Welcome to "SportsNOW," a weekly video talk show moderated by sports editor Jerry Micco and featuring columnists Gene Collier and Ron Cook. Each week, the panel will discuss hot topics in the world of sports and react to e-mail questions from readers and viewers.

Patricia Sheridan talks with singer and former "American Idol" contender Adam Lambert.

On the eve of what would have been the great Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday, music critic and historian Rich Kienzle looks at the songwriting legend's life and music.

High school sports writers Mike White and Rich Emert talk about the weekend's big games, make some predictions and take you through a new segment, "Who am I?"

Post-Gazette TV editor Rob Owen and enterprise writer Maria Sciullo talk about "Modern Family," "The Amazing Race" and January Jones's recent "SNL" appearance.

Post-Gazette Tech Man Ced Kurtz and his techno-geek buddy Tim Dunham cover several topics: New Apple store in New York City, Call of Duty game, Dell Mini 3, New Oxford Dictionary new word and Barack Obama on twitter.

Jeffrey Carpenter is artistic director of Bricolage, one of Pittsburgh's fine small professional theater companies, which is staging Jennifer Haley's creepy/funny "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom" every Friday-Saturday through November. It's all about a webgame that duplicates and perhaps subsumes reality. he talks with senior critic Chris Rawson. Because of technical problems, the quality of the audio is not up to the usual standards of post-gazette.com

Post-Gazette movie editor Barbara Vancheri and online features editor Sharon Eberson talk about director Robert Zemekis's "A Christmas Carol," other movie releases for this week and the choice of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as this year's co-hosts for the Oscars.

Dennis Roddy talks with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy weeks before he was diagnosed with the cancer that would take his life.

PG astronomy writer Pete Zapadka talks with Hampton resident Eric Fischer as he recounts his visit to Cape Canaveral with his dad 40 years ago when he was a new high school grad from Mars Area High School in this edition of "Moonlighting." Total time: 7:37.

Post-Gazette food editor Bob Batz Jr. talks with Anne Lynch and Sally Stewart of the Three Rivers Vegan Society. (Total time: 15:58)

Beat writers Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac preview next Sunday's Super Bowl game against the Arizona Cardinals.