From Broadway to Burbank, actors are increasingly losing their patience with rude rogue audiences who click, flash, and chomp their way through shows. But does an actor have the right to stop a live performance and chastise an audience member?... Read full article

Dowdy spinster. Ugly duckling. Hairy angel. Those stinging public assessments of Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle resurrected one of the oldest rules of responsibility—Don’t judge a book by its cover—and set off an ongoing debate about what judging others reveals about ourselves.... Read full article

There’s a “Rent” dispute raging through some unlikely places. It’s not about housing rights, but about a rite of passage—the high school musical—and what constitutes a responsible show for teens to stage. When it comes to responsibility in the arts, who should decide what’s appropriate?... Read full article

In the short film Be Good, Joe is the ultimate slacker, hung over and screwed up.
But during a rare sober moment as he turns 30, Joe decides it’s suddenly time to become a responsible person. Lurching hilariously toward that goal, he’s more shocked than anyone at the surprise ending that finally gives meaning to his life.

Be Good was directed by Barney Cokeliss.... Read full article

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is the first feature film based on the popular doll and book series produced by the Pleasant Company. Each of their dolls is a girl from a different period of American history from Colonial days to the 1970’s, and each character has books about issues and challenges specific to their eras…... Read full article

Many people tell the truth because it’s the responsible thing to do. But should you ever tell the truth because it’s a lucrative thing to do?
Contestants on the controversial new TV show Moment of Truth say yes, motivated by the chance to win $500,000 in exchange for performing a kind of moral striptease in front of their families, spouses, and ultimately, millions of riveted viewers.... Read full article

Soon after Paris Hilton’s 23-day jail stint related to DUI charges, she announced that she wanted to go to Rwanda to “help save some people’s lives.” The head of the charity group she was to accompany revealed that Ms. Hilton’s five-day African trip would be documented by a camera crew.... Read full article

Parental advisories abound these days. Toys are toxic. Cold medicine is dangerous. Sesame Street has an adults-only warning. Cowabunga! Is the letter of the day X, as in Rated?... Read full article

By the time British singer Amy Winehouse received five Grammy Awards for “Rehab”—her autobiographical ode to dodging detox—the song had become Hollywood’s newest soundtrack. In the week before Rehab was named record of the year and song of the year, news reports noted that the actresses Eva Mendes, Kirsten Dunst, and Sean Young had all entered rehab, and that Pat O’Brien—host of a tabloid TV show that routinely reports on the rehab struggles of others— was suddenly in rehab himself. All of which prompted one culture-chronicling website to ask: Is rehab the new black?... Read full article

Stephen King is known for writing scary things. When Time Magazine recently asked him who he would choose as Person of the Year, Mr. King wrote “Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.” But rather than an endorsement of the two celebs—whose personal downfalls are relentlessly chronicled throughout the media—the full context of King’s nomination was an indictment of the media itself:... Read full article