Paris Hilton and Tabloid Stars

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For all the flak Paris Hilton gets, deserved and undeserved, I give her credit for one thing; she has basically created a new type of celebrity: the tabloid star.  The tabloid star is not the old model of [...]

Great Reading On The Wire

I know a lot of people love reading about TV on Television Without Pity, but for my money no one writes more insightfully about TV than television critic Alan Sepinwall.  A friend of mine told me about him back when he was doing day-after Sopranos recaps for the Newark Star-Ledger, and warned me that no [...]

Fox’s Moment of Truth

I predict a lot of people will be talking about Fox’s new show Moment of Truth. Yes, it looks like typical Fox tackiness. Yes, it looks controversial, exploitative and possibly in poor taste. But damn if I’m not going to watch every last minute!
As a guy who’s into human nature and the [...]