Activism, Hollywood-Style

Joel Stein checks out L.A.'s hot liberal fund-raising scene — and falls for The Fall Guy's girl

• Heather Thomas' Liberal Magnets

Comics Fans Flock to Comic-Con

The most passionate Spider-Men, Storm Troopers, Harry Potters and other pop-culture fanatics are headed south for their annual pilgrimage

Madame Tussauds in London Unveils Wax Winehouse

Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Amy Winehouse on Wednesday complete with her signature beehive, black eyeliner and a bright yellow minidress

WNBA Reviewing Player Fight

The WNBA is watching replays of the skirmish involving the Detroit Shock, Los Angeles Sparks and former Pistons Bad Boy Rick Mahorn

Golden Girls' 'Sophia' Dead at 84

Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's The Golden Girls, has died

Tuned In

McCain's Gaffes

The press tends to base its news judgments on whether a statement fits an existing narrrative. If Obama had made the same slips as McCain did, it would've fit right into the well-established "Is he experienced enough?" narrative.

Looking Around

Money Changes Everything

Museums are still expanding, but with the economy slowing down, the fund-raising appears to be getting tougher.

Tea and a Hotel

From tea tourism in Malaysia to afternoon tastings in Picadilly, the not-so-new brew is giving coffee a jolt and history meets hospitality in Sri Lanka

The oil industry goes up there and industrializes what has been a pristine area...suddenly it becomes the new Houston.

• FRANK O'DONNELL
• president of the nonprofit group Clean Air Watch, protesting a plan to drill in the Arctic Circle. Experts determined the area could fulfill global demand for oil for three years