Brooke Shields

Game Time: Friday Broken Glass

​Just cleaning up some random broken glass in my "Blog" folder on a Friday ... Can You Guess This Team? Channeling my inner Cosmo Kramer... WHO WANTS TO HAVE SOME FUN?! Ok, well, I'm going to describe a fairly well known football team to many of you, and after I'm finished describing them, s ... More >>

A Few Final Thoughts, Tweets on Michael's Memorial

Courtesy L.A. Weekly Well, Michael Jackson's funeral is over, and according to L.A. Weekly, the crowds in downtown L.A. are filing toward various overpasses to catch a glimpse of Jackson's hearse as the funeral procession winds its way toward the cemetery. Rocks Off doesn't want to use the word "ant ... More >>

Michael Jackson Funeral Coverage Coming Tomorrow

Somehow the folks at West Coast Sound, Rocks Off's sister music blog over at L.A. Weekly, have scored the hottest ticket in show business in years: a ticket to Michael Jackson's funeral Tuesday at Los Angeles' Staples Center. So far Stevie Wonder, Jackson's old Motown boss Berry Gordy, Brooke Shiel ... More >>

Michael Jackson, You Will Be Honored...And Twittered

The Most Important Event Ever....Will Be Twittered!!!!Our colleagues at West Coast Sound, the music blog of our sister paper L.A. Weekly, will be in attendance when The Nation Stops at noon tomorrow (Houston time) to give a final send-off to Michael Jackson at Los Angeles' Staples Center. So far St ... More >>

Michael Jackson: Magic Moments With The King Of "Alleged"

It's a sure bet that when Neil Armstrong dies, coverage will be limited to a two minute retrospective culminating with "One small step for man..." playing over his official NASA photo. Meanwhile, CNBC today is still reporting on the "financial impact of Michael Jackson's death." One walked on the m ... More >>

Boxing, Sex and Madness

Mike Tyson's many personalities are on display in James Toback's new documentary.

The Midnight Meat Train

All aboard for the blood-and-guts buffet

Art Girls Are Easy

Beats of Basquiat: The Final Chapter

Doctor Nice

Steven Hotze uses a warm, easygoing manner to peddle natural hormones to women, at thousands of dollars a pop. So who cares about credentials or documented results?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Shooting the Stars

Snarky comedian Kathy Griffin stops by Houston to dish on Hollywood's elite

Rock of Ages

Mayor of the Sunset Strip presides over pop

Arabian Knight

Jack Shaheen crusades against cinema's depiction of Reel Bad Arabs

James Pineapple Esq. Is Dead!

But his creator, comic James Ladmirault, lives on

Mixmaster

Director James Toback crosses racial, gender and class lines in the gracefully gritty Black and White

Splendor in the Crass

Pretty Babies

Inside the Miss American Rodeo Pageant: A tale of big hair, big money and little girls