Colgate-Palmolive has a great little contest running where you vote for one of nine children's hospitals around the country, and the one with the most votes gets a Fun Center where sick kids can go to forget about their illnesses for a moment and remember how to have fun. Each Fun Center will be equipped with a flat screen monitor, DVD player and a Nintendo Wii. Sweet! The promotion has gone so well, all......

This week's quote is one we rather like, by none other than David Mamet, who we often don't. It runs in full: "When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that." Now,......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. College Football Bowl Games (Mon, 7:30PM-11:30PM, ESPN; Tue, 5PM-9PM, ABC; Tue, 8:30PM-12:30AM, Fox; Wed, 8:15PM-12:15AM, Fox; Thu, 8:15PM-12:15AM, Fox; Sun, 8PM-12AM, ESPN) - The Chick-Fil-A Bowl: Auburn vs. Clemson, The Rose Bowl: Illinois vs. Southern California, The Sugar Bowl: Hawaii vs. Georgia, The Fiesta Bowl: West Virginia vs. Oklahoma, The Orange Bowl: Kansas vs. Virginia Tech, and The GMAC Bowl: Bowling Green vs. Tulsa. Dick Clark's New......

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. 25 more films are being added to the Library of Congress' national registry, our favorites being Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Oklahoma!, Back to the Future, 12 Angry Men, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Women. (Via Jill) The Movie Blog has a first look at a new Disney animated film called Bolt. It's about a dog who's the star......

What's new and/or interesting on TV this week. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Mon, 10PM-10:30PM, Food Network) - This week, amongst other restaurants, this show visits the Bay Way Diner in Linden, NJ and tries their Philly cheesesteaks. Saving Grace (Mon, 10PM-11PM, TNT) - TNT has a new cop drama, and this one stars Holly Hunter as a hard-living Oklahoma City detective who, in this first episode alone, gets involved in a deadly drunken-driving accident, becomes......

This week's quote is the name of the first song in the musical Chicago, about to open at the New Candlelight Theatre. That's where the video is from, too. Now, on with the listings! Chicago - They both reached for the gun! May 4-July 15. Reservations at 302.475.2313. Dames at Sea - How novel! May 3-June 2. Box office information is online. The Green Bird - It’s commedia. That means funny. May 3-26. Tickets online.......

We -ists are an eclectic bunch, but there's a couple of things we all love: famous people, social causes, and wacky local facts. Join us as we starf**k, get virtuous, and learn across the -ist network! Austinist starts us off right by filling the famous person quota by interviewing Lewis Black, covers the social cause with a non-profit car sharing company, and gives us more wacky local facts than we can handle with Austin by......

Ah, Rick Santorum, our very own state Senator. How we do enjoy his antics! Just as a for instance, let's take a look at the results of a recent probe into Santorum's personal and political finances: Rick got a $500,000, five-year mortgage from a small, private Philadelphia bank, despite the fact that he is not one of the affluent investors who are the only people they claim to give loans to - oh, and......

We're #1! We're #1! Philly has been named by Self Magazine as having the worst environment in the entire country, based on air quality, the number of toxic sites, and the amount of green space. We're guessing that massive oil spill in the Delaware River last November didn't help. In addition to Philadelphia's singular distinction, Self has ranked the city 88 out of 100 metro areas for the America's Healthiest Places for Women. Other......