Flipping channels amid the vast wastes of Labor Day weekend, I happened on Jerry Lewis’s telethon: The bad lighting, the second-rate stars screeching out a cheesy Andrew Lloyd Webber tune, and there, on a stool waiting for it all to be over, was America’s most influential celebrity. He’s 81 now, and his telethon now draws…

When the chaplain at in Las Vegas’s Clark County Detention Center gave his celebrity prisoner, O.J. Simpson, some form of “The Purpose Driven Life” (news reports didn’t specify if it was the Daily Inspiration, “The PDL Journal,” “The PDL for Commuters” or the original text), we assume he was attempting to succor one of God’s…

Apparently Rosie O’Donnell’s time on “The View” affected her more deeply than we knew. According to Perezhilton.com, the outspoken comedian joined Kabbalah queen and friend Madonna in the Holy Land for Rosh Hashana. Perez cites Kabbalah language-laced posts on O’Donnell’s site as possible indications that the former talk show host has converted to the trendy…

I always wondered what became of Janine Turner, who was the female lead on the late, great sitcom “Northern Exposure.” Well, my question has finally been answered–she’s been directing short films, recording Christian music, and making Christian yoga videos. Wait, what? That’s right … according to Janine’s website, she has joined with yoga expert Mary…

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