Plagued by sagging ticket sales and a dearth of hits, the former sensations are heading rapidly to that Great Back Alley from whence no teen-pop act returns. And the sarongs aren't helping.

Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire clash, connect and get baked in Curtis Hanson's literate upscale entertainment.

Toys teach girls that "their bodies constantly need to be improved,” Peggy Orenstein tells Salon

Another super-white list of Oscar nominees, but the problem is less the academy than Hollywood's dominant ideology

A tabloid quietly ends an era

The NRA supported 3D gun creator despite fundraising ties to neo-Nazis, and has been silent about sex charges

Another mass shooting tragedy reminds us of why we desperately need the message of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"

Mattel is making a pink Barbie computer and a blue Hot Wheels computer, but why is it choosing such different software for each?

Vice founder blames "liberals' cognitive dissonance" and "terrible parents" for sexual assaults

The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over?

It can make feminists furious and an entire city feel emasculated. Why does one little color evoke such passion?

A gay romance author dishes pop culture, happy endings and the magical power of dark days

The unpredictable nature of live concerts can lead to very unsafe scenarios for female fans

As parents coordinate their babies' sexes ahead of time, the male-female ratio gets even more skewed.

Both conservative and mainstream media figures resort to sexist slams against Clinton, since nothing else works