Contributor: Paul Asay

Super-celebrities and ribald rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West have formed a supergroup (sometimes called The Throne) designed to utilize their collective and considerable talents to … create this horribly depressing album.

I never really wanted granite countertops before television. I was just dandy with our tile countertops. Have been for years. They support pots and pans. They repel spilled apricot juice. They don’t crack under heat. I mean, what else do we really requ …

You’d think the shootout would’ve been a forgone conclusion. Cowboys & Aliens had all the star power, all the firepower and some serious buzz. It had James Bond, Indiana Jones and a load of nasty aliens. Who would’ve thought it could’ve been challe …

What’s the saddest movie ever? Bambi? Old Yeller? Transformers: Dark of the Moon? Pish. Don’t make the science guy over there in the corner laugh. Oh, sure, those movies might be sad. They might even make some folks shed a tear or two. But if you want …

This movie is a smurf for sore eyes, smurfing and smurfing all the smurf through. We wish we could be more smurfific, but watching it has eaten so many of our smurf cells that we’ve forgotten how to smurf.

Harry Potter? Soooo last week. There’s a new hero in theaters now: Or, should I say, a new superhero. Captain America augmented his red, white and blue color scheme this weekend with a whole lotta green—$65.8 million, to be exact. That officially makes …

Didn’t truth, justice and the American Way go out of style back in ’68? And yet here’s Captain America showing up on movie screens in ’11.

About a week ago, I had a chance to talk by phone with Mark Henn. Never heard of him? Not surprising, perhaps, but I’m almost certain you’ve seen his work. Henn is one of the top animators at Walt Disney Studios, working on almost every 2-D American an …

The Boy Who Lived had a magical weekend at the multiplex. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 charmed its way to a massive—and I mean massive—$168.6 million take over the three-day run, hexing any and all adversaries that would dare challenge …

Just what are the adventures of Maggie? And why is she doing a rain dance? If you’re sure you really want to know, read on …

Emmy nominations were released this morning. AMC’s Mad Men again led the way with 19 nominations, including Best Drama. The show is angling for its fourth win in the category in as many years, but will face challenges from three shows on premium cable …

Blake Shelton has both the voice and the vibe to be one of the biggest country stars in history. But for us, at least, his honeypot full of new tunes is as bitter as it is sweet.

The mighty machine that is Transformers: Dark of the Moon, rumbled, bumbled and stumbled its way to another box office victory, crushing Horrible Bosses and a wayward Zookeeper along the way like so much aluminum foil. The Michael Bay (at right) boomfe …

Professional killer Nicolas Cage is one job away from settling down with his fat 401(k) when he starts making mistakes—like developing a conscience.

Unless you’ve been visiting the moon of Titan for the last few days, you probably know by now that Casey Anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, was exonerated by a jury of her peers Tuesday. Lots of observers found the verdict sho …