Foot-in-mouth police snag a Backstreet Boy; scads of terror-themed entertainment pushed back; Bob Hope feeling healthier, sadder.

Rush attacked my Salon piece, dismissed me as "professorette" -- and got facts so wrong, he made my point stronger

If pop culture wants to explore autism with integrity, it needs to stop being afraid of it

Is Tom Hanks' "Captain Phillips" a paean to red-state nationalism -- or just a casualty of our crazy politics?

Why is everyone obsessed with the "Guardians of the Galaxy" star when he's acting douchier than ever before?

The venerable figure in entertainment worked incessantly on stage and screen thumbed her nose at convention

"The Apprentice" crowns a winner in its most predictable finale yet.

Steve Whitmire played an amphibian for nearly 30 years — then things got weird

Pithy takeaways and observations on the best shows this week

As a teacher, I want my students to believe they can do whatever they want. Sometimes I wonder if that's true

The new weapon in the fight against global warming: A woolly bra.

Robert De Niro's whip-fast Fearless Leader blurs the line between humans and cartoons, but the rest of this clunky TV remake is stiffer than an iron curtain.

This good-natured sequel might not be as endearing as the original, but it's still much more than another stoner comedy.

It’s the latest effort to stick “freedom” in front of words to make them sound patriotic

Readers respond to Stephanie Zacharek's "Attack of the Clones" review. Plus: "X-Files" fans gripe one last time.