When celebrity family members want in on the action. Plus, morning briefing: Bush twins, Britney and David Gest. And the Madonna Primary closes.

Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Jan. 19-21, 2001

The cynical Starr hearings were to their Watergate precursors as Jack Kevorkian is to Mother Teresa.

Matt's sperm is No.1 choice of New England gals; David Arquette says Courteney "smells like a truck driver"; Eminem on Mariah: "I just don't like her."

Liv Tyler's mom spills beans on foolin' with Page, Jagger and Costello; Hurley and Grant together again for yuks? Mariah Carey freaks out online; and more.

They're not just faces on tortillas or reflections on walls. Everywhere, real idols are appearing -- J.Lo! Barbra! Brad & Jennifer! Angelina! Russell! Mariah!

Why do pop artists have to get involved with Christmas?

By Strawberry Saroyan and Michelle Goldberg

There's never been a more urgent time to be generous

From Mariah Carey to Run-D.M.C., the most critically acclaimed pop of the last 60 years was shaped by black rock

Salon's TV picks for
Weekend, July 9-11, 1999

From Destiny's Child to Cassie to Mariah Carey, proof that nothing is better than R&B from the '00s

I know it's too soon today, and will still be too soon tomorrow—but wait too long and the ceremony loses its power

How Justin Timberlake accomplished what the president hasn't been able to: Bring us closer to our fundamentalist brothers.

Celine Dion longs to sing in the buff; J.Lo inks a deal for conjugal bliss -- four times a week.