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George Carlin has died at age 71. Here’s his best-known routine, “Seven Words.” Not for consumption by minors.

Entertainment trade websites have been trumpeting the fact that this month’s movie summer box office is superior to last year’s. And I’m certainly not one to throw stones at such financial success, even though I suspect it’s making more money for corporations than for … Read more »

The United States is notorious for refusing entry to cultural figures from abroad whose politics it doesn’t like. But Britain’s track record in this regard is generally pretty good — until this week. The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Martha Stewart has been refused entry … Read more »

A cross-dresser without a gimmick is a cross-dresser without a job. For the performer Joey Arias (pictured), whose new show, “Arias with a Twist,” has just opened at the Here Center in downtown Manhattan, the calling card has long been Billie Holiday. I once saw … Read more »

According to the Hollywood Reporter:
With “Tha Carter III,” Lil Wayne becomes the first artist since 50 Cent in 2005 to sell more than 1 million copies of an album in a single week, according to chart reports that will be issued this morning by Nielsen … Read more »

Throughout her career, Cyd Charisse, who died today at the age of 86, had more names than Prince and P. Diddy combined. Born in Amarillo, Texas, as Tula Ellice Finklea, she became part of the Ballet Russe at age 14, being billed there as Celia … Read more »

In a large online poll, “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been named the Number One Favorite Novel of All Time. This is wonderful news, and almost (almost!) makes me forget that the book’s author, Harper Lee, went to the Bush White House last November (see … Read more »

If I drank, I’d be hungover. That’s the feeling I have today after partying with the cast of “South Pacific,” who were the big winners last night at the 2008 Tony Awards: seven statuettes. All of them were deserved, in my humble estimation, as were … Read more »