Here’s a must-read today for anyone with a TV, or a face. The LA Times’ Mary McNamara discusses the epidemic of Botox and cosmetic surgery in Hollywood, its effect on the viewing experience and the difficulties of writing about it: For a critic, this poses a dilemma — while it is appropriate, indeed, necessary to [...]

We just moved offices at Time; the company is consolidating three floors’ worth of staff onto two (yay, downsizing!) and saving money by converting my former home on the 24th floor into, I don’t know, a Bed Bath and Beyond or something. This means I’ve been packing, and sifting through years of accumulated promotional tchotchkes. [...]

SCI FI Channel Photo: Carole Segal SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, sneak off in a decommissioned sewage ship and watch Battlestar Galactica.

I’m not really qualified to hold forth on VH1′s Rock of Love II, having joined the series for, oh, about the last half-hour of the finale (I won’t spoil, don’t worry). But it seems like the sort of show that inspires, um, passions, so I’ll throw this thread open to your opinions on Bret’s choice [...]

There’s a school of thought that journalists should limber up every once in a while by writing about stuff they don’t really know much about, and in that spirit, this morning I review Starbucks’ new Pike Place coffee for time.com. My qualification: drinking more coffee than is strictly good for me. My conclusion: Starbucks says [...]

Michael Johns rocks the ascot again with an Aerosmith cover. / Frank Micelotta / FOX My reviews of last night’s Idol Gives Back week performances are now up on time.com. Just because this is a charity week does not obligate me to go all Paula on the contestants, so I’ll say upfront that “inspirational” songs [...]

Today, Corporate Press Release Theater™ makes equal time for a non-corporate press release. The Parents Television Council has lodged a new decency complaint, this time against America’s Next Top Model: LOS ANGELES (April 8, 2008) – The Parents Television Council ™ filed an indecency complaint over CW’s “America’s Next Top Model” for showing a nude [...]