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Watching the Not-Watchdogs

I’m not generally in the habit of taking requests at Tuned In. But then again, I’m not generally in the habit of getting requests at Tuned In. Paul Lukasiak (hardest-workin’ poster in the time.com comments sections) asked in the Comments what I thought of last night’s Bill Moyers Journal on PBS, “Buying the War,” about [...]

Travel is So Broadening

I’ve been on the road since yesterday. Back to the blog tomorrow, Friday. Meanwhile you can check out a new architecture toy. The American Institute of Architects has set up a new layer in Google Earth that lets you “visit” digital recreations of the buildings featured on their recent list of the 150 American buildings, [...]

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Lostwatch: Rumors of My Death Were Exaggerated

ABC/ MARIO PEREZ SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want me to ruin last night’s Lost for you, have your evil father give you $100,000 to give me in a paper bag. Or, just watch the episode before reading further. It’s true what they say: an island vacation can do wonders for your health. If Locke [...]

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We Was Robbed (But for a Good Cause)

We at Tuned In headquarters are not made of stone. Watching the two-hour Idol Gives Back special last night with Mrs. Tuned In, we genuinely ached for the AIDS orphans in Kenya, the New Orleans kids–nearly two years after Katrina–living in conditions still stunning and unconscionable in a rich country, the African babies dying of [...]

Top 25 Greatest Villains

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Every movie fan loves a bad guy (or gal). TIME’s Richard Corliss picks cinema’s best.