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The passing of stentorian actor John Vernon, who died February 1 at his home in Los Angeles of complications from heart surgery, has been noted here and there on the site, but we have not afforded him the appropriate recognition of a formal obit: Dean Wormer, we hardly knew ye. …

Ashlee Simpson is Cosmo’s “Fearless Female of the Year,” whatever the hell that is, and displays her most prominent assets on the February cover: Her tour begins February 16, of which she tells AP: “It’s really stripped down. There’s no pyro(technics) or anything like that. The stage has a mud …

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored this year’s Oscar contenders at its annual Nominees Luncheon Feb.7 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. 115 nominees from 24 categories gathered at noon for the traditional pre-Academy Awards fete. The big news was the announcement that the awards show itself will …

Stand aside, Bridget Jones. Look lively, Carrie Bradshaw. And look out, Adrian Mole: if you see this woman, run. A sharp-witted British social satire fresh from the New York Times bestseller list, Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber hits the idiot box on March 12 courtesy of Oxygen Media. The …

If you have an unlimited ad budget like Budweiser or the automakers and can afford the repetition throughout the game, maybe it is worth it, but for smaller players shooting their wad on a single showing, I doubt it is. IFILM has its super cool and handy compendium of Super …

This DVD documents the 2003 Springing the Blues Festival in Jacksonville, FL. Interspersing performances with artist interviews, it conveys the flavor of what’s happening down South on the blues festival scene in the 21st century. The interviewers also elicit from the artists verbal descriptions and private demos of what the …

In an interview recorded two weeks ago that will air Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on the FOX News Channel’s “At Large With Geraldo Rivera,” Michael Jackson says, “The bigger the star, the bigger the target. I’m not trying to say I’m the super-duper star, I’m not saying that. I’m …

First off, allow me to preface the rather notable news that Volvo is announcing a contest to give away a seat on the Virgin Galactic spaceship during their Super Bowl commercial Sunday, by noting that Richard Branson is a dickleak. I have nothing in particular against the guy and his …

The Imagine Cup is a worldwide tournament challenging the globe’s best and brightest students to use technology to enhance people’s lives. Wild creativity is encouraged and students are allowed to collaborate with up to 3 teammates. All students who register to compete get a free copy of Microsoft Visual Studio …

Directed by Josh Pais 7th Street is an interesting documentary about a city block in Manhattan between C and D avenues. Actor Josh Pais (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) makes his directorial debut as he combines his remembrances as a young man with interviews of …