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Over on the cool blog Everyday Ethics, Hillary Fields talks about the new Mike Judge cartoon comedy, “The Goode Family,” where a family of PC do-gooders take being responsible to the extreme. Fields asks, “Does being ethical mean being annoying?” From the post: Does trying to be good make one sanctimonious? Humorless? …Or is there…

Best known as adorable older daughter DJ on “Full House,” Candace Cameron Bure focused most of her time on her marriage and raising a family after the hit TV show ended in 1995. Now the Christian actress has landed a starring role in a new ABC Family show, “Make It or Break It,” about a…

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have struck again. The conflicted couple of “The Hills” fame has taken their sideshow to the reality show about washed up celebrities, “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.” Now I will be honest, I’ve never watched this show in my life, but I was intrigued when I heard…

The Pope may have just launched a Facebook app, but he’s got nothing on the tech savvy Church of Scientology: Wikipedia members posting from Scientology domain IP addresses have just been banned from editing Wikipedia posts after the free encyclopedia website discovered they were using exceptional means to give the church favorable coverage. A big…

The fifth host of “The Tonight Show” took his place last night as Conan O’Brien launched his reign, succeeding Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, Jack Parr and Steve Allen. If you saw it, you know that there were several stunts, stars, gags, guests, and a great joke or two. But he did one thing that made…

One of my teenage daughters recently asked me if I’d heard that “Jennifer Hudson was preggers?” Being the responsible journalist that I am, I was able to confirm the report at several sites including ones here and here. I believe her pregnancy and the response to it is a sign of the changing times that…

The Cinderella story of Scottish singer Susan Boyle ended Saturday night when she performed on the “Britain’s Got Talent” finale. Though she was an odds-on favorite to win, the dance team Diversity beat her with a stunning performance, leaving Susan as the runner-up. After a rough week in which the media covered Boyle’s meltdown from…

The MTV Movie Awards have always been wild, but I found myself in one of two places last night and I can’t figure out which. Either I’m everything I never wanted to become in terms of being like my parents and not understanding the younger generation and the progress of media. Or, I still have…

The trailer to the upcoming vampire film “New Moon” premiered at last night’s MTV Movie Awards. What do you all think? Check it out below.

Last Friday, I witnessed a piece of TV history–the last “Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” as it ended its 17-year run with a highly anticipated and well-marketed finale. I grew up about a mile from the set of “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” and remember with fondness his farewell week and especially his last…

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