Melani Robinson, 03/02/12

Writer, mother, dog-lover, widow, yoga-doer, recent New Yorker

The tone of his texts changed. He said it wasn't the same without me -- we had several exchanges -- we were flirting. At least I thought we were, but could a 28-year-old man be attracted to a 50-year-old woman?

Mike Ryan, 03/04/12

Senior Writer, Moviefone

Jon Hamm showed up as the emergency host, which only made me really wish that Jon Hamm was actually hosting. Also, explain to me again why Jon Hamm didn't host this week?

Chris Anderson, 03/02/12

Curator of TED

Emmanuelle Chriqui, 03/02/12

Actress and activist

It is time to bridge the gap between the suffering in Congo, and American consumers. We have the power to pressure companies to clean up their supply chains and not source from mines controlled by armed groups. We can demand that our products be conflict-free.

Scott Mendelson, 03/02/12

Film Critic at Mendelson's Memos, Valley Scene Magazine

Andrew Stanton's John Carter is neither the next step in grand-scale franchise filmmaking nor an unmitigated disaster. I appreciated the sheer weirdness of the prologue, while in turn wanting the film to 'just get on with it.'

Rosalyn Hoffman, 03/02/12

Author, 'Smart Mama, Smart Money:Raising Happy Healthy Kids Without Breaking the Bank'

On Read Across America day, we need to remember that in addition to teaching our children to love reading, we also need to teach them HOW to read to between the lines in order to understand what the slick market makers and product placers are selling them.

Kristi York Wooten, 03/02/12

Founder of SustenanceGroup.org, Music and Culture Critic, Women's Activist

Hyped since its 2004 launch and now in the midst of an expansive international tour, Playing For Change is proving to be so much more than a cover band with multinational cred.

Tamar Abrams, 03/02/12

Communications Strategist

At 43, Romany Malco is still learning and stretching. His next goal is to blur the lines between fiction and nonfiction on television.

Rocco Staino, 03/02/12

Chair, the Empire State Center for the Book and the Empire State Book Festival

The Lorax has opened the way for a flood of other characters from children's literature to become product spokespeople. Here are a few that may be in the works.

Gideon Resnick, 03/02/12

Undergraduate, Northwestern

Rap is no longer relatable to normal life. If people can't relate to tracks on Watch the Throne beyond their danceability, it only makes sense that their attention will turn towards brash, un-groomed rappers.

Larry Doyle, 03/02/12

Author, 'I Love You, Beth Cooper,' 'Go Mutants!' and 'Deliriously Happy'

Once upon a time, the lessons propagated by Dr. Seuss, then called conservation, anti-totalitarianism, equality, spirituality and trying new foods, were universal virtues we all wanted to teach our children. But now the right has exposed them as socialist scams.

David Hughes, 03/02/12

Author

Every movie, like Rocky's whole life, has a million to one shot. So what happens to all the scripts that get finished, make it into the right hands, get announced in the press -- and then wind up on the scrapheap?

Regina Weinreich, 03/02/12

Co-producer and director, 'Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider'

Barney Rosset died last week at age 89, and for those who valued his contribution to upholding First Amendment rights in this country, his championing the works of artists, the event truly marks the end of an era.

Cole Hill, 03/02/12

Brooklyn-based writer

This August, I lost my job. Losing a job isn't news, especially today, but this brought about your standard existential career crisis. Plus, telling my story this way is a lot more postmodern, and thus trendy, so just roll with me.

Maureen Ryan, 03/02/12

TV critic, The Huffington Post

How do you weave the idea of redemption into a soap about God-fearing folks who are all flawed? There's a reasonable amount of comedic and dramatic potential contained in that premise, but "GCB" spurns almost every part of that setup.

Ed Martin, 03/02/12

Contributor, MediaPost.com, JackMyers.com and MediaBizBloggers.com

I began watching GH in 1978, shortly after fearless executive producer Gloria Monty had been brought on board to save the show from seemingly certain cancellation. Thirty-five years later GH is once again on life support -- and, once again, it may very well be terminated in a few months.

Yasmine Mohseni, 03/02/12

California-based Curator and Arts Writer