Beverly Hills 90210 is back and it's thinner than ever. No, I'm not referring to the plot lines or character development. I'm talking about the girls. It's like central casting for stick insects. I expect the females playing high school fashionistas need to be thin, but when it gets to...

As a marketer, I've got to hand it to the Republican campaign machine. They blame Obama for not having experience, then elect Sarah Palin, a complete neophyte. Now Obama's choice of Biden looks old school and it's McCain who has the fresh ticket. In fact, they now hold the ultimate...

Conservative Republicans are adamant on the issue of teenage pregnancy, unless of course the teenager in question is the daughter of one of their leading candidates. Suddenly, compassion, forgiveness and open mindedness becomes the proper and expected mode of thinking and everyone is supposed to get in line and applaud...

No wonder. It has it all -- scandal, sex, treachery...

Amidst the turmoil of Russia attacking Georgia, the anticipation of the oncoming presidential election and the triumph of Michael Phelps making Olympic history, another news story has captured the public's fancy -- John Edwards' tawdry affair with a crazy lady.

No wonder. It has it all -- scandal, sex,...

For those of you who tuned in to my column two weeks ago, I posed the question: "Is Gossip Girl What Teens Really Want?" Unlike what the show's writers and marketers apparently think, I felt the program didn't connect with the real world as teens see it. And their...

After last week's post, I've decided to take a little break from lightening-rod topics, at least for a minute. You'll get my follow up the burning Gossip Girl question next week, when all the votes on this controversy are in from my buzzSpotters.

Meanwhile, here's something that will make...

Based on the notion that teens are always going to love what their parents hate, Gossip Girl's executive producers are running a salacious ad campaign features the underage stars of the show in a post-coital embrace with the tagline quoted directly from the Parents Television Council:

"Mind-blowingly Inappropriate!"

The proffering...

The other day, when I saw Jamie Lynn Spears' primped image on the cover of OK! Magazine, clutching her adorable newborn baby, I had to ask myself, "What sort of message does this send? Is this glamorizing teenage pregnancy? Do teens know better than this?"

Absolutely it glamorizes teen...

If you have a pulse and you're not hiding out in a cave somewhere, chances are you've noticed an inordinate number of celebs schilling products lately. They're everywhere, and I'm not just talking about the washed up actor/spokesman selling car insurance on TV ads. Just about every A-lister, from Jennifer...

Every time I read something about the latest Lolita scandal in Hollywood I wonder: "What the heck are they thinking?"

No, not the girls themselves. Not the Vanessa Hudgenses and Miley Cyruses of this world. They're just kids. I mean the adults who run their lives.

I mean their...