The creepiest showbiz confession ever was Ryan O’Neal’s admission that during the funeral for Farrah Fawcettt, he tried to hit on a woman who turned out to be his estranged daughter, Tatum. Like Ryan O’Neal, the protagonist of Elinor Lipton’s The Family Man reconnects with a long-lost relative after a…

I wasted more than a decade of beer drinking before I tried beer pong. Drinking games always struck me as the realm of overgrown frat boys. My thinking: Beer is good–it shouldn’t be a negative consequence of poor game play. Then one night at a house party, the action at…

From respectful, traditional stage performances to Baz Luhrmann’s “hip” modernization, Romeo + Juliet, to the violent gross-out parody Tromeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s tragic tale of “star-cross’d lovers” has been adapted so many times that it seems unlikely that yet another performance of the play could add anything to it. So…

Huggy Lowdown is best known as the “Celebrity Snitch” on Tom Joyner’s syndicated morning show, on which he gives daily gossip updates cracking himself and the other hosts up with obvious innuendo and catty insults. The jokes aren’t that clever, but he’s got an enthusiastic, kinda-swishy delivery that makes them…

The most ridiculous television show ever created was Cop Rock. Police officers–the people who bust up beer parties, respond to noise complaints and enforce drug prohibition–co-opting the music of youthful rebellion is inherently laughable. But lawyers rocking? Slightly absurd, but it makes a lot more sense than cops. Arguing a…

Sorry to tell you this, dudes, but the Girl Show isn’t what the title implies. But just because it isn’t yet another burlesque show doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy it. Female artistic expression doesn’t always have to involve tasseled pasties, you know. This ArtLoveMagic (wasn’t that a Chili Peppers album?)…