#mixedbag
In this week’s abbreviated, holiday-weekend compilation of pop culture crap, strippers protest a church, Nancy Grace cracks nuts, and Aerosmith’s…

#recaps
There is something inherently awful about all bridesmaid dresses, but they make for amazingly good TV. And with all the contestants hating one “bride”…

#blinditems
Her married lover convinced her she was too young to be a mother. This aging rocker hits on his granddaughter’s friends and a fantastic item about…

#television
Though he’s gained on him overall, Leno’s lost 23% of Conan O’Brien’s share of the coveted 18-49 y.o. demographic. All told, these are the worst…

#recaps
For the guidos of Jersey Shore, the most important sociological experiment of our time, the women stick with the women and the men stick with the men….

#midweekmadness
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which Margaret and I tip the celebrity weeklies after gorging on gossip. This week, when Shiloh isn’t…

#traderoundup
We really should have gone to see Law Abiding Citizen! We really should have. Also today: Somehow a young filmmaker gets his shot, casting news…

#blinditems
Her milkshake didn’t bring the boy to the yard, because he dumped her. This tennis star is bedding a real princess, this singer does interviews…

#recaps
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having interest in Top Chef Season 7 D.C., are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the season is now…

#nostalgia
Due to a happy accident of the calendar, today is 9/02/10, and diehard fans are using it as an excuse to celebrate the quintessential ’90s drama,…

#traderoundup
It’s true. Yoda has looked up to the heavens and declared this true. Also today: up-and-comer Anthony Mackie lands another role, a promising…

#blinditems
But if she’s not 21, how did she even get in the club in the first place? The Emmys brought awkward moments for a bunch of love-lorn actors and this…

#recaps
So last night began our two-part journey into Andy Cohen’s underworld, a place of shadows and screams, of strange rhombus coffee tables and tearing,…

#blinditems
Looks like she’s doubling her chances of a date on Saturday night. These costars scored with a set of twins, this actor is doing too much coke, and…

#announcements
…Conan. Yup. No “show” or “night” variation. Not even a “barbarian” mention. Just plain old Conan. This is what he tells us in a new…

#reviews
Darren Aronofsky’s new ballet thriller (yes!) Black Swan premiered at the Venice Film Festival last night and reviews are in. Most people? Most…

#salaries
We already know who’s going to be hoofing on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, but just how big of a payday is waiting for the likes of Bristol Palin and…

#mondayboxoffice
It’s true. There’s a surprise ending. Did people like it? Find out for yourself. People did definitely like a film about people taking…

#disappointment
An early review of Robert Rodriguez’s Mexploitation flick Machete indicates that the movie is both silly and heavy-handed: “it feigns…

#recaps
The sweet smell of success hung in the air when Don Draper won a Clio award on Mad Men. However the stink of ambition was also ubiquitous and the things…