Barack and Michelle Obama: Helicopter Parents

President Barack Obama, with his wife Michelle (at top) and daughters Malia (right) and Sasha, returned to the White House yesterday after the family’s 10-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard.  All four made a stopo

Paris Hilton’s Problem: Cocaine or Lip Balm?

“Miss Hilton pulled out a tube of lip balm. At the same time … a bindle of cocaine in a plastic bag came out of her purse” in plain view of police in the room.The Las Vegas Review-Journal on Paris Hilton’s Friday-night arrest for cocaine possession.

Yes, It’s THAT Eli Wallach

Yes, It’s THAT Eli Wallach

Our new profile of veteran actor Eli Wallach has just been posted by editor Paul Hehn.You look at recent photos of Eli Wallach and think, oh, here’s this grandfatherly old fellow who pinches babies’ cheeks and wears tweed socks and sits on park benches looking harmlessly at pretty girls as they jog past.

George Vecsey Knows Cincinnati

Here’s a great column by my favorite sports columnist, George Vescey, on Cincinnati baseball hero Joey Votto.

The Expendables: A ‘Delightfully Bad’ Review

The Expendables: A ‘Delightfully Bad’ Review

I went to see The Expendables, knowing it wouldn’t be a very good movie. The only thing that would have made it worse is if it had been a better movie. As it is, it’s delightfully bad.

Anna Nicole Smith, The Opera

Anna Nicole Smith, The Opera

Last March NPR did a story on a proposed opera based on the turbulent life of model Anna Nicole Smith. Now the U.K. press is reporting that the opera will …..