Three 6 Mafia: Oscar Winners
Mar 06, 2006
You knew I had to write about this: Three 6 Mafia, regional Memphis rap kingpins for the last decade and a half, pioneers of an endlessly compelling evil-slow-garbled primordial deep-South horrorcrunk aesthetic, my favorite rap group in the world, shocked

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Mar 04, 2006
Dave Chappelle is the subject of "Dave Chappelle's Block Party," a quirky new documentary that chronicles a free comedy-rock concert featuring a who's who of rap, R&B and hip-hop stars.

Winging It Back to "West Wing"
Mar 02, 2006
A bevy of big-name alumni are set to return to The West Wing for the political drama's last hurrah this spring, the network has announced.

Darren McGavin dies at 83
Feb 26, 2006
Emmy-winning actor Darren McGavin, who played grouchy monster chaser Carl Kolchak in the 1970s television series "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," died on Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital, according to a statement on his Web site.

Heavy Storms Threaten Mardi Gras Events
Feb 25, 2006
The Bacchus Lounge is a shell of its former self _ gutted to the studs after Hurricane Katrina flooded it to the ceiling _ but the Krewe of Dreux was determined to celebrate

Just when the action can't get any crazier, it does
Feb 24, 2006
Running Scared is a vicious and brutal B-movie jacked up to hysterical, hallucinatory proportions -- a pulpy, violent action picture that torments the viewer as much as its characters, and I mean that as a compliment.

Pesci Beats the Rap on Battery Charge
Feb 23, 2006
Actor Joe Pesci has dodged a criminal charge for giving a fan a fat lip after the man put his arm around the celebrity and took a picture without permission outside a Boca Raton strip mall.

News Corp launches new network
Feb 22, 2006
News Corp on Wednesday introduced a new US broadcast television network to compete in a market threatened by fracturing audiences and the emergence of new digital distribution services.

Lachey Wants Alimony, Simpson Still Rich
Feb 21, 2006
Jessica Simpson makes tons of money. When she's not filming thirty-second commercials of her popping wads of cheese-filled pizza crust into small boys' mouths for gobs of cash, she's making her own line of shoes for loads of loot.

New Bond a toothless wonder
Feb 20, 2006
He may be saving the world from being destroyed by bad guys in his upcoming James Bond movie Casino Royale, but actor Daniel Craig must be rueing the day he had to fight with some minor actors, for he recently received a punch that left him both bleeding