Ed Sullivan

I've written this 15th annual Holiday Quiz column in advance and buried a copy in a sealed container. This way, if civilization is wiped out by the Mayan Apocalypse, future space explorers may be able to dig it up and discover how remarkably intelligent...

It is a matchup dripping in tradition, pitting a team from the industrial Midwest against a wind-swept prairie powerhouse. One is the most most-victorious program in college history, instantly identifiable by its helmets. The other is rooted in redness...

After more than 50 years in show business, comedian Joan Rivers says she found herself being the unwitting center of attention at every dinner party — people enthralled, and, of course, amused, by her stories. That’s what led to Rivers......

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the makers of the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” did not violate copyright law by using a short clip from "The Ed Sullivan Show" in the Tony-winning show. A three-judge panel of the U.S.......

FOX's new midseason thriller The Following, starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy, premieres Jan. 21 at 9pm ET/PT. Bacon plays a former FBI agent called out retirement to track down the serial killer he once put away, who has escaped and recruited a cult...

Crossfire Hurricane on HBO Nov. 15 documents the rise of The Rolling Stones from “the band everybody hated to the band everybody loves.” The Rolling Stones were the bad boys of the 1960s British Invasion, the sexually charged, rebellious...

Thanks to the readers for their prayers and kind comments about the passing of my mother, Marie Boedeker. Mother on Friday received the funeral she had designed. Mother, a longtime music teacher and church organist, wanted group singing one more time. The...

Nora Ephron made her mark as a film director and screenwriter, but writing books was a key part of her creative life....

Donna Summer died Thursday at age 63. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts remembers the singer for her influence -- including her work on “I Feel Love,” which created a blueprint that remains central to dance music today....

Those hard-won lessons of parenthood are applicable this morning with the news that Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, intends to wait until spring before moving the controversial Electoral College bill that caused Democrats, as well as...

"The Rolling Stones on the Ed Sullivan Show," "The Grateful Dead Movie," "Aki Kaurismaki's Leningrad Cowboys" prove that DVDs are not just for stories, they can capture and convey all manner of musical performance....

Monday's show will feature Jennifer Lopez of "American Idol," Rob Schneider of the CBS sitcom "Rob" and a performance by musician James McCartney. McCartney will perform on the Ed Sullivan Theater stage, where his dad, Paul McCartney, sang with the...