Maybe flaunting your love on TV isn’t such a good idea after all. The trend of documenting marriage for the whole world to “awww” about seems to have backfired on celebrity couples like Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey and Shanna …

Astronomers have spotted 20 new star systems in our local solar neighborhood, adding to a rapidly growing list of known stellar residents in our galaxy. The just-discovered stars reside within 33 light years of Earth and include the 23rd and 24th closest stars to the Sun. The closest is a …

Penelope Cruz: The ‘Other’ Foreign Hit | Grammy Deadline Nears: Gnarls in Charge? | Prayers for ‘Music Man’ Penelope Cruz: The ‘Other’ Foreign Hit “Borat” wasn’t the only foreigner to take America by storm at the box office this weekend. Raimunda did it, too. Or rather, the feat was accomplished …

Jennifer Lopez | Disney and Condé | Jude Law J-Lo Sings Familiar Tunes on New Song Jennifer Lopez‘s new single should really be called “It’s the Same Old Song” — or rather, “Songs.” “Get Right” is not exactly new stuff. Like most everything else in hip-hop, it’s cobbled together from …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Washington state’s branch of the abortion-rights organization NARAL (search) is planning to host a “Screw Abstinence Party” in Seattle Thursday night, featuring a comedic sex ed class for adults, and a seminar on “Sexy Safer Sex” — presented by staff from a …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The BBC is promoting its new documentary on peace in the Middle East by plugging a Palestinian official who claims President Bush said he invaded Iraq because God told him to. Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath (search) tells the filmmakers that in …

Man, oh, man — we live in interesting times. Your nation’s capital is a place with many, many things happening at once. Let me review: Bill Frist (search), the Republican majority leader of the Senate is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department. Tom DeLay …

Your Grrrs | Stupid Lit’l Dreamer Keith O. in Norfolk, Va., on “Missing in Aruba”: I have to Grrr on the missing young woman in Aruba. Why were young high school students running around a foreign country improperly chaperoned? Even in the Navy we have a “Two-man rule” (you need …

‘Desperate’ for the ‘Housewives’ | ‘Lennon’: Instant Karma Makes Its Close | ‘Thumbsucker’: Tom Cruise Should Love It | Notes: Toying With That New Logo ”Desperate’ for the ‘Housewives’ Emmy weekend began in earnest Friday night. Three of the “Desperate Housewives” were supposed to show up at an elegant rooftop …

A major victory for traditional America. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Last night, the Hillsborough County School Board near Tampa, Florida reversed its decision to remove religious holidays from school calendars. We reported the story last week. The folks in Florida rose up and the …