No, the title is not some kind of commentary on the state of the recession. The Miss America Pageant, an institution since 1921, has lost its network partner. TLC broadcast the pageant for the last three years, but has elected not to renew the contract this year. It remains to be seen what (if any) [...]

Here’s some chatter: “We Are The World: The Remake” will premiere at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on February 12th with proceeds going to Haitian relief. The complete list of, um, “singers.” I mean, really, Vince Vaughn?!? In the meantime, here’s Simon Cowell’s Haiti benefit of REM’s “Everybody Hurts”: a fantastic multi-celeb [...]

DATELINE: PARK CITY, UTAH
Snow, snow, snow. Traffic jams. Gorgeous people. And MOVIES! Have taken over quaint Park City. This year the swag is down and the quality of movies is up. Conversation around town is abuzz at the outstanding crop of cinema. I’m with the ever-fun Barbara Corcoran [...]

Apple always manages to create an enormous amount of suspense and buzz surrounding a new product. Gadget fans have long predicted that Apple would eventually produce a “tablet” computer, and yesterday Apple sent out media invites for a press event on January 27th. Will this be the thing that revolutionizes publishing? Changes the way [...]