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15 Children Books Written By Celebrities

Here's a list of just a few of the musicians and actors who have added author to their already extensive resumes.  read more

Stars - Just Advising Us: Seven Celebrity Self-Help Book Excerpts

When we found out that Elizabeth Berkley is penning a self-help book for teen girls, we wondered what advice the star of Saved By the Bell and Showgirls would be passing along to the young ladies of the world. Alas, we’ll have to wait, as the book isn’t expected until next spring. Luckily, Berkley isn’t the first celebrity who’s decided she has advice for the masses. Below are a few excerpts from several other notable celebrity self-help books. We tend to agree with the Roger Ebert line of thinking when it comes to this sort of literature, but we think...  read more

U.N. hosts Battlestar Galactica retrospective

Tonight, the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica will air its series finale after six years, four seasons and an epic trek across the galaxy. Yes, one of the decade's best science fiction television shows is coming to an end, but not before being given a proper sendoff: The United Nation's department of Public Information and SciFi recently hosted a retrospective on the show at the U.N.'s headquarters in New York City. ...  read more

Life on Mars Review. Episode 5—"Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead"

Whoopi Goldberg was the much-publicized guest of this week's Life on Mars, but while it was fun seeing her as Brother Love Butter, the voice of the Black Liberation Army, she wasn't what made this the show's best episode yet. (In fact, her motives for helping Sam were the muddiest thing about the show.) Part of the fun of any time-traveling fantasy is to ponder how someone with the knowledge of 2008 would briefly react to other eras. But Life on Mars digs deeper as Sam Tyler is stuck in 1973 and settling into his life there....  read more

Life on Mars Review. Episode 5—"Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead"

Whoopi Goldberg was the much-publicized guest of this week's Life on Mars, but while it was fun seeing her as Brother Love Butter, the voice of the Black Liberation Army, she wasn't what made this the show's best episode yet. (In fact, her motives for helping Sam were the muddiest thing about the show.) Part of the fun of any time-traveling fantasy is to ponder how someone with the knowledge of 2008 would briefly react to other eras. But Life on Mars digs deeper as Sam Tyler is stuck in 1973 and settling into his life there....  read more