For an A-list celebrity, awards season isn’t just the chance to get wined and dined and wear pretty dresses. It’s a weeks-long gauntlet of intense personal improvement, all intended to... Read more >>

I try to make time every night to stargaze for a minute or two. The silence of night has a way of dislodging my deeper thoughts and the dark, starry expanse seems big enough to hold them. I am... Read more >>

Growing up in suburban Chicago, we didn’t get to see a lot of stars growing up. The smog and lights make it hard to find just about anything besides the Big Dipper. But when I was little, I... Read more >>

Summertime, with its warm evenings and generally clear skies, simply lends itself to star gazing. Sitting by the campfire, out on a night stroll, or anywhere away from the glare of the city… Read more >>

“’tis Sunday morning aroun’ 3 a.m. ... the best time for my thoughts to congeal and give me solace in this vast, infinite Universe. I peer into the Cosmos amidst the stars,... Read more >>

It’s that time of the year. HGTV’s Design Star has kicked off its second season with fabulous ratings and an even more fabulous cast. While I’m sure many viewers are as upset as I... Read more >>

Joe Kennard doesn’t watch TV. In fact, he doesn’t even own a TV. So what’s it like for someone like Joe to end up on HGTV’s new reality series Design Star? “It’s... Read more >>

I may be a TV critic, but more so, I’m a TV fan. And as a TV fan, I, along with many other females my age, spent their college afternoons with TLC’s Trading Spaces, While You Were Out, The... Read more >>

(Continued at the point of Unjwyll’s interpretation of the star’s intentions. Refer to Part 1)   Now, it would be an understatement to say Unjwyll got it wrong, and one... Read more >>

Celebrities and public figures always seem so perfect, so of course it captures our attention when someone is proudly imperfect. These famous faces (and bodies) have some famous flaws that have been... Read more >>