Last night, for only the second time in the history of the American show, someone won a million dollars on Deal or No Deal. It was a bright spot for the show, but not so much for the grammatically-challenged host, Howie Mandel.

Toward the end of the show, Mandel explained to contestant Tomorrow Rodriguez that, despite [...]

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Dave Letterman quizzed Lauren Conrad on her ex-boyfriend, Brody Jenner, the other night.
“What about that Brody guy. What’s his deal?” Letterman asked. “What does he do?”
Conrad struggled to answer. “Well, he…he…um…he’s very good looking.”
That’s when Letterman cut to the chase. “Let me just tell you something about Brody. If there was no television, this guy [...]

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Michelle Obama told Jay Leno last night that her daughters are blissfully unaffected by their dad’s high-profile presidential campaign. She said they “could care less. [When Barack comes home,] they’re like, ‘Let me show you my soccer trophy. I don’t really care what you do.’”
The problem with this linguistic error is that it inverts your [...]

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Baby Mama is indeed a baby mama; Amy Poehler delivered her first child, 8-pound Archie, on Saturday.
In an interview with People, she said, “I’ve been very lucky. I’m just overwhelmed with blessings.”
To overwhelm means to turn over, to overcome by superior power. You can only overwhelm something if you’re beating it. It’s hard to [...]

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Crisis-talking McCain ended his Meet the Press interview by — surprise, surprise — reminding Americans how worried they are.
“People are very worried now — very, very worried — and have every reason to be,” McCain said. “I think it’s all about who can assure a better future.”
Let’s have some straight talk about assure vs. ensure. [...]

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