George Clooney Cuffed at Sudanese Embassy Protest

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2012 Can't say the guy doesn't have range. On Friday, George Clooney put his actor/director/good-time-guy persona aside to get serious about what he warned could become a catastrophe of global proportions, the crisis in Sudan, and he went so far as to get arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., to make his point. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama’s Celebrity Corps Smaller, Less Enthusiastic This Season

Staff / Truthdig Feb 29, 2012 Matt Damon has spoken of his disappointment with Barack Obama, his favorite candidate from 2008, and other famous Obama boosters from the last election cycle are also less willing to lend their names to the president's cause this time around. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

And Now, This Presidential Appraisal From Scarlett Johansson

Staff / Truthdig Feb 9, 2012 There may be untold millions of onetime Obama boosters whose feelings of hope have significantly diminished since, say, November 2008 -- and with good reason. But on Tuesday night, one of the president's celebrity supporters, Scarlett Johansson, showed she's still willing to stump for Obama at a gathering in New York that brought fashionistas and politicos together. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Norris Throws Down for ‘Warrior’ Gingrich

Staff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2012 Conservative power ranger Chuck Norris has come out swinging for the GOP once again -- this time, he's willing to lend his unique celebrity brand to give Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign a boost with a memorably worded endorsement only he could compose. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sean Penn’s Diplomatic New Gig

Staff / Truthdig Jan 18, 2012 He's certainly been rehearsing for this role for years (remember his post-Katrina floating photo op?), and now Sean Penn has an honest-to-goodness new post as the ambassador at large to Haiti, as of a special ceremony held in his honor last weekend. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Snoop Dogg Has Some Ideas About Legalizing Marijuana

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2012 Snoop Dogg would like to speak to President Obama on behalf of a friend of his, and her name is Mary Jane. The pot-friendly rapper, né Calvin Broadus, also has visualized how this meeting would ideally take place at the White House. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rupert Murdoch’s Cultural Revolution

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2012 It takes master documentarian Adam Curtis only five minutes to explain what Rupert Murdoch's war on elitism (and taste) has to do with Google. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Culturally Sensitive Teach-In With Victoria Jackson

Staff / Truthdig Jan 3, 2012 Victoria Jackson, "SNL" throwback and low-rent Lady Gaga, took another big misstep in her troubling transition from comedy to punditry with this Shariah-themed episode of "PolitiChicks," which would play like self-parody if Jackson had the capacity for critical self-reflection. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

OWS Organizer Questions Intentions of Secretive Affinity Group

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 22, 2011 Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that a secret faction has developed within New York City’s Occupy movement, made up of big-name celebrities and would-be leaders, some of whom look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing.Over a pair of steaming coffee cups, I was told that big-name celebrities and would-be leaders look determined to steer the movement in a direction of their choosing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

9/11 and the Damage Done

Deanne Stillman / Truthdig Sep 7, 2011 On the day the towers fell, furies flew out of the hole in the ground and like all restless spirits, they headed west I did not realize it at the time, of course, but did have the sense a few days after the dust began to settle at Ground Zero that things had shifted, a feeling that we all had, as if the world itself had gone off its axis. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Hacking Scandal Leads to British Tabloid’s Demise

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2011 There might have been a changing of the guard among the top editors at the News of the World in recent months, but the British tabloid, part of the Murdoch family media dynasty, is going off the presses for good this weekend after a hacking scandal (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

So Long, Columbo: Peter Falk Dies at 83

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2011 Another icon of the small screen has died, and with him goes a memorable role and a famous, if slightly bedraggled, khaki raincoat. On Friday, the news broke that "Columbo" star Peter Falk had died the day before at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 83. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )