Mark Vincent Has It

Mark Vincent, born in Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia, was just 15 when he won first place in Australia’s Got Talent on April 22, 2009. Inspired by his late grandfather to study opera, Mark also admires the great opera tenors Andrea Bocelli and Luciano Pavarotti. For his first performance on the talent show, Mark performed [...]

Dancing with DeLay

In case you missed the Monday night season premiere of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, former Texas Congressman Tom Delay is back on the scene, and he still has better moves than most of his former colleagues in Washington DC! Watch this video and judge for yourself what that says about the current crop of [...]

Sulkin, Soccer & Cyrus: Let the Games Begin

British actor Gregg Sulkin, 17, is not only the teen-dream boyfriend of superstar Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana; he is also a terrific soccer player. He is in Israel competing in the 2009 Maccabiah Games as a member of the British soccer team. This is Gregg Sulkin’s second trip to Israel. His first trip to [...]

Keeping Art Real

The question itself is a cliché: Do we need another TV reality show? Ready or not, there are casting calls in progress for a new one, tentatively titled The Untitled Art Project. The winner of this competition will get a gallery show, cash, and a sponsored museum tour, although the details have not been disclosed. [...]

A Hope Worth Remembering

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.” – Bob Hope Born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, England on May 29, 1903, Bob Hope emigrated to the United States with his family when he was four years old. He died July 27, 2003, in [...]

Hollywood Walk of Fame 2010

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce released the names of the 28 celebrities who will be honored with a pink terrazzo five-pointed star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010, the Walk’s 50th anniversary. The 2010 Hollywood Walk of Fame recipients are: Motion Pictures: James Cameron, Russell Crowe, John Cusack, Colin Firth, Gale Anne Hurd, [...]

Andrea Bocelli & Gianluca Ginoble

He is being called “the new Andrea Bocelli,” and if you watch a couple of the performance videos on YouTube of 14-year old singing prodigy Gianluca Ginoble performing in Ti Lascio Una Canzone, you will know why. The video below shows Andrea Bocelli addressing a very surprised and emotional Gianluca Ginoble. If, like mine, your [...]

Buffy Babies

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg played little sister Dawn on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar in the title role. Ms. Gellar and husband Freddie Prinze, Jr. have been married for six years. The couple is expecting their first child in the fall, and Ms. Trachtenberg had something to say about [...]

Journalist Arrested Covering Katie Couric’s Journalism Award

On the surface it looks like the ultimate irony. Documentary filmmaker and journalist John Ziegler was detained by police and threatened with arrest just for showing up at the University of Southern California and doing the thing that journalists are supposed to do: asking questions. Mr. Ziegler was covering an awards ceremony honoring CBS Evening [...]

From White Castle to House to the White House

Kal Penn is a man on the move. The actor who played Kumar in the 2004 stoner comedy “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” went on to play Dr. Lawrence Kutner on the Fox television series “House.” In a surprise plot twist on last night’s episode of “House,” Dr. Kutner committed suicide. The actor [...]