Nancy Reagan

New Drug Named "Smiles" Is Linked To Teen Deaths

The kid was reportedly "shaking, growling, and foaming at the mouth." That led to him smashing his head against the ground. Two hours later, he was dead. No, it's not a scene from American Horror Story. It was a real-life occurrence in Grand Forks, North Dakota--and if you love irony, the drug t ... More >>

Photo Of Alan Rickman And Jane Fonda As The Reagans

Oprah Winfrey just sent out this glimpse of herself with director Lee Daniels, who's doing a film called The Butler, about the title character's years of service to a succession of Presidents. Oh, and there are two other people in the picture. They're Alan Rickman and Jane Fonda, who happen to be ... More >>

Jane Fonda: "It's Terrible To Die Without Forgiving"

On her renaissance, on laughing, and on men

Jane Fonda Deserves Better Than Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Streisand Impressionist Defends Babs' Choice Of Gypsy

There's been a lot of talk -- mainly right here -- about whether Barbra Streisand is the right choice to play the feisty Mama Rose in the new movie version of the classic musical Gypsy. Well, I just heard from Steven Brinberg, who for years has done a letter-perfect Babs homage called Simply Barbra ... More >>

Other Desert Cities: My Review

​Move over, Addams Family. The most intriguingly dysfunctional clan in town is now the one in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities, in which a tell-all book manuscript surfacing at Christmastime puts the hell back in holidays.

Betty Ford Remembered by the Late George Carlin

When we heard the news that Betty Ford (the accidental First Lady married to the accidental 38th President of the United States) had died, we immediately thought of how George Carlin spoke of her in his last stand up special, It's Bad for Ya! In the above segment, Carlin brings up Mrs. Ford in a r ... More >>

It's National Kissing Day. So, Kiss Already.

​Not only is today George W. Bush's 65th birthday, and Nancy Reagan's 90th, and the birthday of that girl we went to high school with who dated that one guy before we did (#grudges), it's also National (or International, depending on who you make out with) Kissing Day. This is important, becau ... More >>

Beyoncé, "Move Your Body," The Obamas, And The Body Politic

​It was popular, for a while, to talk about African-Americans born after the civil rights movement as "the hip-hop generation," which implied that the swath of people being discussed was tied together more by a shared culture than by a shared political purpose. But it was hard not to notice th ... More >>

Nancy Reagan's Secret Service Agent Shot Himself In The Hip

​One of Nancy Reagan's Secret Servicemen was hospitalized Friday after accidentally shooting himself in the hip. The AP reports that the agent, whose name was not released (because it's a secret, duh), was holstering his firearm at a gun range in Camarillo, California when it went off.

Other Desert Cities, Where the Family Business Is Deception

Jon Robin Baitz heads to Palm Springs for his new play

NYC's Golden Gossip Era Fades

Gotham gossip loses grip, fights off rabble. Rattled tattletales tell all.

Andy Warhol's Piss Paintings Aren't Exactly Number One

The brand plays on at the Brooklyn Museum

Prop 8, Michelle Obama, Ground Zero Mosque: Are Conservatives Basically The Honky Party?

Last week Judge Vaughn Walker's decision setting aside Prop 8 in California unleashed plenty of grumbling from rightbloggers. As it involves gay people, this was to be expected. There was also rightblogger outrage, also expected, that Michelle Obama and her daughters had a swell, privately-funded v ... More >>

Dana Plato Gave Todd Bridges Blow Jobs!

​Let's go back in time to the hit sit-com Diff'rent Strokes and try to realize that whatever was being stroked off camera wasn't all that different. In his new memoir, Todd Bridges (a/k/a "Willis") remembers feeling something under the covers at the special school the stars were attending, an ... More >>

Big Boi Needs To Release A George-Clinton-Only Version Of His New "Fo Yo Sorrows" Video Immediately

Great song, wacky Too Short verse ("Jesse Jackson... bitch!"), cute kids, etc. etc., but sweet Jesus George Clinton is mesmerizing. Can you even imagine what living in that guy's head must be like? Dude makes Lil Wayne look like Nancy Reagan.

I Regifted To The Person Who Originally Gave Me The Gift!

Via Plazatoo​My worst fear came true the other day when I took a friend out for lunch on her birthday. After we ordered, I handed her several gifts, including a sleeping mask that said "Fuck" on it. I thought she'd get a laugh out of it, and I was so very right. In fact, she SCREAMED with la ... More >>

Bonus Crap: T Pities the Fool Who Tries To Touch You There!

Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Tackle, Block, StopAuthor: Charlotte Graeber and Joe BoddyPublisher: Thomas Nelson PublishersDate: 1985Discov ... More >>

More Palin Extended Family Values Hypocrisy

Last week, TV starlet Hayden Panettiere showed up with poor, downtrodden single mother Bristol Palin to help promote the illogical premise that teens shouldn't have sex and everything will be fine. This campaign is not only hypocritical ("Do as I say, not as I do"), but it's downright useless and it ... More >>

Make Obama's Inauguration a People's Celebration

After The Fall, Rightbloggers Divided: Are Most Americans Socialists, or Dupes?

At Press Conference, Obama Cites Problems, Refers Vaguely to Solutions

The Obama Presidency's Legacy of Hate

Boy Soldier of Fortune

A celebrated memoir threatens to blow into a million little pieces

TABLOIDED: The Daily News vs. The Post

Mr. Schrader Goes to Washington

A gay escort finds himself at the center of a classic D.C. scandal in the semi-successful The Walker

Rudy's Brain

Candidate whisperer: The ex-bartender who's got the ear of the GOP's top contender

Mission Re-Accomplished

Boston postpunk legends return for more guttural howls and first-lady jokes.

All in the Family

Confused teens, confused thirtysomethings, and old jazz guys enjoying their dotage

Let the Eggplants Fly

In which the new music editor emerges from hiding to get clocked in the head

NY Mirror

Morning Report 5/13/05
Rider On the Storm

Morning Report 2/21/05
The Tangled Roots of Doug Wead

Zip It Up!

Assessing the new AIDS scare

Spills and Thrills: Rom-Com Heroine Falls in Love, on Face

The Day of the Jackals

Mythmaking at the Republican convention and getting punk'd on Kudlow and Cramer

A Glimpse of Real Democrats

The other sides of the party and its issues—including Africa and the plight of a dead GOP president

See Dick Run

Nearing high noon, Cheney takes his tough-guy shtick to the hustings

Bush Takes a Ride in Reagan's Wake

Days of mourning, days of campaigning

NY Mirror

Obsessive Eye

That's Underattainment

Kind Bud

Uncle Sam's Medical Pot Project Is Light on Research, Heavy on Compassion

Music

Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Can Window Dressing Turn Into a Window?

Where The Boys Are

Chillin' With Uncle Sam

Feds to Teens: Just Say No, Dude

The Hillary Clinton Cheat Sheet

A Guide to the Scandals and Issues That Could Stall Her Senate Run

Star Search

The future looks blight

Paying Lip Service

An oral history