http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow RSS Feed for Inq Col Sideshow en-us Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:25:07 GMT http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120218_Sideshow__Colbert_caring_for_his_mother.html Comedy Central faux pundit Stephen Colbert, 47, has suspended his show while he cares for his ailing 91-year-old mom, Lorna, at her home in Charleston, S.C., the New York Post reports. The youngest of 11 children, Colbert lost his father and two brothers in a plane crash when he was 10. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120217_Sideshow__On_Sunday__the_500th__Simpsons_.html Have any doubts that Bart and Homer Simpson have totally defined the culture? Consider this: Fox's animated social satire (and hilarious 'toon) will air its 500th episode, "At Long Last Leave," on Sunday. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120216_Sideshow__Sir_Paul_on_approach_to_70.html Paul McCartney turns 70 in June, yet the Beatle rocks on. He says he has already beaten the odds. "You really don't want to go beyond 50," a former manager once told him. "It's going to get embarrassing." So recounts Sir Paul in the March issue of Rolling Stone, a mag founded by kids who thought it was all over at 30. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120215_Sideshow__Best_actor__canine_species_-_it_s_Uggie__of__The_Artist_.html You can keep the Oscars. What really matters to us is the Golden Collar Awards, which honor the year's best canine thesps. Held Monday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Lalaland, the inaugural kudofest crowned The Artist's star, Jack Russell terrier Uggie, as top dog in a movie. Uggie is a "great performer," said his trainer, Omar Von Muller, "but he's also a great family member. . . . He sleeps with us." http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120214_Sideshow__Nun_Nicki_and_the__pope_.html She did the red carpet as Little Red Riding Hood (in a blood-red Atelier Versace nun-inspired satin robe) with a pope-alike in full faux-Vatican regalia on her arm. Nicki Minaj at the Grammys. So scandalous! Minaj, 29, later performed "Roman Reloaded http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120213_Sideshow__At_Houston_tribute__Bennett_calls_for_drug_legalization.html Legendary crooner Tony Bennett, 85, appealed to the U.S. government to legalize drugs at an impromptu Whitney Houston tribute held hours after her death, says the Hollywood Reporter. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120211_Sideshow__Madonna__Gesture_spoiled_the_love_vibe.html She's had time to think it over, and it appears that Madonna is regretting her invitation to British hip-hop artist M.I.A. to join her in the Super Bowl halftime spectacle. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120210_Sideshow__Naked_truth_about_Adam_Levine.html Ever wonder why NBC's The Voice coach Adam Levine likes to appear bare as a newborn bairn in so many of his photo shoots? http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120209_Sideshow__Roland_Martin_suspended.html CNN has suspended Roland Martin for tweeting "offensive" remarks demeaning gays on Sunday. Shocking: The cable news network finally decided to do something after taking a demure three-day time-out. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/sideshow/20120208_Sideshow__Philly_s_Wells_Fargo_is_first_stop_on_Madonna_s_U_S__tour.html Madonna - you know, the 1980s and '90s pop superstar who got upstaged Sunday at her own Super Bowl party by M.I.A.'s middle finger - will open her U.S. tour in Philly at the Wells Fargo Center on Aug. 28. She'll also play Yankee Stadium in New York on Sept. 6 and Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Sept. 15.