Contributor: Paul Asay

An uneducated nobody winds up on India’s ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ and is a question away from a fortune. Is he brilliant? Did he cheat? Or is he … in love?

What did Santa Claus (or whatever treasured, commercialist holiday figure Scientologists eagerly await this time of year) bring Tom Cruise this Christmas? A box-office win for Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Granted, the payoff wasn’t massive: an …

A couple of weeks ago, part of the Plugged In staff gathered around the microphone and talked about our favorite television Christmas specials for the Official Plugged In Podcast (it’s episode #127, if you’re interested). My personal fave: A Charlie Br …

Kim Jong Il, hereditary dictator of global wallflower North Korea, is gone now, allegedly after suffering a heart attack from overwork. While the world at large may not miss him, Hollywood will probably shed a tear or two at his passing—not because any …

Consider: The original Sherlock Holmes earned more than $62 million its opening weekend two years ago when it debuted on approximately 3,600 screens. The sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, earned an estimated $40 million this weekend on 3,700 …

Is the fourth time the charm for the long-in-the-tooth Mission: Impossible movies? With Pixar vet Brad Bird at the helm, it has a shot at least.

File this under the dangers of reality television: A homemade cannonball careened out of control during a taping of the popular Discovery show MythBusters a few days ago, wreaking havoc in a San Francisco-area neighborhood. No one was hurt, but from wh …

Don’t let the headline fool you: In an ugly, ugly weekend at the box office, New Year’s Eve didn’t so much win the week as it was just less revolting (monetarily speaking) than the rest. The star-studded rom-com took the box office crown with all the e …

Gary Oldman hunts for a crafty spy—a mole—in this convoluted thriller. Is the hunted innocent, though? Is the hunter? Are we?

Dropping a cherry bomb in your toilet may not kill you. But it’s guaranteed to make a massive mess.

If you have a television set and turn it on occasionally, you probably know that singer/actress/American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez is the new spokeswoman for Fiat. She’s been part of several commercials for the Italian car company, but the one I’ve see …

This morning, I plowed through a National Geographic article titled “The Bible of King James,” which told the story of how this remarkable translation came about and the continuing influence it has today. It’s a fascinating tale—at least for a history …

Zzzzz …. Snrk. Wha? Who? Oh, sorry. Must’ve dozed off there for a minute. With no new releases in theaters this weekend, the box office derby felt a wee bit snoozy. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 scored a third consecutive win, earning an es …

Alyse Baddley of Logan, Utah, doesn’t have anything against video games. After all, she was up ’til midnight with husband Kyle Baddley to buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on the day of its release. But when her 22-year-old war vet hubbie spent a whol …

My daughter’s reading fairy tales. Just bought a big book of ’em not too long ago, and she’s doggedly plowing through the massive tome princess by princess, wolf by wolf, moral by moral. Some nights when we’re out walking, she’ll tell me about the late …