Woody Allen's unfortunate little court case wasn't just about the money. It was a public forum about the value, the very existence, of Woody Allen movies -- and Woody himself.

Monica-bashing book editor Judith Regan doesn't feel your pain -- or anyone else's, for that matter. She feels her own pain! And therein lies the secret to her blazing success.

Wherein I huddle with candidate Cuomo and attempt to parse the personality issue: Why he comes off as too ambitious, too intense. And why, in the end, maybe it won't matter.

Rupert Murdoch has been willing -- for fun and political profit -- to lose millions to keep his pet tabloid going. Now, finally, his patience may be running out.

One reason Keith Kelly's column is the first read in Media City is that, unlike some of his colleagues, the "Post" reporter appears to have only one agenda: getting scoops.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

For "panting puppy" Bill Clinton, "helpless victim" Ken Starr, and even our entire "soft-porn nation," Maureen Dowd has one message: She's angry with us! Really, really angry!

It's payback time, and even former peaceniks have gotten in touch with their inner patriot. But what sort of war are we running off to join?

Now that we know the New New Thing isn't the Next Big Thing, what will we all talk about? We've lost our window into the commercial unconscious.

Donna and Rudy's bad-blood marriage is tabloid fodder, but it's also every couple's story of unhappiness. Isn't it?