Nearly eight years later, the dire consequences of the vote dispute in Florida are more evident than ever to many Americans. Even so, enough time has passed for us to...

For an illness shared by so many, clinical depression should be better understood and more openly addressed.Even so, a social stigma and shame is still linked to this...

What could you learn about reality while immersing yourself for months in virtual reality?Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton ponders life’s big issues by means of a...

This week Showtime, by chance, will be airing a pair of very different programs. But each of them has “American” in its title _ and each is well worth your...

Even the numbers are monstrous. Within a few months’ span in 1944, more than 400,000 innocent people were delivered to the Auschwitz death camp. The arrival rate...

The dramatically promising “K-Ville” didn’t last long on Fox last fall. It was done in by low ratings and the disruption of the writers strike. But...

It all adds up.Just one average American’s lifetime consumption of beer, disposable diapers, loaves of bread, or even energy required to power a hair dryer...

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated when he was 39. Now, four decades later, the anniversary of his death is marked by a documentary that explores his life and...

Just in case there’s any lingering doubt, the new sitcom “Miss Guided” demonstrates that you never really graduate from high school.Becky Freeley...

Evil is in the eye of the beholder. And that goes double for the pair of comic debaters squaring off during “Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil.”This new...

You just weren’t generous enough, so ... you’re fired!Give it up for “Oprah’s Big Give,” a sort of altruistic twist on “The...

The new documentary film “The Gates” represents a joining of two modern cultural forces.One is the artistic partnership of Christo and Jeanne-Claude,...

New York City under water ... the Amazon rain forest baked by droughts and wildfires ... Himalayan glaciers just a memory.Those could be some of the devastating...

“We’re safe,” insists the restless 15-year-old lad.”Don’t you EVER think that, John!” his mother scolds. “No one is ever...

You might think of “Cashmere Mafia” as oddly related to “Lipstick Jungle,” which, also set in the Manhattan business world, stars Brooke Shields...

They come armed with star power (however dimming), bravado and a favorite charity. They aim to put it all to work as “The Celebrity Apprentice” premieres...

Where could you find Beach Boy Brian Wilson, “wild and crazy guy” Steve Martin, and Miss Diana Ross _ with director Martin Sorsese and pianist Leon Fleisher...

ABC and NBC will each be rolling out a multi-night competition show this week.Even sight unseen (neither show was available for review) they are clearly very different...

Chick Benetto’s greatest feat was making the major leagues, even playing in a World Series. Then he got hurt. His career was done.A drunk who has lost his family...

Another year, another set of fascinating people.Barbara Walters is weighing in with her annual “10 Most Fascinating People” special, and, as usual, viewers...