Contributor: Bob Hoose

I remember seeing an ABC report with John Stossel a while back that looked at America’s growing obsession with fame. They were interviewing people in a wintry Times Square who had stripped down to bathing suits and body-painted themselves in various co …

It was her same-sex attraction anthem “I Kissed a Girl” that cemented Katy Perry’s pinup glam-girl status. But that was her last fantasy. This is her new Teenage Dream.

Sleek suits and Italian leather shoes. The Andrews Sisters on the radio and a bloody body in the trunk. These are the “joys” of life in Empire Bay.

I just read about a guy on a quest that seems almost as daunting as the rich man’s challenge to thread a needle with his camel. Chris Juby, a worship director at King’s Church in the northern English city of Durham, has determined that he will summariz …

Some people want to be doctors or lawyers or presidents when they grow up. The rest of us want to be superheroes. This MMO game wants to make our dreams come true.

This inventive graphic novel adaptation has plenty of cinematic punch. But what’s going on beyond the KER-POW!?

The New York Times recently posted an article about mothers and technology, using a study from Parenting magazine and a woman’s social media Web site called BlogHer. The moms surveyed said that new tech could be a good thing for their families, even th …

It looks like there’s another way that Facebook is serving mankind: By helping fix traffic problems in India. Hey, don’t underestimate the little social network that could. It all started when overburdened police officers in New Delhi started a Faceboo …

Rob Reiner says he stands by his ’60s dramas. But fans of Wendelin Van Draanen’s teen romance novel may do a double take when they see that the story has done a bit of time traveling.

Each successive flick in this so-called ‘teen comedy’ genre, from ‘Porky’s’ to ‘Superbad,’ desperately tries to top the raunch that’s come before it. ‘Sex Drive’ is currently king of that foul hill.

If you’ve ever wanted to howl at the moon, Lion King style, or join in with Ariel for an underwater ode, this game gives voice to your animated dreams.

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 75% of all U.S. teens have a cell phone. When you drop the age to 12 years old, it’s still a whopping 58% with a ring-tone piping out of their pocket. 90% of all those kids are texting each oth …

Robert Duval is a grizzled old hermit who wants to attend his own funeral. He wants to hear what folks might say about him. And he wants to tell them a thing or two while they’re at it.

Usher’s TGIF-style anthem has fans shrugging off a long week by hitting the clubs, dancing, leering and falling in “love.”

After a dozen silent years, a strategy classic has written a new chapter.