The LA Times did an interesting story on Tyler Perry in the Business section today. If you don’t know who Perry is, he’s responsible for the Madea franchise (“Diary of a Mad Black Woman”) and is on his way to becoming a mogul in entertainment. Recently, TBS bought 100 episodes of his new [...]
Read I wanna be like Mike »I spent two days last week “live blogging” and lived to tell the tale.
Live blogging is blogging an event while it’s happening. It’s that scene of young people—usually guys—sitting in the back of the room, furiously typing away at their laptops during Bush’s State of the Union or the Scooter Libby trial.
I’m not your [...]
Pushing Off
Live blogging is attention deficit heaven! Do I like that? Yes. Maybe. I mean, What was I saying?

For gay couples, neither candidate in Thursday’s VP debate offered anything remotely resembling change. Tara Graham takes them to task.
Mark Evitt takes a hard look at the recent Village Voice firings and the state of print media in general.
Ryan Barrett takes you through her own person Spin Room on last week’s Vice-Presidential debate.
In our new series on classic pieces of journalism, Emily Henry pulls Martha Gellhorn’s “Dachau” out of the chest for your reading pleasure.
Deborah Stokol takes Rosie the Riveter back from the campaigning co-opters.
Tara Graham hits you with the week in gossip. Catch up on the brain candy.
Emily Henry takes a look at the new import HBO sketch-comedy series Little Britain USA
Missed your dose of gossip last week? Tara Graham rounds up all of the juicy tidbits. (Spoiler: Clay Aiken is gay)
Confused by the pro-corn syrup commercials you’ve been seeing lately? You’re not alone. Mark Evitt breaks it down for you.
Chris Nelson weighs in on Obama’s candidacy, the punditry poison, and the speech from Invesco Field.
Max Zimbert interviews some political heavyweights on the Dem’s chances in Ohio and Iowa.
The P+P crew gives a Cribs-style walk-through of their sick DNC digs.
Torey Van Oot gets ex-Fugee Wyclef Jean to share his thoughts on courting the Latino vote for Obama.
Brooke-Sidney Gavins gets RZA of the Wu-Tang to open up about the DNC and the election.




