The year in Russell Simmons
Recently I volunteered how Russell Simmons struck me as a “big phony,” despite scant evidence. Just a gut feeling. Score one for my gut. Since then we’ve seen Simmons defend [...]
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The chick from ‘Just One of the Guys’ salutes lip-syncing Disney product
D-List drag queen Lady Gaga, looking suspiciously like Terry (“dresses like Elvis Costello, looks like the Karate Kid”) from the 1985 gender-bending classic “Just One of the Guys,” was the [...]
Hollywood vs. the kids
The cultural right’s fixation on permissiveness misses the real threat presented by the entertainment industry. Fame is the leading value emphasized by television shows popular among 9-to-11-year-olds, a major change [...]
A suicide in 140 characters or less
Not surprisingly, Carlos Estevez is involved. Last night, 22-year-old Kacey Jordan—the woman best known for smoking crack with Charlie Sheen, suggesting she aborted Sheen’s baby, and winning Howard Stern’s “Charlie [...]
