As a phone-hacking scandal extends from British tabloids to Scotland Yard, Rupert Murdoch's history of dealing with legal challenges in the U.S. has come under scrutiny. In the past five years, Murdoch's company News America, a subsidiary of News Corp., has been accused of unfair trade practices by the state of Minnesota and yet another hacking charge from a company in New Jersey.

David Carr, media columnist for the business section of the New York Times, talks about tomorrow's rally, what to expect, and looks at the line between politics and comedy.

Daniel Ellsberg, activist and subject of the film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, weighs in on the significance of the Afghanistan WikiLeaks documents. Then, David Carr, media columnist for the business section of the New York Times, offers media analysis of the WikiLeaks leak and talks about what it says about newspapers.

While oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, information on the spill is only trickling out from BP -- and that may be the company's clear intention. David Carr, media columnist for The New York Times, talks about BP's efforts to manage press access and control the news coming out of the Gulf. Matthew Lysiak, reporter for The New York Daily News, discusses his first-hand experience of being denied access to a public beach on Grand Isle, La., one of the areas most heavily affected by the oil spill.

It's the season for smart movies. But why do the studios pack serious movies into the last weeks of the year? New York Times business columnist and media reporter David Carr and Slate's film critic, Dana Stevens, weigh in on this year's smart movie season and discuss some ...

Dominick Dunne, writer for Vanity Fair magazine and best-selling author of crime stories about the rich and famous, died yesterday at age 83 in his home in Manhattan. He's well-known for his best-selling novels, "The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” and “An Inconvenient Woman,” both about murders in high society. We talk with David Carr, New York Times columnist.

The Takeaway is back with David Carr, who writes the Carpetbagger blog for the New York Times. Carr was on the red carpet at last night’s Academy Awards with questions from his readers and Takeaway listeners. We’re going to hear how these questions went over.

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Typically people are stumped when they have to answer a question, but what about freezing up when you have to ask one? It’s a peculiar condition that descends on David Carr—who runs the Carpetbagger blog for the New York Times—when he covers the Oscar's red carpet fanfare and finds himself face-to-face with celebrities. In a recent post, Carr describes his Red Carpet clutching this way: “It’s not that he doesn’t try— he really, really does— but it’s just that best intentions are frequently overmatched by the circumstance. ‘How hard can it be?’ he can hear people sniggering up their sleeves. Hard.” This year, Carr has thrown out an SOS, soliciting his readers for questions. We’ve also taken up the cause, asking you to post questions on our website. Carr joins us now from West Hollywood to go over the most germane or hilarious questions that have come his way—questions he may very well pose to Angelina Jolie or Frank Langella.

There's still time to vote in our Oscar question poll.

We'll be on the Red Carpet at the Academy Awards with New York Times "The Carpetbagger" blogger David Carr. Now all we need is a question. Or two. What would you ask a movie star? Vote on the questions below, then add your own. Be sure to tell us which star you'd like us to hunt down too.

Not long ago, the biggest entertainment on Oscar night was watching big budget studio movies duke it out for awards with indie underdogs. But this year’s Oscar nominations suggest that dynamic may be changing. We’re joined by David Carr, The Carpetbagger blogger for the New York Times for his take on the Oscar nominees.

We've compiled the trailers for all the Best Picture nominees. Click away!
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Milk
• The Reader
• Frost/Nixon
• Slumdog Millionaire

Hard-living journalist David Carr talks about his life in the newspaper business, and his struggles with drug addiction and failed relationships. He reported on his own life for his best-selling memoir, The Night of the Gun.

Relations on the social networking site Facebook have moved far beyond the college demographic it was created for. David Carr, columnist and reporter for the New York Times talks about the relations between adults on the site. Plus Danny Dumas, Associate Products Editor for Wired.com, gives us his take on ...

Hard-living journalist David Carr talks about his life in the newspaper business, and his struggles with drug addiction and failed relationships. For his best-selling new memoir, The Night of the Gun, he draws not only on his own memories but also on extensive fact-finding interviews he conducted with old ...

Relations on the social networking site Facebook have moved far beyond the college demographic it was created for. David Carr, columnist and reporter for the New York Times talks about the relations between adults on the site. Plus Danny Dumas, Associate Products Editor for Wired.com, gives us his take on ...