Lady Gaga popped up on American Idol last night, where she showed her commitment to nurturing the talent of the show’s budding performers by telling Scotty McCreery to orally pleasure the microphone and groping James Durbin in…

Although I’m not sure whether this could be categorized as the lamest comic book smackdown in existence, Archie Comics has certainly whored itself out in the upcoming July issue, according…

Those of you who are concerned that American Idol might suffer a decline in quality now that the judges’ panel is going through a major personnel shuffle… Well, first you need to check your meds and seriously consider…

Yes, I know: that’s a pretty obvious title. But, while some titles are too obvious to be used, other titles are so blazingly over-the-top obvious that they demand to be used. Yesterday David Archuleta was on The Wendy…

American Idol has been in a ratings tailspin for a few years now, and with both Paula and now Simon Cowell out of the picture, there’s no longer any reason for a sane human being to watch…

Let’s face it: Adam Lambert’s big breakout performance at the American Music Awards last week was oddly impressive. Sort of like watching a first-time race car driver rev the engine, go roaring off the starting line, and plow…

Tonight’s TV fare offers a truly epic conflict of interest, because Quentin Tarantino (a fairly interesting person) will be appearing as a guest judge on American Idol (a show in which I’m violently uninterested). Even more disturbing,…

The more you learn about some celebrities, the more you realize you were happier knowing less. Anthony Hopkins, for instance. It would be nice to imagine that Sir Anthony is an elegant, sophisticated older gentleman, perhaps just a…

Simon Cowell is a bit of an enigma. On the one hand, his comments to the aspiring pop stars on American Idol are rarely any worse than they deserve, and intermittently he’s even clever. On the other hand,…

This lovely protest-oriented graphic now qualifies as a shameless tradition:

We once again conclude our pictorial critique of western popular culture. Tune in tomorrow when Agent Bedhead artistically fries an egg on Brad Pitt’s Matt…