It's good to be a geek at Comic-Con (USA Today) The four-day comic-book convention wrapped up Sunday in San Diego. USA TODAY's bleary-eyed correspondents Scott Bowles and Whitney Matheson sort through the sensory overload:...more...The Quicker Picker-Upper (Entertainment Weekly) During my normal TV Watches, I curl up on the couch, grab a pint of Ben & Jerry's, and prepare to take copious notes on the Hollywood adventures of our favorite quartet from Queens....more... GMA is doing it wrong (The Daily Tribune) Do GMA?s spindoctors know that the underdog mentality is quite strong in our society? If they do, they should not be publicizing malicious lies about Angel Locsin and pinning her down for what is basically a girl?s attempt to improve herself and correct the lopsided situation....more... Country's top 100 (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By Shirley Jinkins and Malcolm Mayhew Just as they did with rock 'n' roll, naysayers once predicted that country music wouldn't last, that it was just a passing fad. Of course, a lot of that naysaying happened in the 1980s, when Elvira was popular. Who coulda blamed 'em for wanting that song to go away? But country music, of course, hasn't gone anywhere. If anything, its popularity has ......more... Tube talk (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) By ROBERT PHILPOT Depending on how long you stay, the summer Television Critics Association press tour is up to three weeks of press conferences with network executives, show producers and stars. Inevitably, people say things that are funny, sometimes sarcastic and even surreal. Here's a sample of random quotations from the broadcast-network portion, which took up the bulk of the past two weeks. ......more... Daniel Silva (Book Reporter) Daniel Silva is the former executive producer of CNN's Washington-based public affairs programming, including such popular broadcasts as Crossfire, The Capital Gang, Late Edition, Evans & Novak, and Inside Politics Weekend....more... Dita Von Teese: What's underneath all that corsetry and red lipstick? (Independent) I meet Dita Von Teese ? the teeny-tiny "International Queen of Burlesque", famed for feather dances, champagne baths, and making the rest of us feel like the great, big, clumsy heffalumps we are ? at a London hotel. She is wearing a Vivienne Westwood couture dress teamed with beautiful Christian Louboutin shoes and a sparkling Cartier ring. She has black hair and skin so bone-white it looks as if ......more... At odds with Evan (Mega Star) Steve Carell shot to fame in The 40-Year-Old Virgin but was playing the funnyman long before that....more... Sasha Grey, Debbie Does Blu-Ray and Tristan Taormino's Expert Guide (DVD Talk) While many of our top picks tend toward the lighter side of porn, we also indulge in the darker side that so many fans crave these days, making Own My Ass #2 a natural pick....more... |