Television — not the Internet — is responsible for worldwide social change
Thanks to TV, poor people in small villages can watch soap operas that empower women, as Charles Kenny points out: "In our collective enthusiasm for whiz-bang new social-networking tools like Twitter and Facebook, the implications of this next television age — from lower birthrates among poor women to decreased corruption to higher school enrollment rates — have largely gone overlooked despite their much more sweeping impact. And it's not earnest educational programming that's reshaping the world on all those TV sets. The programs that so many dismiss as junk — from song-and-dance shows to 'Desperate Housewives' — are being eagerly consumed by poor people everywhere who are just now getting access to television for the first time. That's a powerful force for spreading glitz and drama — but also social change."
It's a girl for Amy Ryan
The 39-year-old veteran of "The Office" and "The Wire" gave birth to Georgia Gracie Slovin on Oct. 15.
Simon Cowell was 5 when he uttered his 1st insult
Julie Cowell, 82, says her son was 5 when he mocked her hat: "I bought a new hat and asked him if I looked nice in it. He replied, ‘You look like a poodle."'
Rosie: My relationship is on the rocks
She and Kelli Carpenter "are working on our issues."
Paul Shaffer leads Jimmy Kimmel's band
Watch Letterman's bandleader repeatedly interrupt Kimmel's monologue on last night's show.
