Entertainment

A staff writer at the LA Times tries to answer the soon-to-be-age-old question: Why are we infatuated with lewd celebrity videos? His answer isn't bad, even if incomplete. Although I'm not sure, I think he's admitting at the end that sex is overrated, which

> On Thursday, October 27 at 3PM, CBS.com will feature the "Ghost Whisperer Halloween Seance," hosted by medium James Van Praagh. Van Praagh, who is co-executive producer of the CBS television drama Ghost Whisperer, will perform readings for the general public via streaming video on CBS.com.

> But [William] Shatner now reveals he had a kidney stone, which he successfully passed after experiencing excruciating pain [http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/#celeb5]. My day is complete.

Comedy albums were common in my house while growing up: Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, and Steve Martin. I listened to Let's Get Small and Wild and Crazy Guy almost as many times as I saw The Jerk. A smooth courtship with my current wife was almost disrupted when

ESPN wants another World Series Poker bonanza, but the Channel-Surfing Dexterity Championship must have already been taken: > ESPN has signed a deal with [British producer Michael] Davies to broadcast a made-for-television darts championship next year as a World Series of Darts; there are to be eight hourlong episodes and

"The world knows I'm a harlot, but that's alright. I'm rich and famous." > It's a dream come true. I feel great, [being pregnant] is so beautiful. I've never been so happy. ... I'm beaming [http://www.

I thought there was going to be a Stern frenzy as his debut on Sirius loomed. But according to WaPo [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101902345.html] , that simply might not be the case. In fact, Stern might be the biggest bust since the San

The French don't want more Jerry Lewis movies? > The French campaign against the global tide of American entertainment is poised to take a big stride forward when almost every nation backs the first world convention on protecting culture. > Most of the 190 members of UNESCO, the

The hysteria builds as Howard Stern gets ready to go uncensored. The man is a pig, and a dishonest one at that. I predict he will go down: rich, but down. Media-types think satellite radio was stillborn (something better will replace it) and relentless vulgarity grows tiresome after awhile, except