A Democratic president clashes with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill as a polarized nation debates taxes and guns, illegal immigration and gay rights, and, perpetually, the size of government. Question: Fictional Hollywood or real Washington? Answer: Both.

The Hawk 'n' Dove, a Capitol Hill mainstay where congressmen and clerks, lawyers and foremen, college students and pensioners rubbed elbows over beers and burgers, reopened Thursday as a sleek, sophisticated version of its former self after a 15-month renovation that came with a change in ownership.
It's hard to think of any song that has taken a stranger journey through popular culture than Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."
It seems you just can't watch TV without confronting politics.

Records could be set and hearts definitely will be broken at the Emmy Awards.
The competition promised to be hot at the Emmy Awards and so was Los Angeles, where it was in the 90s.
Records could be set and hearts definitely will be broken at the Emmy Awards.
Charlie Sheen says he's not insane anymore.

Charlie Sheen says he's not insane anymore. Instead, these are good days for the "Anger Management" star, he declares, with his FX sitcom halfway through its initial 10-episode run and poised to get an order for 90 more.