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The recession has dramatically changed many Americans’ shopaholic habits, at least temporarily and perhaps forever.
Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen has withdrawn from the first Grand Prix figure skating event of the season because of tendinitis in her right calf.
Leonard Cohen wowed an adoring audience Thursday night, crooning his iconic ballads at his first show in Israel in 30 years and ignoring a political storm over his appearance.
Leonard Cohen is recovering after collapsing onstage while on tour in eastern Spain, his music company said Saturday.
Tickets for a Leonard Cohen concert to benefit Palestinian and Israeli peace groups sold out in less than a day, an Israeli ticket agent said Sunday.
Roger Ebert once commented that he was jealous of anyone who hadn’t yet seen “The Third Man,” since the pleasure of seeing that classic for the first time was an experience that couldn’t be repeated.
First in “Borat” and now with “Bruno,” Sacha Baron Cohen has created his own genre. It’s a zany and outrageous hybrid of scripted and improvisational humor that could be called “Imposterisational Comedy.” In the formula, the lead actor purports to be someone else, a real-life filmmaker and visitor from another land who recruits unsuspecting folks to play along.
Pioneer Newspapers Inc. says Mark Cohen has been named chief operating officer of the family-owned media company.
The lawyer for a woman suing actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen over a scuffle at a charity bingo tournament said Friday that his client suffered "life-altering injuries."
Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as his alter ego Bruno on Sunday by crashing a rally in support of a ballot measure that would ban gay marriage in California.
It's one way to celebrate your 74th birthday — open your "Fall Tour" before 10,000 enthusiastic fans.
Leonard Cohen returned to the Montreux Jazz Festival on Tuesday for his first concert here in 23 years.
John Cohen is coming home to Mississippi State to win a national championship. That was the message the former Bulldogs outfielder delivered to hundreds of fans who greeted him at news conferences in Starkville and Jackson on Saturday, a day after he resigned at Kentucky and took the job over the objection of former coach Ron Polk.
Rob Cohen has started shooting the third installment of "The Mummy" films starring Brendan Fraser in a desert valley north of Beijing.
Sacha Baron Cohen, whose fictional Kazakh reporter Borat has sparked controversy, says he could never put himself and others in embarrassing situations if he weren't in character.
Could there be Oscar gold ahead for Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen?
Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe6. Danth's Law (also known as Parker's Law) States: "If you have to insist that you've won an internet argument, you've probably lost badly." Named after a user on the role-playing gamers' forum RPG.net.
The cult of celebrity has risen in importance at the same time that belief in God, or a higher being, has been waning, and television has become more dominant.
Skanks for Nothing: Google Must ID 'Anonymous' BloggerYesterday a U.S. Federal judge ruled that Google must turn over the name of an anonymous blogger who took a severe disliking to aging supermodel Liskula Cohen.
Roger Cohen: Israel Cries Wolf -- Obama must reject Netanyahu's fear-mongering & rein him in"Iran is the center of terrorism, fundamentalism and subversion and is in my view more dangerous than Nazism, because Hitler did not possess a nuclear bomb, whereas the Iranians are trying to perfect a nuclear option."
Borat in Alabama, Fools National Guard Officer TrainingANNISTON -- The actor best known as "Borat" is at it again in Alabama.
Leonard Cohen Plays First U.S. Concert In 15 Years Folk singer Leonard Cohen skipped onto the stage on Thursday at his first U.S. concert in 15 years, cracking jokes about his advanced age and the lusty themes of some of his hit songs.
Roger Cohen: Try Tough Love with Israel, Hillary -- (With the Emphasis on Tough…) Israel can continue humiliating the Palestinians, flaunting its power with a bully's braggadocio. It will survive that way — and be desperately corroded from within. Neither domination nor demography favors Israel over time.
Roger Cohen: Emptying Pandora's BoxThese are interesting times. Jobs are disappearing and General Motors is running out of cash. At the same time, America has assuaged some of its deepest wounds with the election of Barack Obama. We have less money in our pockets but more hope in our hearts.
A very bitter dispute surrounds the beatification of Pope Pius XII between the Vatican and some Jews spearheaded by the chief rabbi of Haifa Shear-Yashuv Cohen.
Palin's American ExceptionSarah Palin loves the word "exceptional." At a rally in Nevada the other day, the Republican vice-presidential candidate said: "We are an exceptional nation." Then she declared: "America is an exceptional country." In case anyone missed that, she added: "You are all …
Obama is Jesus?We've heard the comparison many times during this election campaign. Well, now it's official. Giving a one minute speech on the House floor (which means it's now officialy entered into the record) Tenn. Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen said:
TheHill.com-Senate to push apology as race issue loomsThe House approves a bill apologizing for slavery.
Jewish Democrat Faces Anti-Semitism, Racism in Primary - ToTheCenterSupporters for an African-American candidate for Tennessee's 9th Congressional District are employing two time-tested campaign tactics in order to defeat the Jewish incumbent in the Democratic primary – racism and anti-Semitism.
Chapman Cohen was a noted atheist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in September of 1868 and died on the fourth of February, 1954 at the age of 85. His career between the two dates was largely taken up by the promotion of freethought and secularism.
Arkansas fight fans fall for Sacha Baron Cohen stuntCrowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing — a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of Borat fame.
Washington Post's (Delusional) Richard Cohen: McCain More Trustworthy Than Obama Because He Was Taken CaptiveIt's difficult to know whether his latest column is a part of his ongoing attempt to prove himself more ironically humorous than Stephen Colbert or if it's just another entry in the "Most Out Of Touch Columnist in America" contest, but this morning's effort from Richard Cohen tru …
He Has Tried in His Way to Be FreeAnd to a remarkable extent, Leonard Cohen is succeeding. Sarah Hampson had a rare opportunity to spend an afternoon with the famed singer and poet. He's got the wisdom of age but he's still the essence of cool—the perfect reflection of his years of Zen.
An Open Letter to Pro-War Libertarians on Behalf of Ron PaulKinsella's article is quite rude and insulting. I'm quite sure it will cost Ron Paul votes, and not gain him a single one.
This article was first published on May 8, 2007, one week after the 2007 NFL Draft.
Mobile Phone Throwing Turns Artistic In FinlandSAVONLINNA, Finland (Reuters) - Juggling rather than throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.
Family of dead Israeli soldier can use his spermWhile not the freshest story out there, this one's interesting and brings up some interesting questions. In a precedent-setting decision, an Israeli court has ruled that a dead soldier's family can use his sperm to impregnate a woman he never met.
Destroy All Rational Thought Part 2
Every once in a while, someone around here writes a thread about people's favorite music or things they find sacred or something along those lines. Always there are interesting responses - and always, someone brings up Leonard Cohen.
The Explanation Hillary Clinton OwesYet another man has betrayed Hillary Clinton. This time it's George W. Bush, who not only deceived her about weapons of mass destruction but, when granted congressional authorization to go to war in Iraq, actually did so.
Rodeo owner featured in 'Borat' movie only blames himself for anti-gay commentsIt's the question everyone asked since he arrived New Year's Day: When the Imperial Rodeo opens tonight in Salem, who will sing the national anthem? Bobby Rowe can tell you who won't be singing -- a certain scrawny and hairy fictional Kazakh television reporter named Borat.
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