A royal military man (Denzel Washington) receives a prophecy about his regal prospects from a witch (as singular as Coen in this case, with Kathryn H...

If “Jeopardy!” had been using their MERV filter, they’d never have hired Mike Richards.

Look, all you need is a dose of Hibernol™:

Both times I was on the show (three years apart), I won my game, but did not win the bonus round, and then lost as the returning champion in my second game. I won a variety of small prizes, mostly forgettable — except for a set of Cutco knives, which I still use almost every day, 30 years later. Here are the two…

How is Andy Samberg not in this movie?

Many years ago, in the late 80s/early 90s, I appeared on a low-budget game show on what was then The Nashville Network. They made it clear to us going in, in the rules of the game, that if you were on an episode, and the episode did not air, for any reason, technical or otherwise, you would not receive your prizes.…

I get frustrated because the online-ordering apps for fast food places now allow you to specify exactly which and how many condiment packets you want -- which seems to go largely ignored by the restaurant staff. I have asked for, say, three ketchup packets and gotten either zero or eight. This especially annoys me…

Only Murders In The Building stars Amy Ryan, Aaron Dominguez, and Vanessa Aspillaga, with appearances from Sting (yes, that Sting) and Tina Fey.

I have no connection whatsoever to this product, but one of these days you might want to review Millie’s Sipping Broth, available online--they are savory tea bags with flavors like tortilla soup or Thai lemongrass. You make them just like steeping a cup of tea. It’s an interesting product. I don’t use it as often as I…

Bourdain trashed “A Cook’s Tour” after he’d moved on, saying it wasn’t up to his expectations, he was hobbled by the network or the production company, etc., etc. But it was what introduced me to him, and I still have a lot of fondness for it.

The Emperor gives stewardship of the dessert planet Arrakis to Duke Leto, home to the colonized Fremen and the only place to mine Spice, the most valuable substance in the universe—a choice that enrages rival House Harkonnen.

Well, from past stories I’ve read, the inquiry may be whether the company that makes the machines unfairly locked out the startup that helped monitor problems. The manufacturer made negative comments about the third-party monitors, and some franchise owners removed them (or never started using them) as a result.…

Just thinking out loud here — I’m more of a cook than a baker — I know that Kraft is made with whole eggs, while a few of the beloved regional or niche brands boast of being made only from yolks. Would that make a difference in a recipe like this?

Writer and blogger Mark Evanier suggested Alton Brown, and I can absolutely see that.

Writer and blogger Mark Evanier suggested Alton Brown, and I can absolutely see that.

Disney has taken out its new Genie pass and used it to get right back in line for Jungle Cruise, which is to say that a sequel to Blunt and Johnson’s recent adventure/romance movie is getting a sequel.

The Subway app was the first fast food app I started using on a regular basis -- not for the loyalty program (although there is one) but because it makes the Subway process much easier. You can customize your sub in the app -- adding or subtracting all of the same ingredients that you could do standing in line -- and…

I wish I could remember, there was a sitcom at one time or another, maybe the early 80s, which had an episode where one of the characters was excitedly planning an Ed Asner film festival. Late in the episode, someone mentioned “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” and the character got a shocked look on his face. “You mean, he…

They may not be marking things up as much as you assume. You assume that if the convenience store is selling an item for $5 which Walmart sells for $2, the convenience store is getting $3 more profit and is therefore being greedy. I worked for my local newspaper for 34 1/2 years, and for the first half of that we had…

We have an ICS-sanctioned chili cookoff weekend every summer in my little rural town; I have been a judge on numerous occasions. One year, I entered, and I want to give it another shot one of these days. Anyway, when you judge a chili cookoff, you only taste one spoonful of chili, then move on to the next entry. If…