Mike Allen reports: For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post is offering lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to "those powerful few" -- Obama administration officials, members of Congre...

News of Hollywood cherry-picking video game franchises for movie adaptations is nothing new, but here’s something that’s a bit more surprising. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the latest game to be slated for the big screen is ...

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Jermaine Jackson told Matt Lauer in an interview this morning that he would like to see Michael buried at Neverland Ranch. In the emotional interview, Jermaine also said he wishes he had died instead of his younger brother. "He went...

But the greater dilemma that NASCAR faces is how to proceed with the ongoing Jeremy Mayfield legal battle. After NASCAR spokesman, Ramsey Poston, made accusations that Mayfield tested positive for methamphetamines, NASCAR would face...

Big surprise. A federal judge has sided with driver Jeremy Mayfield in his bid to lift the suspension NASCAR placed on him following what NASCAR claims was a positive drug test for meth. Brian France’s family biz botched this number...

This is just getting silly. Last we heard from suspended NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield, he was contesting his positive drug test with a two-pronged attack of sheer genius: on one flank he claimed NASCAR illegally tested his ‘B’ urin...

Michael Jackson Ed Hardy clothing founder Christian Audigier tells TMZ his company will be the next tenant of the Holmby Hills mansion where Michael Jackson died ... and he'll relocate headquarters there in December.Aud...

If you had any doubts about why Mark Sanford wanted to talk about his sex life, then this statement from his wife Jenny should clear them up: Columbia, S.C. - July 2, 2009- The last week has been very painful for me, my family and...

From my pal Lisa Derrick: Family Values? Red States Lead in Divorce, Teen Pregnancy and Online Porn What is astounding is the New York Times chart which takes politicians out of the mix and breaks it down into the values that the Ri...

NYTimes.com David Rohde is low-key by nature, and he was in character as he spoke briefly in the Times newsroom on Wednesday, reports Clyde Haberman. He didn't discuss details of his abduction or of his escape, but he said that his ...

Enjoying life in the Big Apple, Kate Hudson was spotted walking through Greenwich Village in New York City on Thursday (July 2). Carrying a coffee and some shopping bags, the “Fool’s Gold” actress hid under an umbrella as followin...

The top five creepy-poignant moments from Wednesday night's finale of "Pitchmen," broadcast (and hastily re-edited) just four days after the death of its star Billy Mays.

Recently I received a questionnaire via Facebook: ‘You have been selected to receive this meme because someone thinks you are a literary geek.’ There followed a series of questions about reading experience and preferences. I answere...

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You don't find people like Jason Oglesbee every day. There's a video inside the link including a brief interview with the very helpful and very humble Oglesbee who wanted to get back to work after the effort. Des Moines Register:T...

Hans Pandeya, the CEO of Global Gaming Factory (the Swedish company that had recently acquired The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million) has an ambitious plan for the new Pirate Bay. It seems bold, perhaps even too bold at first, but Hans th...

Ken Loukinen is part of the FLorida Atheists and Secular Humanists. Recently, FLASH put up this billboard: I realize many of you dislike the color scheme… but the billboard is already provoking discussion. Many in the community do...

Pictures have been leaked of the new away kit for newly promoted Birmingham City. Designed and manufactured by Umbro, and sponsored by F&C Investments, the new Birmingham City away kit will be released this summer for the 2009-10 se...

This is a doofy story running on MSNBC without an author byline: "Shrinking of Scottish sheep tied to warming". Why do I say "doofy"? Take a look at the way it describes natural selection: The study upends the belief that natural s...