A Shroud of Thoughts

Ron Carey, best known for playing Officer Carl Levitt on the TV series Barney Miller , died on January 16, 2007 from a stroke. Carey was bor...

Today the nominations for the 79th annual Academy Awards was announced. And, as usual, there were a few surprises. Perhaps the most surprisi...

I rather suspect every person has their comfort shows; that is, shows that he or she watches whenever he or she is depressed or under stress...

Denny Doherty, singer, songwriter, and a member of the Sixties vocal group the Mamas and the Papas died yesterday at the age of 66. He had r...

Art Buchwald, columnist, political satirist, and novelist, died yesterday at the age of 81 from kidney failure. Buchwald had refused dialysi...

Having volunteered to work Martin Luther King Day, I missed the Golden Globes last night. But from everything I have read, it appears that o...

Last year saw the release of two major motion pictures centred around stage magicians, The Prestige and The Illusionist . And while compari...