We should tell Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev to please not be upset by the statements by Vice President Joe Biden ("Biden's talk perplexes Russia," Views, July 26.) ...more

July 28, 2009

What Just Happened Based on the memoir by producer Art Linson ("Fight Club," among others), this mild inside Hollywood tale stars Robert DeNiro as a movie executive struggling to save two troubled pictures (an arty thriller in which a dog dies, and an action movie starring Bruce Willis) as well as his marriage to estranged second wife Robin Wright Penn. Catherine Keener and John Turturro also star. ...more

February 26, 2009

In the midst of a slew of Christmas-themed movies and specials this weekend, TNT debuts a thriller drama series and a new action fantasy movie. ...more

December 5, 2008

Proving that television covers the spectrum of human existence, this column will include items about Margaret Cho and Jane Seymour. Both have TV projects debuting this week. ...more

August 21, 2008

Determined to dredge up concepts from the 1970s and '80s and redo them badly, NBC proceeds with "Celebrity Circus" at 9:30 tonight. ...more

June 18, 2008

If you placed an infinite number of chimpanzees at an infinite number of typewriters, would they eventually write all the great books? ...more

June 1, 2008

Aaaaaaay! The Fonz will be returning to Milwaukee later this year - permanently, and in bronze. ...more

January 28, 2008

Suzanne Pleshette, best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died, just days before a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...more

January 21, 2008

Escape To China At "Holiday Wonders," you can experience a combination of music, song, dance and acrobatics that has for centuries inspired the culture of the Chinese people. The show is Saturday and Sunday at the Mahaffey Theater at the Progress Energy Center in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 29, 2007

Dick Wilson, 91, the actor and pitchman who played Mr. Whipple, the uptight grocer begging customers "Please don't squeeze the Charmin," died Monday in Los Angeles. ...more

November 20, 2007