I did a double take when I saw this headline: “What Will the ‘Game Change’ Sequel Be About?“ I shouldn’t have. If the past five years have taught us anything, it’s that Hollywood will never tire of reliving the 2008 election,
You might say that Kacey Musgraves is a singer who knows where she came from. You might also say that she’s not entirely thrilled about it. Twenty-four-year-old Musgraves is shaking up Nashville with her signature blendof traditional sounds and not-so-traditional
In some ways, this isn’t the greatest time for fans of country music. And by “fans of country music,” I mean “people who genuinely like to listen to good music, not loud, mindless party anthems.” For one thing, ageism continues
In some respects, ABC’s new drama “Nashville” is your conventional prime-time soap. In other, more important ways, the show is refreshingly original. That’s mainly because “Nashville,” premiering at 10 p.m. EST tonight, is set in the world of country music,
To be a country music fan these days is to be part of a quarrelsome bunch. The consensus seems to be that “real country” is the only kind worth listening to–yet no one can seem to agree on what “real
This February marks the 200th birthday of the man whom some have called the greatest novelist who ever lived. All kinds of tributes are in the works for Charles Dickens’ bicentennial, including biographies, festivals and three new adaptations (one feature
The day before the release of Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy, the Washington Post’s “Reliable Source” column ran a few of the juicier tidbits from Mrs. Kennedy’s taped interviews. Among those tidbits: “She calls [Martin
Every year around this time, the Fox network takes it upon itself to remind us of the cultural poverty in which America’s teens are growing up. The annual Teen Choice Awards is a sort of showcase of the very worst
You know the problem with the arts these days? In case you didn’t know, Philip Kennicott will be happy to tell you. The problem with the arts, he says, is that they’re homophobic. Quit laughing. In a recent Washington Post
An excerpt from Bristol Palin’s new book, Not Afraid of Life, was circulated online after the book was leaked to the press. In it, Bristol recounts how she lost her virginity to Levi Johnston after he got her so drunk
Rolling Stone’s hatchet job on Rep. Michele Bachmann has proven too much even for many liberals. As Yahoo News reports, there’s a controversy raging over the way the piece–sedately titled “Michele Bachmann’s Holy War”–“borrows heavily from a 2006 profile of
My book, ‘Bring Her Down’: How the American Media Tried to Destroy Sarah Palin, has just been released. The following is adapted from Chapter 7 of the book. In the event of a possible Palin presidential run, it remains to