On Friday, I was headed down 19th Street, on the way to my favorite bar for happy hour. It was 5:45 p.m. The sun was […]

The hookup app gets sketchier.

Great news for those of you who would like to see Philly homeboy Bradley Cooper in buckskin chaps: He’s signed on to play an evil […]

Wonder if Gov. Tom Corbett is shaking in his books yet. The perennially low-polling governor now face a new change, in the firmer of Democrat […]

It’s official: Assuming he’s not in prison by then for vacationing in Cuba, Jay-Z is bringing the Budweiser Made In America Festival back to the […]

The Gayborhood bathhouse gets revamped.

An item we missed last week: Philly homeboy Ali Velshi is leaving CNN for Al Jazeera. That’s probably not quite as high a profile for […]

For Baby Boomers, Annette Funicello (who died today at age 70) was first a member of the Mickey Mouse Club, then the star—with Frankie Avalon—of […]

On Tuesday, a lawsuit against the NFL by thousands of former players reaches a critical point: Senior U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody of Philadelphia […]

Here’s the trailer for 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus: Trailer The New York Times offers the background: The documentary “50 […]

Some employers say that Obamacare’s new requirements that all Americans have health insurance is too expensive for them to comply with.  The Wall Street Journal […]

Ever seen this video? PETA made it a few years back to document the conditions faced by animals being caged and harvested for their fur. […]

Every state is coming around.

Do you love Philadelphia? Star Trek? How I Met Your Mother? Scratch that itch. “The Big Bang / The Magic Flute” – AIP040113b from Arts […]

Your average couple celebrates a fifth wedding anniversary with a white-tablecloth dinner, drunken sex and a thoughtful gift. But when you’re Jay-Z and Beyonce, you […]