I really disagree with Nathan's thesis that Federline was the worst thing to happen to Spears. She actually lucked out that the random dude she met clubbing and married on a whim DIDN'T take her to the cleaners. He got a very modest financial settlement in their divorce, and to everyone's surprise he turned out to be…

I don't think it's unrealistic to believe that an upper-class teen who is too into "the theater" would make a decision like that. Stealing his dad's money and hopping a train would have felt cheap and like audience wish fulfillment. But look at how many gays kids today, with considerably more support and less stigma,…

Why people continue to knock McCartney for "Silly Love Songs" (which is a great pop tune with a killer bass) as if it's the standard for trite, yet give John Lennon a pass for "Woman," I'll never know.

The best scene in DPS is when Leonard's character is making up the excuses about why his dad can't come to the play, but he totally talked to his dad and now dad is totally on board with the whole acting thing. The way that Leonard is clearly lying, and WIlliams clearly knows it and is gently probing without wanting…

This is not an album that will be at the top of anyone's best of McCartney lists, but I don't think that was his point in recording it. He said in an interview that he wanted this to be an album you put on after work when you want to relax with a glass of wine, and on that point it succeeds.

One of the overlooked aspects of the Beatles story is the relationship between John and George. Paul and George had their conflicts, but Paul always brought his A-game as a backing musician to George's songs (exhibit A: While My Guitar Gently Weeps). John would literally walk out of the studio if told he had to work…