Readers respond to recent articles on hating the Yankees, pet cars and Don DeLillo.

Eddie Murphy goes animal crackers again -- and reminds us how truly funny he can be.

Don Cheadle's crowdfunded directorial debut is a Miles Davis biopic -- but it might include more hip hop than jazz

Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine

Tom Cruise, out of control? Lohan, the next Princess Di? Plus: Jackson said to be "nervous" about prison-time prospect.

Jeepers creepers, voters follow bouncing peepers! New goodfella-in-chief has never been accused of engaging in oral sex, or giving "Leaves of Grass" to young women. In other words, he's squeaky clean by today's standards.

Thursday: The heartbreakingly goofy Canadian drama series "Terminal City" premieres on Sundance.

Holmes' parents caught off-guard. Aniston laughs through her tears. And Hermes comes crawling back to Oprah.

The mountain-climbing actioner thinks it's a dizzy, precarious thrill ride. If you ask me, Herbie the Love Bug was just as exciting.

Patti Smith explodes on "Gung Ho," the best record since she returned to rock. Joni Mitchell, meanwhile, collapses under jazz pretense and a ravaged voice.

For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other?

Fronted by a husband-and-wife team of French psychiatrists, Rinocerose introduce house music to post-rock. Yikes!

Did Gere dis disabled teens? Cruise does flip for Holmes. Abdul strikes back.