Prostate cancer couldn't keep Dennis Hopper away from the Breeders' Cup today. ...more

November 7, 2009

Irene Maher, well-known former WFLA health reporter, is returning to television. She will host a TV version of "Florida Matters," a public affairs program that airs on WUSF radio (89.7 FM). ...more

January 27, 2009

You're standing in line at a deli behind two day laborers fumbling with cash and struggling with English, when the clerk begins spewing hatred. Go back to your country, he says, or go eat at Taco Bell. ...more

January 5, 2009

So many younger viewers don't know the original story of Robinson Crusoe that NBC's reworking of the Daniel Defoe tale will seem more like a rip-off of "Pirates of the Caribbean" than messing with a classic. ...more

October 17, 2008

Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned. So claim many historians, although the tale seems a tad apocryphal. ...more

September 27, 2008

(Note to some animal-rights activists who have contacted me about previous columns: In no way am I endorsing the act of striking an alligator or other reptile in the head with a stump or stump-like object. But, in defense of the actions of the aforementioned Mr. Moses, he was, as the song states, used as gator bait by his daddy and later had his left arm bitten off "clean up to the elbow.") ...more

September 7, 2008

Maybe you don't have to be buff to play one of the iconic female characters in contemporary science fiction. But having a tough hide certainly helps, as Lena Headey has discovered. ...more

January 21, 2008

Larry David steals a glance at his wristwatch. It's about 11:50. He needs to check out of the hotel by noon. He pleasantly explains he's only got a few more minutes. ...more

October 29, 2007