TAMPA - The Beatles stopped touring in large part because they couldn't hear themselves playing over the screams of their fans. ...more

September 4, 2008

From the time of Homer's heroic, swift-footed Achilles, the best of the best have sought the immortality of fame and glory. Today, 3,000 years later, thanks to the internet, the rest of mankind can obtain a good dose of fame - if not glory - via some key stroking. A new-found dimension of celebrity has even become a presidential campaign issue, what with John McCain's recent ad about his rival and the unexpected Paris Hilton rejoinder. ...more

August 25, 2008

"Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny With a Chance Of Scattered Hissy Fits" by Celia Rivenbark (St. Martin's Press, $21.95) ...more

August 24, 2008

one we can all watch. This one is in response to a campaign ad from Republican presidential candidate John McCain that parodied Democratic candidate Barack Obama as a celebrity on par with Britney Spears and Hilton. ...more

August 13, 2008

Lisa Marie Presley is pregnant with twins, her publicist confirms to People magazine. ...more

August 6, 2008

AURORA, Colo. - John McCain's presidential campaign on Wednesday released a withering television ad comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, suggesting the Democratic contender is little more than a vapid but widely recognized media concoction. ...more

July 31, 2008

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached an agreement that grants the pop singer more visits with her children and averts a custody trial that was scheduled for next month, attorneys said Friday. ...more

July 19, 2008

The rich and famous, it seems, split up differently than the rest of us. Christie Brinkley loaded up the kids in the family private jet and flew off to Colorado in search of comfort after discovering her husband was having an affair with an 18-year-old and spending some of the family fortune on Internet porn. ...more

July 9, 2008

Justin Long and Drew Barrymore have ended their romance, the actor's publicist said Tuesday. ...more

July 9, 2008

Heath Ledger's untimely, tragic death is off the front and the back pages of the newspapers, but Heath is just one of the many young people who come from the hinterlands to make their fame and fortune in Hollywood. ...more

February 12, 2008