Billboard reports: Oscar-nominated composer, conductor and arranger Michael Kamen died this morning (Nov. 18) after suffering from multiple sclerosis for several years, his agent said. He was 55. Further details were not immediately available. One of Hollywood’s most successful composers, Kamen worked on music for the “Lethal Weapon” series and …
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Mickey Mouse at 75
Happy birthday Mickey – cultural icons aren’t created every day: Mickey Mouse arrived on the world’s cultural stage 75 years ago Tuesday as a scrawny but buoyant black-and-white product of the Jazz Age. He was a symbol of American pluck in his screen debut, “Steamboat Willie,” on Nov. 18, 1928. …
Read More »Bony Skank Bummed
No, not Christina, the other one. Paris weeps: “I feel embarrassed and humiliated, especially because my parents and the people who love me have been hurt,” the socialite and reality TV actress said Monday in a statement to The Associated Press. “I was in an intimate relationship and never, ever …
Read More »Sex Suits
What’s that little hosemonster doing to the poor dolphin? But anyway, if they had worn the suits instead of filing them, none of this would have happened: Paris Hilton’s ex-boyfriend is suing an Internet porn company for more than $10 million to stop distribution of the sex video he made …
Read More »Courtney Love: Falling Apart?
At 39 Courtney should be getting it together, instead she seems to be falling apart. Is it too late? No, but it’s getting close. My MSNBC.com commentary is here: “When they get what they want, They never want it again” – “Violet” by Hole I hate Courtney – I love …
Read More »Potter 3 Movie Trailer Leaked
The trailer to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film was leaked by a fan site: Industrious, Internet-enabled Harry Potter fans managed to get a sneak preview of a sneak preview of the trailer for the latest movie in the Potter series Wednesday evening. The trailer for the third …
Read More »Courtney Pleads Innocent
And rants like she's on drugs or someting.
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Third night of the third season of Fox's 24 - so how we doin' so far?
Read More »“Goooood morning Supreme Court!”
Does the word “counterculture” have any meaning left when Good Morning Vietnam DJ Adrian Cronauer is now a lawyer for the Pentagon? Has the system changed, Cronauer changed, or both? Or is it just the inevitable march of time? Adrian Cronauer, 65, was sworn in Wednesday to the Supreme Court …
Read More »Wiretapping Scandal
There’s nothing like a juicy Hollywood scandal to get the blood flowing: The case began with a dead fish and a rose in an aluminum pan, left on the hood of a car parked on a Los Angeles street. Taped to the windshield of the car, which belonged to a …
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