Larry Wachowski | Beatles Movie | ‘Romance’; Halle Berry | Luciano Pavarotti ‘Matrix’ Director: No Sex Change, Thanks Larry Wachowski is still a man. The co-director of the “Matrix” movies was rumored to have had a sex-change operation recently. Internet sites started buzzing recently that Larry was now called Lana. …

NEW YORK – If you’re a film buff, you’ve heard all the chatter surrounding Friday’s release of the uber-indie, uber-low-budget flick “Bubble,” which is coming out in five dozen theaters and on cable at the same time — and on DVD a few days later. It is the first movie …

Mariah’s Up; Where’s Tommy? | Hell Freezes Over | A ‘History’ of Popularity | Sightings Mariah’s Up, So Where’s Tommy? Is the infamous, legendary, reviled, beloved, scorned and sometimes scary Tommy Mottola officially retired from the music business? Maybe not yet, but consider all of this: His celebrated ex-wife, Mariah …

WASHINGTON – Armed with support from the business community, a “Blue Dog” membership card and a middle-of-the-road voting record, Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., is hoping to deflect criticism that she is a liberal Democrat who won her seat on a fluke in a Republican district. But Republicans see Illinois’ 8th …

Dixie Chicks | ‘Dreamgirls’ Snubbed | ‘Dreamgirls’ Was No. 11 | Warner Bros. Grammys: Dixie Chicks Clucking Now The Dixie Chicks cleaned up this morning with Grammy nominations. They received the big three: Best Album, Song and Record for “Taking the Long Way” and the single, “Not Ready to Make …

Multiple Sclerosis, an autoimmune disorder that affects two million people worldwide and is daignosed in 350,000 Americans each year, is one of the more frustrating conditions in medicine because, despite decades of study, researchers have been unable to find a cure for the condition or identify what causes it. The …

We’re not quite going to hell in a hand basket, but we’re not doing ourselves any favors either. Seriously, should any of us care that illusionist David Blaine plans to stay underwater for a week? First off, he’s doing it with the help of “lifelines” that will bring him air …

So everyone’s feeling sorry for Dan Rather. Forty-four years at CBS, then wham-bam, not even a thank you, ma’am. He’s out. He’s gone. He’s ticked. There’s talk now, that maybe he’s even going to sue. For what? For not keeping him another 44 years? Please. Forgive me, but I don’t …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Truth Is Out, But Truthout Is Silent As of late this afternoon, the left-wing Web site Truthout.org — which triggered a minor furor when it reported last month that White House adviser Karl Rove had been indicted in the CIA leak case …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: By a margin of 2 to 1, Americans believe the hunting incident involving Vice President Dick Cheney was a regrettable accident, not a serious error in judgment. A new Rasmussen Reports poll reveals that just 27 percent of Americans say the incident …