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If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. We all know people like this: the ones who do nothing to solve problems but are there to be heard. They’ll yell and scream and generally cause people around them to waste time dealing with their destructive behavior, …

‘Dreamgirls’ | Penelope Cruz | ‘Babel’ ‘Dreamgirls’ Gets Standing Ovations, Cheers “Dreamgirls” premiered last night at the Ziegfeld in New York — and Jennifer Hudson got a standing ovation in the middle of the movie when she finished singing “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going.” When the film was …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Reparations Claim Rejected A federal appeals court has rejected most claims by slave descendants that they deserve reparations from some of the country’s biggest banks, insurers and transportation companies. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that slave descendants have no …

NEW YORK – There’s nothing like putting sexy star Brittany Murphy in a pregnant suit and wedding dress to attract an audience for an independent film with a lower-than-low budget (even by indie standards). Add a motley crew of funnymen playing blue-collar, 30-something friends with Peter Pan complexes and a …

If I were a billionaire, I’d be Mark Cuban. After all, Cuban is a better Grrr! guy than I am. OK, maybe not better at Grrring, but richer anyway. I think that if I had enough money to own my very own high definition television network, I’d take the Grrr! …

You know what I’m noticing a lot these days? People who look like they’re talking to themselves. I don’t think they are, at least I hope not. But to a man and woman, they sure look like they are. They all have these ear contraptions that apparently are hooked up …

Katie May Take Pay Cut | Jackson D-Day: It’s Here| In Memory of ‘The Flower Girl’ | New Orleans Help Katie: $7M Pay Cut If She Leaves ‘Today’ If Katie Couric takes Dan Rather’s old job on the CBS Evening News, it will cost her big time — $7 million …

Julia Roberts | Patricia Heaton Exclusive First Look at Julia’s Broadway Debut Wait a sec, I am not supposed to review Julia Roberts‘ Broadway debut until opening night, April 19. That’s the rule on the Great White Way, and I’m sticking to it. But come on, Julia’s on Broadway, you …

To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Over the Labor Day weekend a New York Times reviewer named Janet Maslin attacked me in print — what else is new — but Maslin’s gleeful libel demonstrates the viciousness that has enveloped The Times. That newspaper is …

WASHINGTON – The American military’s continued presence in Iraq will be a prime talking point for Democrats as they try to regain the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in November. But beyond daily attacks on the Bush administration’s handling of the war, the Democrats have yet to form …