Stay Single and Don’t Change: Life Lessons From TV Season Finales

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After watching this year's slate of season finales, it's clear that there is one place you should never, ever, look for life lessons: broadcast television

Cannes Preview: What to Expect When You're Inspecting...

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The 65th Cannes Film Festival may be short on directorial star quality but high on Hollywood glamour

Jay-Z Backs Obama’s Endorsement of Gay Marriage

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"It’s discrimination plain and simple," Jay-Z said during a press conference announcing his new music festival

Today's Trailer (TV Edition): The Mindy Project

A peek at Mindy Kaling's new sitcom answers the burning question: which kind of doctor is the funniest?

Garbage’s Reunion Rock Record Feels More Like an Anomaly

Garbage Not Your Kind of People

After a seven-year hiatus, the alternative rock band sounds just as tight, shiny and dark as vocalist Shirley Manson's pleather boots

Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Final Four

Dancing with the Stars

It's the best semi-final ever! At least that's what the judges keep telling us.

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Upfronts Watch: Fox Tinkers, NBC Laughs Through Its Tears

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I was out of town yesterday as broadcast-network upfront season began, with NBC and Fox announcing their new fall schedules for advertisers. I’ll be attending and/or following the remaining announcements this week, and I’ll have some more thoughts on the new NBC and Fox shows later, when I’ve seen pilots, but here’s the quick-and-dirty on each network to catch you (and me) up:

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The Morning After: Smash Ends Its Season, With a Bombshell and a Whimper

NBC

Quick spoilers for the season finale of Smash below:

…and so Smash concludes its first season as it began, wildly applauding for itself.

Fighting the Good Fight: Q&A with Survivor—and Game Changer—Bob Massie

Michael Lionstar

Bob Massie should have died years ago. Instead, he conquered three life-threatening illnesses and set out to better the world. Memoirs don’t come much more heroic than this.

Donald “Duck” Dunn, Booker T. and the MGs Bassist Dies at 70

AP, File

(NEW YORK) — Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s as part of the legendary group Booker T. and the MGs and contributed to such classics as “In the Midnight Hour,” ”Hold On I’m Coming” and “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay,” died Sunday at 70.

Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator: He Has Ways of Making You Laugh

Paramount Pictures

He channels Gaddafi for his riskiest venture: being kind of sweet

Mad Men Watch: Eating and Competing

AMC

Betty weighs in, Don asserts control and Sally finds out the truth about her parents. This week's episode was like a Sno Ball to the face.

Celebrity Author? Have We Got a Book Title For You

Peter Kramer / AP

What famous folks call their memoirs is based entirely on the kind of celeb they are

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Game of Thrones Watch: Prisoners and Free Folk

HBO

One issue resonates through this thrilling, horrifying episode: there are many ways to be imprisoned, and taking prisoners does not necessarily mean you are entirely free yourself.

The Avengers Storms the Billion Dollar Club — In Just 19 Days

Chris Hemsworth, left, and Chris Evans in The Avengers

Like a Hulk in a music shop, the all-star superhero movie keeps smashing records, and sends Johnny Depp's Dark Shadows to an early grace

Megan Does Marilyn: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Is Her Smash

Will SMASH be one? / NBC

In a spiffy Encores! revival, Megan Hilty wows the crowd as the not-so-dumb blond Lorelei Lee, the role that made Monroe a star

Adam Lambert on Idol, Freddie Mercury and His New Album

Matt Sayles / AP

American Idol’s wildest runner-up delves into "existential pop" on Trespassing, out May 15

Love Always: Top 10 Movie Moms We Wish Were Ours

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From a biker chick to a superhero, TIME takes a fond look back at some of our favorite movie mothers

Avengers 2 in the Works: 10 Ways to Prep For the Superhero Sequel

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It's official! Now here's how to get your comic book fix until the team reassembles.

Damon Albarn's Dr Dee: The Blur Frontman Takes a Moody Detour

Damon Albarn Dr Dee

Is there nothing this man can't do?