Should it surprise anyone that NBC’s summer reality series “Next Action Star” (search) fell flat on its face in the ratings? After all, what good is seeking out the next Jean-Claude Van Damme (search) when the real one hasn’t had a hit movie in over a decade? That’s why I …

Enough of watching everybody else get rich! I’m going to sue FOX News Channel because my job has exposed me to things that I find offensive. I’ve been subjected to Real-ities, likeOmarosa (search)from “The Apprentice” and Richard Hatch from “Survivor,”andI’m sure to be one of the first to havelistened to …

Promise me if any of you make it really big out there — or you’re big already — that you “don’t” snap your fingers at anyone. I mention this because I was on a plane this weekend and this one guy — sorry to say, I don’t know who the …

WASHINGTON – After the bare-knuckle political fights of the 2004 election followed by a drawn-out battle over the intelligence reform bill, members of Congress may resolve to try to be more bipartisan in 2005, or they may find themselves fighting many of the same battles. Republican leaders on Capitol Hill …

John Irving | Another Disney Bust | Cabala, Kaballah ‘Cider House’ Author in Mad-Dash Rewrite We’ve all got to leave the great writer John Irving alone for the next few months. Everyone. That means you. Let me explain. Coming to movie theaters on July 14 is “The Door in the …

The latest from the Political Grapevine: Wrong Report Citing a senior defense official, CNN aired a story on Monday claiming that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had approved the use of an interrogation technique called water boarding that makes a prisoner feel as though he’s drowning. But memos released today show …

And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Number Keeps Growing Seventy five members of the House — including one Democrat — have written a letter to 9/11 commissioner and former Janet Reno deputyJamie Gorelick (search), urging her to answer questions about her …

“I could care less.”Now there’s a phrase that is not only overused, it’s wrong. When you “could care less,”you actuallycare enough about something that you could manage to care a few degrees less about it.Are you following me?Most people who say this, (likea lot of you whosend me hate e-mail …

Many years ago I worked for a guy who was miserable. And I mean, miserable. He was demeaning and dictatorial. He loved to make himself look good and by extension, anyone who worked for him look small. He was curt and rude, condescending and nasty. I always felt he got …

Dear Viewers, When you watch the two presidential campaign spokespersons on television, you would think it was all combat and that no one “buries the hatchet” at any time. This is “mostly” correct, but not totally. In our green room (waiting room), both sides of the campaign are seated together …