"What we do in life, echoes in eternity." A line by Russell Crowe's Maximus before going into battle in Gladiator By now you have surely heard of The Osbournes, MTV's new show all about the life of ...

On one level "Y Tu Mama Tambien" (IFC Films) as directed by Alfonso Cuaron is funny, racy, and sexy with scenes shot on some of Mexico's most beautiful beaches. The movie is a fantasy tale about ...

The edgiest character on TV these days is a sponge. He's SpongeBob Squarepants and if you've never seen or heard of him, I strongly recommend you check out this creative, cutting-edge cartoon on the ...

Bookworm friends said they couldn't put it down. More traditional Catholics excoriated it, calling it anti-Catholic. And good New York conspiracy nuts were declaring in the diner where I eat on ...

Virtual AmericaConstruct your own "virtual neighborhood" where hundreds of clones of Sam Walton, Michael Eisner, and Rupert Murdoch compete inside a gated community. Play as one of the three ...

Quilts, like all big projects, eventually become metaphors. It's no surprise; quilts, like life, are enormous undertakings that should only be started after much careful consideration and, possibly, alcohol. Certainly, I knew how much work ...

"There are two kinds of people in this world," says Graham, the ex-Episcopalian priest played by Mel Gibson in Signs, the new thriller from Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan. There ...

Kandahar captures what every U.S. radio, television and print journalist has been trying to make come to life for Americans over the past four months. If you're like me, you're a kind of numb to all ...

World Youth Day is this absolutely insane gathering of Catholic young people from all over the world, who converge on some poor unsuspecting city and basically ...

"Love on the rocks, ain't no big surprise. Just pour me a drink and I'll tell you some lies?" -- From Neil Diamond's "Love On the Rocks" While flipping through my bible (Entertainment Weekly) the other day, I ...