EW.com Web Guide

MAINSTREAM

AdvertisementAve.com | Find and watch ads, meticulously catalogued so you can easily find favorite products or celebrities

E!Online | Celebrity gossip, news, reviews, and updates about E! shows

metacritic.com | Links to reviews by dozens of critics for films, DVD/video, music, books, and games

People | Breaking entertainment news and photos; we love this site, not just because our pals work there and we're both owned by Time Warner

showbizdata | Sheer heaven for box office geeks and entertainment number crunchers

Salon | News and cultural commentary from really smart people

Singing Fish | Search the Web for video and audio — and find things you never knew existed

Teen People | News, photos, games, and discussion for teens (also owned by Time Warner)

Zap2it | News, reviews, and listings and more for movies, TV, DVDs, and games

INDIE

Fametracker | The freshest, cleverest commentary on celebrity, via fame audits, and comparisons of stars with inanimate objects

flakmagazine | Independently-minded commentary on arts and the media

howstuffworks | Amazing revelations — click on the "Stuffo" tab for an explanation of entertainment-related wonders

pocket calculator show | An online museum of gadgets from the '70s and '80s; obsession at its finest

PopMatters | Impressively comprehensive overview of music, books, movies, and more -- with an indie slant

Who's Alive and Who's Dead | Talk about handy — you can resolve every life or death argument (about celebrities, that is) in minutes

X-Entertainment | A guy named Matt writes about his favorite things, most of them from the '80s; he reviews Smurfs cereal so you don't have to