At the beginning of “Survivor: China,” Todd Herzog was one of the most talked-about contestants on the show. Todd, a flight attendant from Utah, identified himself as a gay Mormon, which is a bit of a contradiction, considering that the Mormon church views homosexuality as immoral. However, by the time the season wrapped up, it…

It’s an odd idea that we have hopes for TV characters–they’re cartoon characters after all, their lives flattened into two dimensions and squished into half-hour segments with a piquant point or a hastily arranged outcome, the way life doesn’t. After last week’s episode of TNT’s “Saving Grace,” I was caught hoping Grace Hanadarko was going…

This Sunday, CBS will air a documentary, “In God’s Name,” that interviews 12 spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama and Pope Benedict XVI, about “myriad issues in our post-9/11 world, including the rise of terrorism, fanaticism, intolerance, and war,” according to the press release. Watch more: Click to Play Video The show is by French…

I like a good celebrity interest story as much as the next person, but so much of celebrity news is–yes, I’ll say it–neither news nor terribly interesting. And now that Hanukkah’s over, I can rant a little bit about the celebrity photo ops around the holiday season, especially those of said celebs “celebrating” holidays other…

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