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Popdose at Kirkus Reviews: Del Quentin Wilber, “Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan”

Chris Holmes May 31, 2011 0

We look at a book the recounts the day when one man's obsession with celebrity nearly brought down the President of the United States

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Random Play: River Phoenix

Robin Monica Alexander March 15, 2010 6

The recent rash of celebrity deaths has Robin Monica Alexander thinking of River Phoenix's untimely demise

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How Bad Can It Be?: Kathy Griffin, “She’ll Cut a Bitch (Uncensored)”

Jack Feerick February 5, 2010 12

Comedienne Kathy Griffin takes as her great subject the foibles of Hollywood celebrity culture. Part of the kick of Griffin’s TV show Life on the D-List and her stand-up routine is the feeling of

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How Bad Can It Be?: “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”

Jack Feerick March 20, 2009 20

There’s a particular school of cultural critic — you know the kind — who are forever seeking signs that the world is going to hell in a bucket. One phenomenon that they decry with

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