I was discouraged to hear the news of Mr. and Mrs. Mel Gibson’s pending divorce. Robyn Gibson signed the paperwork last week, the day before Good Friday. Mel must have had a different kind of passion this Easter. The Gibsons have been married since 1980, after meeting in Adelaide, Australia in 1977. They have seven…

Of all of the Easter traditions on television, I hope a new one was born this past weekend. Easter came to network television, and I hope it continues for years to come. On just about every weekend since the 60’s, ABC has shown Charlton Heston as Moses in “The Ten Commandments.” AMC, TMC, and other…

The announcement yesterday that CBS cancelled the soap opera after airing over seventy years of shows wasn’t a surprise but it certainly is a watershed moment in pop culture. Gone are the days of marketing drama in the afternoon to presumably bored, idle housewives. Instead, soaps like “Guiding Light” have been replaced by self-help and…

I am a huge fan of Twitter – I adore that it brings me a slice of people’s lives, both strangers and familiars, and allows me to connect with people I might have otherwise never met. Because for me Twitter is about that connection with people, I don’t follow too many big celebs who twitter…

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