Hey! It’s Bette Midler’s birth…

Maybe I’m just too damned old — or maybe I’ve always been about 45 years old and permanently annoyed — but when I took my VIP pass to Paramount’s Great America out for a spin on Saturday, I  [more...]

Why is it that every time a news reader mentions Myanmar, he must include the disclaimer “formerly known as Burma”? Is that now it’s official name? Myanmar Formerly Known as Burma? Why did they bother  [more...]

This is a 90 min docudrama being filmed for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, chronicling the creation of the show. In the role of William Hartnell, the actor who played the First Doctor, will be Hogwarts caretaker  [more...]