Note: This column marks the debut of Culture Crumbs on Lawrence.com. All year the three-and-a-half judges on American Idol have consistently preached about "song choice." Every contestant’s victory seemed to stem from the right choice; every defeat from the wrong one. Never mind ...

From CBS: “Harper’s Island” is about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Seattle for a destination wedding. This island is famous for a streak of unsolved murders from seven years ago. Although they’ve come to laugh and to love, what they ...

The entire season of American Idol was building up to this moment. Finally, the four best singers were pitted head to head. Any could go home. Any could win. This four provided the first real sense of drama in the show's history. It was kind of like the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball ...

Last week, American Idol was encumbered with Disco Night. Though the clock was turned back a decade further this week, the songwriting mojo got cranked way up. Selecting music popularized by the Rat Pack in the early 1960s -- though music mainly written in the ’40s and ’50s -- the ...

Episode three: It’s no “Meatballs.” It’s no “Days of Our Lives.” But “Harper’s Island” is getting kind of … good. Let’s begin with the wacky antics of the wedding party. Englishman Cal and Chloe snub groomsman Sully for leaving Cal hanging upside-down in a trap in the ...

The era of mirror balls, shiny polyester, chest hair and coked-up morons flooded into the living rooms of millions during disco night on “American Idol.” It was "Studio 57" all over again, as judge Kara DioGuardi might imprudently say. While no one ever accused the disco era ...