Madonna Was So Flamboyant In

Every Mix Tape Tells A Story. Put Them Together, And They Add Up To The Story Of Life.

You'd Think If Anyone Could Charm America Into Caring About The Evening News, It Would Be Katie Couric, The Tri Delt From Virginia Who Became America's Sweetheart On The 'today' Show. But Her Ratings Have Been Dismal - She Comes In Last Place Every Week.

If The Girls Keep Dancing, Everybody's Happy. If The Girls Don't Dance, Nobody's Happy.

At An Incredibly Divisive Point In Pop History, Donna Summer Managed To Create An Undeniable Across-the-board Experience Of Mass Pleasure - After 'bad Girls,' Nobody Ever Tried Claiming Disco Sucked Again. It Set The Template For What Michael Jackson Would Do A Few Months Later With 'off The Wall.'

Julia Louis-dreyfus Is Just Perfect In 'veep.' She Gets To Show Off The Spiky Claws Beneath Her Patrician Finesse. The Obvious Way To Play 'veep' Would Be To Make Louis-dreyfus A Folksy Heroine, One With More Common Sense Or Populist Heart Than Her Enemies. But She Isn't One.