Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

Bigots are actually funny to me in the way that people who still wear parachute pants give me a chuckle.

Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.

Barack Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans - those who have sealed the Deal, who aren't beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement .

For every horrific event, something beautiful happens.

Even I haven't downed enough L.A. Kool-Aid to believe that somehow Hollywood movies are an overt instrument of morality.