Despite rumors of cancellation, cast disagreements, and sheer exhaustion with the show, Curb Your Enthusiasm has returned for a seventh season on HBO. At the end of season six in 2007, Larry David left his viewers utterly confused as to whether or not his wife, Sheryl, had actually left him.

While last Sunday’s 61st Primetime Emmy Awards delivered both surprises and givens, the awards’ ultimate effect on volume of television viewers and Nielsen Ratings is yet to be seen. Shows like NBC’s 30 Rock have taken strides in the awards...

What do you get when you mix hip-hop’s biggest ego (and biggest sunglasses) with the daughter of pop-country music? The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. During Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video for her single “You Belong With Me”, Kanye West stormed the stage, insisting that “Beyonce has one of the best videos of all time […] of all time”.

This week, Cornell staff and students have been inundated with information, reported cases, and mass hysteria centered around the dreaded swine flu. Forget budget cuts and that there are now two salad lines at Statler - we’ve got the urge to oink.

I returned this May from a semester studying abroad in St. Andrews, Scotland, and immersing myself back into American culture has been unexpectedly seamless. Despite having an unbelievable time jigging to bagpipes, slinging whiskey, and pretending to like mayonnaise on everything, I’ve had no trouble adjusting to the good old U S of A.