Outside the Beltway

Ru Paul for President 2012 bumper sticker

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is the latest idiot celebrity to damage their career on Twitter.

Automated programs are getting very good at poker and are winning large sums on online gambling sites.

An offhand comment in my post “Obama Killed Cap’n Crunch” sparked inquiries about the fate of the General Mills line of cereals featuring monster characters.

Cap’n Crunch is going the way of Joe Camel.

An op-ed by a Hao Leifeng in China’s Global Times argues that “Actor Charlie Sheen is a classic example of the difference in Western and Eastern values and norms.”

Charlie Sheen was the highest paid sitcom actor on the planet. Until a few minutes ago:

Why is Charlie Sheen seen as likable despite his serial abuse of women?

The Gourds perform “Gin and Juice” at Bumbershoot in Seattle, September 2007.

James Franco is a film director, screenwriter, painter, author, performance artist and actor. And working on a PhD at Yale.

My official statement. Please refer to this the next time somebody says something stupid.

Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.

A New York judge has sided with comedian Jerry Seinfeld in a bizarre lawsuit by a crazy woman who writes cookbooks.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

IBM’s Watson computer crushed human competitors on Jeopardy. What does it mean?

Michael Medved wishes that conservatives would stop implying that the President of the United States wants to destroy the United States.

I simply do not know enough expletives to adequately express how truly horrible this film was.

Why does Hermione Granger go to the library instead of just Googling it?

Actor Alec Baldwin is among hundreds being targeted by New York City for tax evasion. Is it reasonable to have to prove where you live?

Dr. Dre is arguing that police officers have no right to privacy.

Andy McNab writes books for people who like video games.

Christopher Hitchens explains how to make tea.

Shania Twain has married Frederic Thiebaud, former husband of Marie-Anne Thiebaud, the woman Twain’s ex-husband Mutt Lange had an affair with.

Here’s the trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Thor.”

Given that Batman has quasi-official sanction from the Gotham Police, aren’t his tactics illegal?

Aaron Sorkin gets “happy” when hunters accidentally kill one another.

SNL’s Julian Assange spoof isn’t their best work but it’s mildly amusing

The editors of the Washington Post want you to know that “Fair Game,” the new movie about the Valerie Plame affair, is “Hollywood myth making.” Propaganda and lies is more like it.

Shocking Headline Of The Day: “Willie Nelson charged with pot possession in Texas.”

“Ugly Betty” actor Michael Brea killed his mother with a samurai sword while screaming Bible passages.