Baby Einstein videos were marketed with a promise many parents found irresistible: Park your kid in front of the television, and let us make him or her, if not a genius, then at least above average. ...more

November 6, 2009

Tropicana Field renovations for $471 million? That's one spicy meatball! ...more

June 20, 2009

The CW television network is shutting down on Sunday nights. ...more

May 5, 2009

More than 400 hundred television stations across the nation switched from analog to digital on Feb. 17 and hundreds more will make the transition on June 12, leaving millions of bewildered viewers asking what happened to their "Matlock" reruns. ...more

February 22, 2009

WFLA, Channel 8, the NBC affiliate in the Tampa Bay area, will hold off unplugging its analog television signal until June 12, the new date envisioned for the nation's switch to digital TV. ...more

February 9, 2009

Watching television with your children may prove to be a good investment of your time. ...more

November 16, 2008

My daughter is a puppy. A spotted puppy. It's an important distinction. Her breed may be a mystery, but her markings have been mapped with a surveyor's precision. She has a black ring around her right eye, three spots on her rump, a spot on her left rear "paw" and a black-tipped tail. ...more

October 26, 2008

"Switch," by Carol Snow (Harper Teen, $17) A teen's life is complicated enough without the burden of swapping bodies during every lightning storm. In "Switch," author Carol Snows uses this device to communicate the awkward body ideals plaguing young women. ...more

October 19, 2008

So this past weekend I saw the new Batman movie. I have been a Batman fan since I was watching reruns of Adam West in my Underoos. ...more

July 23, 2008

SEBRING — Women have been waiting for the return of "Sex and the City" since it left the air, and many are pulling out all the stops for today's movie premiere. For the chick flick of the summer, women will be heading to the theaters with their favorite heels, their fabulous purses and – the best accessory of all – their girlfriends. Jeri Wohl and 10 of her friends will be going to the movie in style – taking a limo to a fancy premiere party in Orlando, hosted by her daughter, Casey Wohl, author of "Getaway Girl" books. The bash to welcome back Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte will feature cosmopolitans named after the characters and a fashion show before the showing of the film. "It's going to be a whole night of Sex and the City fun," Jeri Wohl said. "I am a huge Sex and the City fan and so is my daughter, so she wanted to do a girls ...more

May 30, 2008