Clash of the Titans
In a moment of blind rage, eBay has "pulled its ads from Google":http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6755789.stm. Apparently, the online auction site spends around $25 million a year advertising on Google, so t...
Two Rabbis Walk Into a Reception Hall
To show their support for same-sex couples, a straight rabbi couple (one of whom works at New York's LGBT synagogue Congregation Beth Simchat) are planning an all-out Conservative Jewish wedding "without the ma...
They’re Grrrreaaat!
The _NY Times_ "reports":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/business/media/14kellogg-web.html that The Kellogg Company announced today that it will phase out advertising its products to children under age 12 unl...
…But They’ll Never Take Our Freedom
At last night's New York premiere of _A Mighty Heart_ Angelina Jolie's lawyer made all reporters sign an agreement stating that they would not ask any personal questions.
"FoxNews":http://www.foxnews.com/st...
Storytelling
Heeb's critically acclaimed Storytelling series presents Jewish stories from an ever-changing crew of performers across the country. We now give you Heeb _Storytelling in its online incarnation. Check back here...
Kasting Couch
Earlier this month, "_The New York Times_":http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E13FA3F540C708CDDAF0894DF404482 reported that "_Sammy and Kim_,":http://mog.com/Afficionado/blog_post/82374 the Sa...
Irony, Half-Off
...And if the mainstream news media has it hard, just how do you think independent publishers are doing? _Nymag.com_'s Intelligencer "somewhat gleefully writes":http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/06/save_dave_eg...
A Bad Day for Barack
Is it possible that the "articulate and bright and clean":http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/index.html Barack Obama has already fallen off? The Illinois Senator was served a one-two combination...
Hitchens on Hilton
On _Slate_ today, Christopher Hitchens "debates":http://www.slate.com/id/2168128/nav/tap3/ the ultimate question: Which is worse, Paris Hilton or the media? And brace yourself, Hitchens comes out in favor of th...
Boys 2 Men?
I can't even begin to estimate how many people have asked me to introduce them to the Beastie Boys since we "interviewed and photo'd them back in 2003":http://www.heebmagazine.com/articles/view/43. One guy want...
The Death of Reilly
To all of my fans who have been desperately seeking sustenance from my customary _joie de vivresection_ of all things entertaining, I must apologize for my absence, but I have recently suffered the loss of a lo...
And Speaking of Charles Nelson Reilly’s Death…
I would have loved to have interviewed "Richard Rorty":http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rorty/ as our next "Honorary _Heeb_," but the great philosopher died Friday. Rorty was one of the first and greatest of t...
