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I love quiz shows. Grew up on ’em, really. As a preschooler, I played at my mother’s feet while she watched Jeopardy!. In my teen

It has long been stated by the really smart heavy thinkers in the know that there are only a certain small number of basic plotlines

Last night I was leafing through Neil Zawacki’s book How to Be a Villain (yes, it was a gift; no, it wasn’t from a disgruntled

I never met Neil Armstrong. Honestly, I’d have a hard time recognizing him without his spacesuit on. And when he died Saturday at the age

Last weekend, seven films earned $10 million or more at the box office. This weekend, one did. Yep, summer must be almost over. The Expendables

My grandfather used to say, “If you don’t think, you feel.” He was right. A case in point, the birthday-party parent on America’s Funniest Videos

My youngest daughter started college this week. We got a call from her last night, and she gave us the full rundown of her classes:

I don’t know if you pay much attention to the book sections at Barnes & Noble. For the most part, I don’t. But today I

Back in my art school days I decided to do my hair up (when I had some) like they did it back in the 1950s,

Subtlety? Art? These are not the things a summer movie is typically made of. In the dog days of August, sometimes folks just want to