The head of the NAACP on Saturday urged readers to boycott the New York Post, calling a cartoon that the newspaper published an invitation to assassinate President Barack Obama. ...more

February 21, 2009

Forget the millions on Metro, and the bus caravans inching in from beyond the Beltway. Barack Obama's inauguration is destined to create the greatest red-carpet gridlock in the history of the Federal City. ...more

December 21, 2008

As we all know, the fall movie lineup is full of Oscar-hopeful gravitas, the sort of films in which you can expect the drama to be high, the music to be stirring and actors to be … actor-y. ...more

September 18, 2008

It's not that the crime thriller "Righteous Kill" is spectacularly awful. It's just thoroughly mediocre - a standard police procedural, a long episode of "Law & Order," unremarkable but for the pairing of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. ...more

September 14, 2008

Call me a courageous explorer in the mold of Lewis and Clark if you want, but I did something insanely brave here: I traveled alone, on foot, all the way across the convention floor. ...more

August 28, 2008

Florida state Rep. Geraldine Thompson of Orlando was born in 1948 in New Orleans, and her birth certificate, she said, is labeled "colored." ...more

August 26, 2008

In case you thought celebrities were even remotely like the rest of us, the hospital where Angelina Jolie will someday eventually give birth to twins says it has covered the windows of her room with a special material to prevent paparazzi from taking pictures of the actress and her partner, Brad Pitt. ...more

July 10, 2008

Across much of the Midwest there is flooding over literally thousands of square miles and hundreds, if not thousands, of homes flooded. The memories of Hurricane Katrina and its devastation do sort of make you wonder: Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods? ...more

June 26, 2008

WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS What will be the worst Martin Lawrence movie of the year? The competition is always fierce and it's still early, but we may have a winner in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins." A groundbreaking achievement in blandness, the film has nothing other than a few ethnic references to distinguish it from the next lazy family comedy starring Steve Martin. ...more

February 7, 2008

Actor Wesley Snipes' defense team unexpectedly rested its case in his tax fraud trial Monday, cutting in half a proceeding once expected to last a month. ...more

January 29, 2008