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Even if Christmas doesn’t represent an annual temptation for Jews, there’s one area where Hanukkah can’t hold a candle (sorry) to Christmas: Christmas music trumps “I Have a Little Dreidel” every time. Most Hanukkah songs sound like they were created by your grandmother on Long Island. (Sing the songs with a New York accent, and…

Although many people will probably laugh off reports that actress/singer Jessica Simpson is interested in returning to college to study theology, as reported by Marie Clair via The New York Post’s Page Six, religion has always been a part of the blonde bombshell’s roots. In addition to being manager to Jessica and sister Ashlee, their…

John C. Reilly, Neil Patrick Harris, Jack Black, and others form a big-name cast performing “Hairspray” composer Marc Shaiman’s new online video about the gay marriage ban recently passed in California. In the musical, two rival groups–conservative Christians (headed by Reilly) and gay rights activists face off on the controversial ban, when miraculously, Jesus appears…

Once again artists are taking their message to the web to reach their fans first. Those socially conscious rockers U2 have released a new Christmas tune, “I Believe in Father Christmas” over at (Red) Wire, along with several other top artists. (Red) Wire debuted its digital download service Monday for World AIDs Day to bring…

As part of a well-calculated comeback, Britney Spears is finally opening up–a little bit anyway–about her wild antics and failed marriage in an MTV documentary that aired last Sunday and will be available on demand at MTVs website starting today. “Britney: For the Record” doesn’t really answer questions like whether her former entourage, and manager…

Once upon a time in the kingdom of Dor, a terrible accident left the king broken-hearted, the princess pining and the townsfolk despondent. All hope was lost, sunlight disappeared and the land became dreary gray. Until Despereaux Tilling was born… A brave and chivalrous mouse, Despereaux is simply too big for his small world. Though…

My review of “Milk,” the new bio-pic about gay-rights activist Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn, pointed out that the movie was like one of those nesting dolls, showing in theaters just as the Prop 8 vote in California sparked actual gay-rights protests outside the theaters. There’s another layer to “Milk,” however, that was too inside-baseball…

The best place to go for your prayers to be answered–especially if you happen to be Christian and/or are down on your luck as of late–is no longer a house of worship. Nope. Apparently, the best place for sending prayers is…the internet. They supposedly still get routed to God, just via some wireless sources, and…

The timing of the release of a movie that centers around a woman who is perpetually upbeat, no matter the circumstances, is pretty intriguing to me to say the least. Just as I thought the eccentric but heartwarming “Lars and the Real Girl” was last year’s cinematic litmus test of an audience’s cynical side, so…

While I don’t like this particular blogger’s attitude–nor do I agree with what he says–I can’t help but share this post I found about the “10 Things Twilight Teaches Teenage Boys About Teenage Girls” by Kevin Kelly. Kelly claims that, in theaters showing “Twilight,” “A lot of those teens are going to be of the…
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