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“And I’d like to thank God Almighty,” reads the headline in a current USA Today.com feature. “In big-time sports, God often gets a prominent place on the field of play,” it goes on to say. “A shout-out here, a prayer there.” In pointing out how much October is a sports fans’ buffet (baseball playoffs, NFL…

When Dad-of-the-Year Jon Gosselin of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” started dating Hailey Glassman a few months ago, I don’t think many of us (and by “us” I mean fans of the show, people who read tabloids, and/or those in the media forced to actually pay attention to what’s going on with the Gosselin family)…

Comedian Sarah Silverman proposes selling the Vatican to fund the eradication of world hunger.

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“Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus’ decision to stop Twittering raised such a furor that you would have thought that Walter Cronkite had refused to read the news during the Vietnam War. Ok, so it wasn’t quite that serious, but everyone from the Associated Press to the BBC covered the final Tweet heard round the world.…

Since I know that Idol Chatter readers are BIG fans of all things Twilight and Stephenie Meyer, I can’t resist pointing you to a podcast/radio show I did for the Penguin Classics series, “Vampires on Paper: The Enduring Appeal of Vampires in Literature.” I was asked to respond to the suggestion that “Twilight” is “Wuthering…

Playboy's November issue will feature Marge Simpson on its cover and in a three-page spread with "implied nudity."

Oh let me count the ways that ‘The Good Wife‘ is the best new show on television! Julianna Margulies is stunning in the role of Alicia Florrick, the wife of fallen politician Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), caught on video multiple times cheating on her with young prostitutes. Alicia is six months out from the day…

By now everyone has watched Jill and Kevin’s famous wedding entrance video (over 27 million views on YouTube!) to Chris Brown’s song “Forever.” Last night, in one of TV’s most anticipated weddings, Pam Beasley and Jim Halpert (PB&J) finally tied the knot on “The Office.” Despite all their efforts to keep the wedding as low-key…

Kate Gosselin must be shaking in her boots: People.com reports that Mackynzie Renée Duggar (see photos here), the first daughter of the oldest Duggar, Joshua, and his wife, Anna, arrived late last night. That’s right, it’s the first grandchild of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the stars of, and progenitors of the 18 (soon-to-be 19) offspring…

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