Layoffs at NBC's late-night staples could begin this week - or the network could keep at least "The Tonight Show" on the air with guest hosts later this month. ...more

November 13, 2007

If nautical nonsense be something you wish, it helps to be patient. When SpongeBob SquarePants unleashes "Atlantis SquarePantis," another of his periodic special episodes tonight, it will have been a long time coming: more than a year from the time the animators at Nickelodeon's Nicktoons studios in Burbank sat down to sketch the outlines of a story about SpongeBob's quest to the lost city of Atlantis until the episode was delivered to the network. ...more

November 12, 2007

ST. VINCENT: MARRY ME (XL) ***½ One spin of 'Marry Me' and listeners may be ready to propose to Annie 'St. Vincent' Clark - if not marriage, then at least a long-term musical relationship. ...more

October 5, 2007

In 1979, rock critic Greil Marcus asked a bunch of colleagues to answer the ultimate music fan's question: What one album would they want to have if they were stranded on a desert island? Just more than 25 years later, I offered the same challenge to a new generation of music aficionados. Nineteen music writers, bloggers and scholars were up for the task - indeed, they leaped at the opportunity to pick a favorite and gush about it at length. ...more

October 2, 2007

The same egomania that turns Kanye West boorish in public is part of what makes him one of hip hop's most fascinating artists. On 'Graduation,' his third album, his self-esteem comes out in clever, disarming rhymes; and it's tempered with some equally rampant self-doubt. ...more

September 21, 2007

It's not like Kanye West needed an ego boost, but here it comes: His 'Graduation' album trounced 50 Cent's 'Curtis' in the much-hyped rap sales showdown with nearly 1 million copies sold the first week, the best debut of the year for the struggling music industry. ...more

September 20, 2007

•The classic Lerner & Loewe love story 'My Fair Lady' starts Wednesday at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. ...more

September 10, 2007