The Best and Worst of the 2015 Oscars

Read MoreHere’s a look at the best and worst moments from last night’s 2015 Oscar telecast:

Read MoreHere’s a look at the best and worst moments from last night’s 2015 Oscar telecast:

Read MoreShort films grab you. They make you think. They take you to interesting places. They introduce you to people you haven’t met before. And sometimes, long after leaving the theater, you will find yourself pondering what you saw and the deeper meaning of the film, which are sometimes remarkably complex and even wonderful.
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It’s Oscar time! The 87th annual Academy Awards will be shown on ABC Sunday night. I haven’t missed an Oscar presentation since 1991. So, this will keep my current streak alive at 24 straight years — and 43 shows out of the last 45 years. I’m not really that old, but I can still recall my very first Academy Award memory — which was John Wayne winning Best Actor in 1970 for “True Grit.”
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Next time the American Gaming Association (AGA) appears at a trade show, I suggest they provide some kind of giveaway. Appropriate swag might be a yo-yo, a flapjack spatula, or perhaps a pair of flip-flops. Given the AGA has taken three different positions, each a contradiction, within just the past ten years on the big question of legalizing and regulating online gambling/poker in the United States, can anyone take their policy statements seriously?

Read MoreGo back and read the poker forums sometime. The evidence is all there in black and white.

Read MoreTwo recent news stories highlight a serious cause for concern for the proponents of legalized online poker in the United States.

Read More“I’ve never read anything so badly written that got published. It made Twilight look like War and Peace.”
— Salman Rushdie

Read MoreHas any sport’s popularity plunged so deeply within such a short period of time as boxing?

Read MoreSenator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is about to learn some painful lessons the hard way, especially if he chooses to run for president in 2016. And that is this — political success requires money and lots of it.

Read MoreLet the countdown begin, from 20 down to 1, with the most baffling Grammy Award winners of all time plus the reasons why it’s an outrage these artists and songs were selected — and who should have won.