In the digital age, kitchen help just a tweet away Updated: Tue, Nov 23, 2010 Need to talk turkey? Baffled by Brussels sprouts? Sure, you could go old school and call a 1-800 holiday helpline. But these days, cooks are finding inspiration, or salvation as the case may be, online. From smart phone apps that put together your grocery lists to Twitter sessions that answer your... Read More

CNN's Rick Sanchez fired after calling Jon Stewart a bigot Published: Fri, Oct 1, 2010 NEW YORK (AP) — CNN says that anchor Rick Sanchez has been fired, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot while on a radio show. Sanchez said on a satellite radio program Thursday that Stewart is bigoted toward "everybody else that's not like him." The Comedy Central "Daily Show" host has frequently poked... Read More

Star Watch Updated: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 Style reigned on the red carpet during the 35th annual People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles. CELEBRITY CHAT "Food transcends so much now. It's become so much part of lifestyle. How you eat, plate it, how you dress and how you live all have a lot to do with one another." Chef Bobby Flay, who also hosts... Read More

FCC approves XM-Sirius satellite radio merger Updated: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.'s $3.3 billion buyout of rival XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. will mean millions of subscribers will be able to receive programming from both services, while executives say it will create huge cost savings for the industry. Federal regulators formally... Read More

XM Suspends Opie and Anthony for 30 Days Updated: Tue, May 15, 2007 McLEAN, Va. (AP) -- XM Satellite Radio suspended shock jocks Opie and Anthony for 30 days Tuesday, one week after they aired crude sex comments about Condoleezza Rice, Laura Bush and Queen Elizabeth II and one day after they made light of the incident in their broadcast. "Comments made by Opie and... Read More

New tech filters bad culture easier Updated: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 Back in the '80s, the late media theorist Neil Postman wrote a book titled "Amusing Ourselves to Death," an insightful look at how modern media, particularly television, was destroying our discourse by squelching real ideas and fogging reality by focusing on image. Entertainment writers generally are not big fans of... Read More