I’ve been watching Jon Stewart satirize the news since I was 11. He may not be a traditional talk-show host, but he’s the closest I’ll ever get to a Johnny Carson figure...

My husband is always bringing home stuff he picked up from people’s curbs that would otherwise be destined for the trash. We don’t have room for this stuff, and he usually...

Kanye West is not a regular person. According to his new record, “Yeezus,” he is “a god.” He is one of the best, most unpredictable rappers of today. And he’s rude (...

Our family is traveling to Disney World this summer and I have absolutely no idea what shoes to wear. I like to wear summer dresses with cute sandals but I do not think any of...

Superhero movies have come a long way from just being Big Strong Good Guy vs. Big Strong Bad Guy, thanks in large part to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight series. Which is wh...

In “Princesses Long Island” (Bravo, Sun., 9 p.m.), a gaggle of Jewish gals, above, embrace the offensive stereotype of the spoiled, materialistic and obnoxious “Jewish A...

The more I think about it, the more I can’t believe “This Is the End” actually exists. This is a movie where the world ends, and we get to see how Seth Rogen, James Fran...

My mother constantly talks about her weight and appearance in front of my young daughters. She cannot turn down a dessert without explaining long-windedly what it would do to ...

Lou Barlow always worried me. He and legendary ’90s indie rockers Sebadoh put out an amazing, weird record nearly every year between 1989’s “The Freed Man” and 1996’...

When Arlington County started up its ART buses, Cynthia Connolly assumed there’d be art in the buses. The name actually just stood for Arlington Transit, but Connolly, Artis...

Two films out this week deal with teenagers and their parents. In the pretty-good “The Kings of Summer,” a boy runs away because of his relationship with his father, which...

Here are some important things to know about mermaids. 1. On May 26, Animal Planet aired “Mermaids: The New Evidence.” It was very popular. Viewership: 3.6 million, a reco...

When creator Dan Harmon was fired from NBC’s “Community” after three seasons, I wrote that it would never be the same. I was right — sort of. The Season 4 writers were...

My office-mate is the loudest, grossest eater you’ve ever heard of. And she eats constantly, all day. I have tried hinting things like, “Oh, is it time for lunch already?�...

I’ve got this great internship at a cable news network helping in the newsroom. Since this is my first time in a professional setting, I’ve got to buy some new outfits. Ca...