Movies & TV - Dec. 2, 2009
OnMedia: More high-definition TV is on the way
It looks like Time Warner Cable is trying to get another crop of high-definition channels launched before the end of the year. ... Yes, that was the High Life delivery guy on "Scrubs" last night. ... And Barbara Walters thinks Brett Favre is "fascinating."
Tags: hdtv, time warner cable, windell middlebrooks, zach braff, barbara walters, adam lambert, sarah palin, brett favre, ugly betty, glenn close damages, charlie gibsonk diane sawyer, hoarders, tiger woods
Movies & TV - Dec. 1, 2009
OnMedia: One talks too much, the other stays quiet
The White House gate crashers finally speak -- for free, while Tiger Woods continues to make things worse by staying out of sight. ... And the president's speech tonight may affect your holiday TV viewing, delaying "A Charlie Brown Christmas" a week.
Tags: tareq and michaele salahi, tiger woods, jane kaczmarek, steven bochco, three rivers, wtkm-am, wtkm-fm, jonathon brandmeier, steve cochran, rob feder, wssp-am, wuwm-fm, charlie brown christmas, scrubs
Sports - Sept. 29, 2009
Things in sports that we can (happily) live without
It's hard to fathom life without sports, especially during a week leading up to the Packers playing at Favre-a-palooza. The games are just too important to the fabric of our culture. There are, however, a few things in sports that we can live without. OnMilwaukee.com sports columnist Dave Begel, who is old and crotchety enough to get irritated by things, offers his list this week.
Tags: tiger woods, mike mccarthy
Sports - Aug. 16, 2009
Championship Sunday sure to bring thrills at PGA
There is a certain vibe that comes only on the final day of a major championship. A victor is crowned and he leaves town with his mammoth trophy and his oversized cardboard check (not really) and he does not come back to your town to defend his title, instead the event moves to somewhere else and that is where he will defend his title. And in the case of the PGA of America, that place in 2010 would be Whistling Straits in Haven, Wis., where they will again put up the ropes and begin the process all over again.
Tags: pga championship, hazeltine, wanamaker trophy, tiger woods, y.e. yang, padraig harrington