Violence in Advertising and why it sells.

If one pays attention to the type of advertising that has increasingly become de rigeur in society, more and more one will notice that...

NY Art Rocks Benefit- ‘Everyone was so Fabulous.’

Going to a NY Art Rocks Benefit event is synonymous with cheekbone kissing, strutting, and exacting one's finer sense of uber-cool. Not for the...

Reduce, Reuse, Real Housewives.

Trying to figure out which reality works. Look out, NYC. The Real Housewives of New York City are in the middle of filming their third...

Poser of the day.

Getting by with make believe... One of the wonderful things about living in America is our collective freedom to behave and think as we...

Who really shot the Fort Hood killer?

Oh, it does confuse us when we don't know who to put on a pedestal. As much as we all really liked the idea of...

Bowery Hotel is Events’ Ground Zero This Week.

When you think of the Bowery Hotel, you think of a cool, sophisticated, English decorated style venue with a huge summertime deck on the...

Joan Rivers stars at Lighthouse International’s annual gala ‘LightYears.’

I bet you thought that even slightly high-profile marriages never last, that modern-day Hollywood composers are tech-savvy and that Joan Rivers is always snarky....

Fox regular announces that Katie Couric looks too Chinese.

When you don't look American enough life can be miserable... Looks like Katie Couric is back on the receiving end and we only hope you're...

Lou Dobbs feared Xenophobe leaves CNN.

Being hated in return. Last night's departure of Lou Dobbs from CNN marks the end of a 30 year career as well as a media...

Russell Simmons, Batman, and the Life Project for Africa.

The taxi inched towards fifth avenue as the streets became suddenly illuminated by the camera flashes of passersby. As I stepped out onto the...

Hide Who You Really Are: The Schools That are Stamping out Self-expression

Is there any phase of life more uncomfortable, self-conscious and altogether confusing than the teenage years? It's all hormones, unrequited love, body-image, self-discovery,...

Shag Bands: “New” Craze Taking Over the Playground.

Outrage in the school yard. Kids these days are quite clearly depraved. The "newest" fad for UK schoolchildren is to sport 'shag bands', a bunch...

Are you Jewish enough?

A judge in the UK has just ruled in what, on the surface, appears to be an open and shut case on a school's...

Models vs Dot com Divas.

The modeling industry today has blurred the line between what’s socially acceptable as a working model and what it actually takes to be working...

‘Up in the Air,’- with Director Jason Reitman.

A late soundbite from Up in the Air tidily summarizes what George Clooney's character is all about. Mid-air, the pilot on Clooney's flight...