologist and treasure-hunter who discovers that a map to a priceless bounty lies on the back of the Declaration of Independence. To protect the country’s most sacred document and uncover the extraordinary treasure to …

The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), over a period of approximately 20 years, will create a national, digital resource of historically significant newspapers from all the states and U.S. territories published between 1836 and 1922. This searchable database will be permanently maintained at the Library of Congress and be freely …