Amy Argetsinger

“Fox is the jocks. MSNBC is the nerds. The bloggers are the goths. . . ” and it gets better from there.

The Reliable Source is off for the Memorial Day holiday but will return online tomorrow and back in print on Wednesday. In the meantime, some recent highlights: Connie Mack and Mary Bono Mack are divorcing Michelle Obama and Kerry Washington visit D.C. school Katie O’Malley stars in artistic photo s…

Brief news from here and there: Shutdown optics force cancellation of London party for new U.S. ambassador — a private party, but still, just wouldn’t have looked right. (In the Loop) Oh, now, Sarah Jessica Parker SAYS she doesn’t smoke anymore, but what’s this we see here? Good work, guys. Who says…

So you claim you’re eager for the new sequel? Pffffft!: We’re calling your bluff.

Remembering Ashton Kutcher, Justin Long and the other actors who’ve donned the black turtleneck.

So many good quotes from the new soundbite king of showbiz as he promotes his new movie.

There was a certain moistness to the night, and it wasn’t the weeping of happy winners.

Artists were the activists behind Washington’s most stunning protest.

Reality TV? Your personality as your brand? The beauty pageant did it first.

The music made Jimmy Buffett famous, but the vibe made him a multimillionaire. And it gave men of a certain age and demographic a fashion template to live by.