Some weeks back Idol Chatter brought you the flap over Daniel Radcliffe’s appearance in “Equus” on the London stage. Some British parents were aghast that the 17-year-old child star of the Harry Potter movie series would bare all (as his role required) and thereby risk scandalizing young Potterphiles. But at least one group of Radcliffe…

Don Imus was fired–and I think it’s a travesty. I don’t have the same point of view as my esteemed Idol Chatter colleague Nicole Symmonds, who wrote that “you couldn’t have said a more racially-charged comment,” and “the apology is not accepted.” Writing before Mr. Imus was fired, she called for his show to be…

Author Kurt Vonnegut, the man best known for writing the dark, satirical novel “Slaughterhouse Five” died Wednesday at 84, leaving behind a literary legacy founded on a restless angst in search of truth. His novels and essays never stopped attacking the flaws and hypocrisies of societal institutions in all shapes and forms. His works always,…

On the April 4th edition of MSNBC’s “Imus In the Morning,” Don Imus fired the shot heard ’round the world when he called the Rutger’s women’s basketball team “Nappy-Headed Ho’s.” He laughed after he said it, and if you listen very closely you can hear someone else in the background laughing. It was comedy for…

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