This is not the first time Carey has made ridiculous accusations against his brother. We're not going to dignify them with a comment.

Robert believes in our system of justice, and he looks forward to his day in court. He's confident that when all the facts come out, he's going to be shown to have not been guilty of any crime.

The movie star is past its peak in terms of its power. Which is not to say it's not very powerful, but people are realizing that other forces at work are more powerful, which no one can quite identify yet.

The entertainment media is changing. The currency a movie star had was the ability to put people in the seats. They command enormous salaries. But simply having a star in a movie isn't enough. Young audiences don't have the same loyalties and interests that previous generations have. That's why there is so much panic in the industry.

There was a fair amount of misinformation circulated by the media, and Jason Catlett was part of it. If you're looking for me to say Jason is a menace to society, I'm not going to say that. But I wish he were a bit more temperate.

To be fair, he has a personal history of charitable works like this, so it's not as if this is some person making a desperate effort to rehabilitate his career by suddenly reshaping himself as a philanthropist. The problem is we live in such a cynical age that it really doesn't matter what his intentions are; this will be viewed in cynical terms.